Good Riddance AFC West, see ya in 2015

[Count Steeler]

What is it with us and the AFC West?

Denver lost
Oakland lost
KC game win, barely, but lost Ben
SD lost

And if we play Denver, in Denver in 2015, we should burn down the NFL offices.

[Edman]

The AFC West kicked Pittsburgh's ass this season.

I think it's because of their familiarity with Haley and his offense. Haley is just one year removed from coaching in KC. That's the only explanation I have. The Steelers have owned San Diego and all of the sudden they get smashed today. I don't see it happening again, though.

[zulater]

Just shows that the Steelers should never take any game for granted. But they do.

[st33lersguy]

The AFCWest has had Pittsburgh's number in recent years, not just this year

[salamander]

I think it's every four years so it would be 2016... but who's counting :lol:

[Count Steeler]

I think it's every four years so it would be 2016... but who's counting :lol:

Nope, 3 year rotation. Last played in 2009. This year is 2012. Next 2015.

[salamander]

Nope, 3 year rotation. Last played in 2009. This year is 2012. Next 2015.

Hmm... I could've sworn they did a 4 year rotation. Oh well. Maybe different divisions garner different rotations?

[st33lersguy]

The Steelers are 8-10 against the AFC West since the beginning of the 2006 NFL season. They have been struggling against the AFC West in recent years

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[steelreserve]

And if we play Denver, in Denver in 2015, we should burn down the NFL offices.

We should do that anyway.

But no, I'm sure it won't be that long. We'll probably play Denver on the road in the playoffs this year, then twice in the regular season next year somehow, both times in Denver.

[salamander]

When was the last time we DIDN'T play Denver in Denver?

[st33lersguy]

When was the last time we DIDN'T play Denver in Denver?

November 2006, a 31-20 lost. The steelers have played 4 games in Denver since, including the playoff game

[86WARD]

Hmm... I could've sworn they did a 4 year rotation. Oh well. Maybe different divisions garner different rotations?

I think NFC is 4. AFC is 3 b/c the Steelers are in one division...hence 3 left...

[Count Steeler]

I think NFC is 4. AFC is 3 b/c the Steelers are in one division...hence 3 left...

This is correct.

[polamalubeast]

This is hard to explain the lack of success of the steelers against this division

And if the steelers are the playoffs, he has a very good chance that the Steelers play against the Broncos in Denver again

[salamander]

I think NFC is 4. AFC is 3 b/c the Steelers are in one division...hence 3 left...

Makes sense.

[CPanther95]

AFC West is timed with our "3rd year reload" year. We missed the playoffs in 2003, 2006 & 2009. If we don't make the playoffs this year, we will be 0-4 in the years we've played the AFC West since the current schedule format was implemented in 2002.

Every time we play Denver (or any other team) as part of the normal schedule, it will alternate between home and away. The only variable are the other years (like 2010 and 2011) when we are playing the same ranked opponent from the AFC West. Those alternate home & away on a different schedule depending on division. For the AFC West same ranked opponent it's:

2013: Home
2014: Away

2016: Away
2017: Home

So it's actually possible to play a team away, or home, 3 times in a row if you catch them as the same ranked opponent in the correct years.

[salamander]

AFC West is timed with our "3rd year reload" year. We missed the playoffs in 2003, 2006 & 2009. If we don't make the playoffs this year, we will be 0-4 in the years we've played the AFC West since the current schedule format was implemented in 2002.

Every time we play Denver (or any other team) as part of the normal schedule, it will alternate between home and away. The only variable are the other years (like 2010 and 2011) when we are playing the same ranked opponent from the AFC West. Those alternate home & away on a different schedule depending on division. For the AFC West same ranked opponent it's:

2013: Home
2014: Away

2016: Away
2017: Home

So it's actually possible to play a team away, or home, 3 times in a row if you catch them as the same ranked opponent in the correct years.

Except it seems like we somehow always end up playing in Denver (not counting the post season).

[st33lersguy]

AFC West is timed with our "3rd year reload" year. We missed the playoffs in 2003, 2006 & 2009. If we don't make the playoffs this year, we will be 0-4 in the years we've played the AFC West since the current schedule format was implemented in 2002.

Every time we play Denver (or any other team) as part of the normal schedule, it will alternate between home and away. The only variable are the other years (like 2010 and 2011) when we are playing the same ranked opponent from the AFC West. Those alternate home & away on a different schedule depending on division. For the AFC West same ranked opponent it's:

2013: Home
2014: Away

2016: Away
2017: Home

So it's actually possible to play a team away, or home, 3 times in a row if you catch them as the same ranked opponent in the correct years.

This time it was different, we played Denver and San Diego in the same location

[pepsyman1]

It's actually more even then it seems. We've played 21 regular season games against Denver with 11 away and 10 home. And both teams have had runs where there were 3 straight regular season games at one stadium in a few short years

[st33lersguy]

It's actually more even then it seems. We've played 21 regular season games against Denver with 11 away and 10 home. And both teams have had runs where there were 3 straight regular season games at one stadium in a few short years

Was the stretch in Pittsburgh by chance the 80s? I think that if the vast majority of the most recent games are in Denver, the vast majority of the series in the 70s, 80s, and 90s must have been played at Three Rivers

[CPanther95]

You're right, I forgot about the adjustment they made a couple years ago. We were originally scheduled to play in Pittsburgh this year and it was changed. We are on the same home/away schedule as the Browns, and the Ravens & Bengals are on the opposite rotation (we played Eagles/Redskins at home, they got Giants/Cowboys).

Originally, the AFC West had Raiders/Chargers paired up on the same rotation - Chiefs/Broncos on the opposite. Nobody liked the fact that when their division played the AFC West, 2 teams had to make 2 long west coast trips in the same year while the other 2 teams in the division didn't. So starting in 2010 (or 2011), they paired the Raiders with the Broncos instead. That meant a one-time adjustment which happened this year. We played in Denver instead of home - but we got the Chargers at home when we were due to play them in San Diego this year.

So we played Denver:
2003: Away
2006: Home
2009: Away
2012: Away (originally scheduled for Home)

Next 2 will be:
2015: Home
2018: Away

Then we played them away in 2007 also, but it's because they were the same ranked opponent. If we had played them in 2008 or 2010 as the same ranked opponent, those games would have been in Pittsburgh.

We won't finish with the same rank this year, so we won't play them in 2013, but if we finish 2013 with the same rank, the next time we play Denver will be 2014 - and it will be in Denver AGAIN.

[st33lersguy]

Originally, the AFC West had Raiders/Chargers paired up on the same rotation - Chiefs/Broncos on the opposite. Nobody liked the fact that when their division played the AFC West, 2 teams had to make 2 long west coast trips in the same year while the other 2 teams in the division didn't. So starting in 2010 (or 2011), they paired the Raiders with the Broncos instead. That meant a one-time adjustment which happened this year. We played in Denver instead of home - but we got the Chargers at home when we were due to play them in San Diego this year.


Interesting sidenote: The same thing happened with the NFC West. Originally the Cardinals and Rams were paired in one rotation, and the 49ers and Seahawks in another but they flipped it and had the Cardinals paired with the 49ers and the Seahawks paired with the Rams, thus why our last 2 games against the Cardinals have been in Arizona and why our last 2 games against the Seahawks have been at home