The Pittsburgh Steelers will be under the national spotlight with a Monday Night Football matchup against the Chicago Bears. This pivotal game will require a “bear necessity” of a win for the home team Steelers in order to keep their playoff hopes shining brightly.
This isn’t because they are failing at the half way point of the season, or that they are currently terribly behind. Au contraire, they’ve wrestled themselves back into solid contention with their three-game winning streak, including a fan frenzied victory over the Cleveland Browns last weekend by a score of 15-10.
The Steelers can’t be faulted for this otherwise mundane Bears game to mean so much.