Is this division race still in play for the Steelers…

If they happen to somehow win 2 of the next 3 games and get to 3-5 at the bye week. With Baltimore beating Cincinnati last night they are 3-2, the Bengals are 2-3 and so are the Browns. Here are the Bengals, Ravens and Browns schedules the next 3-4 weeks

Bengals
At New Orleans
Atlanta Home
At Cleveland
Carolina Home

Ravens
At NYGiants
Cleveland Home
At Tampa
At New Orleans

Browns
New England Home
At Baltimore
Cincinnati Home
At Miami

I think the Bengals will be 5-4 after those 4 games, the Ravens will be 5-4 after those 4 games and the Browns will be 3-5 after those 4 games. So if you’re the Steelers if you win against Tampa and Miami the next 2 weeks and get to 3-5 even if you lose the game at Philly before the bye and come back and beat the Saints at home after the bye week you are 4-5 going into the game against the Bengals here the following week on Sunday night.

So not saying none of this is going to actually happen and as bad as they looked yesterday they could easily be 1-7 and not 3-5. But this division is what it is at this point and nobody is gonna run away with it. I know this the margin of error for the Steelers to keep losing games is about over. If they wanna play any kind of meaningful games even after Halloween 3-5 pretty much has to happen going into the bye or this season will be donezo come Nov 1st. We will see how Tomlin and this team responds but it’s gonna get much worse before it gets better if the Steelers don’t win some games here the next 2-3 weeks.

 

Let's start by winning a second game before we talk about winning the AFCN.

 

No this Team will pick top 5 for sure to many holes on both sides of the ball .

 

If Miamis QB situation is still shaky in 2 weeks I suppose they could win that game. They will either be 1-7 or 2-6 at the BYE. No they are not winning even the MAC Collegiate Division.

 

No, we suck!! Best part about it, we don't have Ben to win us another 10 useless wins for nothing, other than to drop us down in the draft.

 

We need a draft pick in the 10-15 range.. get our next great Center or Guard.

 

The way this team quit yesterday...let's not talk about division or even playoffs. I dount Tomlin will do it, he talked about changes needed.. start with putting someone also in charge of both O, D, and special teams. Do the changes on the team as well. I'm not suggesting tanking at all, but put in the younger guys and let them get experience. We suck..but might as well see if the younger guys want to suck or just suck in general..cuz those playing seem to suck in general anyway.

 

With you on this. It changes everyyear..but if we get a top 5 pick and someone wants to move up to grab a Qb I'm all for it, but not atvtge expense of going beyond 15. If we are in the 8 to 12 range you better get it right.

 

Speaking of younger guys, I still don't understand why Mark Robinson hasn't gotten a hat yet. I know some people have said that he is too raw and would look "silly" on certain plays. Bush and Spillane look silly on almost every play. The only good play Spillane made last week was when Josh Allen drilled him in the ass with the football, and we all know about Bush's lack of effort on the field. At least Robinson would hustle and look for runners to blow up out on the field.

 

It was sad yesterday.

 

These type of posts will stop in a couple of weeks lol

 

I understand it's multiple things..inexperience, possibly not wanting to inhibit growth by failures because of inexperience...but damn what you have now is a crap show. If he gives up a pastor misses a tackle was he at least trying? You can teach from failure..you can't teach what we are seeing on the field

 

Ravens 3-3
Bengals 3-3
Browns 2-4
Steelers 2-4

Division still in play and not dead yet. Why you don’t write seasons off after 4 or 5 games too much can still happen. It’s one week but still alive and not out of it yet.

 

AFC north and nfc east flipped

 

Theoretically yes. They have 4 division games left, 3 at home, and have a critical win already over the Bengals, whom I believe are the class of the division (and I use the term "class" very loosely).

The Steelers did not win the North last year because they lost twice to the Bengals. Perhaps they can return the favor.

 

Are we winning the AFCN or are we picking #1? My mind is spinning.

 

I think it’s still going to come down to the last few weeks. No one is really standing out in this division. But even if we win and make the playoffs, it will be a hollow victory because I don’t see us competing with the likes of the Bills and Chiefs. And at the end of the day, our prize will be a low draft position

 

If we are 3-5 going into the bye and have Watt the rest of the year, we have a chance to compete for division title.

 

Pump the brakes. How about lets just celebrate this gritty win. Anyone who really felt we had a real chance step up to this:

 

The offence would need to improve significantly but id agree, beat Miami next week and the season may not be the wash it looked like after the Bills game.

The loss to the Jets doesn’t look as bad now after they went to Green Bay today and came away with a win.

 

Yea I’m with you win at Miami or Philly the next two weeks and you have a chance after the bye week with 2 straight home games with New Orleans and Cincinnati and a lot of winnable left on the schedule. So still a long way to go but today was a first step of getting back into the race and we will see how things play out forward.

 

That's the suck of it. I never want to see a team tank..but I'm also kind of sick of just being good enough to be one and out in the po's.

We won today, but even if we had lost at least we saw heart and fight. I'll always hope for a win, but will still be proud if they show this spirit the rest of the year and individual growth among younger players.

 

Sorry but not gonna happen. The NFL is far too good of a league to use smoke and mirrors to get into the post season, let alone get home field advantage. The deficiencies at the LOS on both sides of the ball are too big to overcome. The O Line is one of the worst units in the league (see running game results)! Inability to consistently pressure the QB and stop the run (on the flip side) is the other dagger. Lastly, although the receiver play was good today, every 6 games is not enough consistency to be productive. This was a "right place, right time" scenario for this game and it was a 2 point victory at that...over a 3-3 team that has been struggling.

Not being "negative". Just pointing out the glaringly obvious