Category: 2023 Season Week 17 – Steelers vs Seahawks

Who is the Steelers Week 17 Player of the Game?

Cast your vote for the Player of the Game.

Week 17 was a thriller for the Pittsburgh Steelers and thanks to the win over the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh will ring in the new year with a real shot at the playoffs. The Steelers had a second big offense performance to outlast the Seahawks and a timely defensive play helped seal the win.

Our candidates for this week’s Player of the Game are as follows:

QB Mason Rudolph – 274 passing yards

RB Najee Harris – 122 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns

WR George Pickens – 7 receptions, 131 receiving yards

LB Nick Herbig – 1 strip sack and fumble recovery

K Chris Boswell – 6-for-6 on kicks

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Cast your vote and tell us who this week’s Player of the Game is. Our pick is Harris. With all due respect to Jaylen Warren who had an excellent game as well, Harris really controlled the game with his powerful running.

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Steelers vs Seahawks: Takeaways from the thrilling win

The Steelers offensive line and run game carried the day against the Seahawks.

The Pittsburgh Steelers had to win on Sunday and they did just that. Their 30-23 thriller against the Seattle Seahawks put Pittsburgh in a position to make the playoffs if things work out in Week 18. Here are our big takeaways from the win.

Rushing attack pushes Steelers past Seahawks

The Steelers used a power run game to beat the Seahawks.

The Pittsburgh Steelers went into Sunday’s game knowing they had to win and knowing the defense was banged up. So with that in mind, Pittsburgh leaned heavily on the run game along with the cool play of quarterback Mason Rudolph to push the Steelers past the Seattle Seahawks 30-23 and move to 8-7 on the season.

Pittsburgh’s powerful tandem of running backs led the way with Najee Harris finishing with 122 rushing yards, Jaylen Warren with 75 rushing yards and three rushing scores between them. Meanwhile Rudolph, in his second start of the year, was nearly perfect throwing for 274 yards.

Defensively, the injuries to safety and inside linebacker really showed themselves. But thanks to a few splash plays on defense Pittsburgh was able to hold off the Seattle passing game late. One key play was a strip sack by rookie outside linebacker Nick Herbig late in the fourth quarter.

Now the Steelers head into Week 18 and their showdown with the Baltimore Ravens with everything on the line for Pittsburgh.

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Steelers LB T.J. Watt helps with pregame gender reveal

T.J. Watt is a multi-tasker on and off of the field.

Even with the season on the line, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt remains a man of the people. Watt came out in pregame warmups in Seattle ahead of their game against the Seahawks and went around signing autographs for the many Steelers fans in attendance.

One fan held up a sign asking if Watt would help with her gender reveal and of course Watt obliged. Turns out it’s a boy and let’s hope someday when his parents tell him about this day the story ends with his mom and dad telling him about the huge Steelers win over the Seahawks.

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Steelers vs Seahawks: 3 keys to victory this week

The Steelers must play up to help out Mason Rudolph and the defensive backups need to play big again.

This week the Pittsburgh Steelers head out West to take on a Seattle Seahawks with as much to play for as Pittsburgh. The Seahawks have been inconsistent on both sides of the football and the same can be said for the Steelers. Pittsburgh needs to play as well as they did last week against the Cincinnati Bengals and here are the keys to victory.

Steelers vs Seahwks: 4 big storylines this week

The Steelers need another big game out of Mason Rudolph and the offense needs to shut Devin Bush up.

The playoffs are on the line this week for the Pittsburgh Steelers but when you dig a little deeper there are even more subplots at work that make this game a must-watch. Here are our big storylines to watch this week beyond the playoffs.

Steelers elevate 2 key defenders from PS vs Seahawks

Myles Jacks and Eric Rowe played a huge role in the Steelers win last week.

With the Pittsburgh Steelers banged up on defense, the team brought up two more key defenders from the practice squad. The Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks this week and they have called up inside linebacker Myles Jack and safety Eric Rowe to bolster the defense.

Both guys were called up last week for the first time this season and had strong games. Jack played 73 percent of the defensive snaps against the Cincinnati Bengals and finished with six tackles, one sack and two quarterback hurries. Meanwhile, Rowe played 96 percent of the defensive snaps. He had seven tackles and a key interception. Jack had the most snaps of any inside linebacker on the team last week.

The Steelers are doing their best to piece together the defense despite a rash of injuries at inside linebacker and safety. We expect to see Rowe and Patrick Peterson as the primary safeties and Jack will be the lead inside linebacker in the base defense with Mykal Walker working in as well.

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Steelers vs Seahawks game status report: Kenny Pickett questionable, Elandon Roberts OUT

Here is the Steelers game status report for this week against the Seattle Seahawks.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a must-win game this week against the Seattle Seahawks. Unfortunately, the team is still beat up and will be heading into Seattle shorthanded. Here’s the Steelers game status report for this week.

Steelers vs Seahawks: Who wins?

The Steelers and Seahawks square off with huge playoff implications.

This week’s showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks might not be the headline game but it is huge for both of these teams. The Steelers and Seahawks are both clinging to their chances to make the playoffs but must win on Sunday.

Last week the Steelers saw an outburst of offense we hadn’t seen since the Ben Roethlisberger era thanks to backup-turned-starter Mason Rudolph and his willingness to stand in the pocket and make some impressive throws.

Rudolph is getting the start again this week and it will be a battle of teams who have seen bad and good this season and the numbers show it. The game is in Seattle where the Seahawks are very good and it means Pittsburgh has a long road trip.

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Cast your vote and tell us who you are picking this week between the Steelers and Seahawks. Seattle is currently a 3.5-point favorite and this one feels like it is going to come right down to the end.

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Steelers S Trenton Thompson OUT vs Seahawks

The Steelers will be short-handed at safety again this week.

When the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, they will once again be short-handed at safety. On Friday, head coach Mike Tomlin announced that safety Trenton Thompson won’t play against the Seahawks and might not be available the following week against the Baltimore Ravens either.

This is just the most recent of the rash of injuries to befall the Steelers safety position. Pittsburgh will also be without Minkah Fitzpatrick who continues to deal with a knee injury. This is in addition to Keanu Neal who is also dealing with an injury and Damontae Kazee who is suspended.

This week the Steelers will once again look to some combination of Patrick Peterson, Eric Rowe and Elijah Riley to hold down the starting spots. Pittsburgh also has Miles Killebrew but he’s primarily a special teams ace.

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