Quote:The surprise risers and fallers are one of the funnest parts of the NFL season for me. Impossible to predict and exciting to watch. I love it. 

 

I left the Steelers off the list because I watched their "ones" struggle mightily in week three of the preseason on both sides of the ball.  They certainly have the talent to make a run though. 

 

You have a good point on KC. 

 

 Unless age caught up to the Steelers with some of their key veteran players,   my gut feeling is the 3rd pre-season game won't be reflective of how their season will go.  The Patriots come to mind as a team that looked horrible in a couple of game # 3 pre-season games in Detroit in recent years and they went on to having their usual type of regular seasons in 2011 and 2013.    Like the Patriots,  the Steelers have the type of seasoned coaching and veteran leadership/ talent that gives me confidence that the pre-season game in Philadelphia was the exception,  not the norm.   

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