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Carter’s Classroom: Target Brown earlier

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Antonio Brown (84) needs to get the ball, just not when the Ravens expect it — MATT SUNDAY DKPS

Ben Roethlisberger has run into his fair share of problems when facing the Ravens since he exploded for six touchdown passes in 2014 at Heinz Field.

Part of that has to do with the when and how he targets Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell.

We saw what happened earlier in the season in Baltimore, the offense was completely inept until late in the fourth quarter.

The Steelers' frustration on offense stemmed from multiple problems, but the most blatant were their inability to run the ball and Roethlisberger's stagnated passing game with Brown and company.

The Ravens double- and triple-covered Brown wherever he went, and that was often when Roethlisberger would be looking for his elite receiver for a big play; staring down Brown in hope for him to find a way to get open.

But that was not the case for the entire game, and a study of the when and how it is applied could lead to the answer for the Steelers' passing game to get going on Christmas day:

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