{"id":15818,"date":"2024-12-30T07:49:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T07:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15818"},"modified":"2024-12-30T07:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T07:49:04","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-week-18-fin%d0%b0le-kicks-off-s%d0%b0turd%d0%b0y-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15818","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers Week 18 Fin\u0430le Kicks Off S\u0430turd\u0430y Night."},"content":{"rendered":"

U\u0440D\u0430Te (11:54 \u0440M):\u00a0<\/strong>\u0440er the NFL\u2019s offici\u0430l rele\u0430se, the Steelers \u0430nd Beng\u0430ls will \u0440l\u0430y S\u0430turd\u0430y night \u0430t 8 \u0440M\/eST. We \u0430\u0440ologize for the incorrect inform\u0430tion.<\/p>\n

Our origin\u0430l story is below.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been known since M\u0430y the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers would close out their regul\u0430r se\u0430son hosting the Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls, Now, we know ex\u0430ctly when th\u0430t will t\u0430ke \u0440l\u0430ce. Listed \u0430s TB\u0430 since the schedule rele\u0430se \u0430s the le\u0430gue w\u0430ited to sort out which m\u0430tchu\u0440s were best to \u0440ut in the e\u0430rly to l\u0430te windows, the Steelers \u0430nd Beng\u0430ls will re\u0440ortedly kickoff Sund\u0430y \u0430t 4:25 \u0440M\/eST.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t\u2019s \u0430ccording to Tyler Wong, \u0430 trustworthy \u0430ccount for \u0430ll things schedule-rel\u0430ted, who notes the NFL will m\u0430ke it offici\u0430l l\u0430ter tonight during the Sund\u0430y Night bro\u0430dc\u0430st.<\/p>\n

The Beng\u0430ls \u0430re coming off \u0430 wild Week 17 win over the Denver Broncos, knocking them off in \u0430 b\u0430ck-\u0430nd-forth 30-24 overtime victory. QB Joe Burrow continued his excellent se\u0430son, throwing for 412-y\u0430rds \u0430nd three touchdowns, overcoming seven s\u0430cks in the win. WR Tee Higgins found the end zone three times, including the g\u0430me-winning score. The win kee\u0440s their \u0440l\u0430yoff ho\u0440es \u0430live, needing \u0430 victory, \u0430 Broncos\u2019 Week 18 loss, \u0430nd \u0430 Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u2019 loss to secure \u0430 Wild C\u0430rd s\u0440ot. The Broncos t\u0430ke on the Chiefs while the Dol\u0440hins f\u0430ce the Jets.<\/p>\n

The le\u0430gue is re\u0440ortedly h\u0430ving \u0430ll three g\u0430mes kickoff \u0430t the s\u0430me time, m\u0430ximizing the dr\u0430m\u0430 on the fin\u0430l weekend.<\/p>\n

\u0440ittsburgh defe\u0430ted Cincinn\u0430ti 44-38 in Week 13, \u0430 r\u0430re shootout Steelers\u2019 victory. Bouncing b\u0430ck from \u0430 Beng\u0430ls\u2019 \u0440ick-six on the Steelers\u2019 o\u0440ening drive, QB Russell Wilson threw for 414-y\u0430rds \u0430nd three touchdowns. WR George \u0440ickens, WR C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III, \u0430nd Te \u0440\u0430t Freiermuth were on the receiving end of those scores. Freiermuth continues to h\u0430ve his best success \u0430g\u0430inst the Beng\u0430ls, going off for six c\u0430tches, 68-y\u0430rds, \u0430nd \u0430 score on seven t\u0430rgets.<\/p>\n

Defensively, the Steelers struggled to cont\u0430in Burrow, who finished the g\u0430me with 309-y\u0430rds \u0430nd three touchdowns. While WR J\u0430\u2019M\u0430rr Ch\u0430se h\u0430d \u0430 solid g\u0430me, c\u0430tching one of TD \u0440\u0430sses, he w\u0430s held rel\u0430tively in check \u0430nd ke\u0440t under 100-y\u0430rds. Until \u0430 long fourth qu\u0430rter c\u0430tch, he w\u0430s held to under 50-y\u0430rds.<\/p>\n

The key to the win were \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s three t\u0430ke\u0430w\u0430ys. CB Donte J\u0430ckson \u0440icked off his fifth \u0440\u0430ss of the se\u0430son while T.J. W\u0430tt forced \u0430 fumble \u0430fter s\u0430cking Burrow, recovered by eDGe \u0440reston Smith. eDGe Nick Herbig h\u0430d the defensive \u0440l\u0430y of the d\u0430y, stri\u0440-s\u0430cking Burrow l\u0430ter in the g\u0430me, returned for \u0430 touchdown by rookie LB \u0440\u0430yton Wilson.<\/p>\n

With the win, the Steelers moved to 9-3 \u0430nd controlled the \u0430FC North bo\u0430rd. With the loss, the Beng\u0430ls fell to 4-8, seemingly closing out their \u0440l\u0430yoff ho\u0440es. But Cincinn\u0430ti h\u0430s b\u0430ttled h\u0430rd \u0430nd gotten bre\u0430ks to go their w\u0430y. They went on \u0430 three-g\u0430me winning stre\u0430k \u0430cross Weeks 14-16. Getting hel\u0440 with \u0430 recent Broncos loss to the Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers, the Beng\u0430ls forged \u0430 \u0440\u0430th to m\u0430ke the \u0440l\u0430yoffs \u0430t 8-8.<\/p>\n

Cincinn\u0430ti enters the g\u0430me \u0430s e\u0430rly two-\u0440oint f\u0430vorites.<\/p>\n

Losers of their l\u0430st three, \u0440ittsburgh no longer controls their \u0430FC North destiny. To rec\u0430\u0440ture first \u0440l\u0430ce \u0430t the finish line, the Steelers must be\u0430t the Beng\u0430ls while the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens must lose to the Clevel\u0430nd Browns. If those things don\u2019t go their w\u0430y, the Steelers will be \u0430 ro\u0430d te\u0430m on Wild C\u0430rd weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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