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I can't believe Non didn't start a thread on this game.

Impressive win yesterday against Oakland and the Steelers will need the same effort against the Bills. IMO, Buffalo has played better than their record would indicate but Pittsburgh should still win easily.

Also, the defense needs to keep playing the same way they have all year and not worry about the ticky tac penalties that have been called against them.

Bills have won two in a row. And before that they lost three consecutive games by three points. So it's an improving team with Ryan Fitzpatrick at the controls and an emerging receiving star, Steve Johnson (52 rec, 728 yards, 9 TDs).

Steelers will look to improve to 8-3 and keep some momentum going as they head into a Dec. 5 showdown at Baltimore.

Oops. I need to edit this. The game is at Buffalo.

Steelers win but I don't think it's a blow out.

LOL, now you decide to start a thread? I just started one ten minutes ago and asked why you didn't start a Steeler thread.

Dang, I just started one, about five minutes too late.

We need to merge the two.

Steelers win but I do think it's a blow out.

bigdaddy2003;570892 wrote:Steelers win but I don't think it's a blow out.

I just gave you some shit on the thread you started.

Buffalo's record indicates they aren't much pumpkin but they actually have some talent. I say Steelers by 3 to 7.

Let's take a look at the wild card contenders, just for the sake of discussion.

Indianapolis Colts (6-4)
San Diego
Dallas
at Tennessee
Jacksonville
at Oakland
Tennessee

If the Colts beat San Diego I don't think they'll lose again. They'll win the second meeting against Jacksonville and Tennessee is in trouble with the QB situation. But we'll say they either go 12-4 or 11-5 and win the AFC South.

Jacksonville (6-4)
at NY Giants
at Tennessee
Oakland
at Indianpolis
Washington
at Houston

They'll lose one of the next two against the Giants and Titans and they'll lose to the Colts, so that's at least six losses. There are some other tough games but at best they'll be 10-6.

Miami (5-5)
at Oakland
Cleveland
at N.Y. Jets
Buffalo
Detroit
at New England

They'll definitely lose at least two games. Dolphins will be 9-7 at best.


Oakland (5-5)
Miami
at San Diego
at Jacksonville
Denver
Indianapolis
at Kansas City

They'll lose at least two. 9-7 at best


Tennessee (5-5)
at Houston
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Houston
at Kansas City
at Indianapolis

They'll lose two in the division. Colts twice or Colts once and somebody else like Houston. 9-7


Kansas City (6-4)
at Seattle
Denver
at San Diego
at St. Louis
Tennessee
Oakland

Some tough road games. They'll probably finish 10-6 at best. They may win the division which will take them out of the wild card equation but you might have to be aware of them if the Chargers edge them out for the division and then the Chiefs become a wild card contender.


San Diego (4-5)
Denver
at Indianapolis
Oakland
Kansas City
San Francisco
at Cincinnati
at Denver

I'll say they only lose one more to be kind. If they somehow beat the Colts they may slip up somewhere else in the division or they may just lose to the Colts giving them six losses. Chargers 10-6 at best.


Pittsburgh (7-3)
at Buffalo
at Baltimore
Cincinnati
N.Y. Jets
Carolina
at Cleveland

Steelers have to win the games in bold at minimum. If they do that they'll be a wild card team at 11-5.

Non;570896 wrote:Dang, I just started one, about five minutes too late.

We need to merge the two.

Done. Makes the top posts of the thread a little confusing, but oh well.

The Steelers are the better team and should win this game. Bills have been in pretty much every game and I really like the way they are playing right now. I'm taking the Bills 24-23.

Bills in a shootout

Bills have played teams tough all year, so I'm not expecting a blowout. Still, their only wins are against two teams with a total of four wins, so I'd be shocked if they pulled this one off. Steelers 27-10 (reasonably close game throughout, Pittsburgh puts up insurance touchdown in final five minutes to make it look deceptively easy).

The Steelers are getting into the right frame of mind going into the last part of the season. This game will be a blowout.
Steelers-31
Bills- 9

the offense has a chance to be a lot more potent now that they're going with Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown

when those two are in there, along with Wallace, there's a lot of speed for the secondary to have to cover

why are the steelers treating rashard mendenhall like he is a pussy? Give him 20 touches a game at least

DeyDurkie5;571851 wrote:why are the steelers treating rashard mendenhall like he is a pussy? Give him 20 touches a game at least

He carried the ball 23 times yesterday.

Their line is a mess.

Not only losing both starting tackles, Starks and Colon.

But they've had a lot of injuries during the games and they've had to rotate linemen in and out and change positions.

The game the other day was a pretty good balance. Mendenhall had 23 carries for 59 yards but he did have about a 40-yard run called back. Even though it didn't lead to a ton of yards they stuck with the run enough.

When they went to the four and five receiver sets, it looked like the field was much more spread out with Brown and Sanders both involved. When they did cover all of the receivers, Ben was able to take off and run for some yards.

Arians even called a pretty good game with more underneath passes.

We'll see if it carries over but I like how the offense looked all-around.

DeyDurkie5;571851 wrote:why are the steelers treating rashard mendenhall like he is a pussy? Give him 20 touches a game at least

Hes also like 8th in rushing yards.....its all good.

killer_ewok;572014 wrote:He carried the ball 23 times yesterday.

I guess i didn't realize that with his fantasy numbers as of late...pissin me off

injury notes

Pouncey should be fine and ready to go this week
Antonio Brown has some knee swelling and he could be limited in pratice (hope he can play because the offense had a good look last week)
Keisel should be a full participant this week in practice (good news getting him back)

DeyDurkie5;572489 wrote:I guess i didn't realize that with his fantasy numbers as of late...pissin me off

Tomlin said in his presser that he had 50 yds of rushing called back due to penalties.

Art Modell;572509 wrote:Tomlin said in his presser that he had 50 yds of rushing called back due to penalties.

well that explains a lot...i need him to come up big these next 4 weeks

I see the Steelers traveling well to Buffalo and taking it to them. 34-13

....but as a pessimistic Steelers fan I rememeber the crappy Raiders and Chiefs games last season