The Pittsburgh Steelers are just not a good team playing on the western side of the United States. It’s not entirely explainable, but the historical record going far back beyond Head Coach Mike Tomlin shows that they have a disproportionately difficult time winning in the Pacific and Mountain time zones.
And the Oakland Raiders’ home has really been a baffling black here, where they have been sucked into, or sucked, time and again during Ben Roethlisberger’s tenure. But this one wasn’t on him, which we will get to more later on in the night.