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Originally Posted by Hoover
Because bad Steeler teams win 7-8 games. If Watt is healthy that Defense is nasty. The offense has a lot of weapons. So IMO its not all that difficult getting them to 11 wins if they get decent QB play.
I think they could upset the 49ers week one at home. Then they have the Browns, Raiders, and Texans. They should be 3-1 or 4-0 going into week 5 vs the Ravens. And honestly looking at their entire schedule, they should be a playoff team.
After their week 6 bye they have Rams, Jacksonville, Titans, Packers, Browns before they play the Bengals. That's not that difficult.
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That division is better than past years. The Browns aren't the same pushover they were for 20 years and the Bengals and Baltimore are both elite.
I'm guessing that a lot of people are looking at their solid record down the stretch last year and assuming that it will carry over into this year. But here's who they beat during that stretch: Colts, Falcons, Carolina, Raiders, Cleveland, Baltimore w/ Huntley (also lost to Baltimore with Huntley a few weeks earlier). The Broncos might have gone 6-1 with that schedule. Here's what happened when they faced good teams: 38-3 loss to Buffalo, 35-13 loss to Philly, 16-10 loss to Miami, 37-30 loss to Cincinnati. The only win vs a good team was week 1 vs Cincy, and it took a 5-0 turnover disparity and I think two blocked kicks to win by 3 in OT.
They just weren't a very good team.