The Steelers have a top-10 defense this season and the best special-teams unit so far. One concern is that they have played the ninth-easiest schedule to this point and have the eighth-hardest schedule going forward. Pittsburgh will need that offense to be better than below-average if they are to navigate a tough stretch of games.

The offense is clicking, even without a consistently viable alternative to Travis Kelce. 2. Eagles (6-1, No. 5): They could QB push their way to the Super Bowl, again. 3. Jaguars (5-2, No. 6): Right now,