Currently 4-3, is NHALS safe?

After a 4-1 start the Steelers are on a 2 game losing streak and it looks to get worse with a very tough schedule to finish:

Colts
@ Chargers
Bengals
@ Bears
Buffalo
@ Baltimore
Miami
@ Detroit
@ Cleveland
Baltimore

At 4-3 with 10 games left the Steelers will have go 5-5 at minimum to preserve NHALS. What is your final season prediction? Is NHALS safe?

 

Still a 9-8 team in my opinion...Btw,the week 17 matchup is against the Browns,not Chicago a second time!

 

Thanks, I fixed that. Which 5 games do you have as wins?

 

8-9.

 

Hard to said...I guess,Cleveland,Miami,Bengals,Ravens in week 18 if they rest their starters and maybe the bears

A losing season is possible but we see the movie before

 

Even if he has a losing season the narrative will become but, but, but he's only had 1 losing season.

 

I picked 8-9 but yeah the one caveat to that is if the Ravens need to win that last game to improve their seeding or not.

 

Cleveland game in December looks to be a challenge at this point. Hell, Miami won big yesterday...that game won't be easy either.

 

I predicted 7-10 and is sticking with that prediction.

 

The Tomlin Fan Boys new rallying cry but he’s only had 1 losing season!!

 

I will sink into gloom and depression if the Steelers do not win their annual Participation Trophy!!!

 

Whatever that means

 

With the way they've played the past couple weeks, losing out isn't as impossible as it seems. You can easily make a case as to why each of those teams could beat us. Miami possibly turning their offense around and us playing like crap in cleveland lately, makes the "winnable" games seem less likely. Bengals are a toss-up.. they suck, but ultimately we had no answer for their offense.

 

I really don't see how adding to the roster truly helps. We need to add via subtraction if anything. We also need to see more of Echols, Pierre and Trice (when he gets healthy) moving forward.

 

I'm not saying they're the answer. There's no quick fixes to this team. Relying on bandaids created this mess. We need draft capital and worry about the future.

 

This isn't a Superbowl roster... One player isn't putting us over the hill. I think we should just keep our picks.

 

I don't like the idea of quiting myself, but I see this season as a lost cause regardless of what moves we make. The team is going to quit on Tomlin, if they haven't already. Heyward's post game interview hinted at this. If we can get a WR or CB on their rookie deal, then I'm cool with it. Getting more prehistoric relics will just set the franchise back further.

 

Echols played a lot yesterday. Watson beat him on the deep ball in the third quarter. He is also terrible in run defense. Watch the clip of Jacobs' touchdown run.

 

They had to deal with some adversity at the start of the third quarter. Sure, the officials screwed them, but they reacted horribly. They crumbled.

The 59-yard pass to Kraft was a devastating because of how it shifted momentum and the loss of Elliott. Tomlin called it a "significant knee injury." I'm assuming that means his season is over. The defense has been erratic with him. Without him this season, it has been horrid. He was the only good safety they had. If he is done, they don't have a viable replacement. They also likely lost Ekuale, which hurts the run defense.

Seumalo may be back soon, but losing him hurts the running game. This team has very little depth on the offensive line and they can't really run the jumbo package without him.

I'm not saying you quit and go into sell mode. You don't do that when your team is in first place. I am saying that they should not give up future resources for rentals or older players. This team does not look like a real contender for even a playoff win, much less anything more.

 

Well there is something to look forward to