I was just looking at the Raven’s schedule and it looks rough. Jags, 49ers, Dolphins, back to back. Steelers have a relatively easy schedule with a slightly better divisional record.
Also of note—Browns have a seemingly easy schedule as well.
Do you think the Steelers have a real shot at winning the north? Or are you just hoping to get a wildcard spot?
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If the ravens lose just 1 game and the Steelers win their next 5, which is an ask but they are easy games to win, then week 17 is for the division
In that scenario, both teams would be 12-4 entering week 18, so the Steelers would need to win or tie vs the Ravens to take the division. If the Steelers enter with one game ahead of the Ravens and then lose in week 18, the season series would be split, and both teams would be 4-2 in the division, assuming the Steelers sweep the Bungles. The next tiebreaker would be common games, which in this case means the teams’ records vs the Browns, Bengals, AFC South, and NFC West.
In actuality, the steelers only need to win 4. If they go into week 18 a game behind the ravens, and beat them. First tie breaker is head to head and we’d have beat them twice. That would also be our 4th division win(at least depending on bungles game 2) and the raven’s would be at 3 division wins. So if we go in a game ahead, and have beat the bungles, we could lose and still.get division. If we go in even or a game behind, we win for the division.
If we win this week we’ll be one game back. From there on we have to stay even with the Ravens, and if we do, week 18 is for the division (due to tiebreaker rules).
I am going to the Seahawks game new years eve. Looks like it will be a game that really matters! Looking forward to it.
Steelers would need to just win their next 4 if Baltimore drops a game. Seattle wouldn’t impact the north title at that point. Would have implications on wildcard tho
I think they play Arizona on Sunday.
Theoretically possible though not likely
It’s possible.
Not likely, but possible.
Yes. If we keep pace with the Ravens and defeat them in Baltimore, we’re in.
If Fitzpatrick returns and the team stays healthy, optimistically the Steelers team in Week 13 is stronger than ever. Our full suite of superstar talent plus the rookies, minus Canada.
Meanwhile the Ravens are limping. They could easily fare worse going down the stretch with a tougher schedule. The Steelers may be the better team in Week 18 if they aren’t already. Lamar Jackson has yet to give Pittsburgh a reason to be afraid.
The Browns are another factor. The Steeler’d us so you would think they had figured out how to win, but surging Denver took one from them.
Speaking of those teams, the AFC Wild Card race is starting to look crowded and if the Steelers lose more than one game they could be toast. Winning the AFC North at 13-4 or 12-5 might be our best shot at the playoffs. Going into Baltimore with ten wins and squeaking out a gimme versus backups could leave us out behind some combination of Denver, Buffalo, Houston, and Cleveland.
Really winning the North is plan A, and Tomlin’s big ass cross is for plan B.
The Wild Card picture is nuts. Honestly, I think Buffalo is going to be done in the next couple of weeks with games against KC and Dallas. They’ve underperformed so badly this season, and blowing that game against Philly Sunday heading into their next 2 games was bad. They’re looking at 9-8 this season, where it’s looking like it’ll take 10 wins to make the playoffs in the AFC. I think Cleveland is done. They barely beat the Steelers at the Steelers’ lowest point, and followed that up by getting beat up by Denver. I think the Wild Card will be some kind of combination of Steelers, Ravens, Colts, Broncos, Texans. 1 of those will be a division champion, 1 won’t make the playoffs. It’s going to be tight
Totally possible for the Steelers to win the north, it will almost certainly come down to the final game of the season unless the Steelers go on a run and the Ravens hit a wall.
I think the stupid purple birds will win it with an overall better record.
Then we beat them for a 3rd time in a season during the playoffs. 👊🏻
I feel like I’ve watched this movie before.
It’s definitely a possibility. Ravens have the toughest remaining schedule in the league, while the Steelers is, I think, 26th. There are 2 legitimately concerning games left on the Steelers schedule with the Colts and Seahawks. Indy has Minshew at QB, but they just keep defying the odds. I still think they win that game though. Seattle is a brutally tough place to play. A team the Steelers can definitely beat, but at the same time, is one of those games where you can just see them not have their A game. And of course, Steelers vs Ravens Week 18 is exactly what it always is. Who knows what will happen in it? It’s unpredictable. Personally, I think Steelers get a Wild Card spot, and finish 1 game behind Baltimore, but the North is definitely not out of the realm of possibility.