Climbing all the way back out of a 2-6 and 3-7 hole to get to 8-8 on the season simply won’t matter for the Pittsburgh Steelers if they can’t finish the climb in Week 18.
That climb starts and ends with the Cleveland Browns in a 1 p.m. matchup at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday in an AFC North matchup with the Steelers still in playoff contention. Beat the Browns, get some help from the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills and the Steelers will get into the playoffs.
Lose…and, well, it’s all for naught.
Steelers team captain Cameron Heyward knows where the focus needs to be on Sunday, and it has nothing to do with the playoff picture.