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Vikings vs Steelers: Thursday night football live tonight
The Minnesota Vikings return home to host the Pittsburgh Steelers after a two game road trip. Both teams need a win to stay in the playoff picture.
Two aspiring playoff teams will square off on Thursday night to start Week 14 as the Pittsburgh Steelers head north to take on the Minnesota Vikings from U.S. Bank Stadium.
Steelers hold off Ravens in the last second
Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers edged out the AFC North leading Baltimore Ravens on Sunday afternoon to put and end to their three game winless streak. The Steelers defense came up with a stop on a last second Baltimore two point conversion attempt to seal a fourth quarter comeback win.
Roethlisberger threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns while Diontae Johnson pulled in eight receptions for 105 yards to push Pittsburgh to 6-5-1 on the year.
Vikes defense has been achilles heel
The Vikings have been disappointing in the two games that followed their shock win over the Green Bay Packers in Week 11. They went west and lost to the San Francisco 49ers before being beaten by the previously winless Detroit Lions in the final second of last week’s game.
Minnesota’s defense has been doing Kirk Cousins and the offense no favors in the last five games. The Vikings are 5-7 after winning just two of their last five and the defense is giving up 29.6 points a game in that span.
What's at stake
The Vikings trail the 8-4 Los Angeles Rams, and sit just a game behind San Francisco and the Washington Football Team in the NFC Wild Card race, as both teams are 6-6 going into Week 14. While the Steelers are a half game back of the Chargers, Bengals and Bills who sit at 7-5 in the AFC.
How and where to watch
Matchup: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Minnesota Vikings
Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN.
Date: Thursday, Dec. 9
Time: 8:20 p.m. ET
TV channels: Fox | NFL Network
Live stream: Amazon Prime | fuboTV | DAZN (Canada)And of course you can follow along with all the action here on AS.COM as we will be keeping you up to the minute with entertaining and informative insight in our live commentary stream.