With the Ravens on their tail, the Steelers found themselves fans of a surprising adversary on their flight home from Detroit. After defeating the Lions, they know that a Baltimore loss would allow them to clinch the AFC North next week. With either a Steelers win or tie or a Ravens loss or tie in Week 17, Pittsburgh would be playoff bound, and as the host of a Wild Card game on top of that.
“We were all watching the [Ravens and Patriots] game”, Steelers RT Troy Fautanu admitted, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We were Patriots fans last night.