As I wrote about yesterday, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been very successful against division opponents over the course of their history when facing said opponents in the postseason. During the Super Bowl era, they have faced a division rival 10 times, emerging victorious in nine of those encou//nters, including Saturday’s defeat of the Bengals.
But the success goes a bit further than that when they defeat a division rival in the postseason, as it turns out, because it also tends to bode well for how the rest of the postseason that follows will play out for the Steelers.