More likely than not, the AFC NORTH has been Conceeded.
It would be interesting to see if the attitude towards Coach Tomlin would change the degree of drastically as to how far they went into the playoffs. This team could get on a roll as in 11 days those injured could be way less injured.
With two and a half weeks rest all the injured Steelers should be at or near 100%. To me that is far more important than the possibility of getting a home playoff game. Good defenses travel well. In 2000 the Ravens won three road playoff games, and the Super Bowl. IMO the Steelers can replicate that.