When the NFL released its schedule seven months ago both players and fans circled this week on their calendars. Four teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, will play three games in 11 days.
Only once since 1933 has an NFL team played three games in 11 days in December - the 2011 Jacksonville Jaguars.
Unfortunately for the Steelers, so far, they have already dropped the first two. They fell 34-17 in a pivotal AFC North clash with the Baltimore Ravens last Saturday and stumbled to a 27-13 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles in week 15.