Pittsburgh Steelers’ Schedule 2024-2025: Dates, Times, TV Channels, Strength of Schedule, and More

For the third time in four seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves in the postseason. For the seventh straight year, though, they failed to win a playoff game.

While head coach Mike Tomlin has long been known as a consistently great head coach, having never fielded a team below .500, Pittsburgh’s inability to truly be title contenders has hindered them over the last few seasons. That’s why, after two disappointing seasons from the young Kenny Pickett, the Steelers have started over at quarterback with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields.

Can Wilson end Tomlin’s streak without a playoff win? Or are there bigger problems going on in Pittsburgh? Let’s examine their 2024 schedule, including their strength-of-schedule ranking, record prediction, prime-time games, and biggest matchups.

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Schedule and Opponents

The complete 2024 NFL schedule was released on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, and we have it in the table below (which is best viewed in landscape mode).

Steelers’ Strength of Schedule

Pro Football Network’s in-house strength-of-schedule metric has the Steelers owning the fourth-hardest schedule in the NFL this upcoming season.

With each AFC North member finishing over .500 last year, and contests against playoff teams like the Cowboys, Eagles, and Chiefs, the Steelers have their work cut out for them this year. They also have hard games against teams with great quarterbacks like the Falcons with Kirk Cousins, Chargers with Justin Herbert, and Jets with Aaron Rodgers.

In short, there’s no guarantee Wilson will be the best quarterback on the field in many of Pittsburgh’s games.

Steelers Record Prediction: 10-7

Despite the hard schedule, it’s easy to see how the Steelers could play well enough to reach the playoffs once again.

Wilson working with Arthur Smith as the Steelers’ new play-caller could open the door for a big offensive season, and the defense has the potential to be elite.

The team also had a terrific 2024 NFL Draft, adding offensive tackle Troy Fautanu, center Zach Frazier, wide receiver Roman Wilson, linebacker Payton Wilson, and guard Mason McCormick among others.

Scouts are raving about the #Steelers' 2024 draft class, and @caplannfl says former @PackFootball LB Payton Wilson could be the STEAL of the class. 👀#HereWeGo | #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/AXKzWTOFEp

— Pro Football Network (@PFN365) May 2, 2024

There’s also the very real notion that Tomlin’s teams usually play up to competition and play down to bad teams. Look at last year’s losses to the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals as primary examples.

With so many tough opponents, the Steelers don’t have the luxury of playing “down” to anyone. That alone might be enough to keep them in pace with the rest of the AFC North with the Browns, Bengals, and Ravens all holding their own championship aspirations.

Prime-Time Games

• Week 5: Cowboys at Steelers (SNF)
• Week 7: Jets at Steelers (SNF)
• Week 8: Giants at Steelers (MNF)
• Week 12: Steelers at Browns (TNF)

The Steelers have four prime-time games in 2024 — the same number as 2023. With their talented defense, quarterback upgrade and a loyal fan base, it makes sense that they’ll be on national television quite a bit.

When Is Pittsburgh On Bye?

The Steelers’ bye is in Week 9. They will have two weeks to prepare for their Week 10 matchup against the Washington Commanders.

Biggest Matchups of the Year

The AFC North sent three teams, including the Steelers, to the playoffs last season. While the Browns and Ravens could be seen as organizations likely to take a step back, the Bengals getting Joe Burrow back leaves the Steelers with plenty of good teams to go up against this season.

Outside of the obvious divisional games, home games against the Chiefs, Cowboys, Chargers, and Jets will do Pittsburgh no favors. There’s a reason they have one of the toughest schedules in football this upcoming season.

Check out PFN’s coverage of the NFL schedule release, including the full week-by-week schedule, a breakdown of how the NFL schedule is made, top revenge games of 2024, strength of schedule rankings, our ranking of this year’s international games, and more!