Here's a look at what other media are saying about the Ravens' 17-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4:

Oct. 5

• James Walker of ESPN.com writes about the effect of T.J. Houshmandzadeh's game-winning catch.

Baltimore Ravens (3-1) receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh needed a big catch almost as much as Joe Flacco needed a touchdown pass to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1). After the game, Houshmandzadeh said it hasn't been easy arriving to Baltimore days before the regular season, trying to fit in quickly and playing as a reserve after starting most of his career. This is foreign territory for "Housh." But in several ways his 18-yard touchdown with 32 seconds remaining was a relief, and an example of his perseverance. Houshmanzadeh had three catches for 49 yards and hopes Sunday's big play is a springboard to being more ingrained in Baltimore's offense.

• While previewing this week's updated ESPN.com power rankings, Walker projects the Ravens' spot.

The Ravens weren't playing up to their potential in the first three weeks, but I had a feeling the Steelers would bring out the best in Baltimore. The Ravens finally put together a complete effort on offense and defense Sunday at Heinz Field. Baltimore needed it all to pull out a rare win against the Steelers on the road. The Ravens were rated No. 8 last week and beat ESPN.com's No. 1 team on the road. The AFC North could have two teams in the Top 5 this week.

• FoxSports.com's Adam Caplan ranks the Ravens at No. 1 in this week's poll.

That was a heck of a win at Pittsburgh last week. What has been more impressive this season for Baltimore has been its secondary. Despite the injuries back there, they have played with tremendous discipline. But the next time they face the Steelers, they'll have to do so against QB Ben Roethlisberger. Veteran QB Charlie Batch isn't exactly a gunslinger, folks.

• FanHouse.com's Bruce Ciskie lists the Ravens at No. 3, behind the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints.

The Ravens are going to play a lot of close games this year, because they just don't have an offense capable of averaging 30-35 points per game. Instead, they make big plays when they're needed most, like Joe Flacco's winning touchdown pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh Sunday.

• In Vinnie Iyer's NFL Power Poll on the Sporting News website, the Ravens are listed at No. 2 behind the Jets.

The defense continues to make opposing offenses look ugly, but Joe Flacco and the offense can look pretty when needed.

• ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio also places the Ravens at No. 2 in his updated power rankings, but he doesn't speak highly of a potential rematch with the Jets.

2. Baltimore Ravens (No. 4; 3-1): Yeah, the Jets and Ravens have the same record. Yeah, the Ravens beat the Jets by a point. But if there were a rematch today, it wouldn't be that close -- and the Ravens wouldn't win.

• Speaking of a rematch between the Ravens and Jets, Rex Ryan thinks the two teams will meet again in the playoffs, writes ESPN New York's Rich Cimini.

You get the feeling that Rex Ryan is tired of talking about the Jets' season-opening loss to the Baltimore Ravens. On Monday, he was asked if that game provided a "wake-up call" to the team, which has responded with three straight divisional wins.

Ryan wasn't buying the wake up-call theory, not at all, saying, "I don't think we needed it, to be honest with you." Finally, he came with this, a classic case of Ryan bravado:

"We're going to be talking about that (game) until we play them in the playoffs, it sounds to me."

• The Denver Post's Lindsay H. Jones previews this weekend's matchup between the Ravens and the Broncos.

Who's hot: No surprise here, but the Ravens' defense is ranked near the top of the NFL in several major categories. The group is allowing only 119 yards passing per game, best in the league; and 13.8 points per game, which ranks fifth.

Who's not: The Ravens have won three games, but their offense has been pedestrian. Flacco's group is scoring only 15.2 points per game and is ranked in the bottom third of the league in both total yards (306.5 per game, 22nd) and rushing yards (84.2 per game, 24th).

Key stat: Baltimore receiver Anquan Boldin is sixth in the league with 27 catches -- Broncos Brandon Lloyd and Eddie Royal are tied for seventh, by the way -- but he has no catches of longer than 40 yards.

• Eric Barton of New Times Broward-Palm Beach (Fla.) writes about the latest off-the-field business venture for Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis.

