The Pittsburgh Steelers have the chance to clinch the AFC North either Saturday night if the Baltimore Ravens lose to the Green Bay Packers, or on Sunday if they defeat the Cleveland Browns.
While Pittsburgh is playing its best football of the season—coming off a thrilling victory over the Detroit Lions—they will be without wide receiver DK Metcalf, who was suspended for the final two games of the season following an altercation with a Lions fan.
Meanwhile, Cleveland enters the matchup at 3–12 and will once again start rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who received high praise from longtime Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin on Tuesday.
“He is doing a really good job. He is growing with each week from an outsider’s perspective,” Tomlin said. “I think it’s always cool when you growing with company.”
Tomlin and the Steelers held a pre-draft meeting with Sanders after his collegiate career at Colorado, and many suspected there was significant interest in potentially drafting him as he continued to slide down the board—but they ultimately passed.Sanders also spoke to the media on Tuesday and was asked if this game carried extra meaning because it’s against the Steelers, a team that may have slighted him during the draft, and because it’s his first divisional start.
“I know getting a win versus any team means a lot for the Browns,” Sanders said. “You go into each and every game with motivation…I approach every game the same.”
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