Hello, I'm Peter King. Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King, where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.

This week, a special podcast from the Steelers Patriots game in Pittsburgh, the mega game, the huge game that could decide the fate of the American Football Conference for

the 2017 season, will take you to Pittsburgh.

In fact, I'm just driving away from Pittsburgh right now, but we'll take you to Pittsburgh, and you will hear why the Pittsburgh Steelers means so much to that town. You'll hear why this game means so

much to the Pittsburgh fandom. You will hear from one of the great Steeler fans I've ever met in my life, Phil Janaro.

You'll also hear my MMQB partner, Kalin Kaler, goes out into the parking lot at Heinz Field before the Steelers Patriots game

and actually finds a fan who's being baptized into Steeler Nation.

So you'll hear all that, then you will hear from one of the heroes of the game.

And for the first time ever, you're going to hear my column, the top of my column from

Pittsburgh on the Steelers Patriots game. I'll read that with a couple of dramatic and fun

twists right here on this podcast and then we'll end with the thoughts of the

MMQB team from Pittsburgh

Peter King Kallin Koehler and

Connor Orr

Dissecting the game and

wishing you very happy holidays.

But first, you know a few thoughts on something we just saw on Sunday

with Jerry Richardson, the owner of the Carolina Panthers, proposing to sell the team

after an explosive story in Sports Illustrated, broke earlier on Sunday.

And one of the most amazing things I think I've seen in the NFL in some time

that a piece of journalism could have the kind of

power to force one of the most powerful owners in the NFL to resign immediately. I'll be writing about that in my

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