Round 1 Pick No. 24: Najee Harris, RB, Alabama
Round 2 Pick No. 55: Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State
Round 3 Pick No. 87: Quinn Meinerz. C, Wisconsin–Whitewater
Round 4 Pick No. 129: Asante Samuel Jr., CB, Florida St.
Round 4 Pick No. 140: Myron Cunningham, T, Arkansas
Round 6 Pick No. 216: Tarron Jackson, EDGE, Coastal Carolina
Round 7 Pick No. 246: Khyiris Tonga, DT, BYU
UDFA: Divine Deablo, S, Virginia Tech
Yes, it was a strange season with very high highs and very low lows, but one good thing came out of it: the Ballers’ Trophy comes back home to where it belongs.
Here were the guesses on number of wins:
| Steelers | Rats | Stains | Bungles | Playoffs | |
| Actual | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| ESPN | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| MWalsh26 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| copanut | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| steelersfan58 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| tennbob | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| JAMESH | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| EstimatedProphet | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Although we were all rooting for JAMESH to get the win (and it looked promising for 11 weeks) it just was not to be.
Here is the final tally of results, which is the difference between estimated and actual results. Low score wins:
| Steelers | Rats | Stains | Bungles | Playoffs | Total | |
| Actual | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| ESPN | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| MWalsh26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| copanut | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| steelersfan58 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| tennbob | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| JAMESH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| EstimatedProphet | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
As you can see, copanut tied ESPN for the best prognostication. Although ESPN is the only entry that was exactly correct on the Steelers, copanut was closer with the Stains. Other differences cancelled out. MWalsh26 and tennbob were close behind with a score of 9. The dirty hippie might have won but failed to give guesses across the division and thus lost out. I gave him the courtesy of a guess for the Rats at 12 wins since he predicted they would finish ahead of the Steelers, but even that was not enough.
Better luck to all of us, in every way, for 2021.
Each preseason, we run 20,000 simulations of the entire slate with ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI), our projection system.
Here it is
STEELERS @ GIANTS 41–17
STEELERS vs. BRONCOS 27–24
STEELERS vs. TEXANS 33–20
STEELERS @ TITANS 31–21
STEELERS vs. EAGLES 15–10
STEELERS vs. BROWNS 27–10
RATS vs. STEELERS 30–10
Bye
STEELERS @ COWBOYS 13–10
STEELERS vs. BENGALS 27–23
STEELERS @ JAGUARS 37–23
RAVENS @ STEELERS 33–14
STEELERS vs. WASH 38–10
STEELERS @ BILLS 35–31
BENGALS vs. STEELERS 23–20
STEELERS vs. COLTS 22–20
BROWNS vs. STEELERS 23–10
NORTH W L T
RAVENS 12 4 0
STEELERS 12 4 0
BENGALS 7 9 0
BROWNS 7 9 0
Of interest:
All 4 Steelers losses are to AFC North (Rats 2X)
1 and done AGAIN in the playoffs.
From The Athletic
My vote was for: Lemieux, Clemente, Greene, and Palmer. Monument to be erected on the backs of Honus Wagner, Josh Gibson, and The Chief, and a statue of Crosby gazing up. While we’re at it, maybe one of Troy Polamalu leaping over top of the whole lot of them, glorious mane flying in the wind…
Round 2 #49 – Michael Pittman Jr, WR, USC
Round 3 #102 – Tyler Biadasz, C, Wisconsin
Round 4 #124 – Antonio Gibson, RB/WR, Memphis (Anfernee Jennings, OLB, Alabama)
Round 4 #135 – Alex Highsmith, OLB. Charlotte (Antonio Gibson, RB/WR, Memphis)
Round 6 #198 – Tanner Muse, S, Clemson
Round 7 #232 – Evan Weaver, ILB, California
FA
Alex Pechin, P, Bucknell
Austin Hall, S, Memphis
Rashard Lawrence, DL, LSU
Colton McKivitz, OT, West Virginia
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