Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and welcome to a Wednesday afternoon special of Pittsburgh Steelers football. This time they will be taking on the back-to-back Super Bowl champions. The Kansas City Chiefs once again look like the class of the league at 14-1 with a chance to lock up the No. 1 seed in the AFC. Meanwhile, the Steelers are attempting to hold onto the AFC North lead, which they only have via tiebreaker after their loss just a few days ago.
Because of this Wednesday football game, both teams have been in a three-game, 11-day gauntlet. Both sides have some key injuries to manage, but the Steelers are finally getting healthy after missing several key starters over the last two weeks.
The Steelers will look to avoid yet another three-game loss streak in the month of December. If they want to make a deep playoff run, they need to get hot now and they need to prove they can beat the Chiefs at home. Chances are any deep playoff run would require a win over the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Steelers’ Inactive Players
QB Justin Fields (3rd QB)
CB Joey Porter Jr.
WR Ben Skowronek
DL Dean Lowry
OLB Preston Smith
Chiefs’ Inactive Players
DT Chris Jones
DB Chamarri Conner
OT D.J. Humphries
OL C.J. Hanson
OL Ethan Driskell
DE Malik Herring
DE Joshua Uche
START OF GAME
The Steelers are starting with the ball on the 30 after a touchback.
1st and 10, Russell Wilson complete to Freiermuth for 7 yards. 2nd and 3, Najee Harris off left tackle for a yard. 3rd and 2, Wilson was nearly sacked and fumbled but recovered. The punt was returned 25 yards to the 42 — almost in field goal range.
1st and 10, Isiah Pacheco up the middle for 8 yards. 2nd and 2, Pacheco up the middle for a yard. 3rd and 1, Cam Heyward and Patrick Queen stopped Kareem Hunt short of the first down. They lined up to go for it on fourth before calling a timeout. They went for it and converted. Aggressive early by the Chiefs.
The Chiefs called their second timeout already. 1st and 10, Mahomes complete to Kelce for 4 yards. 2nd and 6, Mahomes scrambled for 12 yards.
1st and 10, Mahomes complete to Noah Gray for 6 yards. 2nd and 4, Mahomes to Xavier Worthy and he raced to the goal line for a touchdown. He committed a penalty which resulted in a missed extra point. 6-0 Chiefs.
