Steelers vs. Packers Week 8 Preview: Keys To Victory & Score Prediction | A Very Cheesy Revenge Game

Steelers vs. Packers Week 8 Preview: Keys To Victory & Score Prediction | A Very Cheesy Revenge Game

The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Green Bay Packers in Pittsburgh on Sunday Night Football this week and Aaron Rogers is looking for revenge versus the team that replaced them. Welcome in to the Steelers talk preview here in week eight. We’re going to be going live for this game, Sunday Night Football. Of course, the Steelers will be wearing their alternate uniforms versus the Cheese Heads. Our live watch party here on this channel will be starting at 700 p.m. Eastern time. Over an hour of pregame coverage followed by live playbyplay and live analysis of the game itself, followed by postgame analysis as well. So, make sure you guys click that subscribe button if you haven’t already to never miss any of our videos here on Steelers Talk. We do weekly previews like this every single week and then also we go live for every single Steelers game. Uh we have the largest Steelers watch parties anywhere on the YouTube platform. So make sure you guys click that subscribe button for extensive Steelers coverage all throughout the 2025 season. So let’s break this one down, man. Two teams over 500. Two teams that are expected to be in the playoffs this year. Packers versus Steelers at Acer Stadium. Of course, uh the Steelers will be wearing their uh alternate uniforms, but you know, something to kind of keep in mind heading into this game, guys. I know the Steelers are coming off a tough loss on Thursday Night Football on the road versus the Cincinnati Bengals, but after a Thursday Night Football loss, Mike Tomlin has actually been very good about coming back from that Thursday night loss and getting wins. A 7-2 record under uh the Mike Tomlin era, coming off a Thursday Night Football loss. So, usually the way it works with Mike Tomlin, guys, is that you give him more time to prepare and he has a very good uh record. Just look at his by-week uh you know, games coming off of a by-week. He’s got, you know, a fantastic record with that. Same thing goes for the week after Thursday Night Football. Great coaches, they usually take advantage of that extra preparation time. And Mike Tomlin is certainly uh had that track record throughout his coaching career here in Pittsburgh. But really, guys, the big story in this football game is Aaron Rodgers versus his old team in the Green Bay Packers. He is going to really retire. Uh known for what he did with the Green Bay Packer franchise. He won a Super Bowl with them against the Pittsburgh Steelers. uh kind of ironically and of course now he’s going to be playing his former team, his former head coach and Matt Laflur and he’s going to be playing the quarterback in Jordan Love that replaced him. So, you better believe that A-Rod is going to want to beat his replacement in this kind of matchup between Master versus Apprentice. You better believe uh you know maybe the only game he’s ever going to play versus Jordan Love in his entire NFL career. He wants to be the one that comes out on top in this ball game. And then like I mentioned guys, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be debuting uh what I like to call the rugby throwbacks. Uh you know, very interesting look with the, you know, tan pants. You know, I I really like the helmets. The helmets are absolutely sweet. Um but it’s maybe I like it a little bit more when I see them in person. Um you know, when I see this shot here, this edit of Rogers. Um I actually think Rogers looks better than maybe I would have thought that he looked. Now, obviously, it’s going to look different in person versus, you know, something that’s photoshopped. Uh but definitely going to be an interesting look for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. Now, some injuries to watch in this ball game. Calvin Austin III, the wide receiver, is expected to return from a shoulder injury, but uh Mike Tomlin said that the participation and the quality of that participation in practice this week is going to determine whether or not he’s going to be able to give it a go. And then a number of injuries to watch for the Green Bay Packers. Starting defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt as well as defensive end Lucas Van Ness are dealing with injuries. Uh, I would say Van Ness is probably doubtful at this point, but we’ll see. Christian Watson could be coming off of IR this week. And then Dantavian Wixs uh dealt with a calf injury last week in Arizona. And then Brandon McMah Manis, their kicker, has been out with a quad injury. We’ll keep you guys updated on the injury statuses of these