STEELERS BILLS WILD CARD GAMEDAY INFO
Wild Card Weekend, Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) at Buffalo Bills (11-6)
Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, N.Y. (71,608, Turf)
Broadcast
TV: CBS, KDKA-TV Channel 2 locally (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Jay Feely, Tracy Wolfson)
Radio: Steelers Radio Network, 102.5 WDVE-FM (Bill Hillgrove, Craig Wolfley, Max Starks); SiriusXM 82 or 225; Westwood One Sports (Tom McCarthy, Tony Boselli, Ryan Leaf)
SN Coverage: Alan Saunders, Nich Farabaugh, Ed Thompson
Weather: Snow showers, 18°. Wind SW 10-20 mph. Wind chill 0°.
Lines: Steelers +10, Steelers +425, over/under 38.5
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AFC PLAYOFF BRACKET
1. Baltimore Ravens 13-3
2. Buffalo Bills 11-6
7. Pittsburgh Steelers 10-7
3. Kansas City Chiefs 26
6. Miami Dolphins 7
4. Houston Texans 45
5. Cleveland Browns 14
AFC PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:30 p.m: Houston at Baltimore or Kansas City, ESPN/ABC
Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m: Green Bay at San Francisco, FOX
Sunday, Jan. 21 3 p.m: Philadelphia or Tampa Bay at Detroit, NBC/Peacock
Sunday, Jan. 21 6:30 p.m: Kansas City at Buffalo or Pittsburgh at Baltimore, CBS
Sunday, Jan. 28 3 p.m: AFC Championship Game, CBS
Sunday, Jan. 28 6:30 p.m: NFC Championship Game, FOX
STEELERS INJURY REPORT
| Player | Injury | Date | Prognosis | Roster Status |
| OLB T.J. Watt | Left knee MCL sprain | Jan. 6 | Multiple weeks | Active, OUT vs. BUF |
| RB Najee Harris | Knee | Jan. 2 | Minor | Active, FP on Fri. |
| LG Isaac Seumalo | Shoulder | Jan. 2 | Minor | Active, DNP on Fri. |
| ILB Elandon Roberts | Left pectoral muscle | Dec. 23 | Minor | Active, FP on Fri. |
| FS Minkah Fitzpatrick | Left knee | Dec. 16 | Day to day | Active, FP on Fri. |
| SS Trenton Thompson | Neck stinger | Dec. 16 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| SS Keanu Neal | Rib | Nov. 12 | TBD | IR (Wk. 15), TBD |
| ILB Kwon Alexander | Achilles | Nov. 12 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| ILB Cole Holcomb | Left knee surgery | Nov. 2 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| DE Cam Heyward | Groin | Sept. 10 | Minor | Active, FP on Fri. |
| ILB Chapelle Russell II | Knee | Aug. 11 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| CB Cory Trice | Right ACL tear | Aug. 1 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| RB Alfonzo Graham | Torn right labrum | July 29 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| DT Renell Wren | Torn right Achilles tendon | May 17 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
STEELERS TRANSACTIONS
Myles Jack and Eric Rowe have been elevated from the practice squad for the fourth consecutive week.
THE OTHER SIDE
The Bills will be without wide receiver Gabe Davis and safety Taylor Rapp for sure. Cornerback Rasul Douglas and linebacker Tyrel Dodson are questionable.
THE LAST TIME
The Bills got a 98-yard touchdown from Josh Allen to Davis and never looked back, routing the Steelers, 38-3 at Highmark Stadium last October in Kenny Pickett’s first game as a starting quarterback.
STEELERS-BILLS SERIES
The Steelers are 17-12 all-time against the Bills, but since Allen’s arrival on the scene, he has tilted the scales. The Steelers and bills have played in each of the last four seasons, with Allen and the Bills winning three of them.
Before that, the Steelers had won six straight games against Buffalo from 2001 to 2016.
PITTSBURGH CONNECTIONS
Former Steelers linebacker Tyler Matakevich is a backup middle linebacker and special teamer for the Bills.
Cornerback Dane Jackson and safety Damar Hamlin are both Pittsburgh natives and Pitt alums. Jackson went to Cornell and played football at Quaker Valley. Hamlin attended Central Catholic.
Douglas is a West Virginia alum.
Owner Terry Pegula is a Penn State alum and offensive coordinator Joe Brady was a graduate assistant with the Nittany Lions from 2015-16.