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 | |||
| Vikings (6‑1) vs Bills (6‑1) |
10 | Vikings Wins | 15% | 14% | 11% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | 13% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% | ||
| Bills Wins | 12% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 14% | ||
| Packers (5‑3) vs Patriots (5‑3) |
3 | Packers Wins | 14% | 14% | 11% | 7% | 17% | 15% | 9% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | 13% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% | ||
| Patriots Wins | 13% | 14% | 11% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 14% | ||
| Texans (2‑5) vs Chargers (0‑7) |
1 | Texans Wins | 13% | 15% | 11% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | 13% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% | ||
| Chargers Wins | 13% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 16% | 15% | 10% | 13% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (6‑1) vs Raiders (4‑4) |
0 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 13% | 14% | 11% | 7% | 16% | 15% | 10% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | 13% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 13% | ||
| Raiders Wins | 13% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 14% | ||