PITTSBURGH -- There are many, many things Mike Tomlin loves about coaching football. The urgency created by the limited number of chances to compete is near the top of the list.

"You get 17 opportunities to state a case for yourself," the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach said.

And 11 of them are already gone for both Pittsburgh (6-5) and the Buffalo Bills (7-4), who visit Acrisure Stadium on Sunday in a game with playoff-like stakes for two clubs who haven't always looked like the playoff teams both expected to be when the season began.

Pittsburgh has dropped four of six, while the erratic Bills have been chasing New England most of the season and could see their half-decade run atop the AFC East all but end with a third loss in four games.

"We understand where we're at," Buffalo qua

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