Black & Yellow | Pittsburgh Steelers M26

[Captain Canada]

Idk how I missed the Texans going undefeated. What the fuck happened there? Losing Stroud, Hunter, and Johnson going into the playoffs is a fate worse than death though.

[JohnStJohn1987]

Texans going 17-0 with Stroud and Anthony Richardson playing like a prime Tom Brady-Aaron Rodgers is the most Madden thing ever lmao

[redsox907]

Well that's the easiest first round matchup you could've gotten

beaten em without the starters, time to double up

Texans going 17-0 and Anthony Richardson throwing 48 TDs is a sign of the end times

Richardson tossing 48 TDs is definitely the least plausible of the two lmao

Idk how I missed the Texans going undefeated. What the fuck happened there? Losing Stroud, Hunter, and Johnson going into the playoffs is a fate worse than death though.

I saw them at 12-0 at the 12 week mark and was like cool, then checked last week and was like got damn they bout to run the table

Stroud is only week to week, so he should be back for the Divisional Round matchup since they got the bye

Texans going 17-0 with Stroud and Anthony Richardson playing like a prime Tom Brady-Aaron Rodgers is the most Madden thing ever lmao

EMBRACE THE MADDENESS

[redsox907]

2027 - Wild Card Preview Preview

Pittsburgh Steelers (15-2)
90 Overall // 91 Offense // 89 Defense
Offensive Points Per Game: 40.1 (1st)
Pass Yards: 249.0 (4th)
Rush Yards: 191.2 (1st)
Defensive Points Per Game: 22.9 (17th)
Opp Pass Yards: 195/3 (1st)
Opp Rush Yards: 94/2 (9th)

Buffalo Bills (9-8)
87 Overall // 87 Offense // 87 Defense
Offensive Points Per Game: 23.0 (12th)
Pass Yards: 246.6 (5th)
Rush Yards: 81.5 (29th)
Defensive Points Per Game: 21.0 (5th)
Opp Pass Yards: 210.4 (7th)
Opp Rush Yards: 117.1 (30th)

Pittsburgh Steelers                                         Buffalo Bills
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Cincinnati (5-12) W 49-28                   | Week 1       | @ Tennessee (4-12) W 30-24
Denver (11-6) W 31-28                       | Week 2       | @ New York (A) (12-5) W 21-16
@ Los Angeles (A) (8-8) W 34-31             | Week 3       | New York (N) (6-11) W 28-16
Las Vegas (9-8) W 36-13                     | Week 4       | @ Dallas (12-5) L 18-21
@ Arizona (9-8) W 38-13                     | Week 5       | New York (A) (12-5) L 21-31
Cleveland (5-12) W  52-14                   | Week 6       | @ Atlanta (5-12) W 27-20
BYE                                         | Week 7       | Indianapolis (5-12) W 17-14
Baltimore (11-5) L 42-34                    | Week 8       | @ Miami (7-10) W 24-13
@ Indianapolis (5-12) W 49-14               | Week 9       | @ Philadelphia (11-6) L 28-33
@ Kansas City (9-8) W 42-10                 | Week 10      | Miami (7-10) L 16-20
@ San Francisco (7-10) W 46-45              | Week 11      | New England (9-8) W 26-23
Los Angeles (N) (13-4) W 38-14              | Week 12      | Kansas City (9-8) L 17-20
@ Detroit (8-9) W 37-21                     | Week 13      | @ New England (9-8) L 20-28
Seattle (7-10) W 49-17                      | Week 14      | BYE
@ Baltimore (11-5) W 28-18                  | Week 15      | @ Jacksonville (6-11) W 31-20
Cleveland (4-12) W 47-10                    | Week 16      | Washington (6-11) W 24-13
@ Cincinnati (5-12) L 28-49                 | Week 17      | Houston (17-0) L 21-24
Buffalo (9-8) W 29-23                       | Week 18      | @ Pittsburgh (15-2) L 29-23

Pittsburgh Steelers                                               Buffalo Bills
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TE Pat Freiermuth (86) Broken Collarbone (2-4 Weeks)      | INJ | FS Cole Bishop (81) Torn Labrum (2-4 Weeks)
N/A                                                       | INJ | EDGE Greg Rousseau (92) Upper Arm Fracture (Week to Week)

