When the NFL announces its schedule for the 2015 regular season next week, it is very likely that the Pittsburgh Steelers will be looking across the field at the defending Super Bowl champions to begin the season.
When the season kicks off on Thursday September 10, the Steelers could likely be heading to Foxborough to take on the New England Patriots.
The NFL wants a high profile matchup to begin the season on national television and given the Pats home schedule this season, which features games against the Steelers, Jets, Dolphins, Bills, Titans, Jaguars, Eagles, and Redskins, Pittsburgh could be the best fit.
Throw in the fact that the season has opened with two teams playing in the same conference 11 of the past 13 years and we will likely see a Pats-Steelers opener announced.
The quarterback matchup of Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady is also the best one on New England’s home schedule this season.
Ironically, if a New England-Pittsburgh matchup does indeed open the 2015 campaign, both teams will be without their top running back.
LeGarrette Blount was handed a one-game suspension by the league for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
Steelers’ running back Le’Veon Bell is currently appealing a three-game suspension after being charged with DUI while with Blount last summer.
The last time the two teams met was in 2013 when the Pats came into Heinz Field and beat the Steelers 55-31.
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