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  • sick beats
    Pro Bowler
    • Dec 2013
    • 2144

    A way-too-early season prediction thread.

    Why even bother predicting season won-loss results before the draft even goes down? IDK. But it's fun.

    Home:

    Baltimore - W. They were really no better than us last season. I feel we have already made more improvements to our team that they have. Flucco has been exposed as a so-so QB who got hot/lucky in 2012; it was the perfect storm for a Super Bowl run. Ray Rice has suddenly lost a step. OL not good. No Boldin to move the chains. D just OK.

    Cincinnati - W. The 3rd consecutive one and done play off loss may be too much a hang over. Instead of being motivated, I have a feeling they will just be done. How good is Dalton? I think he is just OK, and prone to major break downs. We beat them at home last season. They also lost their DC, who did a good job.

    Cleveland - W. I have no idea what the Browns will look like in 2014; don't know who QB will be, but I am guessing it will still be Hoyer, as a rookie won't be better coming in, unless possibly it's Johnny Football. That dude is the X factor, so if he is a Brown, who knows. I think he could win 8 games just being his crazy self. Gordon is a monster at WR, they will have a better RB unit, no matter who they add. But we don't lose to them at home, regardless.

    Houston - W. See above. No idea who QB will be. They sure fell apart quickly, from a contender to the worst team in the league. Rookie head coach. We win.

    Indianapolis - W. Luck could force a win, but outdoors, possibly bad weather. We ride.

    New Orleans - W. Saints outdoors. Lost a lot of weapons, Sproles, etc.

    Tampa Bay - W. No idea if they have the talent to be good in one year removed from that mess. When does TB win in Pgh?

    Kansas City - L. I am assuming KC will be more like the team that went 8-0 than the one that struggled down the stretch, including one and done play offs. But, I am thinking we lose one home game, and this could be it, with Andy Reid doing a good job. KC has been giving us fits lately, even when they suck. Jamaal Charles is the truth.

    Away.

    Baltimore - L. Just because it's there. We rarely sweep them.

    Cincinnati - W. Payback for last few years.

    Cleveland - W. Won't have made enough progress to be very good yet.

    Jacksonville - W. Maybe improved over last year. But who will QB be?

    Tennessee - L. Maybe one of those losses to bad teams Tomlin seems to always have.

    Atlanta - L. Not that I think the Falcons will be that good, but in their dome, they steal one.

    Carolina - L. This team is solid, even though their WR unit is a total joke as of now. Poor Cam. I feel their D will jack us up and we only put up like 13 points to their 17.

    NY Jets - W. Will Geno advance that much in 2014, or will he prove to just not be very good? Lacking weapons, in a big way. May add Chris Johnson, but so what?

    11-5? I do believe it could happen, with a little luck on the injury front and if they keep doing what was working on O, instead of going back to traditional play calling with huddling up. They were humming pretty good on O coming down the stretch. Please, dear God, don't let their egos getting in the way of what works.
  • Notleadpoisoned
    Starter
    • Mar 2010
    • 554

    #2
    It's been 10 years since the Steelers went 15-1 so to celebrate the 10 year anniversary I'll predict a repeat for 2014.

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    • Shawn
      Legend
      • Mar 2008
      • 15131

      #3
      I have us down for another 8-8 season. I think we split the division...but if we can do better than that or steal one or two there is playoff chance.
      Trolls are people too.

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      • RuthlessBurgher
        Legend
        • May 2008
        • 33208

        #4
        I won't get into predicting individual games, but I predict that we go 4-2 in our division, 3-1 against the AFC South, 2-2 against the NFC South, and 1-1 against the remaining teams from AFC East/West. That's 10-6.
        Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

        Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

        We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

        We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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        • papillon
          Legend
          • Mar 2008
          • 11340

          #5
          Beating Flippy to the punchline 19-0 baby and number 7 in the trophy case!

