Steelers vs Bills: Who the experts are taking in Week 14

The Pittsburgh Steelers head into this primetime matchup coming off their first loss of the season. This will be a playoff atmosphere as these two heavyweights enter the arena on Sunday.

It was a tough pill to swallow for this team after that loss against the Washington Football Team. Another short week is happening but the good news is the Bills also suffer a short week as well. They beat the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football in a decisive fashion. This is a very good team the Steelers are preparing for. Sunday Night Football is when big moments are made as a national audience is watching. It is one of the biggest stages possible during the regular season.

Mike Tomlin’s team did not meet his requirements heading into the Washington game, instead, they folded. The offense continues to play very poorly and seems unprepared following their past two performances. This will need to be a huge rebound week as the season continues to whittle down. Their bad habits need to be cut off immediately and replaced with routine plays that will make the Steelers contenders again. If the team cannot get up for a primetime matchup with playoff implications, then they will continue to have their Super Bowl aspirations slip from reality.

Who the experts have winning this highly anticipated game.

Pittsburgh is slightly favored over their foes this week. It should be a close game that will magnify any mistakes made by either team. The last two performances by the black and yellow seem to have caused predictors to stray away from them. It is different this time as they gain the two-thirds majority vote of predicting the away team to win.

The predictions from NFL.com, Sporting News, and CBS Sports have differing ideas of how this game will unfold. Two have the Steelers winning in a close game while one has the Bills winning by 14 points. One thing that is a consensus among experts, this will be a tough slugfest between these two teams. It should be like a playoff game that fans will enjoy watching till the very end. It was another week of Pittsburgh’s coach calling out his team for their play so this one will need to be a big response from last week’s debacle.

The Steelers hunger for victory should be reignited after another poor performance last week. If they don’t respond then this is a very bad sign for them going forward. They always come out for these big prime-time games and no one should expect differently this time. It will be a very close and tough game for both squads. Pittsburgh has had a defense that is dominating the entire season while Buffalo has an amazing offense led by quarterback Josh Allen.

The keys to this game will be pressuring Allen, winning the battle in the trenches, and play a full 60-minute game against this good team.

Prediction: Steelers 27, Bills 23

It will be a close matchup and one the Steelers should respond to fairly well. Expect them to play their best game of the season or else this will be a major issue going forward.