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The Baltimore Ravens had several calls not go in their favor in Sunday’s 27-22 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium.
According to Giana Han of The Baltimore Banner, Harbaugh revealed the league office admitted that Travis Jones’ unecessary roughness penalty on a Steelers field goal attempt was the wrong call, however. Jones made contact with the long snapper, but it was not forcible contact to the head/neck area.
On the next play, Kenneth Gainwell rushed for a 6-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 17-3 lead with 6:05 remaining in the second quarter.
That’s a four-point swing. The Ravens lost by five points. That’s a massive error by the officials.
“It was the wrong call. It should not have been called,” Harbaugh said, via the Ravens official website. Harbaugh added that the league permitted him to disclose that.
John Harbaugh revealed the NFL admitted they got this unnecessary roughness penalty on Travis Jones WRONG
It ended up costing the Ravens four points pic.twitter.com/0kBCg6GiD0
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) December 8, 2025
The biggest call against the Ravens was the non-touchdown catch by tight end Isaiah Likely. Joey Porter Jr. knocked the ball out of Likely’s hands before he achieved three steps.
Three plays later, the Steelers’ defense forced a turnover on downs on their own 8-yard line, ending the late-fourth-quarter threat.
Harbaugh said the definition of a TD catch is “clear as mud.” He said they were able to talk to the league office. He appreciated their time, but he said it didn’t really clear up why Likely’s catch wasn’t a TD.
“It didn’t clear anything up. It didn’t make it any easier to understand – either one of the two calls,” Harbaugh said. “It’s very hard to understand how they get overturned. But they did. And that’s where it stands.”
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Harbaugh Reacts to NFL Admitting Crucial Wrong Call Against Ravens
