Since the league instituted its current play format in 2002, with four division winners and two Wild Card teams earning playoff berths, three Wild Card teams have advanced to the Super Bowl. The Broncos are perhaps the biggest surprise of any Wild Card team in the AFC Playoffs as the team recently has the toughest QB, Tim Tebow. Meanwhile, the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens had their typical battle for supremacy in the AFC North. Two losses to the Ravens relegated the Steelers to playing an AFC Wild Card game.
The Pittsburgh Steelers aim to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl for the second consecutive season, but to reach the competition, they’ll need to win three playoff games, beginning Sunday in the Wild Card round on the road against the Denver Broncos. However, the Steelers will enter Wild Card Weekend with serious issues. Steelers QB Ben Roethslisberger hasn’t been the same since spraining his ankle and the team lost RB Rashard Mendenhall for the Wild Card game. The Thursday injury report for the Denver Broncos has been released and there’s some good news on it. According to the SB Nation blog Mile High Report, there’s a less than 100-percent chance that wide receiver Eddie Royal will see the field Sunday, but the progress is promising.
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