Pittsburgh Steelers safety DeShon Elliott was quite outspoken about the defense's struggles following the Week 17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. However, he does regret making public comments instead of keeping them in-house.

There’s no denying, things were pretty stressful after the Pittsburgh Steelers Christmas Day loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. A big part of the problem was the defense and several veteran players called out anonymous teammates after the game for not doing their jobs.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have dropped their last three games by at least 14 points. That hasn’t happened for the franchise since 1988. To say the least, the Steelers are reeling right now.

Ahead of their game against the Kansas City Chiefs, it’s time to release our Pittsburgh Steelers Week 17 predictions.

NFL Week 18 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming information for Saturday football game between Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Bengals have rattled off four straight wins but will need some help even with a win here. Denver needs to lose to Kansas City, who has the No. 1 seed locked up, so there is a good chance the Chiefs rest their starters and the Broncos come out on top,