Pittsburgh player slaps at an opponent's head during Ravens-Steelers

It's always chippy when these two division rivals meet. And now it's in the playoffs.

That's Pittsburgh LB Jason Worilds taking a swing at Baltimore TE Crockett Gillmore. The Steelers were penalized 15 yards, which helped the Ravens set up a chip shot field goal on the drive, but Worilds wasn't ejected. This was surprising to many watching -- a punch is normally an ejection -- but apparently, the refs ruled he wasn't throwing a closed fist:

No ejection for an open hand blow to the face. That is specific in the rule. Closed fist blow is to be an ejection. That was open hand.

— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) January 4, 2015

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