guys as the week goes on. But still to come here on the Steelers Talk preview, we’re going to be going over Green Bay’s scheme and roster breakdown. We’re going to be talking about the team trends comparison, breaking down the matchups between Green Bay’s offense versus Pittsburgh’s defense and vice versa. We’ll get into our scouting report on Packers quarterback Jordan Love. We’ll go over my keys to victory and then of course my official week eight score prediction uh for Steelers versus Packers. But before we get into the rest of this week’s preview, let’s have a word from our sponsor today at Mando whole body deodorant. Fall is officially here and that means a couple of things guys. Chris Bayer, football, maybe a bonfire or two. But if you’re like most guys, you’re still putting in a lot of hard work. And yeah, that means sweat. Don’t let body odor sideline you. Mando deodorant plus sweat control is for real working guys. Formulated uh to stop odor before it starts and doesn’t mask odor with overwhelming fragrance, so you can tackle anything from the job site to tailgating with confidence. 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Of course, Matt Lafleur is their longtime head coach here in Green Bay. one of the best uh win percentages out of any head coach in the league because he inherited Aaron Rogers when he got there. And of course, you’re winning a bunch of ball games with Rogers, winning multiple MVPs in his offense. And then you get Jordan Love immediately after that and he’s been pretty solid as his starting quarterback as well. But he’s one of the best offensive play callers in the league. He runs a Shanahan style West Coast offense. Um and then on defense, Jeff Hafley has been one of the kind of brighter names, kind of the exciting young names uh in the defensive space in football. runs a 4-2 split safety defense. They base out of nickel. They play a lot of two high safety coverages. So, expect that from the Green Bay Packers this week. And then the results for this team so far this year, they beat the the Detroit Lions uh they they beat the Washington Commanders uh there in week two uh pretty convincingly, but then they lost to the Browns 13-10. A very uh disappointing performance for the Packer offense in that one. Then you have a very disappointing tie at the end of that uh prime time game versus the Dallas Cowboys. And then you were able to win two games in a row uh here against Cincinnati and Joe Flacco um just days after he was traded to Cincinnati. And then you beat the Arizona Cardinals and Jacobe Brassette. But they kind of let that Cardinal team kind of stick with them there. Um so maybe underperforming a little bit over the last few weeks. But you take a look here at the roster breakdown for the Green Bay Packers offense. They’ve got Jordan Love as their starting quarterback. Rasheed Walker is their starting left tackle. I would say the interior of their offensive line is a little bit weaker. Aaron Banks, Angleton Jenkins, and Jordan Morgan are a little bit shaky. We’ll talk about them later in today’s show. But Zack Tom, their right tackle, one of the better right tackles in all of football. Their starting receiver trio. We could see Christian Watson in this one, but I would expect to see Romeo Dobs, Matthew Golden, and Dantavian Wixs the most out there. Of course, Jaden Reed uh is out with a major injury right now. And then you got Tucker Craft, uh, who is a really good tight end. You know, you definitely got to account for Craft in the passing game. And then Josh Jacobs is their excellent number one running back. You got to make sure, uh, that you don’t let Jacobs ruin this game. But you guys can take a look at where Green Bay’s offense ranks um, in all the major categories that you look at here. And this is a bonafide top 10 offense. You can make an argument it’s a top five offense in the league. They don’t give the football away. Um, you know, they’re very efficient. Now, you know, the yards per game, yards per play, you know, not as high as some of these other metrics, but they play very good. Uh, you know, situational football. You know, they move the chains, they do all these different things. They score in the red zone. Um, and they don’t give the football away. So, you know, definitely a top 10 offense in the league that you’re going to be going up against this week. And arguably the best offense that the Steelers have faced all season long. Maybe with the one exception being New England. Uh, but honestly, I would probably say the Packers have even New England beat. And then Seattle, of course, is a pretty good offense, but this one’s right up there with the best ones the Steelers are going to see all season long. And you guys can take a