Ravens' Zay Flowers, Marlon Humphrey offer contrasting opinions after win over Steelers

The Baltimore Ravens picked up a massive win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 16 winning 34-17. It was a dominant win to keep the Ravens in line to win the AFC North. The Steelers had always played Baltimore tough, as earlier this season, Pittsburgh beat Baltimore 18-16.

After the win, Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers says he wasn't focused on beating the Steelers. Rather, they were just focused on playing their best.

"We weren't really focused on that out there. We were just focused on getting this win, clinching our spot and moving onto to next week," Flowers said, via team website.

Pittsburgh has won eight of its last nine games against Baltimore before last week's win. However, Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey says the win over Pittsburgh was huge as it is their rival.

"Man, it's huge. I think [the Steelers have] definitely gotten the best of us over the years, and I feel like we haven't played good football, let alone – and not even close to – great football," Humphrey said.

"Not that we played the greatest today, but I felt that we did not do the things we usually do that kind of beat ourselves. So, to clinch [the playoffs] against the Steelers, there's not a better feeling."

Regardless of their contrasting opinions, both are thrilled they did enough to get the win and remain in contention to win the NFC North.

Ravens clinch playoff spot with win over Steelers

Baltimore Ravens clinch playoff spot - Source: Imagn

The Ravens clinched a playoff spot with a win over the Steelers in Week 16.

The focus now for the Ravens is winning the NFC North as Baltimore has the same record as Pittsburgh now (10-5).

"It's huge; it's huge. We rejoice. I rejoice in the fact that we made the playoffs because it's tough to do," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "It's really hard to do; look around the league [to see] how hard it is to do. I'm so proud of these guys, and we have goals. The first goal is to win the next game we say.

"So, everything we do all year is to win the next game. The second goal is to make the playoffs. The third goal is to win the division – the AFC North. The final goal is to win the championship – the Super Bowl world championship. We [achieved] two of them tonight – we won the next game, and we made the playoffs," Harbaugh added.

The Ravens will go on the road to play the Houston Texans on Christmas Day. Baltimore ends its regular season at home against the Cleveland Browns.