BALTIMORE -- Walking off a rain-soaked field at M&T Bank Stadium, Mike Tomlin shouted three words over and over as he and his team made their victory march to the visitors' locker room.
"Off the couch," the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach said emphatically, shouting it in his booming voice alongside defensive captain Cameron Heyward.
That's because without the contributions of inside linebacker Myles Jack and safety Eric Rowe, two players who were elevated from the practice squad for the game and unsigned for the majority of the NFL season, the Steelers might not be in this situation: on the cusp of a playoff berth after having just a 4% chance to make the postseason less than a month ago.