look here at the Green Bay Packers offense versus the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, uh, and where they rank in points per game, yards per play, third down, red zone, and then turnovers. Um, you know, this is certainly going to be a battle between a Steelers defense that turns the ball over and a Green Bay Packers offense. It’s done a really good job protecting the football. Also, it’s a good matchup between the Packers offense, which scores a lot in the red zone, and the Steelers defense. It’s actually done a pretty darn good job uh in the red zone, but you know, I think in the efficiency numbers, the Packers certainly have the Steelers beat. So, the Steelers are going to have to step up in a major way, maybe make a couple of schematic adjustments uh to some of the to some of the stuff we’ve been seeing from the Steelers defense as of late. And you guys can take a look at kind of the efficiency numbers here in terms of the advanced analytics. And you guys can see that the Packers definitely uh outweigh the Steelers defense, at least to this point in the season. Bonafide top five offense in these kind of categories, talking about EPA uh and success rate, whereas the Steelers have really struggled in these kind of uh advanced analytic type of areas. And you look at the points per game trends, the the Green Bay Packers are scoring 26.3 points per game. The Steelers are giving up 23.3. You average that out, that’s around 24 points. that the trends would predict for the Green Bay Packers in this week eight matchup. And you know, now we can shift over to the defensive side of the ball for Green Bay. And listen, man, if they play their normal defense where they kind of come out and nickel all the time and they play with two uh deep safeties, I think they’re going to get gashed versus the Pittsburgh Steelers uh jumbo personnel look. So, I think Green Bay um you know, they’re they’re going to be at a little bit of a disadvantage in this game because they’re going to have to play bigger this week. All right. they’re going to have to play an extra linebacker. They’re going to have to play with an extra guy in the box when they’re used to playing lighter, faster, and with two high safeties. So, you know, I think that, you know, this is kind of the reason why the Steelers wanted to go heavy personnel this year and have that be their offensive vision is because they wanted these split safety type teams to be very uncomfortable and kind of play a style of defense that they’re not really used to running uh versus uh you know, teams that they play on a weekly basis in the National Football League. So that will be an advantage for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But I would say the problem for Pittsburgh is that they they definitely have the bodies to adjust. Now we’ll see if Devonte Wyatt and Lucas Vaness can play. If they can, I think they certainly have the bodies to be able to uh you know, play a little bit heavier, uh stop the run versus the Pittsburgh, match their kind of jumbo personnel packages because you know, Micah Parsons is an absolute gamewrecker, man. like you know he’s absolutely fantastic but you also have Rashawn Garry on the other side of him at the edge and you got Lucas Vaness if he plays as a really good number three edge rusher as well. Dvonte Wyatt has played phenomenally when he’s been on the field. Um you know they’ve got some good depth at the defensive tackle position as well. So, you know, that that’s they’re certainly set there if Wyatt and Vaness can play this week. And then at the offball linebacker position, if they want to play a true 4-3 and put an extra linebacker on there, Isaiah McDuffy has been a pretty darn good uh rotational third linebacker for them. And that’s already including Edin Cooper and Quay Walker who have been playing really good as their starters this year in this Green Bay defense. Then you take a look at their secondary. Uh this secondary struggled a little bit over the last few weeks. Keshan Nixon had a really fast start to the year. He struggled a little bit as of late though. Nate Hobbs uh is a free agent signing that they signed this year. He’s playing on the outside. Uh and then they run kind of like a three safety kind of package here in terms of their nickel looks. Uh which is most of the time. Xavier McKenna is their number one safety. Javon Bullard is their number two safety. And when they’re in nickel, he will play in the slot. And then Evan Williams has actually played very well as their kind of third safety type of player. uh he plays deep when they’re in their nickel look. So uh I would say their safety room is really really good. Uh their outside corners though are probably the vulnerability