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This week will be the most telling of the season

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Contender or pretender will be determined in Buffalo. They are a fairly balanced team with a high-powered offense and playmakers. Playing at a consistently high level. We will know how good we are (or not) by midnight Sunday. Conner and Pouncey need to be healthy or I don’t see us being in the game.


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consistently high level?

they have not been overly impressive, but they will put up a fight. Hopefully having basically a normal week to get ready will help the Steelers have a better showing. The NFL has ****** the Steelers with the schedule delays.
 
CoolieMan said:
consistently high level?

they have not been overly impressive, but they will put up a fight. Hopefully having basically a normal week to get ready will help the Steelers have a better showing. The NFL has ****** the Steelers with the schedule delays.
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I believe I read it's the first time a team ever had less then 5 days to prepare for a game, while playing a team with 10 days to prepare for a game. (the washington game)
 
I wouldn't lay our season at the feet of this week. Sure, a win would be nice but we are finishing playing 3 games in 12 days on the road. And, we have lost multiple starters in that time frame. I never root or bet against the Steelers but a win this weekend may be more than they can muster right now and it does NOT mean they are not still a SB contender.
 
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I wouldn't lay our season at the feet of this week. Sure, a win would be nice but we are finishing playing 3 games in 12 days on the road.
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The season doesn't get any better. From here on out they have to play every week through the playoffs until they win the SB or lose in a post-season game.

There are no breaks until they go home for the season. No point in whining about it.
 
johngaenzler said:
Contender or pretender will be determined in Buffalo. They are a fairly balanced team with a high-powered offense and playmakers. Playing at a consistently high level. We will know how good we are (or not) by midnight Sunday. Conner and Pouncey need to be healthy or I don’t see us being in the game.


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Buffalo's defense is worse than KC


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In years past, we’d dig ourselves a hole, by losing winnable games and leave ourselves little margin for error down the stretch. Not so this year. We have a lot of injuries. We just need to get healthy for the playoffs. The situation is very favorable:


PITTSBURGH STEELERS (11-1) (at Buffalo (9-3), Sunday night, 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division title with:

PIT win + CLE loss

Pittsburgh clinches playoff berth with:

PIT win or tie OR
LV loss or tie OR
MIA loss or tie OR
TEN loss


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Cras108er said:
In years past, we’d dig ourselves a hole, by losing winnable games and leave ourselves little margin for error down the stretch. Not so this year. We have a lot of injuries. We just need to get healthy for the playoffs. The situation is very favorable:


PITTSBURGH STEELERS (11-1) (at Buffalo (9-3), Sunday night, 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division title with:

PIT win + CLE loss

Pittsburgh clinches playoff berth with:

PIT win or tie OR
LV loss or tie OR
MIA loss or tie OR
TEN loss


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Exactly, we need to get healthy. KC plays at Miami I think, so we're getting help one way or another there. Then KC plays at the Saints with Brees back. Nelson was a full go yesterday, Haden with a concussion could be back Sunday, if not he'll be back next week.
 
Welp. There it was. I learned that we are not a contender currently. I don’t even think we’re a pretender. We’ll go 1-2 to end the season if we’re lucky and will be 1 and done in the playoffs unless something drastic happens offensively. I just don’t know what that is with backs that can’t make it though a hole abs receivers that can’t catch.


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At this point “Pretender” would be an improvement.
 
Does it really matter if the Steelers are 13-3 and get whacked on the playoffs?

Right now ANY playoff team in the AFC would beat the Steelers


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Looks like my 12-4 prediction may be right after all.

Don't worry guys, I won't bump a thread from weeks/months ago to show I'm right...
 
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