<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n After opening the 2022-23 campaign 2-6, it appeared the Pittsburgh Steelers would be on their way to making history. Not that they\u2019ve never had a losing season. Far from it. Before their 1970s dynasty, this was a pretty bad team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Mike Tomlin has never finished below .500 in his 15-year head coaching career. The Steelers won seven of their last nine games to not only stay mathematically alive for the playoffs going into the final week of the season, but finish with that winning record and maybe set expectations a tad too high for 2023-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PITTSBURGH STEELERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2022-23 Record:<\/strong> 9-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Playoffs:<\/strong> N\/A<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presumed Starters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n QB:<\/strong> Kenny Pickett<\/p>\n\n\n\n RB:<\/strong> Najee Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n WR:<\/strong> George Pickens<\/p>\n\n\n\n WR:<\/strong> Allen Robinson II<\/p>\n\n\n\n WR:<\/strong> Calvin Austin III<\/p>\n\n\n\n TE:<\/strong> Pat Freiermuth<\/p>\n\n\n\n LT:<\/strong> Dan Moore, Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LG:<\/strong> Isaac Seumalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n C:<\/strong> Mason Cole<\/p>\n\n\n\n RG:<\/strong> James Daniels<\/p>\n\n\n\n RT:<\/strong> Chukwuma Okarafor<\/p>\n\n\n\n LDE:<\/strong> Larry Ogunjobi<\/p>\n\n\n\n NT:<\/strong> Montravius Adams<\/p>\n\n\n\n RDE:<\/strong> Armon Watts<\/p>\n\n\n\n WLB:<\/strong> TJ Watt<\/p>\n\n\n\n LILB:<\/strong> Cole Holcomb<\/p>\n\n\n\n RILB:<\/strong> Kwon Alexander<\/p>\n\n\n\n SLB:<\/strong> Alex Highsmith<\/p>\n\n\n\n LCB:<\/strong> Levi Wallace<\/p>\n\n\n\n RCB:<\/strong> Patrick Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n SS:<\/strong> Keanu Neal<\/p>\n\n\n\n FS:<\/strong> Minkah Fitzpatrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n K:<\/strong> Chris Boswell<\/p>\n\n\n\n P:<\/strong> Pressley Harvin III<\/p>\n\n\n\n PR:<\/strong> Calvin Austin III<\/p>\n\n\n\n KR:<\/strong> Gunner Olszewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023 NFL Draft: <\/strong>Round 1: Broderick Jones, OT, Georgia, Round 2: Joey Porter, Jr., CB, Penn State, Round 2: Keeanu Benton, DT, Wisconsin, Round 3: Darnell Washington, TE, Georgia, Round 4: Nick Herbig, LB, Wisconsin, Round 7: Cory Trice, Jr., CB, Purdue, Round 7: Spencer Anderson, OG, Maryland<\/p>\n\n\n\n Players Gained:<\/strong> Cole Holcombe \u2013 LB (FA), Patrick Peterson \u2013 CB (FA), Nate Herbig \u2013 OG (FA), Elandon Roberts \u2013 OLB (FA), Keanue Neal \u2013 Safety (FA), Kwon Alexander \u2013 ILB (FA), Markus Golden \u2013 OLB (FA), Chandon Sullivan \u2013 CB (FA), Armon Watts \u2013 DT (FA), Le\u2019Raven Clark \u2013 RT (FA), Nick Kwiatkoski \u2013 ILB (FA), Tanner Muse \u2013 OLB (FA), Breiden Fehoko \u2013 DT (FA), Desmond King \u2013 CB (FA), Isaiah Dunn \u2013 CB (FA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Players Lost:<\/strong> Cameron Sutton \u2013 CB, Robert Spillane \u2013 LB, Devin Bush \u2013 ILB, Trenton Scott \u2013 OG, Terrell Edmunds \u2013 Safety, Myles Jack \u2013 ILB, Steven Sims, Jr. \u2013 WR, Malik Reed \u2013 OLB, Anthony Miller \u2013 WR, Benny Snell, Jr. \u2013 RB, Arthur Maulet \u2013 CB, JC Hassenauer \u2013 Center (FA), Tae Crowder – LB<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pittsburgh Steelers 2023 Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023 Super Bowl Odds:<\/strong> +3300<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023 AFC Championship Odds:<\/strong> +1800<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023 AFC North Odds:<\/strong> +500<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Team Wins:<\/strong> Over 8.5 (+103), Under 8.5 (-125)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I made the joke during the Steelers\u2019 embarrassing loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the opening week that edge rusher TJ Watt was playing selfishly, racking up sacks, tackles and turnovers while not scoring a single touchdown. Turns out, he must have read that because defensive scores are pretty much why Pittsburgh is sitting at 1-1 as a write this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These first two weeks have proven, beyond any argument, that the preseason was meaningless. No team looked better than the Steelers in August. On offense, they\u2019ve barely looked like they know the sport they\u2019re playing is football. Offensive coordinator Matt Canada was much maligned a season ago. But, trust me, it\u2019s nothing like the hate he\u2019ll be getting this year if Pittsburgh finishes with a losing record for the first time in Tomlin\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023-23 Win Prediction:<\/strong> 7-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow Adam Greene on Twitter <\/em>@TheFirstMan<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Connect with us our socials on <\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a> for the latest sports news, viral moments, betting odds and the occasional memes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY ADAM GREENE After opening the 2022-23 campaign 2-6, it appeared the Pittsburgh Steelers would be on their way to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":24122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24293,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24292\/revisions\/24293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}