{"id":53754,"date":"2025-05-16T03:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/53754\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T03:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T03:28:09","slug":"analyst-steelers-wont-make-playoffs-even-if-tom-brady-suits-up-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/53754\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst: Steelers Won’t Make Playoffs Even If ‘Tom Brady Suits Up’ For Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 2025 schedule has been released.<\/a> While it isn\u2019t as brutal as last year\u2019s, it still looks difficult. The Steelers face several of the NFL\u2019s best teams, including the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, and Baltimore Ravens (twice). If they want to finally win a playoff game this year, they\u2019ll face some tough tests, especially if they don\u2019t upgrade at quarterback. Analyst Jason McIntyre doesn\u2019t believe the Steelers have any chance of making the playoffs, even if Tom Brady, arguably the greatest quarterback of all time, was playing for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Steelers schedule is not good,\u201d McIntyre said Thursday on FS1\u2019s The Herd with Colin Cowherd.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m not going out on a limb here, they ain\u2019t making the playoffs. I don\u2019t care if [Aaron] Rodgers shows up, I don\u2019t care if Tom Brady suits up. They\u2019re not making the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Brady retired after the 2022 season, McIntyre is likely using his name to emphasize his point that he doesn\u2019t care who\u2019s going to be under center for the Steelers. For what it\u2019s worth, if the Steelers were able to add Brady in his prime to their current team, they\u2019d probably jump for joy.<\/p>\n

The Steelers\u2019 roster isn\u2019t perfect, but if they add even a decent quarterback, they could be a postseason contender. Their defense is stellar, and they shored up some of their holes this offseason. While they traded George Pickens, they still have DK Metcalf. Their young offensive line should be poised to take a step forward this year, too.<\/p>\n

At the moment, Mason Rudolph is the Steelers\u2019 starting quarterback. If that remains, it\u2019s fair to doubt their odds of making the playoffs. However, it seems likely that Rodgers will eventually sign with Pittsburgh.<\/a><\/p>\n

Although Rodgers isn\u2019t the same player he once was, he looked better toward the end of the 2024 season. If the Steelers get that version of him, then they could be better than they were in 2024. They\u2019ve made the playoffs with bad quarterback play before. Why should there be more doubt surrounding them if they upgrade under center?<\/p>\n

Maybe the Steelers will miss the playoffs this year. That\u2019s entirely possible, especially with the way their 2024 season ended. However, giving them no chance might be a mistake. Tomlin\u2019s Steelers have proved doubters wrong before.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 2025 schedule has been released. While it isn\u2019t as brutal as last year\u2019s, it still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[1586,7,18358,57,18359,1369],"class_list":{"0":"post-53754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jason-mcintyre","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-the-herd-with-colin-cowherd","13":"tag-tom-brady"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}