Outcome of 3 game stretch vs division leaders

We're facing, consecutive games:
AFC South leader, Colts (@ Pittsburgh)
AFC North Leader, Bengals (@ Cincinnati)
AFC West Leader, Broncos (@ Pittsburgh)

All of them are current leaders, and potential rivals for a Wild Card round playoff game. The outcome of this stretch will determine if our season is headed into the playoffs and who will we be facing, or if we're going to miss football coming 2016.

 

I predict we will hang in there by our fingernails until the last.

Why? Because the Steelers hate me and my shredded nerves, that's why.

More specifically: for all we're raining on the secondary at the moment, I can see us beating all three of those teams. It won't happen - there'll be an injury, a bizarre call, or we'll forget to put 11 men on the field or something - but we can and have stepped up to that level of teams. We tend to get beaten by either a) ourselves or b) teams playing to fairly specific strengths (e.g. the Jets last year). The last few year's results against Cincinnati suggest we're more even with them than the record suggests; even if they are a better team on paper.

 

Getting Denver in Pittsburgh helps a lot, and if Ware is still out I think that really helps us. If we can put up 30 against that Seattle defense in there house, we can do the same at home versus Denver.

I think we handle Cincinnati with a streaking Ben. They'll see a much different QB than his first game back after his long layoff.

Indianapolis. Come on. If we end up losing that game I'll go into full-blown draft mode.

 

if they unleash hell and not smell we'll be good.

 

Yes, agreed, no unleashing of smell allowed!

 

Lets hope. We were 7-5 in 2005, then won on the road all through the SB

 

If we lose to Indy our season will all be but over.

 

I voted for 1-2 over the next 3 games. Steelers will beat the Colts.... lose to the Bengals and Broncos... and win out vs. Ravens and Browns. 9-7... and miss playoffs due to horrible conference record. I hope I'm wrong and the Steelers go undefeated through week 17... 11-5... and 5th seed.

 

I voted 3-0, because that's what I want

 

I see it the same way. We must win this game to have any chance at the post season....Red Rifle wont be rusty this time they will wax this D. Brock will wax this D we still have a chance as long as we score 30 plus ....

 

The Colts game is critical because I don't think they win their division. I think the Texans win that division. We have identical records with the Colts and winning Sunday puts us one game up and gives us the tie breaker against them for the wildcard. It doesn't solve all the problems but it is a big step in the right direction. I'm pretty much looking at it on a week to week basis. Let's take it one week at a time and focus on the Steelers winning one game at a time and see how it plays out. I still think we make the playoffs as I have said over the last few weeks.

 

Well, Hell yeah...
And I "Hoped", we knew we had to beat Seattle..


To eliminate "tiebreaker" scenarios...


We didn`t...Cincy is gonna be conference champs...

We gonna need help, no matter what we do from here ...

Beating Indy would be a good start..

And don`t loose no more games!!!!!

GO STEELERS!!!!!

 

I say we go 2-1. I think we beat Indy and split with Cincy and Denver. If the Steelers can go into the last 2 games of the season at 8-6 with a 5-5 conference record with games left at Baltimore and at Cleveland they should get in at 10-6. MUST win tomorrow night against the Colts and split the next two. Anything other then that and the Steelers are going to have a hard time getting a wildcard spot. They just lose way too many tiebrakers based on conference record

 

Come on man. Give Real Steel a chance. Your stealing his material

 

If the Ravens were 0-11 it would still be a nail biter cause that's how we roll. They claimed their last 2..lose their next 3 and be out for blood on the 27th @ M&T. Hopefully we have the resilience to beat them by "3"

 

Sorry life's been bumming me out

 

Will the blown KC game will come back to haunt us? I hope not but
I am afraid this is were tiebrakers come in.

 

Losing to the Ravens in week 4 is gonna bite us.

 

Just win one of these next 2 against either Cincy or Denver and beat the Ravens and Browns the last two weeks and you should be in at 10-6. I just don't see the Jets going 3-1 in their last 4 and even if they do the Steelers would win the tiebraker based on common opponents since the Steelers beat the Raiders and the Jets didn't.

 

Problem is, if the Steelers win to make the playoffs, they'll be handing home field advantage back to the Patriots. I don't think I can handle Brady having 5 rings...