• |

    Submit Your 2014 Steeler Season Prediction

    Bycopanut2

    And the winner is……..

    Eight Ballers correctly predicted 11 wins for the Steelers: copanut, steelerfan58, chicosteelersfan, tompaulbillybob, malsor, writersrock, tuskegee_brown, and bgintn. Saneman also predicted 11 wins although the entry was late and lacked tiebreakers.

    Of these eight, four also correctly predicted 10 wins for the Bengals: copanut, steelerfan58, writersrock, and bgintn.

    Of these four, none correctly predicted either the Ravens or Browns. Steelerfan58 and bgintn were closest with 8 wins for the Ravens and 6 for the Browns. Mack was similarly close overall but missed on the Steelers which is the most important prediction.

    Late breaking change: Because of the Bengals tie, tuskegee_brown is equally close on their record as he predicted 11 wins for them. He was also closer on the Browns pick than steelerfan58 or bgintn. Therefore….

    So…. Baller honors this year go to steelerfan58, bgintin, and tuskegee_brown in a tie. Well done, gentlemen.

    See the 2014 predictions below the line…

    Read More “Submit Your 2014 Steeler Season Prediction”

  • | | | |

    WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DRAFT?

    Byabennihana

    What do you think of the Steelers’ picks today? Is there anyone you wish they had picked up? Anyone you wish they had not drafted? Anyone who you knew they wouldn’t, that you believe will be a good pro?

    Put it down in the comments. This will make for an interesting look back conversation in a year.

  • |

    BGINTN’s Special Spot

    Bycopanut

    BIGINTN asked, “COPA Can you create a space for us to list our “special” players in the draft and who we would pick if they are available at #15? It sure looks like there could be an impact player available that also fills an immediate need”.

    Ask and you shall receive.

    You can comment on this thread to highlight your faves. Sometime closer to the draft we can gather up final predictions.

  • 2013 Prediction Review

    Bycopanut

    Looking back at our  predictions for 2013, I think we can say we’re pretty smart, but not as smart as we like to think.

    As a group, we picked the Bengals to take the division, followed by the Steelers, the Ravens, and the Browns. We nailed that one.

    Our individual results were not so accurate, however.

    Nobody picked the Steelers to finish 8-8. Nobody. Given that we like to think of ourselves as Steelers experts, clearly we’re a bit deluded about that. The closest were bills and jeffmi who picked the Steelers to go 7-9. [Edit: it seems that malsor did make an accurate prediction of 8-8 although it was late and therefore not in my summary table. However, he only gets partial credit for victory because he also predicted 6-10, plus a whole bunch of other stuff of mixed accuracy, depending on this and that and the other thing. Next time, the rule will be to go with one prediction and one only.]

    One person, mwalsh, accurately predicted the Bengals to finish at 11-5.

    Four people accurately predicted that the Ravens would end up at 8-8: copanut (I blush), steeltyke, mack, and tompaulbillybob.

    Nobody accurately predicted the Browns would win only 4 games. The closest were jamesh and steeltyke who picked them to win 6.

    Let’s see if we can do better for 2014. The early betting line has the Steelers going 19-0, baby.

  • |

    Hold On to Your Hats ‘N Glasses

    Bycopanut

    Just to be sure we’re all on the same page, here is the breakdown of tomorrow’s sixth seed possibilities. In short, the Steelers need the end result of the day to be a five-way tie at 8-8. That sounds bad (and it is), but none of the four contenders control their own destiny. (While the Jets could match the records of the four contenders, they have no tiebreaker path to the playoffs, thus they will be playing the role of spoiler and playing for the life of their coach.)

    Source: BleacherReport

  • |

    You Make The First Pick

    Bycopanut

    Inspired by a question in today’s PG+ chat, the question is this. Imagine you are in the Steelers war room during the upcoming draft. Pick #17 rolls around and many of your top prospects are still on the board. You have only a few minutes to make your decision. Which of the following options do you take?

    • draft Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia
    • draft Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
    • draft Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee
    • draft Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee
    • draft Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame
    • draft Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama
    • trade down six spots for a 2nd round and 7th round pick

    Bonus question: at pick 12, Tavon Austin, WR, WVU, is still available. You have reason to believe the Panthers will draft him at pick 14.  Tampa Bay offers to trade pick 13 in exchange for your first, third, and 7th round picks plus a conditional pick from next year. Do you take the deal and draft Austin?

  • |

    Submit Your 2013 Steeler Season Predictions

    Bycopanut

    This site is serving only one purpose, and that is to provide a place for all of the PG+ experts to post their 2013 season predictions. [Edit: you don’t need to be a PG+ subscriber to post here. The only requirement is that you can’t be a douchebag.] [Edit 9/18/13:  Now that PG is setting up a universal paywall, this site is serving a new purpose – a Steelers “sound off” chat forum that doesn’t cost $10/ month. Welcome one and all.]

    The most accurate prognosticator will win the best prize of all: bragging rights. You can change your prediction at any time as new information becomes available, but the accuracy of later predictions has less weight than those of earlier predictions. Final winner will be chosen by the SteelSwami, whose identity is hidden from mortals. SteelSwami does not suffer appeals.

    Only the prediction for the Steelers counts in this particular thread, but feel free to make other predictions, such as division standings, SB winner, player Most Likely to Sweed, etc.

    Note: you can enter a bogus email address. It won’t be checked or published. But, use your PG+ name please. Also note, your first post will be moderated to weed out autospam.