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Rather dispassionetely. It's pretty easy to see that the type of football the Steelers are playing has zero hope of contending in reality for the remaining two years of Tomlin's mandate before he is a lame duck. They could do well in FA. Nail the draft. I see them taking a flyer on Fields actually. A blind man can see Russ has a floor that will get you 9 or 10 wins but not a chance for more. Otherwise what else. Sam Darnold and his 40 million plus. But even if they do all the right moves it's still checkers vs. Chess here. Buffalo has pretty smart coaching. They have pretty good talent. After the turnover on downs under two min it got to second down. I said they are passing the ball. Romo said they are passing the ball. I'm certain everyone on the Bills knew they were passing the ball. They still scheme him open by 3 yards for a walk over first down. Then they did it again on the nail in the coffin sequence. That is what it takes at the Championship level. The Steelers could have every player from the Chiefs organization and simply not do that.
 
str8liner said:
Hey just count your lucky stars we haven't had a........

Oh, nevermind.
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A) Tomlin will never be a lame duck as he has an automatic three year extension that kicks in whenever he is set to enter a contract year…Art has very craftily avoided that worrisome situation becoming a possibility.

B) OlderRuss has a ceiling of 10, not a floor of 9-10…and he may need someone else to spot him a 4-2 start to hit that ceiling. Pretty sure that old man that got his a$$ whooped by a blocking sled ain’t lasting a whole season.

C) The Steelers gonna Steeler…happy groundhog’s day.
 
BLITZ said:
the Eagles play a simiilar game to ours. Run the football and have a strong defense. the just have better players, better schemes and better coaches. thats all.
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So you’re saying we’re almost there! Just need better players, schemes and coaching…we’re sooooo close I can almost feel the break through
 
BLITZ said:
the Eagles play a simiilar game to ours. Run the football and have a strong defense. the just have better players, better schemes and better coaches. thats all.
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Yep. That's pretty much the sum of it.

There's nothing new they're doing in today's game that hasn't already been done.

It's all in how you put it together with scheme and coaching.
 
So the Eagles had Andy Reid, who went to a Super Bowl and 4 or 5 NFCCG's, they weren't happy and fired him, bring in Pedersen who wins a Super Bowl and 4 playoff games in 5 seasons (Tomlin has 3 since 2011), then they fire him, hire Siriani who is in his Second Super Bowl in 4 seasons, has won 4 playoff games already(against Tomlin 3 since 2011), and a 48-20 regular season record and he was on the hot seat last season, yet Tomlin is totally safe.
 
Coryea said:
So the Eagles had Andy Reid, who went to a Super Bowl and 4 or 5 NFCCG's, they weren't happy and fired him, bring in Pedersen who wins a Super Bowl and 4 playoff games in 5 seasons (Tomlin has 3 since 2011), then they fire him, hire Siriani who is in his Second Super Bowl in 4 seasons, has won 4 playoff games already(against Tomlin 3 since 2011), and a 48-20 regular season record and he was on the hot seat last season, yet Tomlin is totally safe.
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And yet Bills mafia is roasting McDermott like we do Tomlin. Saying the exact same things.
 
I can’t remember an era in the nfl where you’ve had such parity. The Andy Reid chiefs coach was talking about it after the game. We are basically watching the coaching staffs compete with each other. This coaching staff couldnt complete at the college level to say nothing of the pros. Couple drafts back the DC was being asked about the defensive players drafted… the undersized defensive tackle from Texas a&m in perticular and the DC had no clue who the player was, or any of the players drafted… he had no opinion on who what when where… I wasn’t shocked at all, I mean all you had to do was look at his track record. You could go on the Steeler Nation board and a dozen ppl had an educated understanding of the said player but not our DC. He didn’t grow up in WPA he doesn’t bleed black and gold… none of that staff does… and ill tell you this… this team sure as hell reflects it!!
 
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And yet Bills mafia is roasting McDermott like we do Tomlin. Saying the exact same things.
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To be fair, the way he coached the game last night, it might have been Tomlin in disguise. Starting RB on the bench for the final drive, start it off with a toss play outside, then a WR screen to the oldest WR on the roster. Not to mention trying to run the same play on every 4th and short play.
 
