Week 10 Weekend: Steelers Friday Night Five Questions

Happy Friday, and I hope yinz are doing well.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off their bye and ready for the Washington Commanders in Week 10. Even without a game last weekend, they’ve kept us plenty busy. Ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline, the team made a pair of moves, acquiring WR Mike Williams from the New York Jets and EDGE Preston Smith from the Green Bay Packers. Reinforcements for the team’s stretch run.

Pittsburgh is looking healthy coming out of the bye with RB/KR Cordarrelle Patterson and C Zach Frazier poised to return. DB Cameron Sutton is also eligible to play following his eight-game suspension. Still, Sunday’s game will be a key litmus test against one of the NFL’s biggest surprises of the season, the 7-2 Commanders led by rookie sensation QB Jayden Daniels.

After this week, the Steelers begin AFC North play with their first of four-straight divisional matchups that will truly shape how the standings unfold during the playoff race.

As always, we’re here to bring whatever happens to throughout the weekend. Until then, we have five questions for you to answer below.

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1 – As always, we ask: will the Steelers beat the Commanders? 

2 – Washington has turned the ball over an NFL-low three times this year. How many turnovers (offense only, not special teams) will it have against Pittsburgh? 

3 – RB Najee Harris has rushed for 100-yards in three-straight games, a career-best. Does he make it four in a row? 

4 – Who has more – WR Mike Williams first downs or OLB Preston Smith combined tackles? 

5 – Who has more – QB Jayden Daniels rushing yards or Steelers points + total first downs? 

Tiebreaker – How many rushing yards do the Steelers record in this game? 

Recap of 2024 Bye Week Friday Night Five Questions

Keep answering folks. You have to play to win!

Question 1: The Bengals beat the Raiders, 41-24. Easy call as 93.5 percent of Steelers Depot respondents (43 of 46) picked Cincinnati, which oddsmakers favored by 7.5 points.

Question 2: The Ravens beat the Broncos ,41-10. Another easy one with 91.3 percent of respondents (42 of 46) picking Baltimore to win, which was favored by 8.5 points.

Question 3: But the Browns lost to the Chargers, 27-10. A little closer with 60.9 percent picking Cleveland to lose this game. Oddsmakers slightly favored Los Angeles and gave the Browns 1.5 points.

Question 4: Diontae Johnson continues to disappoint Steelers fans. He played 17 offensive snaps, and Lamar Jackson never threw a pass in his direction. Only three respondents predicted zero receptions for Johnson. Had he caught at least one, at least one person would have won the five-point weekly bonus. With two or three receptions, six or seven people would have won the weekly bonus. Hope he has similar production when he plays Pittsburgh.

Question 5: Omar Khan did not make one but two trades with a couple hours to spare before the trade deadline. Former Jets wide receiver Mike Williams and former Packers edge rusher Preston Smith are now wearing Black and Gold. A narrow 52.2 percent majority (24 of 46) picked up a point by saying Khan would make a trade ahead of the deadline.

REMINDER: Once Beaver Falls Hosiery “likes” your response, the answers are recorded on a spreadsheet. If you want to revise an answer prior to the cutoff (usually kickoff), the best way you can ensure that we accurately record your final answers is replying to your original response and NOT editing it.

Here are the consensus answers of Steelers Depot respondents compared to the correct answers:

 Steelers Depot respondents answered four of five questions correctly as a group. Impressive job!

This was a very tight race. Luckily, Alex Kozora anticipated the dead heat and added a second tiebreaker for the bye week.

Both tiebreakers were needed with 15 people missing just one question. All were tripped up by the number of Diontae Johnsons catches. Five folks came within 10 yards or less of predicting how many passing yards Jameis Winston would have. Chris92021 was 10 over at 245 yards. Steelers D and Style Points predicted 244 yards. Both Sunshine State Steel (243) and Buckeye Steel (227) only missed by eight yards.

On the second tiebreaker, Derrick Henry gained 106 rushing yards. Sunshine State Steel called for 93 yards. But Buckeye Steel’s 94 entry beat him out by one yard.

Kudos Buckeye Steel! Please send me a DM (subBurgher on twitter or quarternelson on Instagram or email quarter_nelson@yahoo.com) with your PayPal address to receive your winnings. Alternatively, you can kick your share back towards the next pot or donate it to the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Or opt for a Steelers Depot polo shirt in lieu of the cash prize. Entirely up to you, just let me know.

The first four places remain unchanged with Style Points still in the lead. Mike Bianchi and Andy N are keeping pace. Five people dropped off the leaderboard. All took the week off from answering and paid the price. Pghomer and Steely McBeam are back on the leaderboard.

We had the lowest number of responses for the season. The Steelers are back in action this weekend. Keep answering folks!

Here is the 2024 leaderboard after Week 9:

*New to the leaderboard