Overview
- Cleveland held Pittsburgh to 168 passing yards and no touchdowns in a 13-6 win that prevented the Steelers from clinching the division.
- Myles Garrett finished without a sack and remains at 22.0, a half-sack shy of the 22.5 single-season record, leaving a final chance in Week 18 at Cincinnati.
- The Steelers frequently chipped and doubled Garrett as Aaron Rodgers sped up his release to about 2.39 seconds, leading to short throws and sacks by Grant Delpit and Alex Wright.
- Garrett said Pittsburgh prioritized keeping him off Rodgers over winning, while Mike Tomlin and Rodgers countered that their plan was standard and not driven by the record.
- Pittsburgh will face Baltimore in a winner-take-all game for the AFC North, with absences for DK Metcalf and Calvin Austin III and a broken arm for TE Darnell Washington compounding offensive issues.