2025 Second half Schedule

[madinsomniac]

Whelp here we are... about to start week 10 with a winning record and 2 game division lead.

Lets breakdown the potential positives and negatives of who they play down the stretch:

Wk 10- @ Chargers
- why they win:
The Chargers Oline and backfield is a totally injured mess. Alt may miss the game, they have several other key oline injuries... their D is Ok, but worse against the run than the pass
- why they lose: its a west coast game and Their pass D is utterly impotent at times... a healthy Herbert can tear them up

Wk 11- vs Bengals
- why they win: Its at home and Cinci's D is a mess. They cant be dumb enough to use the same gameplan as before
- why they lose:
Unwilling to press their D and bury them, they let them hang around and Flacco gets tge ball at the end with a chance to win it... also Cinci is coming off a bye week

Wk 12- @ Bears
- why they win: the bears have a 5-3 record right now, but really havent beaten anyone... their D gives up a tied for league worse 6.4 yards per play
- why they lose: well Ben Johnson may confuse tomlins D so badly they just quit midgame... also the Bears have the best winning percentage of all NFL teams vs the steelers at 19-8-1... we love to lose to them

Wk 13- Vs Bills
- why they win: miracles and injuries... Bills bus breaks down and they forfeit...
- why they lose: Josh Allen beats the pass rush and carves them apart... also the Bills get ten days of prep because of playing on TNF the prior week

Wk 14- @ Ravens
- why they win: Baltimores D remains pathetic, Steelers D forces a bunch of turnovers
- why they lose: defense forgets how to stop the run again... or a coaching overcorrection sinks them.. Ravens get Ten days to plan because they are playing on TNF the week before

Wk 15- vs Dolphins (Monday Night)
- why they win: the last time the Steelers lost a home game on Monday night, Chuck Noll was coaching them...
- why they lose: The Dolphins are horrible abd this would be a perfect opportunity to illogically lose to a really bad team as per Tomlin's MO

Wk 16- @ Lions
- why they win: the Offense balls out and Quinn gets too aggressive, giving us good field position.. maybe because they are playing a division game that thursday, they dont prep for the Steelers as much...
- why they lose:the Lions have the kind of offense minded Aggressive head coach that eats our D alive. Goff suddenly is great against pressure D's, and their D is a top ten unit.

Wk 17- @ Browns
- why they win: its the Browns
- why they lose: they take the Browns D for granted and look ahead to the Ravens
Wk 18- Vs Ravens
- why they win: hopefully by this point it doesnt matter... and tge ravens are already checked out for the year
- why they lose: whatever ot is, it would be annoying and stupid, I am sure

 

[Steelr4evr]

That sums up pretty much every Steelers season nowadays. They always have 2 games or so they have no buisness losing and a game or two of games they have no buisness winning. They cancel out to keep mediocrity intact.

 

[timsim00]

Good write up, I see you don't mention the Offense production, for good reason, it is down to the Defense now. While last week's win was amazing, and a flashback to play of the past, but LAC has weapons that will test our defense discipline.

Three WR's, and a decent TE, will put the heat on our secondary. I have put defensive pass interference over/under at 2.5 (JPJ might carry two of those on his own).

Herbert is the key factor, read option and scramble ability will kill our D this week.

As you mentioned, PIT going to the West coast is going to be a factor.