uh in this Packers defensive roster. Now we can take a look at Green Bay’s defensive rankings and it’s not quite as good as as the offense, you know, especially on third down and in the red zone in in those kind of situational moments, but they don’t give up a lot of yards. They don’t give up a lot of efficiency in that way. I would say, you know, maybe borderline top 10 defense, but they don’t take the ball away all that often. Uh, which should allow the Pittsburgh Steelers to hold on to the football. Um, that is if you don’t have just crazy, you know, stuff happen throughout this week. Then you take a look at the matchup here between the Steelers offense versus the Green Bay Packers defense. Uh, and the Steelers, uh, actually performing pretty darn well, uh, in these categories here. And you know, I think that the Steelers should be able to, you know, move the football pretty effectively, at least based on the trends to this point. Uh, you guys can take a look here at the matchup in the advanced stats between uh the Steelers and and Packers um here on this side of the football. And you guys can see that the Steelers should be fairly competitive. Even though they do have Micah Parsons and they do have some talent here in Green Bay, the trends would predict that the Steelers are going to be uh pretty darn competitive in this football game here. And then you take a look at the points per game trends for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Uh they’re giving up uh 20 or the Steelers are getting 25 points per game and the Steelers or Packers defense is giving up 21 points which would predict 23 points scored for the Pittsburgh Steelers in this Sunday Night Football matchup. And of course, if you’ve been keeping track of those trends, you would you would you would know that the Packers are predicted to win this game by the trends by uh just one point, 24 to 23. But uh the thing that you should know about these trends is that the margin of error is usually within three points, right? So this is this game is definitely expected to be within the margin of error and expected to, you know, definitely have an opportunity for the Pittsburgh Steels to get a win versus a very good football team here in the Green Bay Packers. Now, before I get into my keys to victory versus Green Bay this week, click that thumbs up icon if you en enjoy our weekly previews, our in-depth kind of stat analysis, all that great stuff. Uh we really put in a lot of work to make these uh previews as in-depth and as extensive as possible. So if you guys appreciate the work that we do here on Steelers Talk, click that thumbs up icon to help us out. All right, this week I’ve got a whopping 10 keys to victory for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The first one is to force mistakes out of Jordan Love. Okay, because I think Jordan, if he’s put under pressure and he’s put in situations where, you know, he gets a little bit desperate, he can put the ball in harm’s way. Even though a lot of those turnover worthy plays that he’s had this year haven’t been converted into turnovers, I do think he can be a little bit vulnerable to putting the ball in harm’s way. He’s had a very good start to the season, almost 70% completion percentage. Um, you know, he’s got over,400 yards, which is very that’s a really good pace at this point in the year. Got 10 touchdowns. It’s just two picks. Um, so, you know, the the stat line right there, just the baseline stats are pretty darn good. But also when you look at the advanced numbers for Jordan Love this year, uh you know, he’s he’s probably a top 10 quarterback uh right now in terms of the advanced analytics, but there are some areas where he does struggle, right? He’s only 23rd in turnover worthy play percentage at 3.2% of his passes. All right, he also holds the ball uh for quite a long time. He’s 27th in that regard. That should help out the Steelers pass rush from getting home a bit more this week if he’s holding on to the football. and also his average depth of target there um you know is a little bit lower than what it’s been in years past for him. Uh so you got to keep that in mind going into this game. But man, you know, you look at the adjusted EPA per play, the efficiency that he plays with in this offense, you know, it’s definitely uh top 10 in the National Football League right now. And you take a look at his scouting report, I I think he’s got excellent size and obviously he’s got the arm talent. Um you know, the playmaking instincts out of structure. He can certainly uh make Matt Lafleur right even when he’s wrong. and he is a pretty decent mental processor. He doesn’t get enough credit for that in my opinion. He finds the open receiver uh very very