The Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers are heading over the Atlantic for the first of two games in London at Wembley Stadium and both teams are heading into the matchup looking for a victory, as they are 0-3 this season and need to turn things around.
Both teams have bye weeks after the game on Sunday and it will be broadcast on TV in the United States at the normal 1 PM time on CBS and the game will be on TV in England on Sky Sports Channel 4 for all those international fans. Big Ben Roethlisberger was in front of Big Ben this week in real life and on Sunday he will need to have a good game for the Steelers to win, as their offense has been dealing with a number of injuries and the running game has been mostly non existent.
The Steelers have lost three straight games while not getting much offense and what they generated against the Bears came mostly after Chicago pulled out to a big lead. The Steelers dropped their first game against the Titans without much offense and over the first two weeks they scored just 19 points total. Roethlisberger and the offense have been dealing with the loss of Mike Wallace as well as injuries to the running back position.
The team will be getting some firepower back with tight end Heath Miller returning from injury and the team also will get a big boost from Le'Veon Bell in the running game after he was injured in the preseason. The Steelers are ranked ninth in the league in passing yards per game despite their record and are 30th in the league in rushing yards with just under 55 per game. The defense has played solid against the pass ranking third in passing yards allowed, but they are giving up over 115 yards per game on the ground.
The team will play against the Vikings and then will get a bye week after all the travels to England and then the team has another road game against the New York Jets before playing the Baltimore Ravens in a divisional game at home. The team will play three out their next four games on the road including the Vikings matchup in England, as they will travel to Oakland to play the Raiders, while the New England Patriots on the road is next up.
The Steelers will play the Buffalo Bills and the Lions at home next before playing the Browns on the road and it'll be two divisional games in a row, as the Ravens on the road is next. The team will play the Dolphins in Week 14 and that game will begin a tough stretch that includes the Bengals at home before going on the road against the Packers. The team will end the regular season against the Browns at home.
The Vikings have struggled to start the season and Adrian Peterson will look to put things on his back when the team takes on the Steelers. The Vikings will play the Panthers next before a road game against the Giants on Monday night football and then the team travels to play the Cowboys before playing the Redskins at home to knock out three of the NFC east teams on their schedule. The team will then play a brutal stretch at Seattle at Green Bay and then home against the Bears before travelling to play the Ravens.