Coming into the Week 13 matchup at Acrisure Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Steelers had a real opportunity in front of themselves from a playoff perspective.
Win and improve to 8-4, the playoff odds for the team would push close to 80%, making them much closer to a lock with a few weeks left than anyone could have imagined. But with a loss, the Steelers would fall to 7-5 and make it more of a 50/50 bet on the playoffs.
A loss to the lowly Cardinals, who came into the matchup 2-10, was unthinkable. Pittsburgh wasn’t going to lose this game, right?