The Pittsburgh Steelers rallied last season to finish the season at 9-8, going 7-2 down the stretch after a 2-6 start to the year. In a loaded AFC North, the Steelers are facing an uphill battle again in 2023, with NFL Media analytics expert Cynthia Frelund projecting the team to have another nine-win season, but finish last in the AFC North.
Frelund’s model has Pittsburgh at exactly nine wins, a 1.2-win upgrade from last season, when the model had them projected for 7.8 wins. Obviously, they surpassed that number, but for a while it looked as though they might not even reach seven wins.