As we’ll do every week to get you ready for the upcoming game, our X-Factor of the week. Sometimes it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. Here’s our X-Factor for Sunday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Chargers.
X-FACTOR(S): MIKE TOMLIN/KEITH BUTLER
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ season is on the line. And they’re in an awfully tough spot to try to turn the year around, facing the 8-3 Baltimore Ravens without Joe Haden and potentially/likely without Cam Heyward and TJ Watt. On paper, this does not look like a good matchup for Pittsburgh.