Pittsburgh Steelers                                          Buffalo Bills
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Anthony Richardson 311/456, 4,174 Yds, 48 TD, 15 INT | QB  | Josh Allen 324/484, 3,946, 33 TD, 7 INT
Anthony Richardson 84 Att, 1,034 Yds, 7 TD           | QB  | Josh Allen 40 Att, 182 Yds, TD
Quinshon Judkins 179 Att, 1,053 Yds, 12 TD           | HB  | James Cook 248 Att, 991 Yds, 6 TD
DK Metcalf 80 Rec, 1,413 Yds, 19 TD                  | WR  | Khalil Shakir 74 Rec, 867 Yds, 5 TD
Ryan Williams (R) 95 Rec, 1,144 Yds, 16 TD           | WR  | Joshua Palmer 48 Rec, 745 Yds, 9 TD
SS Ji'Ayir Brown 100 Tkl, 8 TFL, 3.5 Sacks, INT      | DEF | MLB Terrel Bernard 138 Tkl, 6 TFL, Sack, INT
EDGE TJ Watt 64 Tkl, 37 TFL, 18 Sacks                | DEF | EDGE Greg Rousseau 75 Tkl, 20 TFL, 5.5 Sacks
MLB Patrick Queen  85 Tkl, 25 TFL, 12 Sacks          | DEF | DT Eddrick Houston 77 Tkl, 13 TFL, 13 Sacks
CB Joey Porter Jr 69 Tkl, 3 INT                      | DEF | CB Maxwell Hairston 119 Tkl, TFL, 3 INT

Wild Card Matchups
Tampa Bay (9-8) @ Dallas (12-5)
Kansas City (9-8) @ New York (A) (12-5)
Arizona (9-8) @ Green Bay (11-6)
Baltimore (12-5) @ Denver (11-6)
Philadelphia (11-6) @ Carolina (9-8)

[JohnStJohn1987]

Rematch with the Bills and having the starters back? Time to get serious.

[The JZA]

Dubbed them once, time to do it again

[Captain Canada]

Damn, the Bills really wasted Josh Allen's prime like that?

Beat the breaks off of them boys.

[redsox907]

Rematch with the Bills and having the starters back? Time to get serious.

you'd have thought

Dubbed them once, time to do it again

they weren't ready to bow out, but we got it done

Damn, the Bills really wasted Josh Allen's prime like that?

Beat the breaks off of them boys.

tis a shame. Yet another Bills great who couldn't win the big one

[redsox907]

Steel City Miracle! Pittsburgh Erases 21 Point Halftime Deficit To Down Bills In Overtime For 2nd Straight Week


DK Metcalf nearly walked off the Bills with a 41-yard reception in the closing seconds, only to be dragged down from behind at the 10. He atoned for it with his 3rd-touchdown of the 2nd-half to end not only overtime, but the Bills season as well.

ScoringSummary

Team	Q	Time	Play	Buffalo	Pittsburgh
	1st	3:52	Ka'imi Fairbairn, 26 Yd FG	3	0
	1st	1:32	Ka;imi Fairbairn, 20 Yd FG	6	0
	2nd	8:30	James Cook, 74 Yd Run	13	0
	2nd	5:33	Zachariah Branch, 32 Yd Pass From Anthony Richardson	13	7
	2nd	3:36	Josh Allen, 21 Yd Run	20	7
	2nd	1:52	Brandon Aubrey, 48 Yd FG	20	10
	2nd	1:04	Dalton Kincaid, 51 Yd Pass From Josh Allen	27	10
	2nd	0:42	Joshua Palmer, 14 Yd Pass From Josh Allen	34	10
	2nd	0:00	Brandon Aubrey, 38 Yd FG	34	13
	3rd	4:19	DK Metcalf, 5 Yd Pass From Anthony Richardson	34	20
	3rd	0:00	DK Metcalf, 20 Yd Pass From Anthony Richardson	34	27
	4th	4:09	Quinshon Judkins, 1 Yd Run	34	34
	OT	6:30	DK Metcalf, 2 Yd Pass From Anthony Richardson	34	40

Pittsburgh, PA. - After the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Buffalo Bills to close out the 2027 season with a 29-23 overtime victory without a majority of their offensive and defensive stars, many thought the rematch in the Wild Card round would be a cakewalk for Pittsburgh with MVP favorite Anthony Richardson and the rest of the starters back in action.

No one told the Buffalo Bills they were supposed to roll over.

Buffalo stormed out to a 34-13 halftime lead behind crisp passing from Josh Allen and a slew of miscues by the Steelers, prompting the broadcast team of Greg Olsen and Mike Tirico to question whether sitting the starters in Week 18 had backfired.

"It's always the debate—what is the right call," Olsen said as Bills receiver Joshua Palmer scored on Josh Allen's third touchdown pass to take a 34-10 lead. "And judging from how the Steelers are playing today, sitting them definitely wasn't the right call. We've seen Anthony Richardson shred defenses this year, but he looks just a step slow out there."