often. There’s a reason why he’s completing 70% of his passes in this offense. But some of the cons, he throws off his back foot a lot, which leads to some accuracy issues. He bounces in the pocket, so his pocket footwork is not for me, man. It it’s just not. It never has been, and I’m not sure if he’s ever going to fix it. But I think that’s just a part of Jordan Love’s game at this point. Um, you know, he makes untimely mistakes, especially like in clutch moments. Um, you know, he almost lost the game in, uh, versus the Dallas Cowboys there, uh, because, uh, you know, it was it was it was winding down to like 1 second. He threw it out the back of the end zone with barely any time left on the clock. Just a really dumb mistake. And also, he holds the ball for too long at times. So, you if you have a good pass rush, you can get in the face of Jordan Love. And I think that the two weaknesses that the Pittsburgh Steelers need to exploit when it comes to Love’s game is number one, he’s gonna hold the ball, so get after him. All right, TJ Watt, Cam Hayward. All right, Alex Heismith, Nick Herbert, you got to get to the quarterback this week to affect the passing game. And then number two, especially if you put that pass rush on him, he’s going to put the ball in harm’s way from time to time. The Steelers have had zero turnovers after over the last two weeks, but they’ve had a number of opportunities. like if they would have executed on every single one of their legitimate opportunities to get an interception over the last two weeks. They might have had four or five turnovers over the last two weeks, but they’ve dropped a lot of picks. They’ve had a lot of missed opportunities uh this week uh in a in a highly, you know, closely contested matchup is what I’m expecting here. Uh those turnovers could be the difference between winning and losing. So, you got to capitalize this week. Then, you got to put interior pressure on Jordan Love. And I think Cam Hayward in particular is the guy that I’m going to be watching out for specifically to win his matchup versus Aaron Banks on this on this Packers offensive line. You guys can take a look at this offensive line and where they rank according to Pro Football Focus rankings. And you know, Rasheed Walker pretty good around league average. And you got Zack Tom on the other side there, 15th in the league. It’s pretty darn good. But on the interior, nobody ranks within the top half of their given position uh right now. And you know, I think that that is the area that the Steelers need to exploit. And and the Steelers have talent on the interior of the defensive line. Cam Hayward, you got Derk Harmon, you got Keano Benson. All right, you got guys that can get after the quarterback here in Pittsburgh. And I am expecting Cam Hayward to be able to come out here and play a really good game uh for the Pittsburgh Steelers, especially going up against Aaron Banks, who I think is just pretty darn brutal. His tape has not looked great to start this season. And so Captain Cam, you know, he wanted those incentives going into the year. He he actually had a really good game against Cincinnati getting some pressures on Joe Flacco. Um but, you know, this week he’s got to get him on the ground. All right. So, I think Cam Hayward is the guy that I’m really looking at to really hopefully uh take over this ball game on the interior of the defensive line. And then, uh the Steelers, I think a big thing and a big emphasis, uh this week for their defense is going to be to plug up the run. Um, you know, there’s been multiple, you know, people in the Steelers building, Mike Tomlin, Patrick Queen, and others talking about how the run game was really the big bugaboo and the thing that really grinds the gears of the people in the Steelers locker room because Cincinnati, you know, went to last week’s game like dead last in rushing. So, the fact that they got as many rushing yards as they did, it’s really eaten at this Steelers team. You better believe they’re going to be motivated to stop Josh Jacobs. Now, that’s going to be easier said than done. Uh, Jacobs is going to be one of the tougher running back tests that they play all season long. Uh, Matt Laflur knows how to scheme up the run game as well. And Jacobs is a tough test. So, I hope the Steelers in their front comes ready to play. Uh, they’re going to have to be uh to go up against this Josh Jacobs le team. Uh, he’s one of the premier running backs in the league. Um, so if the Steelers are going to win, uh, Josh Jacobs can’t be allowed uh to take over this game. And then also another thing that I would say for the Steelers defense is to not get fooled. All right, Matt Lafleur, one of the more creative uh offensive play callers in the