As if you didn’t already know, the Pittsburgh Steelers have tough sledding this year. Not only in the challenge of opponent, playing the AFC West, NFC East and the gauntlet that’s the AFC North. But the layout and structure makes a difficult situation even worse. It has NFL.com’s Gennaro Filice handing Pittsburgh the “award” for the toughest schedule in football.
Despite having *only* the third-highest/worst strength of schedule, Filice still put the Steelers at the top of his list.
“The Steelers don’t even play their first divisional foe until Week 11. Yup, the schedule makers packed all six AFC North bouts into the final eight weeks.