9. At Cincinnati Bengals – Week 14 Sunday December 13th
The Steelers beat the Bengals in their two meetings in 2014, clinching the AFC North with their second win in the final game of the regular season. This game will be key as it’s sandwiched in between two home games against the Colts and Broncos, the final two regular season home games of the year for the Steelers. The Bengals will look for revenge for the two losses in 2014, and this game could be a huge decider again for who wins the AFC North.
DaveB.
April 22, 2015 at 5:16 am
I hate to be the bearer of bad news , but after the release of the 2015 schedule , 2015 looks to be one long season for the Steelers . Three of the first four games are against the Patriots , 49ers and Ravens . With the defense being in a state of complete turmoil , and no LeVeon Bell for the first three games , that could not come at a worse possible time . Also , just for good measure , we now have Antonio Brown making threats that hes unhappy and is holding out offseason workouts and possibly training camp . The Steelers already had three strikes against them with the defense , Bell , and Brown , and now with the release of the schedule this is setting up to be a potentially long year . Time will tell .
DrGeorge
April 22, 2015 at 4:33 pm
All true, Dave B — and of all those challenges you enumerated, Butler’s task of getting the reconstructed D to play together as a unit seems the most daunting.
But on a happier note, we don’t have to beat the Patriots, Seahawks, Packers, Colts, Broncos and Cowboys to make the playoffs. We only have to win our division. Of couse, that assumes we can beat the Ravens, Bengals, and Browns. The last odds I saw had the Ravens and Steelers even at 15 to 1 to win the AFC Championship and even at 30 to 1 to win the Super Bowl. Those are better odds than I would give, but professional gamblers apparently believe we have a chance to win our division; and if we do win the division, anything is possible. Not that I find that logic compelling, but after looking at our 2015 schedule, a faint ray of hope is better than none.