Thursday night’s game had playoff implications for the Pittsburgh Steelers—or at least, potential implications. The victor of the game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos determined what the Steelers’ floor was for their playoff seeding, should they fail to secure the AFC North.
And because the Chargers won, that means the Steelers could still wind up as the lowest seed. In fact, with three games to go, they can still finish anywhere between the first and seventh seeds. Had the Broncos beaten the Chargers, the Steelers would have only been able to fall as low as sixth.