Possible leak of total schedule

[rooneytunes]

Seen on the Twitter machine.

Good Lord. If true for Black Friday, Goodell can eat a bag of dicks.



Week 1 vs. Falcons at 1 p.m. (Home Opener)
Week 2 at Patriots at 1 p.m.
Week 3 vs. Bengals at 1 p.m.
Week 4 at Browns
Week 5 vs. Colts at 1 p.m.
Week 6 at Buccaneers
Week 7 at Saints in Paris at 9:30 a.m. EST
Week 8 vs. Browns at 1 p.m.
Week 9 Bye Week
Week 10 at Bengals on Sunday Night Football
Week 11 at Eagles at 4:25 p.m.
Week 12 vs. Broncos at 3 p.m. (Black Friday game)
Week 13 vs. Texans on Sunday Night Football
Week 14 at Jaguars on Monday Night Football
Week 15 at Ravens
Week 16 vs. Panthers
Week 17 at Titans at 1 p.m.
Week 18 vs. Ravens

[tbsteel]

Smells a lot like 6-11 to me.

[Stlcrtn1974]

This looks like a really tough schedule. If Rodgers is here I see anywhere from 6-11 to 10-7. I'm like alot of others who is just so happy Tomlin is gone. Not overly excited about the McCarthy hire but I'll wait and see.

[swissvale72]

This looks like a really tough schedule. If Rodgers is here I see anywhere from 6-11 to 10-7. I'm like alot of others who is just so happy Tomlin is gone. Not overly excited about the McCarthy hire but I'll wait and see.

Particularly tough late...and once again, both ravens games in December and January

[Stlcrtn1974]

This looks like a really tough schedule. If Rodgers is here I see anywhere from 6-11 to 10-7. I'm like alot of others who is just so happy Tomlin is gone. Not overly excited about the McCarthy hire but I'll wait and see.

Particularly tough late...and once again, both ravens games in December and January

Maybe I'll see the Steelers win in Philadelphia, only place I've never seen them win.

[bradshaw2ben]

Smells a lot like 6-11 to me.

With Rodgers, I think it comes down to how you feel about these 4 games:

vs ATL
vs IND
@ TB
@ JAX

4 wins = 11-6
2 wins = 9-8
0 wins = 7-9

I expect them to be the most toothless 9-8 team in the league.

[swissvale72]

Smells a lot like 6-11 to me.

With Rodgers, I think it comes down to how you feel about these 4 games:

vs ATL
vs IND
@ TB
@ JAX

4 wins = 11-6
2 wins = 9-8
0 wins = 7-9

I expect them to be the most toothless 9-8 team in the league.

I think Steelers win three out of four, so 10-7

[.Kodiak]

I expect them to be the most toothless 9-8 team in the league.

That's where I am. BAL isn't what they used to be, and Burrow is always hurt (unfortunately probably not for that first game).

Only reason I think NHALS ends is because McCarthy won't play not to lose. We'll probably be the sort of team in transition that beats itself, which was a staple of the NHALS diet.

[Steelafan77]

Real difficult to say how they perform at this point.

Two things that give me light at the end of the tunnel….

1. No dumblin so no overwhelming threat of dropping that shocking schlacking by an inferior team.

2. Nice to see a bye week in the middle of the season instead of week 4 or 5.

[bradshaw2ben]

I expect them to be the most toothless 9-8 team in the league.

That's where I am. BAL isn't what they used to be, and Burrow is always hurt (unfortunately probably not for that first game).

Only reason I think NHALS ends is because McCarthy won't play not to lose. We'll probably be the sort of team in transition that beats itself, which was a staple of the NHALS diet.

4-2 in the division seems likely, they play 3 cupcakes and 4 teams they have no right beating. Say they win one of those games they shouldn't and drop on they shouldn't... these 50-50 games I listed are really the difference in a season like this.

I actually think it's a very favorable slate of opponents, but the net of the rest and off days part of it compared to their opponents is not great.

[AirRescueFF]

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/p ... e#comments

[Steelafan77]

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/p ... e#comments

He should be received as respected Steelers football family.

