steelers are more explosive and would be scary to sling it with in a shootout. i do trust our defense to be stingy against them however i still think we are capable of giving up the big play
the chiefs have a better defense, so i think the game would be more of a possession and pace game. come to think of it, the more i try to make a case for the steelers being superior, the chiefs seem to be the more toxic matchup
idk, there's just something about the steelers that gets to me

Regardless how much FG you have, which team you think will win and which team actually ends up winning: The Chiefs are not the favorite. That's not an opinion-based statement.

yeah i feel you on that, they have that element where they can march 80+ yards in about 1:00, chiefs don't have that as much, though tyreek hill could give us problems

Steelers also got Murdered by the Eagles and dolphins.

Eagles vs Dolphins superbowl incoming.

as soon as i type this, chiefs score a TD in about 20 seconds lmao

KC can still get a first round bye

that's kinda scary lol

which playoff games would you rather face:

Host Steelers, Host Chiefs

or

Host Steelers, @Raiders

?

I'd rather be home but it really doesn't even matter, if the Raiders made it to the conference championship they'd be playing hard regardless though and if they were home, no thanks. But either way we win

Host Steelers, @Raiders

OK, so hear me out on this:

The benefit of resting some players and halfassing it Week 17:

We get to rest some players
Oakland might lose their late game anyway, so our game wouldnt have mattered
Even if Oakland wins and we get the #2 seed, how is that any worse? As a #1 seed, our 2 playoff games are probably going to be Chiefs/Steelers. If being the #2 seed causes us to have any different matchup than that, it would be @Raiders which is arguably a better path (or at least no worse). Hell, if letting the Raiders get #1 makes it easier for them to knock off their first opponent (Chiefs or Steelers) then that might be better for us in the long run.

So, how could resting players and halfassing Week 17 come back to haunt us? I don't see a scenario where it could.

Big picture, the business of the NFL is about making money so home games are better. But purely from a football perspective, if you are only thinking about winning the SB, resting some people Week 17 makes sense to me right now.

This post was edited by Kayeto on Dec 26 2016 01:45am