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The Pittsburgh Steelers are scheduled to play simply 4 prime time video games in 2020.
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This would be the sixth consecutive season that the Steelers open away from Heinz Subject, this time in opposition to the New York Giants, within the ‘early’ Monday Night time Soccer recreation on September 14. It’s additionally the second 12 months in a row that Pittsburgh will open on nationwide tv.
In fact, if all goes effectively, the sport in opposition to the Giants will mark the common season return of Ben Roethlisberger. In a current interview with NFL Community, Mike Tomlin sounded optimistic that Huge Ben shall be obtainable and able to go.
“As we sit right here in the present day, we're extraordinarily assured in his readiness,” Tomlin stated. “We're having fun with the method that he’s going by way of proper now. Clearly, it’s now with out its angst. [Ben] is coming off a season-ending harm and surgical procedure. However we like the place we're. He’s throwing on a rehab schedule, and it’s going effectively, and we absolutely anticipate him being able to go for that opener.”
As for the eagerly-awaited house opener, that is available in week two, when the Steelers host the Denver Broncos, a group with whom Pittsburgh shares a bye (week eight), which would seem to supply scheduling flexibility if that contest must be postponed.
The primary AFC North recreation is week six at house in opposition to Cleveland, which shall be Myles Garrett’s first look in Pittsburgh since his notorious confrontation with Mason Rudolph final 12 months.
But the single-biggest recreation of the 12 months must be the Thanksgiving night time matchup with the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Subject, the Steelers’ first-ever Thanksgiving Day house recreation. You could recall that the Steelers performed at Baltimore on Thanksgiving night time in 2013, which is best-remembered for the controversy that ensued after Tomlin obtained in the best way of Ravens returner Jacoby Jones throughout a protracted kickoff return, a transfer which will have prevented a Baltimore landing.
The Thanksgiving night time recreation is one in every of solely 4 prime time video games, versus the utmost of 5 that Steelers followers normally get pleasure from. The opposite prime time tilts come back-to-back in December, at Buffalo and at Cincinnati.
It’s Time for a Pair of ‘Household Feuds’
The Sunday Night time Soccer recreation in opposition to the Payments can be notable for being a household reunion of kinds. It will likely be the second consecutive 12 months that security Terrell Edmunds and working again Trey Edmunds go in opposition to their brother, Payments linebacker Tremaine Edmunds.
Much more notable, maybe, is the week three showdown with the Houston Texans at Heinz Subject, when linebacker T.J. Watt and fullback Derek Watt host Texans defensive finish J.J. Watt and his teammates. Only a guess, however there could also be some smack discuss between the brothers on social media within the run-up to that recreation.
Steelers 2020 Preseason Schedule
As for the preseason schedule, the Steelers are slated to play the Dallas Cowboys within the Corridor of Fame Recreation, to be held at Tom Benson Corridor of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, on August 6.
However the Corridor of Fame tilt could also be overshadowed by the primary house preseason recreation, which can mark Tom Brady’s first look with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Franchise quarterbacks sometimes don’t play in preseason openers, however with Brady integrating into a brand new group, maybe he'll take a couple of snaps, as would possibly fellow Ex-Pat—or ought to that be expat?—Rob Gronkowski.
In fact, the sport will even be the primary skilled encounter between Steelers’ seventh-round choose Carlos Davis and his twin brother Khalil, who was drafted one spherical earlier by the Buccaneers.
Pittsburgh will conclude the house portion of its 2020 preseason slate with an August 23 recreation in opposition to Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. Little doubt that contest will embrace important taking part in time for backup QB Jameis Winston, intriguing within the sense that Winston stays a longshot candidate to switch Ben Roethlisberger someplace down the highway.
Lastly, Pittsburgh will wrap up its 2020 preseason with a highway recreation in opposition to the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium, adopted by the standard preseason finale in opposition to the Carolina Panthers. Sometimes the Steelers and Panthers alternate house video games, however this would be the second season in a row that the Steelers go to Charlotte to shut out the preseason.
Noticeably absent is the near-annual preseason tilt in opposition to the cross-state rival Philadelphia Eagles. One expects that the groups determined to skip going through off in opposition to one another for simply this one 12 months, because the groups will collide within the common season, at Heinz Subject on October 11.
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