Season has a different feel. They are not playing to hide the offense. They are playing physical brand with well timed passing game. If they one and done in the Playoffs .......I'm gonna *****. But it's a hell of a lot different believing they will win instead of hoping. 17 weeks of what I want Steelers football to look like, I can get over maybe a bitter end. Are you entertained? I damn sure am.
Are you entertained?
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Entertained? mildly. Different feel? Not really if I go back to the Superbowl teams. This team is showing some grit that was missing in most of Tomlin's tenure. They have an identity and they're coming together but they're not quite there yet in terms of the feel of those Superbowl teams. At least for me, anyways.
Things are better, but im not convinced. I didnt like our pass protection yesterday, and i didnt like the lack of precision passing, short to intermediate.
I guess were doing ok. But still ugly.
I guess were doing ok. But still ugly.
I do not for a minute entertain they are a SB team. But at same time every week teams I wouod consider in that category show their warts. Even KC. If you don't think they are vulnerable you are joking yourself. Every week they scratch out sone bullshit win. This team has moments they struggle but tgey are using all parts of the field. The plays make sense. Two things I'd say holding them back at this point. Maybe a weapon. And asserting their will with the run game inside the 10.
Too be fair even winning in the first quarter of the season looked like same **** different pile. Win around the QB. Get in the playoffs get your *** handed to you. Not the same since Wilson.I told you this before the season started...
Aw, helll. Why not? We are grown. If it doesn't play out that way, we can handle it.
But they have as good a shot as they have had in a long time.
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Kansas City are getting calls by the refs. Every week there are videos on youtube pointing out the unbelievable missed calls or blatant all out favoritism.
This I do agree with. My deal with SB is every game is win by the nutsack. Now you do get a team that is used to playing in tight games. However it only takes one misstep at wrong time.
I have a friend that loved Brady hates Mahomes. *******. I'm like are you kidding me.
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Why not SB? I think the recipe is excellent for deep run.
KC
Buffalo
Baltimore
LA
Houston
Cincinnati
Which is these teams is head & shoulders above the rest of the AFC? I say none of them
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Baltimore
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Houston
Cincinnati
Which is these teams is head & shoulders above the rest of the AFC? I say none of them
Every team has warts
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7-2 and the two losses are by a combined 6 points. yes entertained.
Ravens scare me most.
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The Chiefs remind me a lot of the 2020 Steelers in that they're undefeated halfway through the season, but are doing it in about the ugliest, least convincing way possible. They still have to be considered the team to beat in the AFC due to the combination of their QB, their record and being the defending champions, but they seem pretty vulnerable. The scary thing about them is their post season experience and the fact they have room to improve as Deandre Hopkins gets more familiar with their offense.
The Ravens pass defense has been terrible, and Lamar has established a reputation for choking in the playoffs
The Bills don't really have any glaring weaknesses and would probably be the AFC team I would currently bet on, as they have been knocking on the door for awhile. Saying that, Josh Allen is really the only part of their team I would consider elite. Their receivers , OL and defense are decent but not great.
At this point, why not the Steelers in that AFC?
Tomlin is a concern given recent post season struggles, but they're currently top 10 in the league in scoring offense and defense. Russ is putting it in the end zone and has Super Bowl experience. They need to tighten some things up on the OL and in the secondary, but both units have shown stretches of good play, with the consistency lacking.
The Ravens pass defense has been terrible, and Lamar has established a reputation for choking in the playoffs
The Bills don't really have any glaring weaknesses and would probably be the AFC team I would currently bet on, as they have been knocking on the door for awhile. Saying that, Josh Allen is really the only part of their team I would consider elite. Their receivers , OL and defense are decent but not great.
At this point, why not the Steelers in that AFC?
Tomlin is a concern given recent post season struggles, but they're currently top 10 in the league in scoring offense and defense. Russ is putting it in the end zone and has Super Bowl experience. They need to tighten some things up on the OL and in the secondary, but both units have shown stretches of good play, with the consistency lacking.
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Given the injuries they’ve had, I don’t know how anyone can’t be happy with the results. I wonder how good they could’ve been without the OL injuries?
Happy so far overall if that equals entertained sure. When you are older it doesn’t take much. Just give me a W. That’s all I need. And my Steelers blanket all I need. Maybe a chair and a remote… all I need…
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No doubt best offense in league, best QB statistically but they have no pass rush. They play zone and give up 30. They play man and give up 40.
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Entertained enough to watch more games already this year than I did the two years before.
I am far too cynical. I just can't believe that there is not favoritism for the Chiefs and Rats. One of them will be the afc team in the sb, and it might just happen on a few questionable calls.
We're not that favored team. We won't be in the sb, barring some monumental collapse.
In the meantime, I'm enjoying it.
I am far too cynical. I just can't believe that there is not favoritism for the Chiefs and Rats. One of them will be the afc team in the sb, and it might just happen on a few questionable calls.
We're not that favored team. We won't be in the sb, barring some monumental collapse.
In the meantime, I'm enjoying it.
Just being real. Where I live.....April- about till now. Wouldn't live anywhere else. 300k population with all the amenities. Space. 2 hours from pristine lakes and wilderness. 4 distinct seasons. But about 2 weeks from now to April it is the physical *** end of the world. So if this team looks to have a punchers chance in the playoffs, gets me to Mid-Late January. 3 weeks max to my February holiday. 5 weeks after that till it ends. Maybe sounds stupid where you live, but my reality.
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Beat a sb contender then I'll be entertained. Let people at work tell it we're headed to NO.
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Whole thing. Why it means a lot when they play like this.
Possible they could lose both but probably win one against Ravens. Then what?
Entertained, yes. Doing slightly better than I expected so far.
But a lot of their wins are against bad teams and they're not convincingly beating good teams like Washington.
We'll see how they do against the Rats, Eagles, and Chefs.
I don't have much hope for winning a playoff game.
But hey, that non-losing season is almost upon us. That's become our Super Bowl.
But a lot of their wins are against bad teams and they're not convincingly beating good teams like Washington.
We'll see how they do against the Rats, Eagles, and Chefs.
I don't have much hope for winning a playoff game.
But hey, that non-losing season is almost upon us. That's become our Super Bowl.