National Football League. And what he’s really good at in particular, in my opinion, guys, is setting up his tight ends up for success. All right, so like Tucker Craft, like the amount of times that he just schemes him wide open, is is just incredible. So you got to know where all these guys are and all these bluff blocks and all these different things that they do in the playaction game. Like Mattifleur is going to try and get in his bag in this game against the Steelers defense. Um, it’s going to be important that the communication issues aren’t a thing this week. It’s going to be important for everyone to be on the same page when it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers on the defensive side of the ball. But now we can shift over to the offensive side of the ball for Pittsburgh where I think, you know, you got to keep the run game rolling. All right, this is the identity of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense as it stands right now. Those these jumbo personnel looks and then running the football off of those uh jumbo personnel looks. And since week four, since the Steelers implemented these jumbo 12 and 13 personnel packages, right now they’re third in the league in EPA per rush, and right now, uh, they’re fifth and rushing success rate. Okay, so they’re doing a really good job running the football. They are top five rushing offense in the league since they’ve made that crucial adjustment to put Spencer Anderson on the field as a tight end. Um, and I expect that to continue to be the case this week. Jaylen Warren continues to show why he’s one of the best running backs in the league. uh you know, this offensive line is getting better uh and more cohesive as the weeks go on. So, that’s got to be the identity in this football game if the Steelers are going to win. But that doesn’t mean that Rajie shouldn’t keep rocking because he absolutely should. Aaron Rogers, man, um he he looked as good versus Cincinnati as I’ve seen him play in many seasons at this point, probably, you know, since at least 2022, but maybe even 2021. His feet were so quick in the pocket. His pocket presence was elite. uh you know, he was throwing the ball down the field with precision. His smarts were really coming out. He was throwing the ball down the field a lot more versus Cincinnati. And just in general, I think Aaron Rogers has played a pretty darn good season. You guys can take a look at his advanced numbers, and there’s certain things, you know, that he’s he’s he’s a little bit lower on, especially in the turnover worthy play percentage department. PF currently has him ranked 28th, uh with 3.6% of his passes being deemed turnover worthy. That’s a a bit high for his career. Uh but I’m not too worried about that at this point. Of course, he’s not throwing the ball down the field a ton on average. Uh he’s third lowest in the National Football League right now in that particular category, but right now, you know, he’s 13th in adjusted EPA per play. You know, he’s eighth in completion percentage over expectated. So, uh he’s somebody that’s, you know, throwing accurate footballs. He’s, you know, around league average and yards per attempt. So, he’s playing smart, efficient football. And, you know, the results speak for themselves. I mean, he’s doing a really good job right now. Um, and you know, last week was one of his better performances that I’ve seen in a while. Now, you might be saying at home, “But Jack, he threw two picks, and one of those was a really bad pick, but the other one, um, I I don’t really put on Aaron Rogers. I think that was just a great play by DJ Turner, the Bengals corner.” And you know, if Rogers plays the way that he did versus Cincinnati and he’s adlibbing the way that he was, if he’s moving in the pocket as well as he was, if he’s throwing uh you know, those seam balls to Pat Footh as well as he was, and he’s just playing good, smart, efficient football, uh the Steelers are going to have a hell of a chance to win this game versus the Packers. But then, uh you know, the thing that the Steelers can’t do on offense is let Micah Parsons kill them. All right? And I you better believe he’s going to be lining up against Brick Jones this week. Now, I do think the Steelers are going to try and give Brick as much help as possible, just like they did versus Miles Garrett. And what they did against Miles is that they would put Spencer Anderson on him in a a true double team at times. And then they would also put Darnell Washington in there uh to help Rodri Jones as well. So, I think they had a really good plan to account for Miles Garrett two weeks ago. Of course, Garrett was pretty much invisible in that football game. And part of that plan is also to get