Following each game in the 2022 Pittsburgh Steelers season, I will highlight the event or string of events in the game that is the turning point. Not all turning points will be earth-shattering but are meant to give a unique look at how we arrived at the outcome of the game, one that may be hard to see during the first live watch.
Going into the game on Christmas Eve against the Las Vegas Raiders, I felt something that I hadn’t had for this Pittsburgh team in a long while, expectations. It was a primetime game in frigid weather honoring Pittsburgh legend Franco Harris who passed away mere days before he was to be honored at this game.