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Anyone else seeing these uniforms?
They are freaking atrocious.
They hurt my eyes.
They are freaking atrocious.
They hurt my eyes.
So when the Steelers are forced to play in this charade, they'll need to go all black or all gold. Ugh.
So when the Steelers are forced to play in this charade, they'll need to go all black or all gold. Ugh.
At least the Bills won. That helps our playoff chances.
I agree. The Jets, Bills, and Steelers are all very inconsistent. I think the Steelers have the most potential by far its just a matter of whether they can put it together or not. Oakland could sneak into a spot as well if they keep playing like they have been.This has been the sentiment, but I don't understand how the Bills winning helped the Steelers. Temporarily, if the Steelers beat the Browns the Steelers will be in the 5th position, that will be because the Steelers will have played one extra game. The Steelers are on a bye week after the Browns game and if both, the Bills and Jets win their games (while Steelers are on a bye) all three teams will be sitting at 6-4 with the following conference records: Jets 4-3, Bills 6-4 and Steelers 3-4.
Now I realize that the Bills beating NE is unlikely, but assuming they do, the Steelers would be the odd team out at that point with 6 games to be played, wouldn't they?
Had the Jets won last night the Bills would be 4-5, Jets 6-3 and the Steelers 5-4, then if the Steelers beat the Browns, they are 6-4 and if the other two teams win (while Steelers are idle) the Bills would 5-5 and the Jets 7-3 which would put the Steelers in the 6th position.
Maybe I have something wrong here, but I'm thinking a Jets win would have served the Steelers better.
Papillon
This has been the sentiment, but I don't understand how the Bills winning helped the Steelers. Temporarily, if the Steelers beat the Browns the Steelers will be in the 5th position, that will be because the Steelers will have played one extra game. The Steelers are on a bye week after the Browns game and if both, the Bills and Jets win their games (while Steelers are on a bye) all three teams will be sitting at 6-4 with the following conference records: Jets 4-3, Bills 6-4 and Steelers 3-4.
Now I realize that the Bills beating NE is unlikely, but assuming they do, the Steelers would be the odd team out at that point with 6 games to be played, wouldn't they?
Had the Jets won last night the Bills would be 4-5, Jets 6-3 and the Steelers 5-4, then if the Steelers beat the Browns, they are 6-4 and if the other two teams win (while Steelers are idle) the Bills would 5-5 and the Jets 7-3 which would put the Steelers in the 6th position.
Maybe I have something wrong here, but I'm thinking a Jets win would have served the Steelers better.
Papillon
This has been the sentiment, but I don't understand how the Bills winning helped the Steelers. Temporarily, if the Steelers beat the Browns the Steelers will be in the 5th position, that will be because the Steelers will have played one extra game. The Steelers are on a bye week after the Browns game and if both, the Bills and Jets win their games (while Steelers are on a bye) all three teams will be sitting at 6-4 with the following conference records: Jets 4-3, Bills 6-4 and Steelers 3-4.
Now I realize that the Bills beating NE is unlikely, but assuming they do, the Steelers would be the odd team out at that point with 6 games to be played, wouldn't they?
Had the Jets won last night the Bills would be 4-5, Jets 6-3 and the Steelers 5-4, then if the Steelers beat the Browns, they are 6-4 and if the other two teams win (while Steelers are idle) the Bills would 5-5 and the Jets 7-3 which would put the Steelers in the 6th position.
Maybe I have something wrong here, but I'm thinking a Jets win would have served the Steelers better.
Papillon
The Jets remaining schedule is easy and the Bills is relatively tough. That's why most were thinking it's better for the Jets to lose this one otherwise they would have a very good chance to finish with a better record than us. But really, there's too much time left in the season to get too fussed over this ****. One QB injury changes the picture completely...
I always want to have as many potential playoff teams behind the Steelers because you don't know how the season will play out. The more teams that have to jump over you to get into the playoffs the better, that meas they might need the tiebreakers and all the Steelers have to do is win. It's like a golf tournament, players in the hunt on Sunday would rather be in second place and 3 or 4 strokes back than to be in 10th place and only 1 stroke back. They now have to beat 9 players or hope that 9 players falter rather than just one.
I'd rather the Steelers have the Bills behind them and only the Jets in front of them, this causes the Bills to have to make up a game somewhere, not an unlikely scenario, but I'd rather that than have the Steelers be behind both the Jets and Bills.
Papillon
This has been the sentiment, but I don't understand how the Bills winning helped the Steelers. Temporarily, if the Steelers beat the Browns the Steelers will be in the 5th position, that will be because the Steelers will have played one extra game. The Steelers are on a bye week after the Browns game and if both, the Bills and Jets win their games (while Steelers are on a bye) all three teams will be sitting at 6-4 with the following conference records: Jets 4-3, Bills 6-4 and Steelers 3-4.
Now I realize that the Bills beating NE is unlikely, but assuming they do, the Steelers would be the odd team out at that point with 6 games to be played, wouldn't they?
Had the Jets won last night the Bills would be 4-5, Jets 6-3 and the Steelers 5-4, then if the Steelers beat the Browns, they are 6-4 and if the other two teams win (while Steelers are idle) the Bills would 5-5 and the Jets 7-3 which would put the Steelers in the 6th position.
Maybe I have something wrong here, but I'm thinking a Jets win would have served the Steelers better.
Papillon
I pretty much agree with you. Because the Steelers do not play the Bills or the Jets, being tied with them record wise at the end of the year probably will not work in the Steelers favor because of their current lousy AFC record. And, I'd also be leery of the Chefs making a run because they only have 2 AFC losses AND hold a tie breaker over the Steelers from the head to head victory. Seems to me if there is some kind of log jam between any combination of the Bills, Jets, Steelers, Chiefs and Raiders the Steelers will lose most of the tie-breaking procedures by virtue of only having defeated the Raiders. Unless, of course, the Steelers get to 10+ wins and just better them outright. Which, of course, would be desirable, trouble with that is their remaining schedule is no picnic. They need to start getting healthy and stop losing guys. At least the bye is later this year, perhaps it'll help them.