{"id":61419,"date":"2025-12-15T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61419\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:23:10","slug":"steelers-playoff-picture-updated-chances-for-pittsburgh-to-make-2025-nfl-postseason-in-week-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61419\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers playoff picture: Updated chances for Pittsburgh to make 2025 NFL postseason in Week 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steelers playoff picture: Updated chances for Pittsburgh to make 2025 NFL postseason in Week 15<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The expectations coming into this season for the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> were certainly capped. With head coach Mike Tomlin not having much recent success and the addition of Aaron Rodgers, no one took the Steelers seriously.<\/p>\n

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Now here they are in Week 15, strongly contending for a playoff spot. It also helps that the AFC North has been a disaster for most of the season. The Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>\u2019 season practically ended in Week 2 when quarterback Joe Burrow went down. The Baltimore Ravens<\/a> have been shockingly bad with or without Lamar Jackson, and the Cleveland Browns<\/a> \u2014 well, they\u2019re the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t criticize the Steelers for taking care of business; they just went into Baltimore and stole a win from the Ravens. This was by far Rodgers\u2019 best game passing the ball, especially to DK Metcalf, who surpassed 100 receiving yards for the first time since Week 4.<\/p>\n

Now Pittsburgh finds itself in a legitimate battle for the playoffs heading into Week 15. On Monday Night Football, the Steelers will host the red-hot Miami Dolphins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Steelers\u2019 2025-26 postseason chances heading into Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n

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Steelers playoff picture<\/p>\n

As of entering Monday Night Football in Week 15, the Steelers are the No. 4 seed in the AFC. This is mainly because they lead the AFC North through Week 14.<\/p>\n

After beating the Ravens, the Steelers have grabbed this spot from Baltimore. However,\u00a0Next Gen Stats gives the Steelers a 66% chance to make the postseason. This is the lowest of any AFC team that holds a playoff spot heading into Week 15.<\/p>\n

The Steelers are far from secure. As far as Pittsburgh fans are concerned, the Steelers need to keep winning, and the Ravens must keep losing.<\/p>\n

Here is how the AFC playoff standings look heading into Week 15. The first four seeds are the division leaders.<\/p>\n

Rank<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Record<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos<\/p>\n

11-2<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

New England Patriots<\/p>\n

11-2<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Jaguars<\/p>\n

9-4<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n

7-6<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

9-4<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

9-4<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Houston Texans<\/p>\n

8-5<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n

8-5<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

6-7<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

6-7<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

6-7<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n

4-9<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

New York Jets<\/p>\n

3-10<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

3-10<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n

2-11<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

2-11<\/p>\n

MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture after Week 14 results<\/a><\/p>\n

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AFC North standings<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Record<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n

7-6<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

6-7<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n

4-9<\/p>\n

Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

3-10<\/p>\n

Without an AFC North\u00a0title, Pittsburgh’s\u00a0chances of making the playoffs are slim. Their 7-6 record would place them as low as No. 9 on the bubble.<\/p>\n

Steelers remaining schedule<\/p>\n

The Steelers have anything but an easy end to their NFL season. To start, they’ll face a Detroit Lions<\/a> team just as desperate for wins as Pittsburgh is. Everyone knows what the Lions are capable of offensively, and the Steelers’ defense has struggled throughout the year.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh ends the season with two AFC North opponents. It doesn’t matter what the records are; in-division matchups in the NFL are always challenging. Not to mention that even one divisional loss could be the deciding factor that ends the Steelers’ playoff hopes.<\/p>\n

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Here is a look at Pittsburgh’s remaining schedule.<\/p>\n

Week<\/p>\n

Opponent<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

at Lions<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

at Browns<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

vs. Ravens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers playoff picture: Updated chances for Pittsburgh to make 2025 NFL postseason in Week 15 originally appeared on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3269,4701,4916,6621,3268,4914,6622,11866,6538,6516,4918,15290,4778,8786,4919,6548,4923,6549,12924,6623,1418,73,75,74,1833,15291,33130],"class_list":{"0":"post-61419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-afc-north","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-cleveland-browns","14":"tag-denver-broncos","15":"tag-detroit-lions","16":"tag-dk-metcalf","17":"tag-houston-texans","18":"tag-indianapolis-colts","19":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-joe-burrow","21":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","22":"tag-lamar-jackson","23":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","24":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","25":"tag-miami-dolphins","26":"tag-new-england-patriots","27":"tag-new-york-jets","28":"tag-nfl","29":"tag-pittsburgh","30":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","31":"tag-pittsburgh-news","32":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","33":"tag-tennessee-titans","34":"tag-week-15"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61419","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=61419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}