Monday Night Football, Steelers vs. Titans: Pittsburgh rallies for comeback win

Gruden tried to demonstrate that Ben Roethlisberger has more refined skills than Zach Mettenberger by showing a plate filled with hamburgers on one side and a plate with only “arm strength” on the other side.

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Steelers fans always travel well, but they’ve overwhelmed LP field for a Monday Night game against a 2-7 Tennessee team. They even had the gumption to re-name the Nashville venue “Heinz Field South.”

The most dominant color in the lower bowl of the stadium was terrible towel yellow throughout warm-ups.

Pittsburgh is a 7-point favorite on the road against Tennessee, with an over/under set at 46.5, per OddsShark.

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The fine folks over at USA Today all believe the Steelers will take care of business in primetime. The same can be said of the experts at ESPN, with Pittsburgh sweeping the predictions. There are some who think the Titans will pull the rare home upset, with Pete Prisco and Ryan Wilson riding with Tennessee at CBS Sports. The opinion is split on whether the Titans can cover the 5.5-point spread.

Here at SB Nation, nobody picked the Titans. All seven of our experts are siding with Big Ben to win an important game and keep the Steelers on schedule for a playoff spot.

The Steelers’ inconsistency is not the only hurdle that the team will have to overcome if it’s going to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011 and snap its string of mediocre 8-8 records. The AFC North is arguably the most competitive and unpredictable division in the NFL. Each team entered Week 11 at least two games over .500 and there have been four different division leaders so far. Well into the season and there appears to be no clear-cut favorite. That means that the Steelers, despite a 6-4 record and a couple of really bad losses, have as good a chance as any of the other three teams in this chaotic mess to emerge with a playoff spot.

The most glaring issue for this Titans team is its struggles on the offensive side of the ball. Tennessee has scored the fewest points in the league (144) and is averaging the third-fewest points per drive (1.5). It simply has not been able to move the chains this season, ranking last in the NFL in third-down conversion rate (29.9 percent). The Steelers defense has been less than impressive this season, ranking 20th in points allowed per game (23.9), so perhaps this is the week that Tennessee finally breaks out of its offensive slump.