Packers-Steelers Capsule

PACKERS (5-5) at STEELERS (8-2)

Sunday, 8:25 p.m. ET, NBC

OPENING LINE - Steelers by 13 1-2

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Packers 4-6, Steelers 6-4

SERIES RECORD - Packers lead 19-15

LAST MEETING - Steelers beat Packers 38-31, Dec. 22, 2013

LAST WEEK - Packers lost to Ravens 23-0; Steelers beat Titans 40-17

AP PRO32 RANKING - Packers No. 19, Steelers No. 3

PACKERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (23), RUSH (19T), PASS (23)

PACKERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (18), RUSH (11), PASS (18)

STEELERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (11), RUSH (19T), PASS (8)

STEELERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (4), RUSH (8), PASS (3)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Pittsburgh has won five straight since 3-2 start. … Packers are 1-3 since QB Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone in Week 6, with Brett Hundley replacing Rodgers. … Green Bay’s last win in Pittsburgh was in 1970. … Packers are NFL-best 25-12 on Sunday night since 1990. … Packers have scored NFL-high five TDs on opening possession. Pittsburgh hasn’t allowed TD on opening drive in 27 straight games, longest active streak in NFL. … Green Bay allowed season-low 219 yards last week vs. Ravens. … Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is from Pittsburgh … McCarthy’s next victory will be his 115th with Green Bay, would tie him with Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs for second-highest victory total in first 11 seasons. … Loss to Ravens was first shutout home defeat in 11 years. … Green Bay is second in NFL in red zone touchdown percentage (66.7). … Second of four straight prime-time games for Pittsburgh. Steelers are 32-16 in prime time under coach Mike Tomlin. … Pittsburgh is 23-7 in prime time at Heinz Field since it opened in 2001. … Steelers last started 8-2 or better in 2004 (9-1). … Ben Roethlisberger is 19-3 at home in prime time. … Steelers had four interceptions last week vs. Titans, first four-pick game since Nov. 9, 1997 against Baltimore. … Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown fastest player in NFL history to reach 700 receptions (702), doing it in 111 games. … Brown leads NFL in receptions (70) and yards receiving (1,026). … Steelers CB William Gay will play in 171st straight game, longest active streak among NFL defensive players. … Pittsburgh has 34 sacks through 10 games. Steelers had 38 sacks in 2016. … Fantasy Tip: Hard to bet against Roethlisberger under lights. His 96.5 QB rating in night games is above career average of 93.7. He’s thrown 90 TDs against 43 INTs in prime time.

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