Steelers 2021 schedule: Ranking the 7 toughest games for the Steelers

What do you get when you start a season 11-0, finish 1-4 and get drummed out of the first-round of the playoffs as a consolation prize? If you are the Pittsburgh Steelers you get the toughest strength of schedule in the NFL the following season. The Steelers released their 17-game schedule on Wednesday night and it is brutal.

Here are our seven toughest games on the schedule, ranked.

1-Week 16 @ Kansas City Chiefs

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Late in the season, on the road in Kansas City against the defending AFC champions in the midst of their toughest stretch of the season is a recipe for disaster for the Steelers.

2-Week 18 @ Baltimore Ravens

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There couldn't be a worse way for the Steelers to finish the season if they are in a playoff hunt is on the road against the Baltimore Ravens.

3-Week 17 vs Cleveland Browns

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This one is in Pittsburgh but the Browns swept the Steelers last season and this late in the year both of these teams will be fighting for their lives.

4-Week 1 @ Buffalo Bills

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The NFL schedule makers cut the slow-starting Steelers no slack with a road game against the ascending Buffalo Bills in Week One.

5-Week 6 vs Seattle Seahawks

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Heading into the bye week, the Steelers will need to stay focused if they want to get past Russell Wilson and the always-tough Seattle Seahawks.

6-Week 8 @ Cleveland Browns

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This game might not carry the weight of the Steelers/Browns matchup down the stretch but it's in Cleveland on Halloween when all the weird things happen.

7-Week 14 @ Minnesota Vikings

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On paper, this might not seem like a huge matchup but on the road just ahead of a killer four-game stretch is the very definition of a trap game for the Steelers.

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