The Pittsburgh Steelers were hoping that Week 17 would be a meaningless game for them, and it would have been—if the results from this past week had been reversed. The division would have been theirs had they beaten the New Orleans Saints—which they nearly did—and the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Instead, they not only failed to lock up the AFC North, they have put themselves on the brink of elimination and now require a win out of the Cleveland Browns to take down to Ravens.