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Pittsburgh Steelers 2011 NFL Schedule Released

And it's out. The 2011 NFL Schedule has been released just a few short minutes ago. Let's take a look at who the six-time Super Bowl champions are scheduled to play this coming season....provided there is a season.

Week 1
Sunday, Sept.11th @ Baltimore Ravens
1 pm
Week 2 Sunday, Sept.18th Seattle Seahawks
1 pm
Week 3
Sunday, Sept. 25th @ Indianapolis Colts
8:20pm
Week 4
Sunday, Oct.2nd @ Houston Texans 1 pm
Week 5 Sunday Oct.9th Tennessee Titans
1 pm
Week 6
Sunday Oct.16th Jacksonville Jaguars 1 pm
Week 7
Sunday Oct. 23rd @ Arizona Cardinals
4:05pm
Week 8 Sunday, Oct. 30th New England Patriots
4:15 pm
Week 9 Sunday, Nov. 6tth Baltimore Ravens
8:20 pm
Week 10 Sunday Nov. 13th @ Cincinnati Bengals
1 pm
Week  11 ----- Bye Week
-----
Week 12 Sunday, Nov. 27th @ Kansas City Chiefs 8:20 pm
Week 13 Sunday, Dec. 4th Cincinnati Bengals
1 pm
Week 14 Thursday, Dec. 8th Cleveland Browns 8:20 pm
Week 15 Monday, Dec. 19th @ San Francisco 49ers 8:30 pm
Week 16 Saturday, Dec. 24th St. Louis Rams
1 pm
Week 17 Sunday Jan.1st @ Cleveland Browns 1 pm

Preliminary thoughts: That is a brutal start to the season with 3 games on the road and 3 playoff teams in the first 4 games.  Starting against the Ravens is probably the dumbest thing the NFL can do, considering how highly rated those games are.  You would think they would want to put those at the end of the season.  That way you have great games near the end and two teams that are always fighting for the division.  Moreover, I cannot wait for that Seahawks game.  I have been yearning for another game against them since all that whining from XL.  We have back to back games in week 3 and 4 against two teams that can pass really well.  It looks very plausible to me to start the season 1-3.  The end of the season looks a lot easier than the start with 5 games in a row against teams that did not break .500.

What do you all think?

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Very strange...

Kick off with the Ravens… then end with the Browns twice in 4 weeks. seems like the league would want to squeeze a Ravens game in around mid to late December…

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by NoCal-SteelCity on Apr 19, 2011 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like

there may not be any missed games. Why else would they sched a Steeler/Raven game in the opener?

Look at the last 6 games or so. Niiiiiiice.

And John, we beat the SHIT out of Seattle in 2007 in the “Quit yer whinin, ya punk-ass bitches” SB XL payback game already. But beating that ass again is gonna be funny. I think those are the tix I’m buying.

by HandsofSweed on Apr 19, 2011 7:39 PM EDT reply actions  

I thought we all knew my memory was awful

Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
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by John Stephens on Apr 19, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

little excessive on the language there Hands

Seachickens and their fans get my blood boiling too, no doubt. But let’s keep things in check, thanks.

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by Michael Bean on Apr 19, 2011 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

You guys got a much better bye week than we did. I don’t get why we each have so many primetime road games.

Real G's move in silence like lasagna

by Mr MaLoR on Apr 19, 2011 7:42 PM EDT reply actions  

because our teams are good at football

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by Michael Bean on Apr 19, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

That’s what I thought as well.

Real G's move in silence like lasagna

by Mr MaLoR on Apr 19, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Im loving some of the matchups

A couple of super bowl rematches (even if we already stomped Seattle since then), and the schedule after week 9, I dont think it can get much easier. As far as playing the Ravens Week 1- Id put my 2 cents in that its because of the 10yr anniv. of the 9/11 tragedy.

by Bringin' the Wood(ley) on Apr 19, 2011 7:44 PM EDT reply actions  

they also scheduled

Giants v. Juts for Week 1 on Sept 11th also. Im not sure if there are any other marquee matchups….

by Bringin' the Wood(ley) on Apr 19, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah im dumb

Its Giants v Redskins and Cowgirls v Jets….

by Bringin' the Wood(ley) on Apr 19, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

not just 9/11

it’s also the fact guys that there’s this thing called a lockout going on. nfl wants to lure us back in in a big way early on in the season.

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by Michael Bean on Apr 20, 2011 4:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

is more likely the case, but the only good thing I see in that schedule is the bye late in the season. Who knows if anyone of those sub .500 teams will repeat, so the last 5 games might be good bets, but maybe not.

by IronJake on Apr 20, 2011 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

you guys got a rough first 9 weeks but after a week 10 win over Cinci and a week 11 bye its looks really good to be a Steeler.

does it bother any of you that you get one MNF this season against an overpaid-(probably over hyped) coach who hasnt even held a practice yet? our week 1 game kind of sucks because for the past three seasons weve played some of the best=most important games in the league in December. oh well, at least we got a schedule.

