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The Steelers will be division bottom dwellers and the Ravens and Bengals will compete. I guess if you predict it every year you are bound to get it right sometime. At least this time they are not crowning the Browns as SB favorites;
Five NFL teams poised to take a major fall in 2022: Saints, Buccaneers on verge of going down the cliff
Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7-1)
The Steelers overcame the poor play of Ben Roethlisberger in his final season and an inconsistent defense to make the playoffs, an incredible accomplishment from Mike Tomlin as he again avoided a losing season (he's never had one in his 15 seasons as head coach). Roethlisberger has retired and the Steelers are faced with replacing him for the first time in Tomlin's career, with the in-house options being Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins.
If the Steelers go with their internal options at quarterback, they won't be AFC North title contenders in a division with the upstart Cincinnati Bengals and a Baltimore Ravens team that was first in the division until Lamar Jackson's ankle injury proved the final nail in the coffin on a team that had 21 players on injured reserve throughout the year.
Pittsburgh does have $31,206,582 in available cap space, so the Steelers can spend money and improve the pass defense, but this team isn't competing for the AFC North until the quarterback situation is figured out.
Five NFL teams poised to take a major fall in 2022: Saints, Buccaneers on verge of going down the cliff
Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7-1)
The Steelers overcame the poor play of Ben Roethlisberger in his final season and an inconsistent defense to make the playoffs, an incredible accomplishment from Mike Tomlin as he again avoided a losing season (he's never had one in his 15 seasons as head coach). Roethlisberger has retired and the Steelers are faced with replacing him for the first time in Tomlin's career, with the in-house options being Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins.
If the Steelers go with their internal options at quarterback, they won't be AFC North title contenders in a division with the upstart Cincinnati Bengals and a Baltimore Ravens team that was first in the division until Lamar Jackson's ankle injury proved the final nail in the coffin on a team that had 21 players on injured reserve throughout the year.
Pittsburgh does have $31,206,582 in available cap space, so the Steelers can spend money and improve the pass defense, but this team isn't competing for the AFC North until the quarterback situation is figured out.
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