Can Pittsburgh survive the toughest schedule in the NFL?
I think they will, but that schedule is brutal. Pittsburgh is like the Baltimore Ravens of a year ago. The Ravens were coming off a 13-3 season, but people were very concerned about a Week 12-14 stretch where they played San Diego, New England, and Indy. Pittsburgh, this season, draws an even tougher slate. They play Indy, San Diego, New England, and Dallas in four out of five weeks from Week 10-14. Most people have those four teams somewhere in their top five or six rankings in the NFL. I think the Steelers have a lot of things going for them that the Ravens didn’t in 2007. Big Ben gives the Steelers the play at quarterback that a team needs to survive a stretch like that. McNair and Boller didn’t do that for the Ravens. I think the Steelers have more players on offense that can score points. I think the defense is in good shape. It also helps to have Cincinnati in the middle of that stretch. That is a team that the Steelers can regain offensive confidence against, should they struggl
