Five NFL teams we still have no clue about

[eniparadoxgma]

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Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers are, by far, the most confounding team in the NFL this season. They weren’t projected to compete in the AFC North, let alone contend for a Super Bowl, and through the first six weeks of the season all Pittsburgh did was solidify the notion that they were at least a year away from being taken seriously again. Their only convincing win came against the Panthers in Week 3, which is less impressive in retrospect, given the trajectory of Carolina’s season.

Things didn’t look good against the Texans in Week 7 until a stunning 73-second series of events turned a 10-point deficit to an 11-point lead. The Steelers won the next two games against the Colts and the Ravens with dominating offensive performances, outscoring them a combined 94-55. Ben Roethlisberger threw for six touchdowns in each outing, setting a new NFL record for touchdown passes in consecutive games.

Having clawed themselves back into the national discussion with record-setting victories over two legitimate opponents, the Steelers followed it up with an inexplicable loss to the Jets and an unconvincing come-from-behind late win over the Titans, teams that had combined for a total of three wins on the season before facing Pittsburgh at home.

In addition to Roethlisberger, offensive weapons like running back Le’Veon Bell and wide receiver Antonio Brown have proven themselves among the league’s elite. The Steelers can hang with anyone when their offense is firing on all cylinders, but haven’t demonstrated an ability to produce like that consistently enough to make up for an inconsistent and aging defense.

This Steelers team makes no sense. They could go 5-0 to finish the season or 0-5, and neither result would surprise anyone.

[eniparadoxgma]

Fwiw, I tried posting this as a reply in FF's thread with a similar theme but kept getting errors.

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[Shawn]

I have a feeling this Steelers team is going to play their best ball when it counts most...down the stretch. They are almost like an ADHD kid, and if you don't hold their focus, they lose interest. Many of the issues both good and bad fall squarely on the back of concentration, and Ben's play. I suspect when it counts most, this Steeler team will play very interested, finish 10-6, make a wild card game and win or lose, finish playing their strongest ball of the season.

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Call me an optimist.. (I know, "you're an optimist") but I would be surprised if the Steelers drop any of their three remaining home games. They have won their last three at home by an average of just under 15, and that has been to some decent competition. They are facing three teams who are good enough to make sure that the Steelers don't fall into the trap of letting down to bad teams, but teams who are definitely beatable.

I would then say that on the road "I would not be surprised if they went 2-0, or 0-2". I am interested to see how the offense plays in the Georgia Dome, as the last time they played in temperatures of 70 or above was in Jacksonville - before the O looked any good. A win there, and a loss in Cincy, would lead to an interesting situation at the end of the year with a 10 or 11 win team possibly not making the playoffs (while a 6 or 7 win team could win the NFC South).

[fordfixer]

Fwiw, I trded posting this as a reply in FF's thread with a similar theme but kept getting errors.

"ForbiddenYou don't have permission to access /forums/newreply.php on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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Apache/2.2.26 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.26 OpenSSL/1.0.1e-fips mod_bwlimited/1.4 Server at [URL="http://www.planetsteelers.com"]www.planetsteelers.com[/URL] Port 80"

I got the same thing when I tried to post it last night in another thread. Well done good Sir.