Full disclosure, I'm a Steelers fan. I think they are going to struggle more than he thinks. I think the #4 ranking is probably too kind. They are probably going to be lucky to make a wildcard spot this season. They have a lot of new guys on D, a new system (zone, after years of MoM), and an offense that looks to start off (as usual) somewhat slow and run in fits and starts... We'll see how things start tomorrow night...
As a fellow Steelers fan, I must unfortunately agree with you. The Steelers are not as good as most think they are. The offense will be good, but it may struggle a bit without Bell and Bryant for the first two and four games respectively. The defense is likely to be a disaster unless Butler has something up his sleeve that they haven’t shown all preseason. I can’t imagine any possible way they’ll go into New England tomorrow and be competitive. They do have some winnable games after that, but I’d be really surprised if they win more than 9 games this year.