| Pittsburgh Steelers - 2010/11 Regular Season Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week: | Date: | Time: | Opponent: |
| 1 | Sunday, Sep. 12 | 1:00pm EDT | Falcons |
| 2 | Sunday, Sep. 19 | 1:00pm EDT | @ Titans |
| 3 | Sunday, Sep. 26 | 1:00pm EDT | @ Buccaneers |
| 4 | Sunday, Oct. 03 | 1:00pm EDT | Ravens |
| 5 | Sunday, Oct. 10 | BYE | -------- |
| 6 | Sunday, Oct. 17 | 1:00pm EDT | Browns |
| 7 | Sunday, Oct. 24 | 1:00pm EDT | @ Dolphins |
| 8 | Sunday, Oct. 31 | 8:20pm EDT | @ Saints |
| 9 | Monday, Nov. 08 | 8:30pm EDT | @ Bengals |
| 10 | Sunday, Nov. 14 | 8:20pm EDT | Patriots |
| 11 | Sunday, Nov. 21 | 1:00pm EDT | Raiders |
| 12 | Sunday, Nov. 28 | 1:00pm EDT | @ Bills |
| 13 | Sunday, Dec. 05 | 8:20pm EDT | @ Ravens |
| 14 | Sunday, Dec. 12 | 1:00pm EDT | Bengals |
| 15 | Sunday, Dec. 19 | 4:15pm EDT | Jets |
| 16 | Thursday, Dec. 23 | 8:20pm EDT | Panthers |
| 17 | Sunday, Jan. 02 | 1:00pm EDT | @ Browns |
The Pittsburgh Steelers will begin the 2010 NFL regular season trying to rebound from a disappointing 2009 season. In my opinion the suspension of Roethlisberger for the first 6 games, plus the arrangement of their 2010 schedule does not help the Steelers one bit.
Missing Roethlisberger for the first 6 games will of course be crucial. Who know where the Steelers will be come the first game Roethlisberger gets to play in. Steelers have their bye week in week 5. I think that you never want to have you bye week to early or to late. If it was up to me, I would say the ideal bye week would be somewhere around weeks 7, 8, or 9. A bye week that is too early just means that you have to go a really long stretch without rest. Rest that may be needed to aide injured players or just to take time to catch your breath and analyze where you are and what needs to be done. In the case of the 2010 Steelers, they are in the position of having to play 12 straight games, but breaking their schedule down further I see more concerns.
I know that it took the Ravens overtime to beat the Steelers without Roethlisberger last year and I think that Dennis Dixon is a good QB and will only get better in time, but this years Ravens squad will be even better than last years team.The Steelers will play a home game, week 4, against the Ravens without Roethlisberger and I would be surprised if the Steelers are still in the game late. That is not a knock against the Steelers but more of an appreciation for the 2010 Ravens. What bothers me most about the Steelers schedule though is that they have to play 5 of their first 8 games on the road. That would be hard enough for any team, let alone a team missing their starting QB for 6 games. Within those first 8 games the Steelers have to play a stretch of 4 very difficult games, including 3 straight games on the road. Week 7, the Steelers have to go to Miami which will not be an easy game. After that, week 8, the Steelers travel to the Saints followed by a trip in week 9 to the Bengals. If having 3 straight road games was not bad enough, in week 10, the Steelers finally get to come back home; their reward is that they have to play the New England Patriots. Needless to say, this will be the toughest stretch in their schedule.
Now its not all bad for the Steelers. If the Steelers are still in contention late in the season I think their schedule finally begins to favor them, with 3 of the last 4 games being at home. If they are in contention they have to play home against the Bengals, home against the Jets, home against the Panthers, and finish the year on the road against the Browns.
I think that as far as games of interest are concerned, of course any divisional games will be huge, but for games outside of the division their are 3 games that should be circled on your calendar as a football fan. Week 8 at the Saints, Week 10 home against the Patriots, and a really intriguing game week 15 at home against Santonio Holmes and his New York Jets.
Giving just an early and quick look through their schedule I have the Steelers going around 11-5 or 10-6 which I think given the circumstances most Steelers fans would be very pleased with.
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