With a chance to win the AFC North in Week 17 against the hapless Cleveland Browns, all the Pittsburgh Steelers needed to do was find a way to win the football game. Doing so without standout wide receiver DK Metcalf against the No. 1 passing defense in the NFL was going to be difficult, but the Steelers had QB Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers was in the middle of a great stretch of play and was expected to be able to make up for the lack of Metcalf due to his two-game suspension after an altercation with a Detroit Lions fan in Week 16.