It’s overrated in that we knew what teams the Steelers, or any team in the NFL, would play. Scheduling is done by formula (more on that in a future piece) and so not only knew all the opponents for this season the day after the 2019 regular season ended, we knew 14 of the 16 teams every team would play years in advance.
But it’s the order in which they’ll play that is underrated.
Because if you’re a season ticket holder, you want to know if you’re going to be sitting in the September sun while getting updates of the Pirates game on your iPhone or bundled up for a frigid December night game you’ll be lucky to get anyone to accompany you with.