A way-too-early Steelers game-by-game prediction for 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers released their 2025 schedule on Wednesday evening. As is the tradition at Steel Curtain Network, myself, Jeff Hartman, and Bryan Anthony Davis hosted a special podcast where we broke down various parts of the schedule and gave our predictions for each game.
Even though there are still many questions with the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers and how their numerous changes on offense between the quarterbacks, wide receivers, and the offensive line will come together, there are plenty of NFL teams who face uncertainties in May as to how things will play out on the field in September. For this reason, it’s sometimes difficult to predict how things will play out in a schedule within a season, let alone when it is months away. Still, it did not keep us from trying.
Here are the game-by-game predictions from Wednesday night’s schedule release podcast:
As you can see, we all are leaning towards the side of optimism when it comes to this year’s squad. All three of us had the Steelers with a winning record in 2025 despite there still being some big unknowns with the roster. While it’s not the same “murderers’ row“ of high-quality opponents to close out the season as there was last year, the Steelers still have the most difficult schedule in the NFL the final third of the season. Still, optimism is not a bad thing.
So what do you think? Who do you think gave the best predictions? Would you like to offer your way-too-early, game-by-game prediction for the 2025 Steelers? Feel free to do so in the comments below.
To hear the full breakdown in the Steelers schedule release podcast, it can be heard below:
Gratifying for me to see all wins predicted for Pgh vs. Colts in Wk9. I’ll be fortunate enough to be in attendance.
We have season tickets so we will also be there.
In fact, since we live in Indiana (an hour north of Indy), THIS game always feels the best driving back here after a victory! Likewise, it’s an awful drive home when we lose to them. Fortunately, we have beat them far more often than not IN Pittsburgh.
SY, I’m jealous of your tickets. We’re in NC, near Charlotte…a bit aways from Jeremy Betz, I’d guess.
Gonna see a lot of the same stuff we saw the last month of 24 + stacked boxes, and double teams on DK – this team is gonna struggle mightily to score points. I’m not at all optimistic about the 25 Steelers as constructed today. I have their ceiling at 7 wins and floor at 2.
5-12 Drafting in the top ten for the first time in decades.
Wow. Pgh’s had some really crumby top-10 picks since 1986. Fortunately, the Steelers’ 1987 selection turned out well. I’d really rather not another Rienstra, Worley, or Bush. I’ll still hope for a Steeler W in Wk9. Pgh can go down to the Bengals in Wk11 instead for 5-12 finish. Please understand, I don’t get to Pgh much–and I have a dream.
I live in Baltimore, so I get it.
Your understanding is much appreciated. Good crab at least. Dangerously Delicious Pies is overrated. Johns Hopkins has some really good books, but the library was too quiet for my taste. Just unnerving.
Yowzers! I can’t even fathom this Joe! I tend much stronger to optimism and even with the roster as constructed today (okay, I presume AR signs with us), I see a much different outcome then you. I think anywhere from 9 to the 11 in this article is well within reach. Even with the QBs currently on the roster — the primary difference between this year and last is the absolute ability (and willingness!) to throw the ball over the middle. THAT fact alone opens up Arthur Smith’s offense to heights we didn’t come close to seeing last season. So, my optimism runs deep and relatively strong!
I’m usually a “these national pundits don’t know what they’re looking at guy” when making preseason predictions for the Steelers, but this year really feels different for me. These guys got their butts kicked all over the place in every part of the game by the contenders last year, and I don’t see what they’ve done that’s gonna change that.
I hope I’m wrong SY, but I can’t even begin to shake the icky feeling I have about this team.
National pundits are paid to talk/write, often what someone else tells them to, so skepticism regarding their output is warranted. I’ll just wait to see what happens in stadiums.
I completely agree Matt! I can’t even recall the last time I heard a piece — written or video variety — that sounded like the person (national pundit type person) was dialed in at all on the happenings with and around the Pittsburgh Steelers.
SY, it’s dumb of me, but Ryan Clark and Bryant McFadden break my heart, let alone Tony Dungy.
I agree! Ryan Clark especially bothers me. He seems to say things INTENDED to get a rise. And I deplore that style.
Same here.
Fair enough. I just think that the end of last year can’t serve as our barometer for future performance any more than the 6-1 start in the first 7 games by Russ can stand as the barometer for future performance. I just believe that we are a better team AND much closer to the 10-3 start than to the 0-5 finish. But, I also understand why you might differ from that opinion, Joe.
Yes.
Much depends on the planning and the execution. I agree Pgh needs far more “play to win, as opposed to play not to lose”, on both sides of the ball. This has persisted since 2019…partly coaching and partly the players. Change is hard to achieve.
I’m not much into these W-L predictions, too much happens IRL that swings events about.
I think this is pretty good prediction and probably is about what I would predict. I think it’s a 9 to 11 win team. Of course, the season always seem to play out differently than we assume/predict in May as some of the teams we think will be weak aren’t and also some of the teams we think will be strong aren’t. I still think these predictions are right in there!
I’d like to see 11 wins. Top-10 picks, when Pgh selects, scary to me. We’ll see.
The Steelers will win 9 or 10 games because they always win 9 or 10 games.
Not always. Later-stage Cowher teams checked in with 6-7 wins a few times. Tomlin has demontrated more wins per season more often to date. Nothing is guaranteed.
I’ll throw my hat in for an 11-6 season. or 10-7 season.
Wins in weeks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17 & (18)
Losses in weeks: 3, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16. (18)
Week 18 could go either way.
I just secured tickets for the Dublin game. Living in Europe I’m thrilled to get a chance to catch a game live again. Will be difficult though, and I expect a 9-8 season..
Dublin’s nice, I didn’t see Croke Park. Caught a rugby match at Trinity College, instead. I hope for a win at the game doubly now.
a true Pittsburgh Steelers fan, since the 70’s these are the teams that may give the Steelers problem during the season Baltimore Ravens but the Steelers shuold sweep the Baltimore Ravens other teams Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions they are no longer is a easy win, Minnesota Vikings