Doom and gloom may have reigned for the Steelers at times. Ben Roethlisberger’s season ended after not even two games. Mason Rudolph got beaned in the head with a helmet and was benched for third-stringer Devlin Hodges. JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner have struggled with injuries.
But somehow, Pittsburgh is 7-5 and find themselves not just in the hunt, but in position for a playoff spot as things currently stand.
The Steelers are in the sixth spot, two games behind the 9-3 Buffalo Bills. Who do they play next Sunday? Those very same first wild card spot-holding Buffalo Bills, in a game that has been flexed to primetime for Sunday Night Football, professional football’s biggest stage.