Schedule not looking too bad the rest of the way...

As we move forward here this season the Steelers schedule all of a sudden is not looking too bad the remainder of the year. Sure we have the back to back games against the Pats and Saints in December but looking at things now the road games we play at both Denver and at Oakland who both stink look very winnable and even the game with the Jags in Jacksonville on Sunday night in November looks more winnable as well. I definitely think the Steelers can win their next 3 games with the Browns at home, at Baltimore, and Carolina at home on that Thursday night in November before the back to back road games at Jacksonville and at Denver to close out the month of November. This win today really did a lot for me in believing that this team can knock off some more wins in a row these next few weeks. They are gonna need you if they still plan on winning this division.

 

Our schedule is BRUTAL... none of those are gimmeee games.

Plus Oakland is away and you know how well we do out there even when they stink.

I think the way all the other teams in our division are playing there is little room for error, that tie really screwed us. We need to take the division, no wild card for us this year.

 

I'm more worried about our defense during saints week

 

I think the tie is actually helping the Steelers right now because they only have 2 losses now instead of 3 and now have the same amount of losses as teams in the AFC such as the Ravens, Patriots, Bengals, Chargers, Dolphins who all have 2 losses and teams like the Jags and Titans now have 3 losses, and the Chiefs have 1 loss finally. So the next 3 games I feel are very winnable as well. I expect the Steelers to beat the Browns here at home after the bye week and then you go to Baltimore for the rematch the following week and I feel it will be very tough for the Ravens to sweep the Steelers this season, and then Carolina at home on a Thursday night which will be a tough game but definitely a winnable game. The road games at Denver and at Oakland are never easy but both these teams aren’t very good and the Steelers better win both of these games which I feel they will do. So the schedule I think is tough but it’s not as brutal and doom and gloom as people are making it out to be.

 

I don't see any gimmies at all on the schedule so idk where your getting the schedule sets up nicely from. I think it's gonna be harder for them to make the playoffs than not to

 

Lol jags are a one hit wonder. Man their defense got exposed by a bottom tier offense. Couldn’t adjust and double beasly

 

I am not ready to concede that the Jaguars are done. That is a legit team all the way; New Orleans an even greater problem.


Of course, there is the proverbial "elephant in the room" in New England as well. Assuming Joey Bosa comes back, the Los Angeles Chargers are not an easy team either.



However, as with all these teams, I will hold off on my concerns until those games arrive. Too early to assume the remaining strength of schedule; opponents records at present being irrelevant.

 

Didn’t say there were any gimmies but they should be able to win home games here two of the next three games they play with the Browns and Panthers at Heinz Field and at Baltimore is always tough but it’s tough for either team to sweep this season series so I like the Steelers chances in that game as well. And like I mentioned before the games at Jacksonville, at Denver and at Oakland look more winnable then a few weeks ago. Plus, they do play the Chargers, Patriots and Bengals here which will help. So there are definitely no gimmies but if you can beat both the Browns and Ravens these next few games they should win the division. The Ravens are 1-2 in the division and if the Steelers win the next two games with the Browns and at Balt the worst they can finish in the division is 3-2-1 and the best the Ravens can do in the division is 3-3 which won’t win them a tiebreaker over the Steelers at seasons end.

 

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Well I think they'll beat both the browns and Panthers but the Panthers game is tough. And Ben has never won at Oakland so they have to prove they can win there and the pats at home? Ha mark down the L and the chargers might be the team that comes outta the AFC this year they look dam good.. This schedule for the Steelers anyway is as tough as it gets in my opinion

 

I'm worried, as I think most Steelers' fans are, but we have a good shot at least making the playoffs. It can't be understated just how big yesterday's win was.

Had we not screwed the Browns' game, we'd be in perfect position.

Still, this offense can hang with ANYONE. Saints, Patriots, Chiefs, Rams all included.

 

Steelers offense is nowhere as consistent as Saints, Patriots, Chiefs and Rams.

 

Consistency is important but not when you're measuring week-to-week potential. This team can absolutely keep up with any of these teams. Will it? Who knows, but it's been remarkably good at times.

 

Maybe i'm the only one thinking this, but the next contest against the clowns is what i'm concerned about. They're are no gimme games. And the schedule is definitely not an easy one. After the clowns we face the crows in there house with a rejuvenated defense. These are the two games that have to be won first and foremost.

 

I think the rest of the schedule looks hard. Which I'm OK with, no inferior teams to lay down to. Other than the Raiders, which keep in my Steelers never ever play good in Oakland. Most of the teams are in still in it.

 

Saints, Jaguars and Patriots? I wouldn't be shocked if Steelers went 0-3 or 1-2 in those games. Plus, Steelers are historically terrible in Oakland... Tomlin will not have them prepared. Jaguars look bad now, but Steelers will get "Good Bortles"... and Fournette will be back by then.

 

We will win 2/3. Don’t ask why I feel that way but I just do

 

Yeah, I wouldn’t be shocked if they went even worse than 0-3.

 

The Steelers must have some memories of last season when the Jags were their daddy. I think the rematch this year we will want it more. Just stop Fournette & make Bortles carry the offense.

 

Bortles pretty much torched the Steelers D in the playoff game. The Steelers better have a plan this time, or it's gonna be more of the same.

 

How about not spotting them 21 points before we wake up. Bortles trying to play catch-up is a dream for any secondary.

 

Going 14 of 26 (54%) for 214 yards and one TD is considered a torching? Bortles made timely plays, didn't turn the ball over but he didn't torch the Steelers D. The Steelers main issue was stopping the run vs the Jags.

 

All 3 games at the Jags at the Broncos and at Oakland are all winnable games and there is really no excuse for the Steelers to at the very worst go 2-1 in this stretch of 3 games. I expect that Sunday night game in Oakland in December to get flexed to 4 o clock since the Raiders stink and will be completely out of the race in early December.

 

As I mentioned on here before the schedule is not looking as bad as it was a month ago. The road games at Jacksonville, at Denver, and at Oakland are very winnable and the remaining home games are tough games with the Browns, Panthers, Chargers, Patriots, and Bengals but games they can all win. The game in Baltimore in 2 weeks will be huge. The Ravens have another tough game in Carolina this Sunday so they can easily be 4-4 going into the Steelers game the following week, and the Bengals even though they have a winnable game against Tampa at home this Sunday they got smoked by 35 points last night by the Chiefs. I definitely can see at least 10 wins by the Steelers now looking at this schedule and that shouid definitely be good enough to win the AFC North.

 

I can't believe we're in first place with how woeful we started. lol

My projection: Browns (win), @Ravens (win), Panthers (lose), @Jags (win), @Broncos (win), Chargers (win - SURPRISE), @Raiders (win), Patriots (lose), @Saints (lose), Bengals (win).

I'm sure I'll be wrong, but... 10-5-1