Christmas Day has arrived for the Kansas City Chiefs, and no gift could be better than what awaits KC with a win on Wednesday: the AFC’s No. 1 seed and a first-round bye. The Pittsburgh Steelers, pardon the wordplay, will attempt to play Grinch as they hope to finish atop the AFC North in a competitive race against the Baltimore Ravens.

Three times in 11 days, the Pittsburgh Steelers faced a team aiming for the Super Bowl, the elite company they have spent most of the season trying to prove they belong in. Three times in 11 days, Pittsburgh found itself doing all of the little things wrong—and some of the big things too—on its way to a lopsided loss,