PITTSBURGH -- The survived the tumultuous dismi sal of , a sometimes spotty fall and a critical month without their suspended, all-everything nose tackle.Winning in Pittsburgh in January hardly seemed too much to ask.Allowed to hit the reset button in the playoffs, and the NFL's postseason road warriors are heading to New England with their swagger fully intact.Rarely flustered in the face of a pa s rush that barely laid a hand on him, Flacco to sed two second-half touchdowns as the pulled away from the 30-17 in the AFC wild-card game."That's playoff football," Baltimore coach said. "That's . The best quarterback in football. I'll take him every day of the week and twice on Sunday or Saturday night."Once was more than enough.Flacco hit for an 11-yard score in the third quarter and found with a 21-yard pa s in the fourth one play after picked off . The won a playoff game in Pittsburgh for the first time in franchise history, avenging postseason lo ses in 2008 and 2010 by quieting the NFL's second-ranked offense.Baltimore (11-6) sacked Roethlisberger five times and kept All-Pro wide receiver largely in check. Roethlisberger pa sed for 334 yards, but the (11-6) settled for field goals while the kept scoring touchdowns."I didn't play well enough," Roethlisberger said. "I didn't play well enough to win and guys look at me as the leader and the quarterback to make plays and do what it takes to win the football game, and I don't believe I did that today."Flacco had no such problems. Baltimore heads to top-seeded New England next Saturday, a place where it upset and company two years ago on the way to the franchise's second title.The turned it over just once, scored on six of nine po se sions and had an answer every time it seemed the were ready to grab momentum."The big thing is we have a good team and we didn't hurt ourselves tonight," Flacco said. "We didn't have a lot of po se sions early. We made the most of them by getting some kind of points."We played a clean football game and kept at it."The won their third wild-card game as the sixth seed. It provided another twist in a season that began with Rice's suspension and eventual release following Bob Feller Jersey a domestic dispute with his fiancee (now his wife). When the chaos died down, the emerged galvanized.Flacco did what he always seems to do when the calendar flips to January. His seven road playoff wins are the most by a quarterback since the 1970 merger. He completed 18 of 29 pa ses for 259 yards and the two scores. The gained a measure of revenge after the archrival knocked them out of the postseason in 2008 and 2010 at Heinz Field.Yet Flacco has come of age in the interim. And while Pittsburgh's bounce-back season included its first AFC North title in four years, the ' revamped roster could do little when it mattered.Pittsburgh played without All-Pro running back , out with a hyperextended right knee. Fill-ins , and managed just 43 yards on 15 carries as the ' four-game winning streak came to an abrupt and decisive end.Pittsburgh fell to 9-1 when facing a team for the third time in the same season, and it was not close. Baltimore's 13-point victory was the fourth-biggest win by a road team in postseason history.Flacco escaped pre sure from to find Smith in the back of the end zone to make it 20-9 in the third quarter. Pittsburgh drew within 20-15 on a 6-yard pa s from Roethlisberger to with 11:01 to go. But there would be no 2.0-version of the ' rally from 14 points down to Baltimore in the divisional round four years ago.er drilled a 52-yard field goal to push the lead to 23-15 and Suggs made a juggling interception from his knees on Pittsburgh's ensuing po se sion. The did not hesitate to put the away. Flacco rolled right and flipped to Gillmore. The tight end outraced two defenders to the end zone.In the end it was coach enjoying a rare celebratory moment in a place that has long been a stumbling block. No more. With his brother Jim -- the newly minted head coach at Michigan -- watching in a Wolverines winter jacket, the elder sibling sprinted off the turf and on to the divisional round for the sixth time since 2008.NOTES: Roethlisberger surpa sed Terry Bradshaw for most playoff completions in franchise history (279). ... are 10-5 on road in postseason. ... Brown had nine receptions for 117 yards, while Baltimore's had five for 101. ... All-Pro LB had two sacks for the . ... Pittsburgh had eight penalties for 114 yards.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre s Cody Allen Jersey