Cincy Game doesnt matter. Correct?

[hausparty]

Now as far as WILD CARD yes it definitely matters but am I right when I say all we need to do is win the last 2 games Ravens/Browns and we are division champs?

I am worried about the Bengals game so I'm just trying to make myself feel better.

The loss last night by the Ravens was huge as we get them and the Browns at home! LETS GOOO!

[hausparty]

Just did the Playoff machine! Sorry didnt know that was out yet but yes yes yes we win the last 2 games and we are champs. LETS GO!

[RuthlessBurgher]

I want to beat the sorry pussycats anyway, and hope their thuggishness doesn't get anyone hurt unnecessarily.

[K Train]

Well it matters in that if we were to lose to the ravens again we could still win the division if we beat cincy and cincy beat baltimore.

If lewis wasnt fighting for his job id say they may play spoiler for us and lose that game to baltimore, but i guess spoiling batlimores chances would be a nice consolation for them in that scenario.

[K Train]

I think we have the tie breaker over KC and Oakland if all 3 finish 11-5

[Sword]

Heck, if we win out, pats lose the last 3, KC loses 2 out 3, Raiders lose 2 out of 3 I think we are number 1 seed!!!!!!

[bostonsteeler]

We have to win against the Crows plus one other game.

[papillon]

I think we have the tie breaker over KC and Oakland if all 3 finish 11-5

Yes sir, the Steelers would be #2 seed if that scenario played out.

Pappy

[BradshawsHairdresser]

Well it matters in that if we were to lose to the ravens again we could still win the division if we beat cincy and cincy beat baltimore.

This. Steelers need to look at this game as a must-win.

[NorthCoast]

Herm begs to differ it doesn't matter:

[RuthlessBurgher]

Antonio Brown wants to throw a dodgeball at Vontaze Burfict
Posted by Mike Florio on December 15, 2016, 6:35 PM EST

The NFL announced this week that it is adding dodgeball to the Pro Bowl festivities. Which gave rise to an obvious question for Steelers receiver Antonio Brown during a visit to PFT Live.

You have one ball, and you’re facing Adam Jones, Vontaze Burfict, and Josh Norman. Who do you throw the dodgeball at?

“Vontaze, one hundred percent,” Brown said.

So where would Brown aim on Burfict?

“Definitely in the head,” Brown said.

The answer creates the impression that there is real animosity between Brown and Burfict. So I asked Brown how bad things currently are. Apparently, they’re not that bad at all.

“Well, there’s always gonna be some enthusiasm,” Brown said. “We know what’s there for us and what are our goals and what’s in front of us. We’ve just got to find a way to get the job done. You know, there’s no animosity or nothing personal in regards to those guys. Only thing necessary is you go out there and win the ball game and the time of the year it is, December football, it’s time to take the division and get ready to make a push for the playoffs.”

On Sunday, the Steelers return to Cincinnati for the first time since the playoff game that resulted in an illegal hit by Burfict on Brown followed by a penalty on Adam Jones followed by the Steelers kicking a field goal to win a game that had seemed to be a lost cause. And Brown will see Burfict for the first time this year, given that the three-game suspensions following the hit on Brown made him unavailable for the first game between the two teams.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/12/15/antonio-brown-wants-to-throw-a-dodgeball-at-vontaze-burfict/

[JUST-PLAIN-NASTY]

What you said is correct. However, you really want to win this game because you can actually still win the division then going into the final game if the Ravens beat the Eagles & us. Bengals would need to beat the Ravens then.

[feltdizz]

they ALL matter

[8467thekraken]

Run the table

[RuthlessBurgher]

By Mike Florio
December 17, 2016, 6:17 PM EST
Vontaze Burfict says he has made peace with Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown

Steelers receiver Antonio Brown hasn’t seen linebacker Vontaze Burfict since a postseason hit from Burfict ended Brown’s season, as a practical matter. Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell hasn’t seen Burfict since a hit from Burfict ended Bell’s season much earlier than the playoffs. As Burfict prepares to see both of them, he downplayed the existence of any problems with either player.

“We’re cool. No hard feelings,” Burfict said regarding Bell, via Bengals.com. “Last year was last year. People say what they say. I hit him perfectly. He tried to keep his feet going. He got hurt. I talked to him since his injury. I told him I’m happy to see him back running. I told him he’s going to come back strong.”

Burfict also has buried the hatchet with Brown.

“I saw him one night at the club,” Burfict said. “I shook his hand and I wanted to say something to him, but the music was too loud. It’s football. You’re going to get hit. He’s a good dude. It’s football. No hard feelings. I was trying to make a play on the ball.” (Brown remembers the exchange differently; he says Burfict apologized.)

Regardless of any apologies made in the past, Sunday’s game could require even more eventual apologies. Because football means always having to say you’re sorry. Or something.