If there is an NFL season this fall, it may look like something out of a bad futuristic movie.

Fake crowd noise and computer-generated fans in the stands as opposed to actual warm human bodies yelling obscenities. Yep, NFL 2020 may be coming to an empty stadium near you.

It could go down that way, but I like tradition and am hanging onto the hope that football will look more like it did last year and not what it will be in, say 2067.

With that in mind, I took a long look at the Steelers' schedule and here is what sticks out for me:

When Pittsburgh meets the Giants at MetLife Stadium Sept. 14, it will mark just the second time in 38 years the Steelers will open the season against an NFC team on the road. The previous instance was a win over the Redskins in 2016.

The Steelers host Philadelphia Oct. 11. Bragging rights in the Keystone State have gone to the Eagles and their fans more times than not over the years. Since Chuck Noll took over as head coach in 1969, the Steelers are just 4-9 against Philadelphia. Mike Tomlin is 1-2 when facing the Eagles.

Pittsburgh received its bye in Week 8, about as good a time as any. It comes in between two difficult road games against Baltimore and Dallas.

In Week 11, the Steelers fly south to play Jacksonville. The Jaguars were a thorn in Pittsburgh's side beginning with their expansion campaign in 1995.

That's the season the Steelers played in Super Bowl XXX, but they dropped an embarrassing 20-16 decision at Jacksonville that October.

That was when the two teams were both in the AFC Central and Pittsburgh went on to lose its first five games in Jacksonville.

Since then, the Steelers have won six of eight to the host Jaguars, but it's rarely been easy for them.

I love watching football in the snow and the Steelers could very well find themselves in the white stuff in a Sunday night game Dec. 13 at Buffalo. The last time Pittsburgh visited the Bills, Le'Veon Bell — yes, that guy — rumbled through heavy snowfall and the Bills' defense for 236 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-20 victory in 2016.

Having a good record after 12 games could be the deciding factor in whether or not the Steelers return to the playoffs for the first time in three years.

After all, they will hit the road for three of their last four games, including games at AFC North rivals Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Pittsburgh will host Indianapolis in the home finale Dec. 27. In the Colts' long history, which began in 1953 in Baltimore, they are just 2-15 in Pittsburgh.

The first of those two victories came in 1968 when Dick Shiner threw for Pittsburgh's lone touchdown in a game played at Pitt Stadium.

Let's hope Big Ben can muster more than that.

Derek Pyda is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle