At 2-2 and missing their starting quarterback for at least the next two games, the Pittsburgh Steelers chances of ending the first half of the season with a .500 record certainly doesn’t look good. As far as playoff chances go at this point, while early, they are seemly low, as you would expect
According to ESPN’s FPI Week 5 power rankings, the Steelers have just a 33 percent chance of returning to the AFC playoffs this year, even though they’re listed as the 10th-best team in the league.
The index currently has the Steelers at 8.