{"id":125705,"date":"2025-11-27T07:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=125705"},"modified":"2025-11-27T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:53:37","slug":"steelers-get-strong-message-from-aaron-rodgers-before-bills-showdown-tighten-up-or-bills-will-bury-your-playoff-dreams-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=125705","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Get Strong Message From Aaron Rodgers Before Bills Showdown: &#8220;Tighten Up or Bills Will Bury Your Playoff Dreams Forever&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2248115298_d4898a.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Justin Casterline\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers will need to play the right way to beat the Bills on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0have a massive game this weekend, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers is hoping to see them play \u201cthe right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers issued a strong statement toward his team ahead of their huge home game against the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh (6-5) has dropped four of its past six games after it started 4-1 and has fallen into a first-place tie with the rival\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0(6-5). The Ravens have the tiebreaker by virtue of their 2-0 divisional record \u2014 the\u00a0Steelers\u2018 record against AFC North opponents is 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>But the Steelers can claim the tiebreaker against the\u00a0Bills\u00a0(7-4), who are a game ahead of the Steelers and currently occupy the final AFC wild-card spot with six games to play.<\/p>\n<h2>Aaron Rodgers Wants To See The Steelers \u2018Tighten Up\u2019 Against The Bills<\/h2>\n<p>The Steelers have shown flashes of greatness over the past six weeks. Their defense scored twice in their 34-12 beatdown of the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0two weeks ago, and they held Daniel Jones, Jonathan Taylor and the NFL\u2019s No. 1 offense, the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts, in check in their upset, seven-point win Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>But Rodgers wants to see the Steelers get consistent this weekend, especially on offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to start playing the right way this time of year,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be on the details. There\u2019s too many times where we haven\u2019t been able to survive downs, is the best way to put it, where there\u2019s a missed assignment or a mental error and we\u2019re not able to survive the down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to do a better job of [surviving downs].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers did not play in Pittsburgh\u2019s 31-28 loss to the\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0on Sunday, which dropped it out of first place. His status for the Bills game is very much up in the air as of Wednesday, though Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has exhibited confidence the veteran will play Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2>Aaron Rodgers Thinks \u2018It\u2019s All Right In Front Of\u2019 The Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>The Steelers have just a plus-11 point differential through 11 games, and have struggled on both offense and defense at points this season. Still, they are very much alive in the race for the playoff race with about 30 percent of the season to go.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers alluded to the Steelers\u2019 tough closing slate, which includes the Bills, two games against the Ravens and a road game against the\u00a0Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got good opponents on the schedule in the last six [games]. We have three division games,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cIt\u2019s all right in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh also needs to avoid getting caught up in a potential trap game against the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0in Week 17 \u2014 the Steelers lost in Cleveland last year \u2014 between its Week 16 game vs Detroit and season-ending home date against Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns are 2-2 at home \u2014 they\u2019ll take on the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0this weekend \u2014 but have played four one-possession games at Huntington Bank Field, including a one-point loss to the Bengals and a three-point win over the\u00a0Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p>You can bet Cleveland, and especially\u00a0NFL sacks leader and Defensive Player of the Year favorite Myles Garrett will be chomping at the bit to knock Pittsburgh out of playoff contention if given the chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Casterline\/Getty Images Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers will need to play the right way to beat the Bills on Sunday. 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