Tag: Steelers 2024 schedule

Najee Harris clueless about Steelers ‘hella funny’ schedule

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris is the definition of locked-in, an embodiment of the singular game approach.  

Every coach, every player will tell you they’re all about one game at a time — focused on only the forthcoming opponent. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris is the definition of locked-in, an embodiment of the singular game approach.

When asked by a reporter how the Steelers remain focused, knowing they have a brutal schedule of three games in 10 days, Harris wasn’t aware of which team was next beyond Philly.

“We play Chiefs [in Week 16], right?”

“Baltimore.”

“We play Baltimore after the Eagles?”

Harris looked surprised.

“That’s hella funny,” he said, stepping back, after the Steelers remaining opponents were read to him.

“Like I said, we play the Eagles next.”

@slightedgesports Najee Harris didn’t even know who his playing in the upcoming weeks😭 #najeeharris#nfl#steelers#eagles ♬ original sound – Slight Edge Sports 🥇


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Mike Tomlin responds to Steelers’ backloaded schedule

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin never shies away from what’s in front of him. And he’s not about to now.

Mike Tomlin never shies away from what’s in front of him. And he’s not about to now. The NFL backloaded the Pittsburgh Steelers’ schedule with six divisional games in eight weeks, but in typical Tomlin fashion, he doesn’t care.

“I don’t care,” Tomlin said in his weekly press conference. “I’ll play them whenever they schedule us. We’ve got no control over the schedule. Our goal is to beat everybody, but specifically week to week, we get singly focused on this week’s opponent, and so I’d be making it up if I told you I cared about the schedule of when we face people. I don’t.”

Pittsburgh’s brutal slate begins with the vaunted Baltimore Ravens this Sunday, Week 11. Three more divisional games follow with games at the Cleveland Browns, at the Cincinnati Bengals and back home to finish their Browns series.

In the final three weeks of the season, the Steelers have the Ravens in Baltimore, a home matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day and, finally, stay at Acrisure Stadium to finish the season against the Bengals.

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Steelers president Art Rooney II says what we’re all thinking about 2024 schedule

In May, the NFL handed down the toughest schedule of the upcoming season to the Steelers. 

In May, the NFL handed down the toughest schedule of the upcoming season to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Not only do the Steelers start the 2024 regular season with three of their first four opponents on the road, but the second half of the season is one of the most brutal in the NFL.

It’s a backloaded schedule, featuring no AFC North matchups during the first eight weeks until two back-to-back divisional showdowns against the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and, again, Cleveland. Pittsburgh takes on the Philadelphia Eagles, Ravens and reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs before closing out the regular season with Cincinnati in Week 18.

It sounds like something cooked up for a particularly juicy in-season “Hard Knocks.”

Steelers President Art Rooney said what we’re all thinking during an in-game broadcast booth interview with Charlie Batch and Bob Pompeani. “It’s not how I would’ve drawn it up if it was up to me.”

That’s putting it politely.

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