The aggregate records of the Steelers’ 16 opponents is 117-139; that’s a .457 winning percentage that ranks 31st out of the league’s 32 teams. The division rival and defending AFC North champion Baltimore Ravens (.438) are the only team that has a worse schedule, based on this criteria and CBS’s compilations. The two other AFC North teams — the Cincinnati Bengals (27th, .477) and Cleveland Browns (29th, .461) are also among teams with the league’s six worst schedules.
That’s a function of facing the NFC East in its conference crossover games next season. Each division rotates through an inter-conference division foe every season, and the NFC East was by far the league’s worst division in 2019: the Philadelphia Eagles won it with a 9-7 record, followed by the Dallas Cowboys (8-8), the New York Giants (4-12) and Washington Redskins (3-13).
That’s a function of facing the NFC East in its conference crossover games next season. Each division rotates through an inter-conference division foe every season, and the NFC East was by far the league’s worst division in 2019: the Philadelphia Eagles won it with a 9-7 record, followed by the Dallas Cowboys (8-8), the New York Giants (4-12) and Washington Redskins (3-13).