Home (Record vs. opponent in 2009 season if applicable)
Baltimore Ravens (1-1)
Cincinnati Bengals (0-2)
Cleveland Browns (1-1)
New England Patriots (n/a)
New York Jets (n/a)
Oakland Raiders (0-1)
Atlanta Falcons (n/a)
Carolina Panthers (n/a)

Road
Baltimore Ravens (1-1)
Cincinnati Bengals (0-2)
Cleveland Browns (1-1)
Buffalo Bills (n/a)
Miami Dolphins (1-0)
Tennessee Titans (1-0)
New Orleans Saints (n/a)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (n/a)

5 of the teams on the schedule made the playoffs this season. I see 10-6/11-5 against that schedule right now if the Steelers key players can remain healthy for most of the season and if they franchise Casey Hampton.

I say if they franchise Hampton and Polamalu and Aaron Smith are back in there at full strength, the defense will be one of the best in the league.

That's not taking into account what else they do. They might be better if they can bring in a few rookies but with those guys they'll at least be better defensively to some degree.

And you take that with an offense that has a lot of weapons and a good QB, I'll say 11-5 at least next year.

10-6...just liked I predicted them to be in 2008.

I say 10-6 at the worst. 6-2 at home and 4-4 on the road.

All 11-5 or 10-6. Anybody think anything different?

I think there are going to be some good games there, most notably Tennessee, New Orleans, Miami, New England and Atlanta.

If you guys aren't 100% (which I don't see why you wouldn't be, but you never know), then you'll struggle against some of those teams. But if you guys are 100%, you should be fine, and Pitt should be in line for an AFCN Championship.

I think the Bengals were pretenders this year and go to a 7-9 record or so next year, with the Browns winning maybe 5-6 games. The Ravens will be your biggest test in the AFCN.

DaBrowns41 wrote: I think there are going to be some good games there, most notably Tennessee, New Orleans, Miami, New England and Atlanta.

If you guys aren't 100% (which I don't see why you wouldn't be, but you never know), then you'll struggle against some of those teams. But if you guys are 100%, you should be fine, and Pitt should be in line for an AFCN Championship.

I think the Bengals were pretenders this year and go to a 7-9 record or so next year, with the Browns winning maybe 5-6 games. The Ravens will be your biggest test in the AFCN.

I agree,I think they should beat Tennessee,Miami and Atlanta but NO and NE will be tough games.

Pittsburgh really needs to start looking to upgrade the OL.They were able to overcome the poor OL last year but this year weren't.They can't rely strictly on Roethlisberger winning every game as they did this year.The lack of running game is what cause them to lose to Cleveland this year.

I'll be going to the Jets game.

I think the Steelers go 9-7 against that schedule.