From the seemingly apparent Hard Knocks impact that led NFL schedule makers to pack the Pittsburgh Steelers’ latter half with divisional games, to scheduling three Super Bowl contenders between December 15th and December 25th, fans of the Black and Gold have had enough.
It appears the NFL never expected the 10-3 Pittsburgh Steelers to boast such a dominant record heading into Week 15. Otherwise, it makes little sense to seemingly handicap a potential Super Bowl contender by forcing them to play three games in just 10 days.
Facing the 11-2 Philadelphia Eagles on the road is challenging enough, but following that with a matchup against the 8-5 Baltimore Ravens, with divisional supremacy at stake, and the AFC-leading 12-1 Kansas City Chiefs feels nearly impossible to classify as fair.
To make matters worse, one of the Steelers’ top players, WR George Pickens, is battling a hamstring injury that could sideline him for the entirety of this brutal stretch. Steelers fans are understandably and justifiably upset, and here are some of their most passionate reactions on social media.
whoever made this 10 day schedule for the steelers needs to be arrested pic.twitter.com/PlAbU9RE02
— chris (@1017wrld) December 8, 2024
But the leagues main concern is players safety and health.
— TheCatfishJake (@JacobDeveral) December 4, 2024
Steelers definitely have it worse.
Eagles
Ravens
ChiefsAll in 11 days
— Jeff (@In__Sane744) December 12, 2024
It’s not that they hate the #Steelers. It’s that they place the importance of good TV over the player safety that they preach as so very important. This schedule was designed to bring in maximum TV revenues. Player safety be damned. https://t.co/dvmhxb90CE
— Ben Anderson (@BenAnderson58) December 10, 2024
They did do the Steelers dirty with that schedule.
— RoninTheOptiPessimist (@OptiThe) December 12, 2024
As a Steelers fan I agree. This is absolutely stupid and greedy of the NFL to schedule this https://t.co/dKQLubcI48
— Biotech Bri (@Brian_No_Dice) December 12, 2024
NFL be talking about player safety then go and schedule the Steelers to play the Eagles, Ravens and Chiefs in a 10-day span. Yeah okay.
— Nathan Thompson (@chunks227) December 11, 2024
It’s already a farce based up the Steelers schedule
— True Blue 🇺🇸🦅 (@Steeler2024) December 10, 2024
