After the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 28-15 victory over the Miami Dolphins in “Monday Night Football,” the Ravens’ odds of making the playoffs dropped to 37 percent, but Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer stated that Baltimore “remains fairly dangerous.”

What can we make of the Ravens, who lost four games in a span, won five in a stretch, and then lost two more before their shutout victory in a frigid Cincinnati on Sunday? Breer wrote. It depends when you ask the question.

“But this week, the Ravens appeared like a team who has learned from their stumbles and grown, by coming back and blanking an Joe Burrow offensive, while running for 191 yards in the cold.”

The Ravens (7-7) are in complete control of their destiny as they enter the final third of the season, trailing the Steelers (8-6), by just one game.

As ESPN’s Jamison Hnsley pointed out, winning the AFC North at Pittsburgh is a prerequisite for every scenario that could lead to the Ravens winning the title.