Scott Hines

by shines on Apr 19, 2011 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

nah

MNF not what it used to be. It’s fun and all but messes with traveling and preparation schedules. And like you said, the games aren’t the same type of marquee matchups that they once were. Those are reserved for Sunday night now.

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by Michael Bean on Apr 19, 2011 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

MNF

What bothers me about the MNF game is that it’s on the west coast and immediately followed by a Saturday home game. Why would a team traveling cross country be given a short week right afterward?

by nycsteeler on Apr 19, 2011 7:48 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah

that’s not ideal to say the least.

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by Michael Bean on Apr 19, 2011 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

correct

My mistake. Fixed. Thanks.

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by Michael Bean on Apr 19, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

So they have electricity in Cleveland now?

If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made product that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.

by SNW on Apr 20, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

My gripe

besides being ridiculously tough to start is the serious amount of road night games. Somehow that doesn’t seem right.

by Romain El 82 on Apr 19, 2011 7:56 PM EDT reply actions  

We also get N.E. after their bye week

"you will hardly know who I am or what I mean"-Walt Whitman

by Pittsblitz56 on Apr 19, 2011 7:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Didn't we get them after their bye week this year too?

Seems like a bunch of bullshit to me.

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by Steel Spike on Apr 19, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Alright then

I seem to remember a conversation about how we got Billy boy after he had two weeks to scheme for us. Not sure why…

I don’t think it’s fair for NE to even have a bye week. Nobody should have to play your team after he has that much time to lay his evil plans.

"SteelFever gets #93. Just like Ron Artest. Great game just keep an eye on him that he doesn't go into the stands after a fan."
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by Steel Spike on Apr 20, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

divisional games

Here’s a strange quirk—both games against Baltimore occur before both games against Cincy which occur before both games against Cleveland. I feel like normally the divisional games are more interspersed.

by nycsteeler on Apr 19, 2011 8:00 PM EDT reply actions  

everything from week onwards should be cake

assuming we dont get any suprises from those teams

by hasay on Apr 19, 2011 8:01 PM EDT reply actions  

ARGH!

Both Baltimore games before the Bye??? (Not to mention week 10)

Theres a 90% chance that the division will go down to the wire again, but there is no “playoff atmosphere” type game late in the season. Instead we get the Browns twice in the last four weeks?

A long way from Pittsburgh PA, in fact, 8653.2 miles to be precise. My blood still bleeds black and gold like the rest of Steeler Nation, proud fan since 2002.

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by Michael Hewitt on Apr 19, 2011 8:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Looking around the league

We got pretty screwed with the scheduling. That first half of the season is just brutal. We get 2 of the 3 AFC division leaders away. We start with a really physical game AND we play them twice before the other two teams come up once. 3 out of 4 games in the start away. A Monday to Saturday week (has that ever happened before?).

Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller

by John Stephens on Apr 19, 2011 8:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Maybe it's because I'm tired and cranky right now

but this schedule really sucks. It has no flow. Brutal opening, all the tough teams before the bye, and then a late bye. Ravens all up early, the Monday west coast to Saturday tilt is straight garbage….

Only one game to watch at home until maybe mid october if I’m lucky and it’s @ indy…

Normally a schedule would not color my expectations, especially after 2008, but geeze we’ll be limping into our bye week and then have a tray of cupcakes lined up. That coupled with a worthless superbowl hangover and I’m seeing 10-6 if we’re lucky.

pats after their bye week totally blows. Give brady two weeks to prepare for us? Thanks NFL. And after our byeweek we get the chiefs in primetime. Ok, maybe we can give them the ass beating they deserve for 2009.

Maybe my perceptions will change though as we get closer and start playing the games.

Didn’t Seattle play @ Pittsburgh in 2007? Not really fair to them, not that I care.

"I don't want to injure anybody," James Harrison said. "But I'm not opposed to hurting anybody."

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Apr 19, 2011 9:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Look at it this way

The Ravens have us early in their schedule too. Don’t think for a second that they aren’t dreading those games as well.

Yes, the Chickens did play in Pittsburgh the last time, and the Steelers WERE supposed to play in Seattle this time. Pissed me off, because I live less than 200 miles from Seattle, and would be all over going to that game.

"SteelFever gets #93. Just like Ron Artest. Great game just keep an eye on him that he doesn't go into the stands after a fan."
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by Steel Spike on Apr 20, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

Would you go up there?

I’m not sure I would, I hate the “fans” there.

If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made product that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.

by SNW on Apr 20, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Because there would be about 100 of us from the A&L fanclub going up there

Plus, we were planning on meeting up with the Tacoma chapter of the Steelers fan club and taking over a whole section of Qwest field.

Besides, it’s not like we’d even be the only Steelers fans at the stadium.

