First Annual Steelers March to the SuperBowl thread

[dead0man]

We've got quite a few Steeler fans and plenty more Steeler haters that will enjoy this too.  I was just checking out the schedule and I think the Steelers are going to go undefeated this year....

vs Cleveland
@ Baltimore
@ Carolina
vs Tampa Bay
@ Jacksonville
@ Cleveland
vs Houston
vs Indianapolis   
vs Baltimore    
@ New York Jets
@ Tennessee
BYE WEEK
vs New Orleans
@ Cincinnati
@ Atlanta
vs Kansas City
vs Cincinnati

Ok, the @Bal, @Cin and maybe the @Atl games might be tough, but damn that's an easy schedule.  Getting to host NO,IND KC (those teams all play real tough at home) and having easy road games at at Jax and Car.  If the Oline is better (and it should be) and they let Ben be Ben (ie, no huddle early and often) and if Bell is the beast he seems to be, I think we'll be alright even with the (likely) worst D in the AFC North.

Now tell me where I'm wrong, as I'm sure I am, going undefeated is a bitch.

[Хahar 🤔]

In what universe are the Panthers an easy road game? This isn't 2010.

[Dr. Cynic]

I don't think we'll be undefeated. I think we'll have a good shot at the playoffs if everything gels. This team isn't as good as the 70s teams, or the 15-1 team of 2004.

[dead0man]

In what universe are the Panthers an easy road game? This isn't 2010.

They won't have the same season this year as they did last year.  Cam still has nobody to throw too and they still have an ass secondary.  Yeah, their Dline and LB corps are great and Cam is pretty damn good, but they are missing some important pieces.

[dead0man]

..and FTR, I don't REALLY think we're going undefeated, that was just trolling, but I DO honestly think we're going to have a great year and have a damn good shot of getting to the big game.

[Lambsbread]

lol...they're gonna be 9-7 at best.

[DemPGH]

They're a 7-9 team who will likely eek out a better record than that, although not by much, and they're really, really not a Super Bowl team. The good thing is that that really is a soft schedule (and the division is pathetic), so a wild card is best case, IMO. At that point and after that they're into competition, and they're done.

Ben is very overrated (worst performance for a SB winning QB was Ben at SB XL, for e.g.) but he has been in the right place at the right time. Not so now. I just don't see it. It's not legit if they go the SB.

[dead0man]

They're a 7-9 team

They went 8-4 down the stretch last year and that was with a patch work Oline, the line should be better this year.  Bell is a beast.  If they win fewer than 10 I'll be shocked.

[Badger]

Threads like this are why Atlas needs a like button.

[dead0man]

Brown kicking the Browns punter in the face is the greatest thing I've seen in months.

[Lambsbread]

Brown kicking the Browns punter in the face is the greatest thing I've seen in months.

Very symbolic of the season the Browns are about to endure.

[dead0man]

They gave us a scare in the second half though.

[Paul Kemp]

Brown kicking the Browns punter in the face is the greatest thing I've seen in months.

Lucky Brown is on the Steelers, otherwise I'm sure some would dub it a "classless" move...

[DemPGH]

In the era of Cowher, Bettis, Kirkland. . . if they had a 24-3 lead on the Browns at home, they would have won 30-3 or 30-10 and owned the ball in the second half. This team just better stay 1) healthy and 2) lucky. Ehh, IDK.

Brown kicking the Browns punter in the face is the greatest thing I've seen in months.

Lucky Brown is on the Steelers, otherwise I'm sure some would dub it a "classless" move...

Especially if he played for New England, Baltimore, etc.! 

[Dr. Cynic]

The thing that pissed me off about it was he could've scored a touchdown if he'd just stayed in the lane.

[dead0man]

It seems he was trying to leap him as we've seen ball carriers do before, but realized 1/4 of the way into it that the punter wasn't going to allow that so Brown just went with the stiff arm, via foot.  I'm almost positive he didn't start the jump thinking he was going to kick the guy in the face.

[dead0man]

Our defense sucks more than I thought.

[dead0man]

the defense sucks, but these ticky tack penalties are freaking stupid.  Even the one early in the game when Ben got hit.  Oh no, a hand brushed up against a face mask....15 yard penalty.  Oh no, a shoulder made contact with the upper chest....automatic first down.

[dead0man]

In what universe are the Panthers an easy road game? This isn't 2010.

I don't want to count the chickens just yet (especially with our shaky D), but yeah, pretty easy so far.

....and that's in spite of the refs being total dicks again.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Smoking weed had good effects on Bell and Blount.......both 100+ yard games.....ha ha.

[dead0man]

Yeah, pretty much every aspect of our game was better this week compared to last.  I still don't really trust the D, but Ben looked much better, as did the running game (obviously).

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yeah, pretty much every aspect of our game was better this week compared to last.  I still don't really trust the D, but Ben looked much better, as did the running game (obviously).

As you pointed out earlier we may have the easiest schedule left in the AFC so you never know.  With a tough schedule we'd be lucky at 9-7

[dead0man]

Indeed...the next two games are easy (home vs TB then @Jax) then they get a teeny bit harder (@Cle home for Hou, Ind and Baltimore @NYJ and @Ten), but all of those are winnable.

[Gass3268]

Indeed...the next two games are easy (home vs TB then @Jax) then they get a teeny bit harder (@Cle home for Hou, Ind and Baltimore @NYJ and @Ten), but all of those are winnable.

How was that easy Tampa Bay game?

[DemPGH]

That schedule is still pretty favorable, but what's not cool right now is that the division is perhaps overall better than it's been in many years. Coughing up the TB game was't a good sign.