{"id":319197,"date":"2026-11-02T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/319197\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T01:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:12:12","slug":"steelers-make-big-jump-in-afc-playoff-picture-after-win-over-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/319197\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers make big jump in AFC playoff picture after win over Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Steelers won their fourth consecutive game on Sunday, defeating the Cleveland Browns 27-6 to get to 6-2 on the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The win puts the Steelers in first place in the AFC North, which takes them from being the No. 6 seed in the AFC to the No. 3 seed. But not only are the Steelers a top four seed currently, they are just a half-game back of the top spot in the conference, trailing the 6-1 Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The full AFC playoff picture is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">1. Buffalo Bills (6-1)<br \/>2. Denver Broncos (6-2, 3-1 AFC)<br \/>3. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2, 3-2 AFC)<br \/>4. Jacksonville Jaguars (5-2)<br \/>5. Kansas City Chiefs (5-2, 5-1 AFC)<br \/>6. Cincinnati Bengals (5-2, 4-2 AFC)<br \/>7. New England Patriots (5-3, 5-1 AFC)<br \/>8. Cleveland Browns (5-3, 3-3 AFC)<br \/>9. Las Vegas Raiders (4-4, 3-3 AFC)<br \/>10. Baltimore Ravens (4-4, 2-3 AFC)<br \/>11. Houston Texans (2-5)<br \/>12. New York Jets (2-6, 2-3 AFC)<br \/>13. Indianapolis Colts (2-6, 1-5 AFC)<br \/>14. Miami Dolphins (1-6)<br \/>15. Tennessee Titans (1-7)<br \/>16. Los Angeles Chargers (0-7)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers won their fourth consecutive game on Sunday, defeating the Cleveland Browns 27-6 to get to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853,30467],"class_list":["post-319197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-playoffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}