A lot still has to go right for the Pittsburgh Steelers to make the playoffs.
After what happened this weekend, would you dare count them out?
Kenny Pickett threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Najee Harris with 56 seconds remaining, giving the Steelers a 16-13 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night and improbably keeping their postseason hopes alive entering the final week of the regular season.
“Really proud of those guys in that locker room,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. “Another challenging week, hostile environment, prime time television on the road. But those guys didn’t blink.”
The Steelers (8-8) spent Sunday walking the elimination tightrope, but never quite falling off:
— Miami lost to New England. A win by the Dolphins would have knocked out Pittsburgh.
— The New York Jets lost to Seattle. If New York had won, it wouldn’t have totally eliminated the Steelers, but it would have left them needing the Jets and Dolphins to play to a tie next week for Pittsburgh to have any chance.
“They put our game at 8, so was able to see some of the stuff that was going on,” Harris said. “We saw that, but we didn’t want to pay attention to that too much. We just wanted to pay attention to what we had to do, and that was beat the Ravens.”
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