NFL Power Rankings, Week 16: Cowboys find their grove, 49ers stunned by Falcons

15. Pittsburgh Steelers (13)

The good news for the Pittsburgh Steelers is despite coming up short Sunday night at home against the Buffalo Bills, Mike Tomlin’s team still controls their own playoff destiny.

At the moment, the Steelers still sit in the No. 6 seed, but since there are numerous teams that would love to swoop in for the final spot, Pittsburgh basically can’t afford to lose another game.

After a horrendous start to the regular season by losing four of their first five games, sitting in one of the Wild Card spot is the last position anyone expected the Steelers to be in, and if they do extend their season to January, Pittsburgh could cause plenty of problems.

Instead of beating Pittsburgh up over losing at home to Buffalo, football fans just need to realize the Bills are that great of a football team, and the Steelers will hopefully use this loss as motivation to end the year on a strong note.

But also, if Pittsburgh truly wants to be viewed as a serious playoff contender in the AFC during these final two weeks, Devlin Hodges needs to avoid games like Sunday in which he was a turnover machine after throwing four interceptions in the loss to Buffalo.