Joe

It's still too early to tell, but I do feel like there's a positive energy about them, the kind of positive energy that you can feel with teams late in seasons that might be able to make a run.

That's all I'm saying for now.

And what have we talked about?

I'm not predicting it.

And again, the problem is everybody else is hot.

The Bills, for example...

They hit their rock bottom too.

You see them against Miami a month ago?

Did you see them in that horrible Texans game where they just got physically dominated?

Well, guess what?

They've rallied.

They've won three in a row.

Some impressive wins too.

And I mentioned the Jags, the Texans are killing people.

The Chargers are hot again.

The Patriots have lost once in three months.

Everybody else is hot too, even the Ravens.

They're 6-2 in their past eight, and they think they got robbed, and they might not be wrong in the one they lost to the Steelers.

They could easily be 7-1 in their last eight, and I think Lamar is back.

So this shapes up as a fascinating stretch run for the Steelers and everybody else in the AFC.