Steelers' Wilson: Fumble, pick-6 'unacceptable'

BALTIMORE -- Russell Wilson was frank successful his appraisal of the play wherever it each started to unravel for the Steelers successful their 34-17 nonaccomplishment to the Baltimore Ravens connected Saturday night.

"It's unacceptable," Wilson said of his second-quarter fumble. "It can't happen."

The fumble, which occurred astatine the extremity of a 19-yard tally arsenic the backmost ran into Ravens information Ar'Darius Washington conscionable 4 yards awkward of the extremity zone, was 1 of 2 captious turnovers committed by Wilson successful a nonaccomplishment that prevented the Steelers from celebrating an AFC North title connected their bitter rival's turf.

"It's conscionable really 2 antagonistic plays," said Wilson, who completed 22 of 33 attempts for 217 yards pinch 2 touchdowns and an interception. "I felt for illustration I was seeing it well. I thought the guys made immoderate really bully plays. ... We knew it was going to beryllium a reliable conflict passim the end, and they made 2 plays connected america that were important plays and unluckily I can't fto that happen."

At the clip of Wilson's fumble, the Steelers (10-5) were knotted 7-7 pinch the Ravens, and they had awesome starting section positions acknowledgment to a 14-yard shanked punt by Ravens punter Jordan Stout.

Coming disconnected their first touchdown drive, the Steelers were moving the shot well. They picked up 2 plays of much than 10 yards connected a reception by Jaylen Warren and a tally by Najee Harris. Then connected 2nd-and-6, Wilson dropped back, and aft seeing a swath of greenish writer successful beforehand of him, he opted to support the shot and tally it himself.

"I conscionable thought we had a chance to spell to the extremity area and tried to trim backmost and conscionable sewage hit," Wilson said. "I deliberation correct earlier I deed the ground, the shot came out.

"I was benignant of cutting disconnected the artifact and just, I didn't want to descent there, didn't want to descent there. I felt for illustration we could've sewage successful the extremity area -- trying to get a touchdown and spell for it. They made a bully play."

Wilson -- and the Steelers' momentum -- were halted by Washington's tackle and Kyle Van Noy's fumble betterment arsenic the Ravens (10-5) responded pinch a 96-yard touchdown drive.

"There's ebb and travel of momentum successful each game, and truthful it didn't consciousness for illustration it was a mislaid origin astatine that constituent by immoderate stretch," coach Mike Tomlin said.

Despite the missed opportunity successful the 2nd quarter, the Steelers still managed to support the crippled adjacent until the 4th quarter.

Driving down a people aft Minkah Fitzpatrick's first interception successful astir 2 years, Wilson committed his 2nd costly turnover pinch 13:06 remaining. This time, Wilson was intercepted by Marlon Humphrey, who returned the shot 37 yards for a pick-6 to springiness the Ravens a 31-17 lead.

"I deliberation that decidedly changed the crippled erstwhile they sewage that interception," Wilson said. "I thought the defense did a bully occupation of getting the shot back, and I was trying to propulsion it to [MyCole Pruitt] successful his beforehand number. I felt for illustration the shot conscionable stayed wrong unluckily and they made a play."

For the Ravens, Humphrey's pick-6 helped seal the team's sixth playoff berth successful 7 years and ended Baltimore's four-game losing streak to Pittsburgh. The Ravens are now successful a first-place necktie pinch the Steelers atop the AFC North pinch 2 weeks remaining.

"I really consciousness for illustration I bleed purple and achromatic and to put a large play for illustration that successful the archives and it clinches the playoffs, it was huge," Humphrey said.

The Steelers entered Baltimore pinch hopes of erasing the erstwhile week's nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia pinch a division-clinching win. Though that didn't happen, the Steelers still power their ain destiny successful the section acknowledgment to their Week 11 triumph against the Ravens. The simplest way to winning the AFC North and clinching the all-important location playoff crippled is by winning their last 2 games against the Chiefs and the Bengals.

That first measurement comes successful 4 days arsenic they big the AFC-leading Chiefs connected Christmas Day, capping disconnected their agelong of 3 games successful 11 days. The short turnaround intends the Steelers don't person clip to wallow, Wilson said.

"We play connected Wednesday," Wilson said. "I don't deliberation there's capable clip to really sulk aliases interest aliases fear. ... The 1 point I'm not going to do is support my caput down though. I cognize for america we sewage truthful overmuch awesome assurance successful who we are and what we tin do and really we're going to respond.

"We can't fto a reliable crippled for illustration this return america into a antagonistic authorities of mind because there's a batch much to play for and a batch much we're searching for, and we tin still triumph the [AFC] North. There's still a batch of opportunity there, too, arsenic well. And truthful we conscionable sewage to buckle down and get backmost to work."

ESPN's Jamison Hensley contributed to this report.