The Pittsburgh Steelers will have one of the tougher schedules in the NFL throughout 2025. They’ll enter Week 1 with the 10th hardest schedule in football, making a hot start all the more necessary to the team’s success this year. The Steelers made significant moves on both sides of the ball during the offseason and will look to take full advantage of the first few weeks on the schedule.
The 2025 season is going to be an absolute grind. The Steelers’ schedule is not promising, and the team will have to stress the importance of playing clean football, while leaving mistakes to a minimum. ESPN analyst Ryan Clark recently shared his thoughts on Pittsburgh’s schedule, where the analyst claimed he is 10/10 concerned with the initial matchups of the season.
Clark spoke about the Steelers declining towards the end of the season in recent years as well, as the analyst made it clear just how crucial a hot start will be.
“My level of concern is 10/10,” Clark stated. “And it’s not necessarily that I’m expecting them to get off to a slow start. It’s the fact that this team can’t get off to a slow start.”
Clark then continued to go more in depth on why a hot start will be so important, with some of the easier games of the season scheduled for early in the year.
