We’ve heard enough from analysts and pundits who think the Pittsburgh Steelers will upset the San Francisco 49ers in Week One. That the Steelers will make the playoffs, heck, a handful who have picked them to win the division. But Bill Simmons’ projection trumps them all. In the latest edition of his podcast for The Ringer, he thinks the Steelers will finish the year as the AFC’s top speed.
Seriously.
“People are gonna think I’m drunk,” an apparently sober Simmons said. “I have the Pittsburgh Steelers as the one seed. I have the Kansas City Chiefs as the two seed.