Not too early for Number 1 Seed talk...

mac daddyo · Oct 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM

i hate that we have the bye this early. this makes for a long stretch without a break and then the playoffs if we get there. the NFL always seems to screw us with these early byes. all of them should start to happen at near the halfway point and after.

Bubbahotep · Oct 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM

LambertsDentist said: ↑

We can't dismiss the Ravens yet. their schedule gets a lot easier from here, while ours gets a lot tougher.

The Ravens were decimated by injuries but are getting healthy just in time for the easier part of their schedule. Jackson will likely be back after their bye. A healthy Ravens team against a softer remaining schedule gives them opportunity to take over the division. I'm not saying we're doomed, but the division isn't ours yet.
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While they might be getting some players back they are also trading players from that defense. All is not well in Bmore.

SGSteeler · Oct 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM

mac daddyo said: ↑

i hate that we have the bye this early. this makes for a long stretch without a break and then the playoffs if we get there. the NFL always seems to screw us with these early byes. all of them should start to happen at near the halfway point and after.
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We had a mid season bye last season and still lost our last 5. The bye is helpful where it is at right now because we are getting some players back post bye and will have one less week without Ramsey or Austin. We will have the bye a week and a half before the only Thursday night game on the schedule (which should help with injuries, hopefully). I think its fine enough where its at. Would the players have preferred it later? Maybe. But it allows us to regroup from an early slow-ish start on both sides of the ball and make improvements (while getting healthier). I don't mind where its at tbh

Formerscribe · Oct 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM

mac daddyo said: ↑

better just worry about beating the browns and no more. one game at a time and get and stay healthy.
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This is exactly what I was thinking. The Browns will not be easy. They have an excellent defense. The offense got better when they benched Flacco. The Steelers are the better team, but not by much.

Steel_Elvis · Oct 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Formerscribe said: ↑

This is exactly what I was thinking. The Browns will not be easy. They have an excellent defense. The offense got better when they benched Flacco. The Steelers are the better team, but not by much.
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That’s OK. I’m happy if we’re better by 1 point.

bleednblackngold · Oct 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM

Hanratty#5 said: ↑

He could be back as early as December and play the last 4 games. If Flacco can have the Bengals at 5-8 by then they might have Burrow play the last month and try and salvage a playoff spot. But you're right if they are officially eliminated by then it would be foolish to play him this year.
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From what I've been reading about his injury that 3 month minimum is just that. An absolute minimum. It's more than likely a season ending injury

Formerscribe · Oct 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Steel_Elvis said: ↑

That’s OK. I’m happy if we’re better by 1 point.
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As will I.

Joel Buchsbaum · Oct 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM

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Seeing how bad the AFC North is and seeing how the Bills lost to the Patriots last night and the Chargers lost again to Washington and are now 3-2 as well. The schedule is going to allow the Steelers to play the teams they are going to be potentially fighting with for this top seed as we move into early November. The game with the Colts here now on November 2nd is starting to look like a very critical game when it comes to seeding and potential tiebreakers. Then you have the following game the next week on Sunday night in LA against the Chargers which will be another crucial head-to-head meeting which will determine tiebreakers as well, and then you have the game at the end of the month on Thanksgiving weekend where the Bills come here on November 30th. So, there are going to be opportunities for the Steelers to cash in here and beat some of these teams head-to-head and control their own destiny when it comes to seeding.

That is why I think it is extremely critical the Steelers win these next 2 games with the Browns at home and at Cincinnati on that Thursday night and get to 5-1. You want to put yourself in a position when you play a team like the Colts or Chargers where you still only have 1 maybe 2 losses at the most and winning a head-to-head matchup would be monumental. I still wouldn't count out the Chiefs in this conversation either. They are right back in the thick of the AFC West race now and if they win tonight against the Jags, they are 3-2 and tied for 1st place yet again. So, while the Steelers don't play Kansas City and won't have the chance to win a head-to-head tiebreaker against them, they are still going to have a whole lot to say about who is seeded where in the AFC come December and January. But again, never too early to start looking down the road and looking ahead when it comes to playoff seeding in the AFC even if we are just 4-5 games into the season. It matters a lot, and I think us as fans can start taking a hard look at it right now based on how things have played out so far, these first 4-5 weeks of the season.
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It not too early to talk about a BYE week for the playoffs as we should be 4-1 by the end of Sunday.

LambertsDentist · Oct 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Joel Buchsbaum said: ↑

It not too early to talk about a BYE week for the playoffs as we should be 4-1 by the end of Sunday.
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We SHOULD be 4-1 by the end of Sunday, but It's rare for any team to have the record they should have at any point in the season sans week 1. I'm not counting tomorrow's game as a win till the game click reaches 0:00

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