PITTSBURGH -- Standing behind a dais in the cramped visitors' media conference room at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field, coach Mike Tomlin dismissed the notion of one loss snowballing into a slump. The Pittsburgh Steelers then lost two more games in the next 10 days and now enter Week 18 searching for a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
No longer in control of their own destiny in the AFC North title race, the Steelers may not be playing to host a wild-card playoff game, but Saturday night's outcome could be critical in determining the team's postseason fate as it chases the franchise's first playoff win since 2016.