Video: Highlighting Mendenhall's suspension
Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall is suspended for one game, right as the Steelers start a difficult three-game run they'll need to play well in to make the playoffs.
Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall is suspended for one game, right as the Steelers start a difficult three-game run they'll need to play well in to make the playoffs.
Pittsburgh travels to a location full of bad memories while amid a current stretch of poor play at home.
Baltimore's once-dominant three game lead in the AFC North has shrunk to two games, and their Week 14 opponents, the Redskins, are 2.5 point favorites in D.C. A Ravens win and losses from Pittsburgh and the Bengals give the Ravens the AFC North title
Ben Roethlisberger is the unchallenged leader of this team. Starting in Week 14, though, the defense will become the catalyst behind the Steelers making a powerful run at the AFC playoffs, and once there, will be the team no one wants to play.
Even though the Steelers are 7.5 point favorites in this game, expect a competitive battle that will likely be determined on turnovers.
Despite a 7.5 point advantage in the spread, expect a lower-scoring, tightly competitive game between San Diego and Pittsburgh in Week 14.
The Steelers host the dangerous San Diego Chargers Sunday at Heinz Field - a place the Chargers rarely ever win.
The Steelers defense leads the NFL in several defensive categories, but the gap between them and the rest of the league gets significantly wider when looking at the past seven games. The once-feared Blitzburgh D is doing more with less.
Despite the fact Mike Wallace averages more touches in 2012 than he did in 2011, he feels he's not getting the ball enough in the middle quarters of the game to focus at the end.