Coryea said:
So the Eagles had Andy Reid, who went to a Super Bowl and 4 or 5 NFCCG's, they weren't happy and fired him, bring in Pedersen who wins a Super Bowl and 4 playoff games in 5 seasons (Tomlin has 3 since 2011), then they fire him, hire Siriani who is in his Second Super Bowl in 4 seasons, has won 4 playoff games already(against Tomlin 3 since 2011), and a 48-20 regular season record and he was on the hot seat last season, yet Tomlin is totally safe.
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Just remember if Tomlin were to be replaced there is absolutely no one else that could yield the spectacular results he has achieved. We in fact MUST stay the course with him as he is the ONLY one possible of achieving such sustained mediocrity.

The only thing for Art to fear is the fear of a new coach, he’s blinking…wish there were someone around capable of cutting off his eyelids
 
Coryea said:
So the Eagles had Andy Reid, who went to a Super Bowl and 4 or 5 NFCCG's, they weren't happy and fired him, bring in Pedersen who wins a Super Bowl and 4 playoff games in 5 seasons (Tomlin has 3 since 2011), then they fire him, hire Siriani who is in his Second Super Bowl in 4 seasons, has won 4 playoff games already(against Tomlin 3 since 2011), and a 48-20 regular season record and he was on the hot seat last season, yet Tomlin is totally safe.
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When you break it down like that it's pretty amazing, huh? And I know we all dislike Belichick, but the guy won a Superbowl in 2019 and got canned only 4 years later.
 
Fiji Mariner said:
Just remember if Tomlin were to be replaced there is absolutely no one else that could yield the spectacular results he has achieved. We in fact MUST stay the course with him as he is the ONLY one possible of achieving such sustained mediocrity.

The only thing for Art to fear is the fear of a new coach, he’s blinking…wish there were someone around capable of cutting off his eyelids
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You are 100% correct, we as fan's don't know how good we have it. We are lucky to get blown out in the playoffs and not have to invest our time and emotions into thinking we actually have a shot to win another super bowl title. It's actually quite refreshing
 
My personal opinion is it will get two more years of this.(How could it possibly get better) the noise from the outside will get louder. They will not agree to extend him and he will walk away from the final year instead of firing. Take a year off and come back.
 
insaniti said:
You are 100% correct, we as fan's don't know how good we have it. We are lucky to get blown out in the playoffs and not have to invest our time and emotions into thinking we actually have a shot to win another super bowl title. It's actually quite refreshing
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This is the first year I’ve ever started betting against my beloved Steelers. I used to take an occasional opponent getting a ton of points where we could still win while hitting my bet… but this year I even began taking teams giving us points where we had to lose to hit the bet. But seeing the writings so clearly on the wall I figured I may as well get paid for it.

So now Mike is just my predictable employee who gets me paid. Finished the year 11-0 (5 on side, 3 o/u and 3 props) on Steeler game wagers…sometimes it’s too easy to see what’s going to happen. The cash at least takes some of the frustration of the futility away.

Insider trading at its finest. It was refreshing to stop prohibiting myself from profiting off the obvious.
 
Fiji Mariner said:
This is the first year I’ve ever started betting against my beloved Steelers. I used to take an occasional opponent getting a ton of points where we could still win while hitting my bet… but this year I even began taking teams giving us points where we had to lose to hit the bet. But seeing the writings so clearly on the wall I figured I may as well get paid for it.

So now Mike is just my predictable employee who gets me paid. Finished the year 11-0 (5 on side, 3 o/u and 3 props) on Steeler game wagers…sometimes it’s too easy to see what’s going to happen. The cash at least takes some of the frustration of the futility away.

Insider trading at its finest. It was refreshing to stop prohibiting myself from profiting off the obvious.
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Keep that up and they'll ban all betting for steelers games lol
 
Fiji Mariner said:
This is the first year I’ve ever started betting against my beloved Steelers. I used to take an occasional opponent getting a ton of points where we could still win while hitting my bet… but this year I even began taking teams giving us points where we had to lose to hit the bet. But seeing the writings so clearly on the wall I figured I may as well get paid for it.

So now Mike is just my predictable employee who gets me paid. Finished the year 11-0 (5 on side, 3 o/u and 3 props) on Steeler game wagers…sometimes it’s too easy to see what’s going to happen. The cash at least takes some of the frustration of the futility away.

Insider trading at its finest. It was refreshing to stop prohibiting myself from profiting off the obvious.
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Yeah I rarely get strong feelings about them winning. Just happy when they do. But get clear feelings when they are gonna lose. Should capitalize.
 
SteelerSask2 said:
My personal opinion is it will get two more years of this.(How could it possibly get better) the noise from the outside will get louder. They will not agree to extend him and he will walk away from the final year instead of firing. Take a year off and come back.
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JUST hope like hell it isn’t back to here.


Salute the nation
 
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