          Pappy
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          The 2025 Pittsburgh Steeler draft

          1.21 - Derrick Harmon, DT, Oregon - Nick Emmanwori, S, S. Carolina
          3.83 - Kaleb Johnson, RB, Iowa - DJ Giddens, RB, Kans St
          3.123 - Will Howard, QB, OSU
          4.156 - JJ Pegues, DT, Ole Miss
          5.185 - Clay Webb, OG, Jack St
          7.229 - Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, DT, Georgia

          "Football is a physical game, well, it used to be anyways" - Mel Blount

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          • Discipline of Steel
            Hall of Famer
            • Aug 2008
            • 3882

            #6
            Hey wait a second, ive predicted a Super Bowl victory every year since 1975. and my nickname was Flip back then....
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            Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentations of their women.

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            • legend of polamalu
              Backup
              • Aug 2012
              • 297

              #7
              We are at 8-7. A win and we are in the playoffs. Our FG Kicker Suisham gets hurt on game #15. We grab Ryan Succop on the waiver wire.
              He misses a game winning FG with 3 seconds left that would of put us into the Playoffs. Instead we finish 8-8.

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              • pfelix73
                Hall of Famer
                • Aug 2008
                • 3463

                #8
                10-6 sounds about right....
                6- Time Super Bowl Champions......
                IX X XIII XIV XL XLIII

                2012 MNF Executive Champion

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                • Moonie
                  Hall of Famer
                  • Sep 2013
                  • 2518

                  #9
                  Just skimming through it, it looked like 8-8 to me. Maybe 10-6, if Tomlin can get team ready for opening day, and not have early season woes it seems like we have a lot. I don't think he can, so 8-8.

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                  • Steelerfan
                    Rookie
                    • Dec 2013
                    • 12

                    #10
                    After the last two seasons, I'm in the pessimist camp. I'll predict 9-7 at best and maybe a wild card spot (as before our destiny will be in others' hands). If I'm wrong and they dominate this year its a bonus for me.

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                    • squidkid
                      Legend
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 5847

                      #11
                      with a very favorable schedule(especially on the road), i say 6-2 at home, 4-4 on the road. 10-6
                      steelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clown

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                      • Ernie
                        Legend
                        • Aug 2013
                        • 8470

                        #12
                        Sounds like most of us are on the same page. I'm going to say 8-8 to 10-6.. Not enough improvements on the defensive side of the football to be considered a top tier team. The offense should be noticeably better with the additions at RB and WR, and O-Line coach. Still on the "Outside looking in" as it relates to the playoffs.

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                        • fezziwig
                          Hall of Famer
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 3515

                          #13
                          Right now, I'm hoping Tomlin doesn't manage to lose four straight season openers. The guy doesn't have his team together in the start of the seasons and it haunts us. Seldom do teams lose their first game and then go on to have a successful season. Maybe 9-7 at this point. Defense is suspect with an aging secondary. The offense could be a good unit. The defense, special teams are going to undermine this team the most. Will our offense light up the score boards and out score other teams....heck no. 8-8 the best we can do and to go 9-7 would to over achieve. Even if we made it to the Super Bowl, we would be embarrassed probably worse than the Broncos got slammed last season.

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                          • Shawn
                            Legend
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 15131

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Ernie
                            Sounds like most of us are on the same page. I'm going to say 8-8 to 10-6.. Not enough improvements on the defensive side of the football to be considered a top tier team. The offense should be noticeably better with the additions at RB and WR, and O-Line coach. Still on the "Outside looking in" as it relates to the playoffs.
                            I'm right with ya. I think with the current variables I would say we are playoff brink kinda team. Now this could change if we draft a special rookie who really performs, one or more of FAs are a steal. Could also vary if Munchak somehow gets our OL to gel. People blow off Wheaton but what if he blows up?

                            The biggest variable in my mind is the OL. Can you imagine how well Bell and Blount would run behind a good OL? If they have to creep a safety near the LOS? Ben will have a field day if we have a WR who can get some deep separation.
                            Trolls are people too.

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