The Steelers' first three drives stalled completely. Richardson absorbed three sacks, Pittsburgh came up short on a pair of fourth-down attempts inside their own territory, and Brandon Aubrey missed a 55-yard field goal. While the Steelers failed to convert three straight possessions, the Bills racked up 13 points before Pittsburgh finally broke through.

Aubrey drilled a 48-yard field goal to cut the lead to 20-10, but Buffalo poured on a pair of touchdowns in the final minute of the half. First, Dalton Kincaid hauled in a 51-yard bomb over safety Alohi Gilman. Then, as the Steelers tried to answer, Richardson overthrew Ryan Williams for an interception that Allen converted into a 14-yard touchdown pass to Palmer, pushing the Bills' advantage to 34-10.

Richardson and the Steelers managed a short field goal before halftime, but heading into the locker room trailing 34-13, they had to endure a rain of boos from the Acrisure Stadium faithful.

When sideline reporter Danielle Bellini caught up with head coach Mike Tomlin as the team headed to the tunnel, he acknowledged his team had earned the reaction from the home crowd.

"We should be just as pissed as they are, with the miserable half of football we put out there just now," Tomlin said. "I hope it pisses them off."

Whether it was the boos or Tomlin's halftime speech, the Steelers were a completely different unit in the second half on both sides of the ball.

Josh Allen was 9-of-16 for 213 yards in the first half but struggled mightily after the break, completing just 9 of 19 passes for 69 yards. In a puzzling decision that will be second-guessed throughout the offseason, the Bills ran the ball only three times in the second half despite James Cook's solid 7 carries for 102 yards before halftime.

Meanwhile, Richardson rebounded from a 13-of-24 first half for 210 yards and an interception to play nearly flawless football after the break. Richardson completed 21 of 27 passes for 299 yards in the second half as Pittsburgh scored on three straight drives to claw back into the game.

Despite the offensive surge, Pittsburgh came up agonizingly short on a controversial fourth-down call in the final minute of regulation. Tied at 34, the Steelers faced fourth-and-2 from their own 40-yard line. Rather than attempt a 58-yard field goal, Tomlin opted to go for it. DK Metcalf hauled in a quick out but was ruled just short of the line to gain, despite video evidence suggesting otherwise. Tomlin was unable to challenge, and the booth upheld the call, much to the despair of the home crowd.

Buffalo went three-and-out but left just enough time for one final deep shot. Richardson found Metcalf on a seam route, but as the receiver slowed to make the catch, safety Taylor Rapp caught up and dragged him down at the 10-yard line as time expired.

For the second straight game, the Bills started overtime with the ball. But instead of capitalizing, Buffalo went three-and-out as Jalen Ramsey batted away a deep shot to Keon Coleman on third down.

From there, Richardson showed why he's the MVP favorite, going 4-for-5 for 39 yards while Quinshon Judkins churned out 25 yards on the ground. Metcalf capped the drive by hauling in a slant route for the 2-yard, walk-off touchdown.

It was an inspiring comeback from the reigning Super Bowl champions. Richardson threw for 509 yards and four touchdowns, while Metcalf hauled in 7 receptions for 102 yards and three scores.

"This is why he's the MVP—you can never count him out," Tomlin said after the game. "Everyone else counted us out, but he just buckled his helmet and went to work. That's what champions do."


Anthony Richardson | 34/51, 509 Yds, 4 TD, INT; 2 Att, 30 Yds
Josh Allen | 18/35, 282 Yds, 2 TD; 3 Att, 22 Yds, TD

Quinshon Judkins | 14 Att, 82 Yds, TD
James Cook | 10 Att, 99 Yds, TD

DK Metcalf | 11 Rec, 179 Yds, 3 TD
Joshua Palmer | 6 Rec, 98 Yds, TD

LB Harold Perkins Jr | 5 Tkl, 3 TFL, Sack
DT Derrick Harmon | 3 Tkl, TFL, Sack
EDGE TJ Watt | 2 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack
SS Taylor Rapp | 9 Tkl, TFL
DT TJ Sanders | 6 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack
EDGE Joey Bosa | 5 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack


Wild Card Results
52 Kansas City Chiefs @ New York Jets 24
6 Baltimore Ravens @ Denver Broncos 13
10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Dallas Cowboys 17
30 Arizona Cardinals @ Green Bay Packers 7
28 Philadelphia Eagles @ Carolina Panthers 9

[Captain Canada]

Y'all boys really had to dig deep for that one, Another chokejob for Josh and the fellas with the plastic tables