The Steelers will need a win against the Browns on Sunday and a Patriots loss to get home-field advantage in the postseason. Here’s how you can watch.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have already clinched a first-round bye in the postseason on the AFC side, but they’ll still be fighting for more when the Cleveland Browns come to town on Sunday to finish out the regular season.
Although they need some help to get there, the Steelers could earn home-field advantage in the playoffs with a win against the Browns and a New York Jets win over the New England Patriots. While the latter may seem impossible, anything can happen in Week 17 in the NFL, and the Steelers will need to hope for a miracle to play all their games at home in the playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Browns still haven’t even earned a win in their entire 2017 campaign, and they could get their first W, on the road nonetheless, in a huge game to help spoil the Steelers’ hopes for two Heinz Field matchups in the postseason. While they don’t have any implications for the playoffs, this game still means a ton to the Browns.
How can I watch the Browns and Steelers?
You can tune into this potential blowout on television on the CBS broadcast, but you can also watch on a couple of streaming options to get a multi-screen day of football going. You can stream the game NFL Sunday Ticket and FuboTV to watch the action live, or you can tune into a replay of this one on NFL Game Pass afterwards if you’re focused on other games on the lineup.
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Week 17 has a lot of playoff implications in plenty of games, and somehow the Browns find themselves in one to end 2017. In this case, however, they can just hurt a division rival’s postseason hopes for home-field, and that’s a good enough reason to tune in.