Steelers 2018 schedule

I set the ceiling for a 13-3 season, set the floor for a 10-6 season, but realistically I see an 11-5 season. For the people who think we will have a losing season, I have to laugh at you. Unless Big Ben goes down early and is out for an extended period of time I don't see that happening.

 

Going to the Jacksonville game. This could be interesting.

 

Do you live down here, Steel?

 

16-0

 

Nah N.C. its going to be a cousins trip so there’s going to be a crew of us from all over. All originating in PGH.

 

Going to Jags game for sure, probably the Tampa game too.

 

I seem to remember the 2011 season when they had the number 1 hardest strength of schedule in the league and they went 12-4, and they beat the patriots that year as well, so I expect they will surprise some of you this year with a good showing and get at least 12 wins.....

 

Don't like the Bye week so early in the schedule and then to play the Brownies at home right after that is very anti-climatic -although the way they usually play after the Bye this may help somewhat. Brutal after the 2nd Browns game. Hoping for 12-4 but 10-6 more realistic. Still hard to get over the two horrible Jag losses last season.

 

Hard? This is one of the easiest schedules in the league, the Steelers will be favorites the first 9 weeks and should.be.at least 8-1 going into the Jax game. I see 13-3.

 

It looks tougher than last year, I see 5 loses, maybe 6

Sept. 9 at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (CBS) - Win, I sure hope
Sept. 16 vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m. (CBS) - Andy Reid's teams are very good at beginning of season.
Sept. 24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Sept. 30 vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Oct. 7 vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Oct. 14 at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Oct. 21 -- BYE
Oct. 28 vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Nov. 4 at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Nov. 8 vs. Carolina Panthers, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN)
Nov. 18 at Jacksonville Jaguars, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Nov. 25 at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Dec. 2 vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Dec. 9 at Oakland Raiders, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Dec. 16 vs. New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Dec. 23 at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Dec. 30 vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. (CBS)

 

Just because the Steelers tend to lose a game or so to bad teams doesn't make this a hard schedule, at most the Steelers would be underdogs in 3 games NE, at NO and at JAX. on pure winning pct the Steelers have the 25th hardest schedule.

 

I can't really say if this is a tough schedule or not, when I consider last year:

- The Falcons were apparently going to march straight back to the Superbowl last year, but instead imploded for a good part of the season early on.

- The Rams went from 4-12 to 11-5 last year, and surprised basically everybody. There was very little to suggest that they would perform so well across the team, even with a new Head Coach.

- The Raiders were supposed to be the new powerhouse in the AFC, but even if they lost their starting QB, they looked pretty awful most of last season.

I fully expect the same changes in the pecking order next year as well.

 

On any given Sunday

 

Sept. 9 at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (CBS). Win - Cleveland’s new QB gets sacked 6 times in the first half, never plays for the team again.


Sept. 16 vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m. (CBS) Win - AB takes it to the house for the go ahead score.

Sept. 24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Win - comment made after the game about the Bucs being paper champions

Sept. 30 vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Win - most fans miss the end of the game due to nausea from listening to Collinsworth. Those of us smart enough to hit mute button see Ben throw 4 TDs in the second half.

Oct. 7 vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. (FOX) Win - Falcons miss a chance to go into overtime due to a offensive penalty that has a 10 second run off so no FG attempt

Oct. 14 at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. (CBS) Win JuJu goes for a block, their LB takes a dive to avoid a hit, LBell clinches the game with a score

Oct. 21 -- BYE Another week, no loss by the Steelers. Another week, no win by the Browns.

Oct. 28 vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (CBS) Win - AB catches 3TDs as part of a 245 yard day.

Nov. 4 at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. (CBS) Win - 35-3 at halftime, stadium empty for second half

Nov. 8 vs. Carolina Panthers, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN) Win - JuJu dabs in the end zone

Nov. 18 at Jacksonville Jaguars, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Win 45-3, like it should’ve been in the playoffs

Nov. 25 at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Win LBell goes for 200 all purpose yards

Dec. 2 vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 1 p.m. (CBS) Win - Rivers throws 3 picks in the second half

Dec. 9 at Oakland Raiders, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Win 21-20

Dec. 16 vs. New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Win Jesse James catches the game winner

Dec. 23 at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Win too easy in the big easy Ben forgets he is on the road and throws 6 TDs

Dec. 30 vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. (CBS) Win - Bengals are competitive against Landry Jones and the backups. Steelers 35-10

 

And last yr before the season teams like jax, no, and the sb champs were looked as at probably the worst teams in their divisions and now they are all top 5 teams in the nfl. You never know when a team will turn it around this is the NFL.

 

Easy peezy. I see 16-0 in that schedule

 

Two more losses than last year at 11-5.Make up for those losses with a trip to the Super Bowl!!!!!

 

11-5

 

I’m going 13-3 mostly because I like prime numbers

 

Ceiling: 11-5
Floor: 6-10

I think it's gonna be somewhere in the middle around 8-8 or 9-7.

 

You aren’t a weather forecaster are you?

 

Nope... but I think we'll be drafting around 15-17 in the 2019 draft.

 

I saw a thing on NFL.com that we were tied for like 22 or 25th hardest schedule AKA 24 teams had a harder schedule than us. How they get that?
Here is the video. Tied for 25th toughest scheduleeeee.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-video...team-s-2018-strength-of-schedule-ranking-1-32

 

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