[langer]

LOL the Texans game.

HAHAHA

[955876]

This looks like a really tough schedule. If Rodgers is here I see anywhere from 6-11 to 10-7. I'm like alot of others who is just so happy Tomlin is gone. Not overly excited about the McCarthy hire but I'll wait and see.

Particularly tough late...and once again, both ravens games in December and January

Games vs. division foes should be scheduled early and then late. This BS of cramming games against your biggest rival late in the season is dumb IMO.

You should play the teams in your division at the beginning of the season and then again at the end.

Mix in the rest of the games in the middle.

[tbsteel]

Smells a lot like 6-11 to me.

With Rodgers, I think it comes down to how you feel about these 4 games:

vs ATL
vs IND
@ TB
@ JAX

4 wins = 11-6
2 wins = 9-8
0 wins = 7-9

I expect them to be the most toothless 9-8 team in the league.

Gun to my head for a prediction right now, I think I would go with 8-9 this year.

I think Rodgers will take 1-2 steps backwards this year. McCarthy is going to coach like it's 2016 Aaron Rodgers and not the 2026 version and it's going to be ugly. Rodgers, like most old QBs, is so scared of getting hit now. If he can't get the ball out in less than two seconds it's not going to go well.

But... I really dig what they did in FA, even if I think they mostly biffed the amount of good draft picks they had this year. Joseph-Day might be one of the more underrated pickups across the league.

I'm not buying the hype about our secondary though. It'll be... fine, but not elite or game changing. I think Dean is a bit overrated, but that JPJ is underrated. I still don't know what to make about our safety situation.

I think the floor is probably 7 wins unless injuries ravage them.

[.Kodiak]

Games vs. division foes should be scheduled early and then late. This BS of cramming games against your biggest rival late in the season is dumb IMO.

The NFL obviously doesn't care about competition. It's about eyeballs.

But I don't like playing division opponents right out of the gate. I'd say Wks 5-8 and maybe Wks 12-15. Reason I don't want division games at the end of the year is you run into teams resting for the playoffs or tanking for draft picks.

Would even go as far as saying start the season with 4 non-conference games. Doesn't hurt the slow starters as much, but of course the NFL dreams of a 11-0 AFC team meeting an 11-0 NFC team on a Monday night.

[Steelafan77]

To me it shouldn’t matter when you play or who….

There’s a lot of parity across the nfl so I lean towards the ‘butts in seats/eyeballs’ theory.

This is an Entertainment Industry now. Not the best of the best competition we grew to love and idolize.

All About the Money.

Side note: there is a series on Amazon where the nfl ‘walks us through’ the scheduling process, which is computerized and “random”.

NFL has a channel with re-airs, documentaries, news and other nfl related programming. NFL Channel.

[bradshaw2ben]

This looks like a really tough schedule. If Rodgers is here I see anywhere from 6-11 to 10-7. I'm like alot of others who is just so happy Tomlin is gone. Not overly excited about the McCarthy hire but I'll wait and see.

Particularly tough late...and once again, both ravens games in December and January

Games vs. division foes should be scheduled early and then late. This BS of cramming games against your biggest rival late in the season is dumb IMO.

You should play the teams in your division at the beginning of the season and then again at the end.

Mix in the rest of the games in the middle.

Absolutely, because a season ending injury to one key in week 12 and the matchup is ruined.

Also, some teams are hot early and some late. Spreading the division games out makes it more of a fair test.

[Deebo]

Smells a lot like 6-11 to me.

With Rodgers, I think it comes down to how you feel about these 4 games:

vs ATL
vs IND
@ TB
@ JAX

4 wins = 11-6
2 wins = 9-8
0 wins = 7-9

I expect them to be the most toothless 9-8 team in the league.

Not a fan of granular predictions about teams this early. Who would have thought that NE and Seattle would be so dang good? Who would have thought the Chiefs wouldn't even make it?

Give me some data about predicted Strength of Schedule vs actual YOY and we'll talk.

I can see this team winning between 6-10 games. With Tomlin you could always pencil him in for 8 to 9 wins. With Fat Mike, I think there is a greater variance likelihood.