The Most Important Games for the Steelers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Steelers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Steelers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Steelers Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Panthers (3‑7) vs Chiefs (9‑1) |
12 | Panthers Wins | 8% | 12% | 27% | 21% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 5% | 10% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Titans (2‑8) vs Texans (7‑4) |
5 | Titans Wins | 6% | 12% | 40% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Texans Wins | 5% | 10% | 29% | 24% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Chargers (7‑3) vs Ravens (7‑4) |
5 | Chargers Wins | 5% | 10% | 34% | 24% | 5% | 12% | 6% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Ravens Wins | 5% | 11% | 28% | 18% | 17% | 12% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Lions (9‑1) vs Colts (5‑6) |
2 | Lions Wins | 5% | 11% | 31% | 21% | 11% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Colts Wins | 5% | 11% | 30% | 23% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Raiders (2‑8) vs Broncos (6‑5) |
2 | Raiders Wins | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 12% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Broncos Wins | 5% | 10% | 31% | 22% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Dolphins (4‑6) vs Patriots (3‑8) |
1 | Dolphins Wins | 5% | 12% | 30% | 22% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Patriots Wins | 5% | 11% | 31% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 3% | ||