Steelers’ schedule called NFL’s toughest

Based on the procedure the NFL uses to calculate such things, which is adding the previous season’s records of all upcoming opponents and calculating an overall winning percentage from that, the Steelers have the league’s toughest regular season schedule in 2021. Steelers President Art Rooney II recognizes that, but he also understands such a conclusion doesn’t mean a whole lot when it’s reached four months before any of the games start to be played.

“It’s a challenging schedule. We know that, and you just have to deal with it,” said Rooney. “Every year there are teams that wind up being stronger than you expect, and sometimes teams wind up being weaker than you expect, so that’s why you