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Game Balls, Game Goats & FU's........week 17..............vs Bengals

Chicoman

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This was a painful game to watch! I said a week ago this game was a must win because a loss and a Chargers win tomorrow this team would travel to Baltimore for one last final *** kicking to end the 2024 season! Derrick Henry will put up well over 200 yards rushing against this Steelers Defense! The last 4 weeks must be what it feels like to be a JETS fan! In Tomlin's 17 seasons as Head Coach of the Steelers he's had a total of 8, yes 8 end of the season collapses where he has lost at least 3 of 4 or 4 of the last 5 games to end the season! That means 47% of the time he has failed his team down the stretch as a Head Coach. Yeah he's never had a losing season but this guy is a loser! We have the DEI NFL Coach of the Year! I can't stand the man! HE SUCKS!

Maybe it's the new mentality that Mediocrity is now considered winning football since the inception of Participation Trophies! I grew up a Die Hard Steelers fan where the goal each and every year is to win the Super Bowl. Tomlin has gotta go and don't give me that bullshit "Who you going to get to replace him?" You can find any mediocre Head Coach in the NFL who can yield the same results Tomlin has given us throughout his coaching career! He is not a good Head Coach!

This game started in typical Tomlin fashion going down 10-0 to the 27th Ranked NFL Defense at home in your house to start he first quarter while the Juggernaut OC Arthur Smith managed 1 first down on a running play by Najee Harris. This is the same Bungles team that the Steelers put up 44 points on in Cincy 5 weeks ago! Seeing Tomlin look completely clueless on the sidelines makes me think of this guy!

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Offensively the Steelers couldn't get anything going the entire game.....They attempted 12 passes through 3 Quarters of football Russell Wilson had 65 yards throwing. Look Russell Wilson is NOT THE GUY going forward! He doesn't have it anymore! If they are planning on resigning him next season. They can get rid of Arthur Smith too! We need a young offensive wizard who can design a modern pass oriented offense built around the young talent on this roster! Steelers offense only managed to possess the football for 22 minutes. WTF George Pickens all of a sudden can't catch a football! Targeted 6 times and had 1 reception for 0 yards! FANTASTIC!

As for the Defense...they performed ok tonight but that doesn't do anything to save Teryl Austin's job as DC. He's got the most expensive Defense in the NFL and they should be alot more consistent on Defense than they have been all season....especially the last 5 or 6 games! I actually felt bad for Cory Trice who was given no help tonight covering Ja'Marr Chase....I will give credit to Cory Trice tonight though.....he had 11 tackles out there in game.....the kid is a very good open field tackler who is essentially a rookie who was going up against one of the NFL's best WR's and despite giving up a TD he played pretty darn good! **** Teryl Austin for putting that game plan together and not give the kid any help!


Per Mike Tomlin Post Game:
Najee - Evaluated for a Concussion but passed the test and was able to return
McCormick - Left Hand injury being evaluated


Game Balls:
Cam Heyward - 3 batted balls tonight....the guy has played his heart out all season. Sorry Cam but your Head Coach owes you an apology!
Keanu Benton - Congrats on your first NFL sack, 5 tackles tonight....great effort
Pat Freiermuth - 8 rec 85 yds 1-TD....nice to see someone came to play tonight on offense!

Game Goats:
Russell Wilson - This guy isn't good! We've seen pretty much all he's got! I hope they don't resign him! HE SUCKS!
George Pickens - WTF son.....6 targets 1 reception 0 yards! A BULLSHIT PERFORMANCE! He's lucky if he's a #2 WR! Time to find a real #1 WR in the off-season
Dan Moore - This guy blew chuncks tonight!

FU's:
Mike Tomlin - DEI NFL Coach of the Year! HE SUCKS! He's Gotta Go!
Arthur Smith - I thought I hated the Bubble Screens more than any other offensive play! Now we've got the pitch back running play that makes me cringe everytime I see it! FIRE THIS BUM!
Teryl Austin - His time has come....we should have kept Brian Flores to be our DC! At least he would have improved our Defense! He will probably end up the ScapeGoat this offseason!
 
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Great post Chicoman

Only FU still needed is to Art Rooney II for tolerating Tomlins garbage for the last 8 years and being more interested in profits and his outdated beliefs of running a modern NFL franchise than Steeler fans who want to cheer for a relevant team and have made him and his descendants filthy rich. No other owner would tolerate 8 years of no playoff wins.

The only hope is Tomlin someday sooner than later resigns, I don’t think Art Rooney II is capable of firing him
 
I cannot fathom the dedication that this staff has to running the football (usually right up the middle) on first down. I haven't seen anything like it lately in today's NFL. It is 2025, not 1975. Enough already.

The defense played well, only allowing 19 points to a Bengals team scoring an average of 30+ over their last 8 games. Even as the Steelers' offense once again compiled a high number of three-and-outs, the D bent but did not break after the first drive.

The Steelers just cannot put it together to get the job done over the last month. When receivers are open, Wilson sucks. When he manages to throw a good pass, they drop it. When Watt gets a sack, there's a defensive hold. When the defense or special teams makes a big play, the offense can't capitalize.

It's just painful to watch.
 
FU to whomever game plan it was to have Trice singled on chase
Instead of cheating a S in that direction they have Minkah playing back in center field. Fine then take another S and cheat him over there every play.

Just one of many dumb things this highly dumb team does.

I sat for most of the game with the volume off until the end of the 4th that I cussed out-loud and irritated ol girl and upset the dog.

To this day just when I think I can control my emotions the Steelers amp up their futility on the field.

Think Fields could have gotten one of those failed short and distance plays?

Think another coach couldn’t have them playing up tempo earlier?

Just two in a series of game to game head shakers to pair with seasons of similar results.
 
Big FU to the offense and coaching.


This defense makes key stops and gets them the ball back. At some point you have to score and usher this offense into modern times.


Defense gets a pass because they do enough to win games.
 
This season has gone pretty much as I expected. Strength of schedule was backloaded with the top teams at the end to pretty much guarantee a late season slide. We won one we should have lost - the first Ravens game where their kicker missed two easy field goals and they failed a 2-pt conversion - and we lost some we should have won - the Browns and Cowboys games. The ceiling for a Tomlin-coached team is 11-6 with 10-7 or 9-8 typical.
 
Game Goats:
Russell Wilson - This guy isn't good! We've seen pretty much all he's got! I hope they don't resign him! HE SUCKS!
George Pickens - WTF son.....6 targets 1 reception 0 yards! A BULLSHIT PERFORMANCE! He's lucky if he's a #2 WR! Time to find a real #1 WR in the off-season
Dan Moore - This guy blew chuncks tonight!
If Pickens and Moore aren’t on this list, Wilson has an entirely different game.
 
I cannot fathom the dedication that this staff has to running the football (usually right up the middle) on first down. I haven't seen anything like it lately in today's NFL. It is 2025, not 1975. Enough already.
Somewhere, Walt Kielsing is smiling. Hey diddle diddle, it's Harris up the middle.
 
No game ball to losers of four straight...both side s of the ball was hot and cold all night...coaches clueless and Tomlin should get an award for those expressions on the sidelines.

The big FU to Pickens whom after a non-show game wants to get it on with the paying fans.
Tomlin gets one also for not pulling Picken and reading the riot act, but we have seen this movie before.
 
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