Starkey: Fork in the road for Steelers

[stillers4me]

The Baltimore Ravens’ stranglehold on the AFC North has become uncomfortably tight.

The Ravens have won 11 consecutive divisional games — the second-longest divisional streak of any NFL team since the realignment of 2002 — and have won two in a row at their former house of horrors, Heinz Field.
As one might imagine, those numbers have not gone unnoticed in the Steelers (http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/)’ locker room...................

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[Count Steeler]

Merely a speed bump on the road to victory! Here we go!

[Edman]

The Ravens are clearly the team to beat in the North (if last year didn't make it obvious already) and the Steelers are the team to beat them. Time to turn the tables.

I don't care what the Ravens say, I know they're coming into Heinz tonight with the idea that if they just show up, they'll win. They're favored, riding high off a big win at home, playing a team they swept last year without it's QB after playing a tough game. They're like that. John Harbaugh and that whole Ravens team think they will win easily. They've solved the Steeler riddle and now it's smooth sailing from here on out.

It's a fork in the road for this team. Tonight we'll find out what the 2012 Steelers are made of.