the ball out quickly. All right. Right. And Aaron Rogers has done this extremely well over the course of this season where he’s getting the ball out fast. He’s getting the ball to his playmakers in space. And I think that that needs to once again be the plan for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Play efficiently, get those four, five, six yard chunks in the passing game. Continue uh to move the chains and move the line of scrimmage in the run game. Wear out an opposing defense, stay on the field, do all those things, and of course execute in the red zone. Uh the Steelers have done uh those things extremely well to this point in the season on offense. And I I hope at least that those trends continue here on Sunday Night Football. But then some general uh keys to victory for the Steelers, play the cleaner game. All right. Uh the games that they have lost, they haven’t they haven’t played the cleaner game. All right. They’ve made really crucial mistakes in those two games. And you know, penalties have been a big issue for the Steelers the last two games after really doing a good job limiting penalties the first few weeks of the season. Um so you got to clean those up. you’ve lost the turnover uh ratio on the two games that you’ve lost. So, you got to uh you know you know limit those turnovers and try to win the turnover battle. But then I do expect this one to be close late, guys, which means you got to make the play when it comes to m you know the fourth quarter. And you know the Steelers when they’ve made the play late, of course they’ve won those football games. When they’ve given up the play to the other team, they have lost those close football games. So you know I’m looking at this particular matchup and I think it’s going to be close. It’s going to come down to the wire. all these different things. But I just have a feeling, all right, that this is a game that Aaron Rodgers is going to be extremely motivated in. Um, I don’t think it’s going to be a perfect game by any stretch of the imagination, but I think the Steelers defense will play better than what we’ve seen from them over the last few weeks. And I think the Steelers offense will be good enough uh to get a very close victory in this one. I’m going to go 2423. Steelers win at home on Sunday Night Football to take one away from the Packers, a team that many people expect to be a Super Bowl contender this year and to improve to 5-2. And I’m hoping that by the end of this week, we’re looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers as a team that can really make some noise in uh the AFC this year. So, it’s your turn. Let me know down there in the comments section. Predict the score of Steelers versus Packers this week. I’m going 2423. Steelers win and Rajie gets his revenge over the Packers. Let me know what you guys think down there in the comments section. And that’ll conclude this week’s preview uh here on Steelers Talk. We do these in-depth previews every single week on the channel. Um we’re also going to give you guys extensive injury updates on this game as the week goes on. And we’ll be live for for our live watch party on Sunday night starting at 700 p.m. Eastern time. Over an hour pregame coverage, live playbyplay and and game analysis followed by extensive postgame coverage as well. So, make sure you click that subscribe button if you haven’t already to join the largest Steelers news program anywhere here on YouTube.

Steelers Talk by Chat Sports previews Pittsburgh’s Week 8 matchup vs. the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football as Aaron Rodgers prepares to take on his former team for the first time in his NFL career, playing against the Head Coach in Matt LaFleur that replaced him and the quarterback he mentored that replaced him in Green Bay in Jordan Love. On today’s show, host Jack Sperry goes over the latest Steelers injury updates, key storylines, Green Bay’s offensive & defensive scheme, roster, and trends, plus shares his keys to victory for Pittsburgh this week as well as his score prediction for this highly-anticipated primetime game for the Black and Gold!

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Steelers Keys To Victory vs. Packers:
– Force Mistakes From Jordan Love
– Get Interior Pressure
– Plug Up The Run
– Don’t Get Fooled
– Keep The Run Game Rollin
– Keep Rockin, Rodgey!
– Don’t Let Micah Parsons Kill You
– Get The Ball Out Quick!
– Play The Cleaner Game
– Make ‘The Play’ Late

Steelers – Packers Injuries Report:
– Calvin Austin III (WR): Shoulder
– Devonte Wyatt (DT): Knee
– Lukas Van Ness (DE): Foot
– Christian Watson (WR): Knee
– Dontayvion Wicks (WR): Calf
– Brandon McManus (K): Quad

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