On Sunday, linebacker Ray Lewis had a game-clinching interception to help the Ravens beat the Steelers. On October 27, he'll be opening an art gallery/real estate firm in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The company opening the Las Olas Boulevard store, RL52 Realty, is said to be the linebacker's retirement plan for whenever he finishes his 15-year NFL career. The real estate firm already has an office in Boca Raton, and its second office on Las Olas will double as a gallery featuring sports-based art. Considering Lewis is busy playing football and doing Old Spice commercials, he won't be too involved with the business yet. But partner Sol Kandel says RL52 was a shared idea he had with Lewis, who will be active in it during the off-season and after he retires. "He's got his vision and his creative hand in all aspects of the business," Kandel said.

Oct. 4

• Look through a photo slideshow of the Ravens' victory from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

• With one-fourth of the season finished, Peter King of SI.com believes the Ravens are the best team in the NFL.

I pick the Ravens because I think after four weeks they can win games in more ways than any other team. Pittsburgh, with Ben Roethlisberger returning, and the Jets are close. But the way Joe Flacco played Sunday in the 17-14 win at Heinz Field showed me something.

I thought he made an awful pass on fourth-and-goal from the two with 2:44 to play and Baltimore down 14-10. Flacco waited one beat too long, then threw a fade too far to Anquan Boldin, who was being blanketed by William Gay as he tried to catch the ball past the left boundary, five yards deep in the end zone. Poor execution, I thought. I would have rather seen a higher-percentage call there. (Though when I brought that up in the viewing room, Tony Dungy looked at me like the rank amateur I am.) Hey, I didn't like it. I'd have rather seen Flacco spread the field and try to laser a ball into one of four receivers spread over the end zone. What's the percentage of a fade scoring there or drawing pass interference? Forty percent -- maybe?

• SI.com's Don Banks points to the Ravens' win as a defining moment in the 2010 season.

Let's face it, Baltimore absolutely had to have this one. If the Ravens had started 2-2 and already trailed the Steelers by two full games and a head-to-head tiebreaker just a month into the season, they would have been closer to pretenders than contenders in the AFC. Especially since Pittsburgh would have been 4-0 without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger stepping on the field, and Baltimore would have already dropped a pair of road division games to the Bengals and Steelers, the two teams that have had their number in recent seasons.

But now, at 3-1, and having knocked the Steelers from the ranks of the unbeaten, the Ravens are tied with Pittsburgh for first place in the AFC North and actually hold the edge thanks to their head-to-head win. That's a huge swing of momentum Baltimore's way, and I expect the Ravens to build on it as they approach the guts of their schedule. With wins at the Jets and Steelers already under their belts, the Ravens have beaten a pair of likely AFC playoff qualifiers and now get to play five of their next eight games at home, without returning to division play until hosting the Steelers in early December. Oh, and did we mention the Bengals lost 23-20 at Cleveland on Sunday, sinking to 2-2 and third place in the division?

• ESPN.com's James Walker speaks highly of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco in his instant analysis.

The energy was solid from both teams, which is par for the course in this series. But Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco deserved kudos for staying calm for four quarters against a team he usually struggles against. His performance shows solid growth in his maturation process, and the final throw was one of the biggest of his career.

• In a separate post, Walker expanded on his praise of Flacco's performance against Pittsburgh.

But in the big picture, Sunday's game was about Flacco. It's no secret he must beat Pittsburgh consistently to have long-term success in his career with the Ravens. One drive does not make a season, but Baltimore may look back at Flacco's performance Sunday and mark it as the first time its young quarterback got over a huge mental and physical hurdle.

• Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com also points to Flacco's last-minute heroics as a landmark event in his career.

All that stood in front of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco and a career-defining moment were 40 yards and 11 players on the NFL's top-rated defense, many of them ready to pin their ears back with the desire to slam him violently to the ground and end the game.

Oh, and his team trailed the Pittsburgh Steelers by four, there was just 1:08 left in the game and Flacco had no timeouts to use.

Four pass plays later, with the ball never touching the ground, the Ravens were in the end zone -- courtesy of an 18-yard shot from Flacco to T.J. Houshmandzadeh -- for a stunning 17-14 victory over the Steelers at Heinz Field.

• USA Today's Gary Mihoces discusses the praise for Flacco from the Steelers locker room after the game.

