The Pittsburgh Steelers can not play the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs after the Buffalo Bills defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-24 on Sunday.
Since the Bills hold the No. 6 seed, that is a seed lower than the Steelers’ No. 4 seed. The Broncos will draw the lowest seeded team in the playoffs,
The Steelers can not be the lowest-seeded team, as a result, they can either head to New England to face the Patriots or welcome the Bills to Pittsburgh in a rematch.
The Steelers would host the Bills if the Los Angeles Chargers defeat the Patriots on Sunday night.
Pittsburgh still has to win, and given they play on Monday, it will almost certainly be a Monday night game they get in the next round of the playoffs, too.
The Bills won their first road playoff game with Sean McDermott and Josh Allen at the helm by defeating the Jaguars in a hard-fought matchup.
Meanwhile, the Steelers lost to the Bills in a 26-7 drubbing the first time those teams met weeks ago. The Patriots lost 21-14 in a Week 3 clash in Foxborough where they fumbled the ball four times, with the Steelers recovering all of those fumbles.
If the Steelers can get past a stingy Houston team, it will be a rematch that will require new tricks to be pulled out in both matchups.