Previewing the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 6 showdown

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are two teams who don’t know each other well considering they are not in the same conference and only play one another once every four years. However, for these teams, the game in Week 6 is as big one. Throw in the fact the Steelers are on a four-game losing streak, and this game gets even more attention.

Here is the game preview for the Steelers and Bucs for their Week 6 matchup in Pittsburgh.

Teams (Records)

Pittsburgh Steelers: 1-4, 4th place in the AFC North
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 3-2, 1st place in the NFC South

Odds (Courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)

Buccaneers (-8.0)
OVER/UNDER: 44.0
Moneyline: Steelers +310; Bucs -380

Odds/lines subject to change. T&Cs apply. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for details.

Last 5 Games in series

Steelers: 4-1

Matchup History

Pittsburgh Steelers lead series 9-2-0

Injury Report

(Note: This will be updated throughout the week as more injury reports are released)

Steelers

Game Status

• CB Cameron Sutton (Hamstring) - Out
• CB Ahkello Witherspoon (Hamstring) - Out
• CB Levi Wallace (Concussion) - Out
• S Minkah Fitzpatrick (Knee) - Out
• TE Pat Freiermuth (Concussion) - Out
• DE DeMarvin Leal (Knee) - Out

Friday, October 14

WR Diontae Johnson (Hip) - FP
CB Cameron Sutton (Hamstring) - DNP
CB Ahkello Witherspoon (Hamstring) - DNP
CB Levi Wallace (Concussion) - LP
S Terrell Edmunds (Concussion) - FP
S Minkah Fitzpatrick (Knee) - DNP
DT Montravius Adams (Hip) - FP
OL Mason Cole (Foot) - FP
TE Zach Gentry (Knee) - FP
TE Pat Freiermuth (Concussion) - LP
DT Larry Ogunjobi (Back) - FP
DE DeMarvin Leal (Knee) - DNP

Thursday, October 13

WR Diontae Johnson (Hip) - FP
CB Cameron Sutton (Hamstring) - DNP
CB Ahkello Witherspoon (Hamstring) - DNP
CB Levi Wallace (Concussion) - LP
S Terrell Edmunds (Concussion) - FP
S Minkah Fitzpatrick (Knee) - DNP
DT Montravius Adams (Hip) - FP
OL Mason Cole (Foot) - DNP
TE Zach Gentry (Knee) - FP
TE Pat Freiermuth (Concussion) - LP
DT Larry Ogunjobi (Back) - DNP

Wednesday, October 12

WR Diontae Johnson (Hip) - LP
CB Cameron Sutton (Hamstring) - DNP
CB Ahkello Witherspoon (Hamstring) - DNP
CB Levi Wallace (Concussion) - DNP
S Terrell Edmunds (Concussion) - FP
S Minkah Fitzpatrick (Knee) - DNP
DT Montravius Adams (Hip) - DNP
OL Mason Cole (Foot) - DNP
TE Zach Gentry (Knee) - DNP
TE Pat Freiermuth (Concussion) - LP
DT Larry Ogunjobi (Back) - DNP

Buccaneers

Game Status

• S Mike Edwards (Elbow) - Questionable
• DT Akiem Hicks (Foot) - Out
• WR Julio Jones (Knee) - Doubtful
• CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (Quad) - Out
• S Logan Ryan (Foot) - Out

Friday, October 14

TE Cameron Brate (Concussion) - FP
WR Jaelon Darden (Tooth) - FP
CB Carlton Davis (Hip) - FP
S Mike Edwards (Elbow) - LP
WR Russell Gage (Ankle) - FP
DL William Gholston (Rest_ - FP
WR Chris Godwin (Hip/Knee/Rest) - FP
DT Akiem Hicks (Foot) - DNP
WR Julio Jones (Knee) - DNP
CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (Quad) - DNP
OLB Carl Nassib (Illness) - FP
WR Breshad Perriman (Knee/Hamstring) - FP
S Logan Ryan (Foot) - DNP
T Donovan Smith (Elbow) - FP
LB Lavonte David (Rest) - DNP
WR Mike Evans (Rest) - DNP

Thursday, October 13

TE Cameron Brate (Concussion) - FP
WR Jaelon Darden (Tooth) - FP
CB Carlton Davis (Hip) - FP
S Mike Edwards (Elbow) - LP
WR Russell Gage (Ankle) - LP
DL William Gholston (Rest) - DNP
WR Chris Godwin (Hip/Knee/Rest) - DNP
DT Akiem Hicks (Foot) - DNP
WR Julio Jones (Knee) - DNP
CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (Quad) - DNP
OLB Carl Nassib (Illness) - FP
WR Breshad Perriman (Knee/Hamstring) - FP
S Logan Ryan (Foot) - DNP
T Donovan Smith (Elbow) - LP

Wednesday, October 12

TE Cameron Brate (Concussion) - FP
WR Jaelon Darden (Tooth) - DNP
CB Carlton Davis (Hip) - FP
S Mike Edwards (Elbow) - LP
WR Russell Gage (Ankle) - DNP
WR Chris Godwin (Hip/Knee) - LP
DT Akiem Hicks (Foot) - DNP
WR Julio Jones (Knee) - DNP
CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (Quad) - DNP
OLB Carl Nassib (Illness) - DNP
WR Breshad Perriman (Knee/Hamstring) - FP
S Logan Ryan (Foot) - DNP
T Donovan Smith (Elbow) - LP

News and Notes

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a team reeling, and that can be said about every facet of the team. The offense isn’t producing points, or time-consuming drives. The defense isn’t stopping the run, or even providing a bend-don’t-break approach to the game. Special teams has been sporadic, with missed field goals and average punting.

The team the Steelers will host at Acrisure Stadium Sunday are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and while the Bucs are not firing on all cylinders in 2022, they are head-and-shoulders ahead of where Pittsburgh currently resides. The Buccaneers are struggling to run the ball, but even at age 45 Tom Brady continues to prove how tremendous he is with his precision and accuracy throwing the football.

At 1-4, the Steelers absolutely need this game to remain even remotely relevant in the AFC North, while the Buccaneers at 3-2 need to stay ahead of the rest of the NFC South. With the current spread sitting with the Steelers being 8-point home underdogs, most would be throwing their money at Tampa Bay to win and cover, but the Steelers are still a proud franchise and them laying an egg two weeks in a row seems unlikely. In fact, history shows in the Mike Tomlin era when the Steelers lose by a margin of over 30 points, they have a very good record of winning their next game. That was with a quarterback named Ben Roethlisberger at the helm, but we’ll see what Week 8 has in story for the home team Sunday.

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