By John Wawrow The Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Stefon Diggs can’t speak to how Buffalo’s opening-round playoff opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers, turned around their season and secured the AFC’s seventh and final playoff berth on the final weekend. The receiver, though, ...
Records: Pittsburgh (10-7); Buffalo (11-6) Kickoff: Sunday 1 p.m., CBS Opening line: Bills by 10, according to FanDuel Sportsbook Against the spread: Steelers 10-7; Bills 7-10 Series record: Steelers lead 17-12 Last meeting: Bills beat Steelers 38-3 in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2022 Last week: Steelers beat Ravens 17-10; Bills beat Dolphins 21-14 Steelers offense: OVERALL (25), RUSH (13), PASS (25), SCORING (28) Steelers defense: OVERALL (21), RUSH (19), PASS (17), SCORING (6) Bills offense: OVERALL (4), RUSH (7), PASS (8), SCORING (6) Bills defense: OVERALL (9), ...
AFC playoffs Who: Pittsburgh at Buffalo When: Sunday, 1 p.m. TV: CBS The latest line: Bills by 10 Radio: WRKY-FM 104.9; B-ROCK 107.5-FM By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Confidence always came easy to Mason Rudolph. Setting records wherever he happened to throw a football — be it growing up in South Carolina or at Oklahoma State — helped. Then came 2019. And chaos. Ten wildly uneven games while filling in for the injured Ben Roethlisberger. A concussion that left the indelible image of Rudolph being carried off the field on a stretcher with his ...
By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press Matthew Stafford vs. the Lions. Mike McCarthy vs. the Packers. Tyreek Hill vs. the Chiefs. The NFL’s wild-card weekend is all about reunions and some rematches, too. Stafford leads the Los Angeles Rams to Detroit to face his old team where he spent 12 seasons and didn’t win a playoff game. McCarthy’s Dallas Cowboys host Green Bay, the team he led to a Super Bowl title with Aaron Rodgers 13 years ago. Hill and the Miami Dolphins head to Kansas City, which won one Super Bowl with the dynamic wide receiver and one without him last ...
AFC playoffs Who: Pittsburgh at Buffalo When: Sunday, 1 p.m. TV: CBS The latest line: Bills by 10 Radio: WRKY-FM 104.9; B-ROCK 107.5-FM The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph’s unlikely renaissance will continue into the playoffs. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he is sticking with the former third-string quarterback ahead of a trip to AFC East champion Buffalo (11-6) on Sunday. Rudolph is 3-0 as a starter since taking over for an ineffective Mitch Trubisky before a game against Cincinnati on Dec. 23. While starter Kenny Pickett has fully ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers hold a team meeting every Monday afternoon. In it, longtime head coach Mike Tomlin — in a language that everyone on the roster, from the stars to his assistants to the practice squad guys simply happy to have a job in the NFL can easily understand — outlines his message for the week. Tomlin’s words and his tone can vary depending on the opponent and the circumstances, with one very important caveat: his relentless optimism. It was there during their somewhat surprising 6-3 start in which they were ...
