Steelers-Jaguars Preview Capsule

PITTSBURGH (6-2-1) at JACKSONVILLE (3-6)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Steelers by 5

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Steelers 6-3, Jaguars 3-5-1

SERIES RECORD - Jaguars lead 14-11.

LAST MEETING - Jaguars beat Steelers 45-42 in AFC playoffs, Jan. 14

LAST WEEK - Steelers beat Panthers 52-21; Jaguars lost to Colts 29-26

AP PRO32 RANKING - Steelers No. 4, Jaguars No. 24

STEELERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (4), RUSH (21), PASS (3).

STEELERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (4), PASS (19).

JAGUARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (26), PASS (13).

JAGUARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (3), RUSH (18), PASS (1).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Steelers have won five in row and Jaguars have lost five in row. … Jacksonville won twice last year in Pittsburgh, 30-9 in regular season and 45-42 in divisional round of AFC playoffs. Steelers have won last two appearances in Jacksonville. … Steelers WR Antonio Brown has caught touchdowns in seven straight games. Club record is 11 straight by Buddy Dial in 1959-60. … Pittsburgh will play entire season without RB Le’Veon Bell, who declined to sign one-year franchise tender by Nov. 13 deadline. … Steelers RB James Conner is eighth player in team history with at least 10 rushing touchdowns, and first since DeAngelo Williams in 2015. … Conner expected to play after being placed in concussion protocol after last week’s win over Carolina. He leads AFC with 771 yards. … Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger posted perfect QB rating (158.3) against Panthers for fourth time in career and first time since Dec. 20, 2007 vs. St. Louis. … Roethlisberger’s 350 career touchdown passes tie him with Eli Manning for seventh all-time. … Steelers have allowed average of 268.6 yards during five-game winning streak. They allowed 420.5 yards per game in first four games. … Pittsburgh LB T.J. Watt’s 15 career sacks are most by Steelers player in first two seasons since Keith Willis (15 in 1982-83). … Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette returned from hamstring injury last week and carried 24 times for 53 yards. He had a combined 20 carries in limited action against Giants and Jets because of hamstring. … Fournette and T.J. Yeldon each had more than 50 yards receiving against Colts, first time since Nov. 12, 2006 Jaguars had two RBs with 50-plus receiving yards in same game (Fred Taylor, Maurice Jones-Drew). … Fantasy tip: Jaguars PK Josh Lambo has made 24 straight FGs.

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