Welcome to the terrible take a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind.

I'm Alex Kizora.

By now you know the Pittsburgh Steelers will for the first time be featured on hard knocks. They won't be the feature of the

traditional and better known training camp documentary, but for the first time ever,

a division the AFC North will be featured for NFL films in season version of the show.

And it just so happens, as you also know, the Steelers don't play their first AFC North game until week 11. That's the

latest start to their divisional schedule in team history. Four of their six North

games will be part of that Hard Knox schedule more than any other team in the division.

So you know, what a wacky coincidence by the NFL.

After the schedule was released, League personnel was adamant it was a total goof and

accident not planned or intended. They likened it to a college basketball schedule.

See, the Steelers are just like the Kansas Jayhawks. How fun!

Now you could argue that NFL films saw the schedule after the fact and capitalized on the Steelers'

quirky outlook, and maybe that's still the the this year's hard knocks. On March 26th, nearly two months before the schedule was

released, HBO announced its series in conjunction with NFL films and the

league would feature a division, not just one team. So the NFL knew well ahead of the

schedule, probably as they were still configuring and tweaking things, the angle the show was

taking. What the NFL did seems very and highly intentional,

which hey, I'm not even upset about.

They know it's a business, I get it.

But don't tell us, and the rest of of the fans this was a total coincidence on all the facts point otherwise.

That's the part. I can't stand.

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