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Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Steelers' 2025 Season Prediction Will Shock Many
Steelers' 2025 Season Prediction Will Shock Many originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Steelers are fresh off a forgettable 2024 season. Yes, the team won 10 games. Yes, the team made the playoffs. But by black and gold standards, it was a poor effort all around. A 10-3 start and multigame lead in the AFC North quickly fizzled out when Pittsburgh lost its final four regular-season games, including two to division opponents, and limped into a wild-card matchup with the Baltimore Ravens. Pittsburgh's play under center — with time split between Justin Fields and Russell Wilson — was subpar, the offensive line play was poor, and the defense fell apart toward the end of the season. While general manager Omar Khan completely turned over the QB room ... again ... and brought in a couple of notable players in free agency, trades and the NFL draft, the team seems far from the Super Bowl contender that Khan seems to think it is. Pro Football & Sports Network released its 2025 season predictions for each NFL team, and thinks Pittsburgh won't get to double-digit wins ... far from it. Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 Prediction Projected Win-Loss Record: 5.7-11.3 Playoff Probability: 5.6% Divisional Probability: 0.4% Super Bowl Probability: 0.1% "Through 18 seasons as the Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach, Mike Tomlin has not finished with a losing record. According to the PFSN NFL Playoff Predictor, there's a good chance that streak gets broken in 2025," PFSN wrote. "Granted, the Steelers were aggressive in upgrading their roster this offseason. Aaron Rodgers, DK Metcalf, Jonnu Smith, Jalen Ramsey and Darius Slay all stand out as big additions. "Rodgers is a massive wild card, though, and their core is getting older. Pittsburgh can never be written off with Tomlin as their coach, but there's a wide range of outcomes." This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
USA Today
12-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How many wins are Colts projected to have in 2025?
Super Bowl 59 is only a few days behind us, but Pro Football Network has already started looking ahead to the 2025 season for the Indianapolis Colts. Using their NFL Playoff Predictor, Pro Football Network ran 10,000 simulations, which are based on their power rankings, for the upcoming season to determine how many wins each NFL team will have in 2025. The Colts, in these 10,000 simulations, finished with almost an identical record to 2024, averaging 7.8 wins and 9.2 losses. The Colts would make the playoffs in 32.9% of these simulations and won the AFC South 29.0% of the time. There are two big unknowns when it comes to trying to figure out how the upcoming season might unfold for the Colts: what do the Colts get from Anthony Richardson, and how does Chris Ballard handle the offseason? The 2024 season was a roller coaster ride for Richardson, who completed just 47% of his passes with eight touchdowns to 12 interceptions and he also missed multiple games with injuries. For those reasons–injuries and inconsistent play–Ballard did say that he will bring in competition for Richardson this offseason. However, if you're looking for reasons for optimism, Richardson's play did improve after he returned to the starting lineup after being benched. In addition to that, unlike last offseason, he is fully healthy this year and will also be working with the same quarterback coach that Josh Allen did early in his career. Ballard, meanwhile, wants to fight off complacency and help elevate the level of play throughout the roster by infusing it with competition. If he does that, there are a few position groups, including tight end, safety, and cornerback, that could look quite different at the start of 2025 than what they do now. And if that's the case, how differently do PFN's simulations play out? As I described recently, Ballard accomplishing this doesn't mean breaking the bank salary cap-wise with only top of the market additions either. The Eagles' and Howie Roseman just showcased the importance of constantly churning the middle and bottom portions of the depth chart to help facilitate improved play. Especailly this early in the offseason, attempting to gauge where the Colts will end up record-wise in 2025 isn't easy. One could see a path to improvement but recent history might suggest otherwise. Ultimately, the Colts' ceiling–and floor–will be determined by the answers to the two questions mentioned above.
