It’s time to start taking the Steelers seriously as Super Bowl contenders

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It's time to start taking the Steelers seriously as Super Bowl contenders

In seeing off the Titans in a matchup of the AFC’s last two unbeaten teams, Pittsburgh showed the blend of system and playmakers that defines a championship team

Styles make matchups. And Tennessee head coach Mike Vrabel entered Week 7 determined to give the viewing public the matchup they craved: Derrick Henry and the Titans’ bulldozing rushing attack against Pittsburgh’s dominant defensive front.

Henry entered the game as the first running back in NFL history to rush for more than 200 yards in three successive games. But it was an overreliance on Henry on Sunday that saw the Titans stall.

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Todd Gurley tried to stop from scoring to run the clock out, but couldn’t hold up.

The Lions scored the game-winning TD with 0 seconds on the clock.

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lololol Mike McCarthy’s deep research pic.twitter.com/XWNPUNRBBZ

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