The seventh seed as a practicality has only existed for going on four seasons. The NFL expanded the postseason in time for the 2020 season, adding a third wild-card team to each conference, bringing the total number of teams that qualify each year to 14, seven per conference.
For the second time in four seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the seventh seed in the AFC. They were blown out the last time, losing 42-21 to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021 in a game that probably wasn’t even as close as the score indicates. After an early scoop-and-score touchdown by T.