Records: Pittsburgh (3-2); Las Vegas (2-3)

Kickoff: Sunday, 4:05 p.m., CBS

BetMGM NFL odds: Steelers by 3

Series record: Raiders lead 14-12

Against the spread: Steelers 3-2; Raiders 2-3

Last meeting: Steelers beat the Raiders 23-18 on Sept. 24, 2023, in Las Vegas

Last week: Steelers lost to the Cowboys 20-17; Raiders lost to the Broncos 34-18

Steelers offense: overall (23), rush (13), pass (27), scoring (26)

Steelers defense: overall (8), rush (5), pass (17), scoring (2T)

Raiders offense: overall (24), rush (30), pass (15T), scoring (22T)

Raiders defense: overall (17), rush (23), pass (16), scoring (28)

Turnover differential: Steelers plus-4; Raiders minus-7

Steelers player to watch: WR George Pickens. The talented but mercurial Pickens caused a stir during last week’s loss to Dallas when he wrote “open (expletive) always” on his eye black. It wasn’t just the eye black that caught people’s attention. Pickens played a career-low 34 snaps and didn’t appear to handle it very well. He openly sulked on the sideline and at one point slammed his helmet on the ground so hard it leaped over the bench. Coach Mike Tomlin downplayed Pickens’ diminished playing time, calling it load management, but for a team that desperately needs Pickens to be a difference-maker every week, the 23-year-old needs to be engaged and on the field.

Raiders player to watch: QB Aidan O’Connell gets another chance at being the starter after Gardner Minshew was benched this week. Coach Antonio Pierce also turned to O’Connell midway through last season, and he went 5-4 after taking over the position. But after Las Vegas signed Minshew in the offseason, the team had a quarterback competition that ultimately sent O’Connell back to the bench. Now he has a second chance to show the trust that Pierce had in him was not misplaced.

Key matchup: Raiders RTs vs. Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt. Watt loves to line up wide left and be an absolute nightmare for offensive tackles. He already has 4.5 sacks this season, and that doesn’t tell the complete story of how he can wreck offensive game plans. Thayer Munford is the usual starter at right tackle, but has missed the past two games with knee and ankle injuries and his status remains uncertain. The other tackle is rookie DJ Glaze, who has allowed two sacks this season.

Key injuries: Steelers: OLB Alex Highsmith (groin), OLB Nick Herbig (hamstring), OLB DeMarvin Leal (neck), RB Cordarrelle Patterson (ankle) and S Damontae Kazee (foot) are out. RB Jaylen Warren (knee) might play. Raiders: WR Davante Adams (hamstring) will miss his third game in a row. TE Michael Mayer (personal) was placed on the non-football illness list. WR Jakobi Meyers (ankle), RB Zamir White (groin), G Jackson Powers-Johnson (knee), T Thayer Munford (knee and ankle), LB Tommy Eichenberg (hamstring) and S Trey Taylor (knee) were questionable.

Series notes: The Steelers have won the past two meetings, but the Raiders had won four of the previous five. … This is the second straight year the teams will meet in Las Vegas. They most recently played each other in Pittsburgh on Christmas Eve in 2022 and Las Vegas QB Derek Carr was benched the following Monday. .. Though the teams haven’t played each other in the postseason since Jan. 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, they have a rich playoff history against each other. They each have won three times, the first meeting being the most famous. That Dec. 23, 1972 matchup was the “Immaculate Reception” game when Pittsburgh’s Franco Harris grabbed a batted pass just above the turf for a catch-and-run score as time expired to beat the Raiders 13-7.

Stats and stuff: Raiders LB Robert Spillane, who played for the Steelers, will try to extend his double-digit tackle streak to six games to open this season. … DE Maxx Crosby is one sack from passing Anthony Smith (57.5) for third place in franchise history.