"SteelFever gets #93. Just like Ron Artest. Great game just keep an eye on him that he doesn't go into the stands after a fan."
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by Steel Spike on Apr 20, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

True last time I was there

fully 60% of the people had on Steelers gear.
Still after especailly people were asses.

If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made product that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.

by SNW on Apr 21, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Who were asses?

The Steelers fans or the Seachickens ones?

"SteelFever gets #93. Just like Ron Artest. Great game just keep an eye on him that he doesn't go into the stands after a fan."
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by Steel Spike on Apr 21, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Chicken "Fans"

If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made product that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.

by SNW on Apr 21, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well of course

They’re all still exceptionally bitter about SB XL. It must be a terrible drain on a person to hold on to that shit for so long. Not that I particularly care. I mean, they’re cryhawks fans. Who gives a crap about them?

"SteelFever gets #93. Just like Ron Artest. Great game just keep an eye on him that he doesn't go into the stands after a fan."
- 5020 on my making the BTSC active (riot) squad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC0NCHq4v3I

by Steel Spike on Apr 21, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

I actually like this schedule

Sure, no end of season Ravens game (wtf is the NFL thinking, exactly?) but I like that we get them early. Hopefully our defense will still have Smith and Polamalu and such because they won’t have gone through the grind of the whole season.

by JDSpartan on Apr 19, 2011 9:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Well if we're in a fight for playoff spot...

That end helps, though it would be nice to have a Ravens game near the end

by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Apr 19, 2011 9:35 PM EDT reply actions  

I was thinking 23-0

that’s right we’re all of our games

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by WVPiratesfan on Apr 19, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Preseason too?

You overzealous son of a gun

Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
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by John Stephens on Apr 19, 2011 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

thats right

most of second teams would start on other teams

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Jack Butler, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene, Curtis Martin, Willie Roaf, Andre Reed and Jerry Kramer
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by WVPiratesfan on Apr 19, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

that’s level headed thinking right there. good call.

by stylepoints on Apr 19, 2011 9:39 PM EDT reply actions  

the 16-0 call that is. reply failure.

by stylepoints on Apr 19, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

1-3 start?

What team have you been watching for the last two DeCades?

by Bombinic DeNardo on Apr 19, 2011 9:41 PM EDT reply actions  

The Steelers have had slow starts the last two times they were in the SB. 1-2 in 2009 and 1-3 in 2006. I’m not saying they are definitely going 1-3, just that it is possible.

Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
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by John Stephens on Apr 19, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ugh. Entire AFC south in a row

Pats here after a bye again. Indy and the Pats playing again. The ENTIRE AFC south 4 weeks in a row? Who put this train accident together?

Why doesn’t the NFL do what we all know they want to, put Pittsburgh, Indy, Baltimore and the Pats into one division and just call it the “kick ass” division? They somehow manage to get those teams playing each other every single year.

by PittRiverman on Apr 19, 2011 10:31 PM EDT reply actions  

NFL Scheduling

makes the winners of each division in each conference play each other next year. That is why Pittsburgh, Indy, and NE play each year (this year we get KC from the AFC West also) 3 games. Each division plays another division on a rotating basis (this year we get the AFC South) so that is another 3 games (Houston, Jacksonville, and Tennessee plus Indy as the division winner mentioned above). Then each division plays one NFC division on a rotating basis. This year AFC North plays NFC West (AZ, SF, SL, Seattle) making up 4 more games. That is 10 total plus playing home and home against the 3 other AFC North teams gives the final 6 games making up a 16 game schedule.

by Kingdoom on Apr 20, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

The problem I see is actually at the end of the schedule

We have a bye in week 11 (November 20). Then play 11/27, 12/4, and 12/8. We then have 11 days off until 12/19 before playing again. Then only 3 games to prepare for the playoffs. Not sure if this extra “bye” late in the season and so close to our actual bye is a good or bad thing. Will have to see how injuries play out during the season.
As far as part of the schedule being “tough” and part being “easy” I don’t see how we can say that this early. Again injures will play a part as will the "light’ coming on for some players and teams making potentially “easy” games hard.
Bottom line is we need to beat whomever is put in front of us in order to win the Super Bowl so it really doesn’t matter when we play Baltimore, NE, Indy, Houston, or whomever. If we are the best team we will win and if not we will lose.

by Kingdoom on Apr 20, 2011 12:34 AM EDT reply actions  

Hoping

to make the Steelers vs. Titans game in Pitt for my brothers bday, any suggestions on hotels would be appreciated.
 Also hope to make the game in KC as it is closer to home and I can drive there.

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by stillergorillar on Apr 20, 2011 9:28 AM EDT reply actions  

Pittsburgh Hotels

The Wyndham Grand and Hyatt Place are both right downtown and within walking distance of Heinz Field.
However they are both kind of spendy but probably worth it for a once in a while trip for a birthday and Steelers game.

by Kingdoom on Apr 20, 2011 2:38 PM EDT reply actions  


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