Arizona Cardinals for Pittsburgh Steelers (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Pittsburgh Steelers DST - PIT PIT	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 32	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. ATL	at LAC	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 3 star matchup. DSTs perform close to their average vs ATL	This is a 4 star matchup. DSTs perform a little better than their average vs LAC	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	130.0	77.0	-
Avg Game	7.6	4.5	-
Avg Projection	113.4	90.3	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	5	28	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Pittsburgh Steelers	Arizona Cardinals	Add Player

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 08/05	#9	#32	-

Ted Chmyz T. Chmyz Fantasy Football Bots Fantasy Football Bots 08/05	#6	#31	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#7	#28	-

Mike Bland M. Bland Points Over Expected Points Over Expected 08/05	#10	#32	-

Justin Boone J. Boone Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#8	#32	-

Josh Norris J. Norris Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#8	‐	-

Hayden Winks H. Winks Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#7	‐	-

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#11	#32	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 08/05	#6	#32	-

Chet Gresham C. Gresham SB Nation SB Nation 08/05	#10	‐	-

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 08/05	#7	‐	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 08/05	#11	#32	-

Rich Piazza R. Piazza Fantasy Shed Fantasy Shed 08/04	#8	‐	-

Aaron St Denis A. St Denis Fantasy Sports Advice Network Fantasy Sports Adv... 08/04	#13	#31	-

Blake Fincher B. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe Fantasy Football Cafe 08/04	#9	‐	-

Kelly Smelser K. Smelser Punch Drunk Wonderland Punch Drunk Wonder... 08/04	#10	‐	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 08/03	#8	#31	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/03	#11	‐	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 08/02	#10	#32	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 08/04	#10	#30	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/01	#11	‐	-

Scott Engel S. Engel RotoBaller RotoBaller 08/01	#7	‐	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 08/05	#10	#31	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 08/05	#9	‐	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/04	#5	#30	-

Pete Nova P. Nova FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 07/31	#12	#25	-

Kyle Senra K. Senra Going For 2 Going For 2 08/05	#5	#32	-

Shaun Evans S. Evans FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 08/03	#9	‐	-

Nic Bodiford N. Bodiford NerdBall Fantay Football NerdBall Fantay Fo... 08/03	#9	‐	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/29	#18	‐	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/05	#7	#32	-

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/28	#6	‐	-

Gary Davenport G. Davenport Footballguys Footballguys 07/28	#5	#32	-

Dr. Roto D. Roto FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 08/03	#10	#32	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/29	#7	#32	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/24	#8	#32	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/23	#4	#32	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 08/04	#9	#31	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 07/17	#9	#32	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 07/17	#9	#32	-

Dennis Sosic D. Sosic Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/17	#6	#31	-

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 07/26	#9	‐	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/14	#11	‐	-

Kev Mahserejian K. Mahserejian Razzball Razzball 07/13	#6	‐	-

Jason Willan J. Willan Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#10	‐	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#12	#32	-

The Tecmo Weave T. Tecmo Weave Lab 52 Lab 52 07/12	#20	‐	-

Brian Hartman B. Hartman QB List QB List 07/27	#10	‐	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#8	#32	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 08/01	#5	#31	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#9	‐	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 08/02	#8	#32	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 08/03	#9	#32	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/25	#9	‐	-

Derek Brown D. Brown FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/05	#11	#32	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/24	#9	‐	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 08/05	#9	‐	-

Judy Adabie J. Adabie Fan Girl Football Fan Girl Football 07/07	#9	‐	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 08/01	#7	‐	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#3	#32	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley Hashtag Football Hashtag Football 07/21	#5	#25	-

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 08/01	#8	#31	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/04	#11	#32	-

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/05	#12	#32	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/03	#7	#32	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 08/05	#8	#32	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 07/25	#9	‐	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/05	#12	#31	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/27	#9	#32	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 08/05	#9	‐	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#9	‐	-

Elisha Twerski E. Twerski USA Today USA Today 04/28	#8	‐	-

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#13	‐	-

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 05/20	#11	#30	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#7	#27	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#13	#32	-

Marc Shannep M. Shannep Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout 07/15	#11	#30	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Pittsburgh Steelers DST - PIT PIT	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
2026 Schedule
Week 1	vs. ATL	at LAC
Week 2	at NE	vs. SEA
Week 3	vs. CIN	at SF
Week 4	at CLE	at NYG
Week 5	vs. IND	vs. DET
Week 6	at TB	at LAR
Week 7	at NO	vs. DEN
Week 8	vs. CLE	at DAL
Week 9	BYE WEEK	at SEA
Week 10	at CIN	vs. LAR
Week 11	at PHI	at KC
Week 12	vs. DEN	vs. WAS
Week 13	vs. HOU	vs. PHI
Week 14	at JAC	BYE WEEK
Week 15	vs. BAL	vs. NYJ
Week 16	vs. CAR	at NO
Week 17	at TEN	vs. LV
Week 18	at BAL	vs. SF

Player Projections Comparison
	Pittsburgh Steelers DST - PIT PIT	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
Defense

Sacks	45.9	35.7
Ints	13.6	11.8
Fumble Rec	12.8	9.3
Forced Fumble	18.8	14.0
Def TD	2.4	1.9
Ast Tackles	0.0	0.0
Safety	0.0	0.5
Points Allowed	347.4	466.5
Yards Allowed	5,437.1	6,154.8

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Pittsburgh Steelers DST - PIT PIT	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
2025 Points
Week 1	2.0	5.0
Week 2	5.0	13.0
Week 3	16.0	6.0
Week 4	10.0	5.0
Week 5	‐	7.0
Week 6	10.0	2.0
Week 7	1.0	1.0
Week 8	-4.0	‐
Week 9	18.0	15.0
Week 10	5.0	6.0
Week 11	21.0	-1.0
Week 12	10.0	17.0
Week 13	5.0	3.0
Week 14	4.0	-4.0
Week 15	7.0	-1.0
Week 16	5.0	7.0
Week 17	10.0	-1.0
Week 18	5.0	-3.0
Total	130.0	77.0
Average	7.6	4.5

Notes for Player Combination
	Pittsburgh Steelers DST - PIT PIT	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
Expert
Andrew Erickson FantasyPros	Week 1? Home versus the Atlanta Falcons. That in itself justifies selecting the Steelers DST. They also come in at No. 4 in the projections - but this unit has seen a fall-off over the last 2 seasons (4 to 9). The Steelers' secondary was shredded at times last season, allowing the fourth-most passing yards per game and ranking third in total missed tackles. FA acquisitions Jaquan Brisker and Jamel Dean should help bolster the back-end, but this defense STILL projects as one of the oldest in the league. But the third-easiest schedule through the first eight games suggests they start the year strongly.