Many fans understandably don’t have much hope for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs. Considering they’ve lost their last three games, and none of them have been particularly close, that makes sense. However, the Steelers have an opportunity to change some people’s minds in Week 18. Rich Eisen is curious if Steelers fans would feel better about the team if they beat the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Beating the Bengals at home and saying, ‘They’re done,’ going into the playoffs, heading off to Houston, you wouldn’t feel good about that?” Eisen said recently on his show. “Or you’d be sitting there saying, ‘Damn, we lost three games in 11 days to teams that we’re gonna have to beat to make the Super Bowl.