The Steelers were so close to being 4-0 without Ben Roethlisberger. Only close doesn't count in the Ravens-Steelers rivalry, where every game is tight and no lead is truly safe. Joe Flacco withstood Pittsburgh's late go-ahead touchdown and goal-line stand to throw an 18-yard scoring pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh with 32 seconds remaining, and the Ravens won 17-14 Sunday to prevent the Steelers from going unbeaten without their suspended quarterback. "You go and win it on the last drive, there's no better way to win," Flacco said. "There's not too many better ways to win in Pittsburgh." A worst-case scenario for the Steelers, Roethlisberger's four-game suspension, nearly became a perfect one. Nearly. The Steelers (3-1) took a 14-10 lead on Rashard Mendenhall's 7-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, and they appeared to seal it after Flacco twice threw incomplete from their 2 with slightly less than 3 minutes remaining. Read more:http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2010100302/2010/REG4/ravens@steelers/recap/full-story