"He can make all of the throws, and he showed that at the end of the game," Steelers safety Ryan Clark said. "If you give him an opportunity to hit guys, he's going to hit them."

Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin on Flacco: "He's played in a lot of situations and done an awesome job. We have a lot of respect for that guy right there."

• Mike Bires of the Beaver County Times (Pa.) says the Steelers will be much better with the return of Ben Roethlisberger.

His return will be greeted with great fanfare. Even those teammates who may have privately and quietly abhorred the behavior that got him suspended will welcome him back with open arms.

He is an elite athlete and one of the NFL's best quarterbacks.

• Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review also discusses Roethlisberger's return.

Yet, starting today, Steelers players realize the team could be significantly better than one that came within 32 seconds of a 4-0 start this season.

"Of course; we're getting our starting quarterback, our franchise, back," wide receiver Hines Ward said. "It means a lot. He definitely helps this team become a better ballclub."

• The Beaver County Times' Andrew Chiapazzi writes about Steelers safety Troy Polamalu taking blame for the Steelers defense allowing the Ravens to score the final touchdown.

Safety Troy Polamalu felt that the defense also had the right call on the touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to T.J. Houshmanzadeh.

"The call that was called has won us a lot of games on defense," he said. "It's all about winning your one-on-one matchups, and I know I didn't win my one-on-one matchup."

• USA Today's Sean Leahy picks T.J. Houshmandzadeh's game-winning catch as the "Best clutch TD" in Week 4.

Best clutch TD: Ravens QB Joe Flacco connected with WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh for an 18-yard score with 32 seconds left to clinch a 17-14 win in Pittsburgh. The touchdown came just more than two minutes after the Steelers had stuffed the Ravens with a four-down goal-line stand on the 2-yard line.

• SI.com's Andrew Perloff says Ray Lewis made another career-defining play with his game-clinching interception.

In a game of defensive superstars, it's fitting Ray Lewis made a spectacular interception to seal Baltimore's 17-14 win over Pittsburgh. Lewis' diving catch was the Ravens' first pick of the season. At 35, Lewis can't do everything he once did, but he still has a knack for making huge plays. As we expected, Sunday's AFC North showdown was a showcase for both defenses. Baltimore's Haloti Ngata and Terrell Suggs both showed they can be impossible to stop at times. And give Steelers defenders Troy Polamalu and James Harrison credit for giving Pittsburgh a chance to win despite only 141 passing yards from Charlie Batch.

• Yahoo Sports' Charles Robinson highlights the Ravens' passing game as one of the "Winners" in Week 4.

One week it's up, the next week it's down. But if you saw the win over the Steelers, you can see why the Ravens' current collection of receivers could be devastating if they can find some consistency. I still think T.J. Houshmandzadeh has got something left, and Anquan Boldin is already drawing the extra attention that makes him worth his paycheck.

• Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports talks about the significance of the Ravens' game-winning drive.

That was an enormous moment for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco in Pittsburgh, freezing Steelers defensive back Bryant McFadden with a stone-cold pump fake and hitting T.J. Houshmandzadeh on a game-winning, 18-yard TD pass with 32 seconds remaining. And perhaps it was a sign that the frustrated Houshmandzadeh will join fellow newcomer Anquan Boldin as a significant part of Baltimore's offense. "I truly hope that is the case," Houshmandzadeh wrote via text Sunday night. "It's been rough." Rough is having to face the 3-1 Ravens, who may be the best team in football right now.

• The Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer points out that the Ravens were also helped by the Cincinnati Bengals' loss to the Cleveland Browns.

Without Ben Roethlisberger -- eligible to return from his four-game suspension Monday -- the Steelers just couldn't put Baltimore away.

The Ravens needed the win to get the early division jump when Big Ben was away; the Bengals' loss at Cleveland was a nice bonus.

• FoxSports.com's Jimmy Johnson says the Steelers are going to be OK despite Sunday's loss to the Ravens.

This win could mean the difference between having a good year or a great year. Psychologically, this win was a huge hurdle for the Ravens.

For Pittsburgh, this loss doesn't really hurt them. For the Steelers to be 3-1 without Ben Roethlisberger, Sunday's loss is not a major setback. I will say that both of these teams, as well as they play defense, they will be in the mix until the very end.

[Compiled by Dean Jones Jr.]