Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3) bye week

• Non

  

  rest of the schedule
  
  11/27 - at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m.
  12/4 - Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
  12/8 - Cleveland, 8:20 p.m.
  12/19 - at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.
  12/24 - St. Louis, 1 p.m.
  1/1 - at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
  
  Three primetime games.
  
  Not a killer of a schedule but have to be careful with the division rivals and trips to Kansas City and San Francisco.
  
  Also, not much of a turnaround playing on 12/4 and 12/8 and then again on Monday night 12/19 and Saturday 12/24.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Take a week and get healthy. Take a week and work on some new offense.
  
  We will be all right.
• Non

  

  4 wins should get them in the playoffs
  
  nothing is for certain in the NFL but if they get Cleveland twice and St. Louis that's 10...need one more out of Cincinnati, Kansas City or San Francisco
• killer_ewok

  

  I see 4 if not 5 wins there. Playoffs for sure.
• GoPens

  

  I hate the bye week, but this year I'm glad the Steelers have a late bye to heal up for the stretch run. Seems like it's usually week 4 or 5.
• Iliketurtles

  

  Only game I see them losing is to San Fran.
• Ironman92

  

  At KC is trappy. They'll be loud for primetime.
• Ironman92

  

  Iliketurtles;971730 wrote:Only game I see them losing is to San Fran.

  
  They'll play their best game of the season and win by 17.
• GoPens

  

  Thank you Seattle Seahawks! Seattle 22 Baltimorons 17. Ratbirds play well against good teams and play like shit against bad ones.
• Heretic

  

  killer_ewok;971486 wrote:I see 4 if not 5 wins there. Playoffs for sure.

  So do I. San Fran and MAYBE home against Cincy could be dangerous. K.C. is a bad team, but if the Steelers come out of the bye a bit rusty, I guess that could be a trap game.
  
  Then again, this is what makes me nervous. When I look at the schedule and am thinking 6-0 is easily doable and I find myself having to stretch for reasons why one or more teams COULD beat them, that's when disaster always happens and they struggle way more than anyone would expect. And when four of those six games are against the "offenses" brought out by Cleveland, K.C. and St. Louis, it does seem incomprehensible that they could lose any of those games barring utter turnover-fest meltdowns. Which worries me.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  GoPens;971838 wrote:Thank you Seattle Seahawks! Seattle 22 Baltimorons 17. Ratbirds play well against good teams and play like shit against bad ones.

  Baltimorons? Wow
  
  Baltimore has played down on two bad teams levels but don't expect them to lose every game against bad teams.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  steelers lose
• Iliketurtles

  

  Ironman92;971806 wrote:They'll play their best game of the season and win by 17.

  I would easily take a bet +17 for the 49ers.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  bigdaddy2003;972742 wrote:Baltimorons? Wow
  
  Baltimore has played down on two bad teams levels but don't expect them to lose every game against bad teams.

  I'll bet ya an avatar bet that the ravens dont win 1.5 or more in the playoffs.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  DeyDurkie5;972792 wrote:I'll bet ya an avatar bet that the ravens dont win 1.5 or more in the playoffs.

  I'll take that bet. How long this time?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Ironman92;971803 wrote:At KC is trappy. They'll be loud for primetime.

  
  Quite a trap game. KC is all over the board this season.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  bigdaddy2003;972827 wrote:I'll take that bet. How long this time?

  until the end of the super bowl
• bigdaddy2003

  

  DeyDurkie5;972856 wrote:until the end of the super bowl

  Ok I'm game.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  bigdaddy2003;972871 wrote:Ok I'm game.

  sounds good.
• Ironman92

  

  Iliketurtles;972766 wrote:I would easily take a bet +17 for the 49ers.

  
  Would you have taken NE +7.5 at Pittsburgh?
  
  Obviously 17 point victory is not bet worthy....but Pittsburgh had a knack of playing great against big time opponents outside of their division.
• Iliketurtles

  

  Ironman92;973147 wrote:Would you have taken NE +7.5 at Pittsburgh?
  
  Obviously 17 point victory is not bet worthy....but Pittsburgh had a knack of playing great against big time opponents outside of their division.

  Yes I would have...I actually bet NE to win in Pittsburgh.
  
  Yeah 17 points is a lot I still think it was be a close game probably decided by a FG. I just really love the way the 49ers have played all season long and Alex Smith is doing everything right to not lose games. I honestly will probably pick them to win too.
• Non

  

  I think if the Steelers win every game until San Francisco, they may drop that one.
  
  If they truly need it I like their chances.
  
  Also, San Fran will have their division locked up by then and possibly could be locked into a playoff seed.
• Non

  

  Who knows what will happen the rest of the way but it has been an encouraging few days from the Steelers perspective.
  
  After losing that game to Baltimore.
  
  Steelers beat Bengals, Ravens lose to the Seahawks. Schaub injured for the Texans. Cassel out for the Chiefs, who the Steelers play next.
  
  And for good measure, the Browns lose in hilarious fashion.
• killer_ewok

  

  Ben has a small break in his right thumb. He said he's playing in the next game though.
• Automatik

  

  killer_ewok;974003 wrote:Ben has a small break in his right thumb. He said he's playing in the next game though.

  Throwing hand?