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Biggest drop from last year's record: Bucs, Broncos
Biggest rise from last year's record: Packers, Seahawks
Regarding the comment that there was no way Pittsburgh would go 12-4 again: I completely disagree. First of all, they had almost no losses in free agency - almost unheard of for a super bowl champion.
Second, take a look at their schedule. They get the conference's weakest division, the AFC West; and the NFC North, which went a combined 25-39 last year. Absent from their schedule are both the Pats and Colts this season. Only once do they have to travel across more than one time zone; no west coast games at all. The furthest they travel is to Denver - and that is after a bye week.
Pittsburgh only has one game with a shorter week to prepare than their opponent: a home game against the Bengals after that Monday night game at Denver. The only other game with a short week to prepare is a late season game against the Browns, who may be looking ahead to the off-season at that point. Their toughest game of the year comes in week one one at home against the Titans - and then they get ten days to prepare for the next game.
Biggest rise from last year's record: Packers, Seahawks
Regarding the comment that there was no way Pittsburgh would go 12-4 again: I completely disagree. First of all, they had almost no losses in free agency - almost unheard of for a super bowl champion.
Second, take a look at their schedule. They get the conference's weakest division, the AFC West; and the NFC North, which went a combined 25-39 last year. Absent from their schedule are both the Pats and Colts this season. Only once do they have to travel across more than one time zone; no west coast games at all. The furthest they travel is to Denver - and that is after a bye week.
Pittsburgh only has one game with a shorter week to prepare than their opponent: a home game against the Bengals after that Monday night game at Denver. The only other game with a short week to prepare is a late season game against the Browns, who may be looking ahead to the off-season at that point. Their toughest game of the year comes in week one one at home against the Titans - and then they get ten days to prepare for the next game.