Wk 17 · 2026

Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans — Sun, Jan 3

Sun, Jan 3 · Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN · CBS

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 128 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.

Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC North · no games yet

1:00pET

PIT -1.5 · total 42.5 DraftKings

Ratings differential PIT by 1.0

Tennessee Titans

AFC South · no games yet

What is at stake

An AFC game between two divisions. It decides neither division, but conference record is the tiebreaker that follows head-to-head, and both of these are chasing the same 7 AFC playoff places. Division standings.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 1.7 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have been through a draft and a free-agency window since.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Steelers: -1.0#21

Efficiency margin

Titans: -3.7#27

Steelers: -1.7#24

Offense

Titans: -2.0#26

Steelers: +0.7#10

Defense

Titans: -1.6#28

Steelers: 23.4

Points / game

Titans: 16.7

Steelers: 22.8

Points allowed / game

Titans: 28.1

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats

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Titans form

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Steelers this season

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Titans this season

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Common opponents · 7

Opponent	Steelers	Titans
Bengals AFC	vs Wk 3 · scheduled preview	at Wk 8 · scheduled preview
Browns AFC	at Wk 4 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Colts AFC	vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview	at Wk 6 · scheduled preview
Eagles NFC	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 2 · scheduled preview
Texans AFC	vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview
Jaguars AFC	at Wk 14 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview
Ravens AFC	vs Wk 15 · scheduled preview	at Wk 4 · scheduled preview

Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Steelers leads 8–3 · Steelers has won the last 5

11 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 4.0 points toward Steelers

Yr	Date	Result	Site	Won
2023	2023-11-02	Titans 16 — 20 Steelers	at PIT	Steelers
2021	2021-12-19	Titans 13 — 19 Steelers	at PIT	Steelers
2020	2020-10-25	Steelers 27 — 24 Titans	at TEN	Steelers
2017	2017-11-16	Titans 17 — 40 Steelers	at PIT	Steelers
2014	2014-11-17	Steelers 27 — 24 Titans	at TEN	Steelers
2013	2013-09-08	Titans 16 — 9 Steelers	at PIT	Titans
2012	2012-10-11	Steelers 23 — 26 Titans	at TEN	Titans
2011	2011-10-09	Titans 17 — 38 Steelers	at PIT	Steelers
2010	2010-09-19	Steelers 19 — 11 Titans	at TEN	Steelers
2009	2009-09-10	Titans 10 — 13 Steelers	at PIT	Steelers
2008	2008-12-21	Steelers 14 — 31 Titans	at TEN	Titans

Steelers leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Aaron Rodgers QB #8	327/498, 3322 YDS, 24 TD, 7 INT
	Mason Rudolph QB #2	38/52, 310 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Jaylen Warren RB #30	211 CAR, 958 YDS, 6 TD
	Kenny Gainwell RB #1	114 CAR, 537 YDS, 5 TD
	Jonnu Smith TE #81	9 CAR, 70 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	DK Metcalf WR #4	59 REC, 850 YDS, 6 TD
	Pat Freiermuth TE #88	41 REC, 486 YDS, 4 TD
	Kenny Gainwell RB #1	73 REC, 486 YDS, 3 TD
	Calvin Austin III WR #82	31 REC, 372 YDS, 3 TD

Defense

Tackles	Payton Wilson LB #41	126
	Patrick Queen LB #6	120
	Jalen Ramsey CB #5	88
Sacks	Alex Highsmith LB #56	9.5
	Nick Herbig LB #51	7.5
	T.J. Watt LB #90	7
Interceptions	T.J. Watt LB #90	2
	Kyle Dugger S #29	2
	Jack Sawyer LB #33	2

full roster and per-player history

Titans leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Cam Ward QB #1	323/540, 3169 YDS, 15 TD, 7 INT
	Brandon Allen QB #12	17/30, 72 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing	Tony Pollard RB #20	242 CAR, 1082 YDS, 5 TD
	Tyjae Spears RB #2	72 CAR, 283 YDS, 2 TD
	Cam Ward QB #1	39 CAR, 159 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving	Chig Okonkwo TE #85	56 REC, 560 YDS, 2 TD
	Elic Ayomanor WR #5	41 REC, 515 YDS, 4 TD
	Chimere Dike WR #17	48 REC, 423 YDS, 4 TD
	Gunnar Helm TE #84	44 REC, 357 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Cedric Gray LB #33	164
	Cody Barton LB #50	81
	Amani Hooker S #37	81
Sacks	Jeffery Simmons DT #98	11
	Jihad Ward LB #53	5
	Dre'Mont Jones DE #5	4.5
Interceptions	Cody Barton LB #50	3
	Xavier Woods S #23	2
	Roger McCreary CB #21	1

full roster and per-player history

These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.