ESPN ranks Steelers 19th Pre Season

Behind the Cardinals and Cowboys. I can argue those but not the other 16 realistically. Possibly Chicago as well but with Ben Johnson I think they will be better.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...-ranking-starting-lineups-projection-32-teams

 

The rest of the AFC North is ranked this way:
Ravens #1
Bengals #9
Browns #31

 

Sounds about right.

 

I think the steelers will be the 14th or 15th best team,like the last 4 years

 

I see them starting out at about 19th so ok but I also see a bunch of new and young guys getting on the same page so I would anticipate a climb to maybe 12th

 

Mid season win streak followed by shîtting the bed with a late season collapse finishing with 5 game losing streak then getting biatch slapped in the WC game. That's the script. We've seen this movie over and over again for almost the last decade.

 

And if they start 2-6 or 3-5,they will finish at 9-8

 

Well, the standard IS the standard.

 

Thank you for that breath of fresh air on what was otherwise a lovely morning

 

Bengals at #9 has to be a bit of a stretch they haven’t made the postseason in years and their defence is a sieve

Steelers could be anywhere from #15 to #20 but the upside is there to be higher if the Oline gels and they stay reasonably healthy

 

And a-a-ron doesn't play like your average 41 year old.

 

He speaks the truth. Reality is elusive to several people here.

 

This is a ranking of 'Best Projected Starting Lineups'. It's not even an actual thing.

 

Yeah, but come on.

 

Or fall over dead

I hate when that happens

 

Yeah,this is unlikely

 

Rodgers didn't look like his old self with the Jets last season, and the Browns are likely to start Flacco who was bad with the Colts and got benched for Anthony Richardson who is also bad.

 

Jets had better OL and skill players than Steelers.

 

Ok then!

They got me sorta excited, kind of.

 

Now for fun....go look at their rankings the years before. Shows either ......
1. They don't know what the hell they are talking about, or .....
2. It doesn't matter a bit what they think.

 

I have never put much stock into the rankings, especially the pre-season ones. They just give the talking heads something to talk about.

If anything, a big factor is how we will stack up in our division.

 

I just went and looked at ESPN's pre season rankings for last season. Here is where the AFC North stacked up in last years list.
Ravens #2
Bengals #9
Browns #12
Steelers #16
They really whiffed on the Redskins who they had rated #29 and they were in the final four. Also they had the 49ers rated #3 and they went 6-11.

 

I made my stance clear... With George Pickens I really like the Cowboys to do a lot of Damage on Offense this year.

 

Injuries and them just being wrong can certainly be a factor. Myself I see us around 16 or so.