The game within the game. That’s the beautiful thing about football, especially at the highest level: the key matchups within the game itself.
They say that football comes down to five or six plays in the end. It comes down to individual matchups, too. Win more individual matchups than you lose and there’s a good chance your team is victorious when the clock hits triple zeroes.
On Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, the heavyweight matchup between the visiting San Francisco 49ers and the host Pittsburgh Steelers will feature a number of key matchups within the game, ones that will certainly have a role in determining the outcome one way or another.