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Initial Thoughts on bungle Game

Thankfully you don't get to determine what other people can say. He is just venting.

The team is mediocre, and our coaching staff are sub-optimal. We will live in this reality until Mikey Sunglasses is gone.
He is venting that he wished people would die. That's ******. Grow up. Stop watching if you can't hack it. If enough people give up maybe management will take notice. I want him gone too. Maybe more then anyone. But cmon.
 
I have no problem with people venting **** I am too. But never ever ever should a Steelers fan wish death on players. Just not a good look.
Weather it is a good look or not is immaterial. It's just blowing off anger and it doesn't matter if it hurts anybody's feefees.
 
He is venting that he wished people would die. That's ******. Grow up. Stop watching if you can't hack it. If enough people give up maybe management will take notice. I want him gone too. Maybe more then anyone. But cmon.
Get back with me when you have the equivalent of the 1st Amendment in Canada. Until then you don't get to stop Americans from speaking their minds because it offends your delicate sensibilities.
 
Weather it is a good look or not is immaterial. It's just blowing off anger and it doesn't matter if it hurts anybody's feefees.
NFL team owners aren't that concerned when fans vent. What terrifies them is when their fans become indifferent to their team's failures.
 
Tomlin is a Moron!

Arthur Smith is an Imbecile!

Teryl Austin - Has gotta go!

Russell Wilson doesn't have what it takes to be the Steelers starting QB! His accuracy is not good! And we saw him regress as the season went on!

Why did we not see Justin Fields at all the entire game. Could have used him on 3rd & 4th down in the 2nd Quarter when they need 1/2 yard for a first down!

George Pickens - This guy is not a #1 WR in the NFL. Not even close!

Calvin Austin - Where r you?

Dan Moore was god awful tonight!
 
The last straw for me in this game was when on 3rd and 1 in the 4th quarter they called for a qb sneak, failed, and then another running play on 4th down and failed yet again. They needed yards in that situation. Play action on 3rd would have been appropriate being they were expecting the run.
 
Wilson plays over Field because Fields is still not able to read defenses. The offense was better with Russ. No doubt. Unless you just want to go RPO, you have to start Russ.

I would not give Russ a big contract. I'd like to keep Fields if you can get him for a reasonable price because he does have upside and with more experience in the system, he could be something. The draft class of QBs looks weak. Fields is a better prospect.
Oh really? And Russ is able to read defenses so well? Like when he had Pickens in single coverage on a quick out for an easy third down conversion, but ended up throwing the ball late and once again uncatchable out of bounds?

Russ is 36 years old and makes a lot of decisions like an undrafted rookie. Especially in the pocket. It's incredible.
 
I would fire the entire coaching staff except Danny Smith. Special teams has been solid and made quite a few plays this year.

The rest of them? I’ve never seen a coach look so confused on the sidelines. No clipboard, no play call sheet. Just that stare like he’s trying to not **** his pants at the bus stop.

This teams needs a complete reboot.
 
No excuse for a four game losing streak. That is completely bad coaching.
After week 11, the probability of us winning the division was astronomically high. If they beat Cleveland the next week it would have almost been a foregone conclusion

After the loss to Cleveland, there was still a huge chance to win the division..
we went 2-5 after week 11...

Maybe you can blame Hard Knocks as a distraction.. but 3 other teams had the same bs going on..

And this isnt the first or even second such a collapse.
09, 12 and almost every season since 2018 save 2022... the team falls apart at the end of the season under Tomlin way too much.. 8/17 seasons...
 
I would fire the entire coaching staff except Danny Smith. Special teams has been solid and made quite a few plays this year.

The rest of them? I’ve never seen a coach look so confused on the sidelines. No clipboard, no play call sheet. Just that stare like he’s trying to not **** his pants at the bus stop.

This teams needs a complete reboot.
It's pretty hard to really know what his function us sometimes. And when its clearly his decision he's basically wrong more then 50 percent of the time.
 
Let me be negative for 1 post.

Nothing changes until you hit the owner in the wallet.
Stop going to games. Stop buying merchandise.
Don't buy the Sunday ticket.

They need a new coach with a new message.
Tomlin is nowhere near as bad as some of yall think. But Pittsburgh fans expect and demand more. They have not been bottom feeders in most of our life times.
 
Steelers had a lot of difficulty with drops tonight, particularly Pickens. And CAIII fumbled that punt return with little contact. It makes me wonder how much the Steelers have practiced outdoors recently
 
the #1 WR needs to hold onto those balls
The number one wr needs to be used like one. We could have Jamar Chase and we would use him for two routes. The offensive scheme is predictable and easy to guard. This isn't a players issue (aside from Wilson), it's a scheme issue.

I see people claiming the offense was better with Wilson over Fields and I disagree. Our redzone efficiency dropped, our short yardage efficiency dropped. The reason it SEEMED better was they opened up the offense for Wilson but handcuffed Fields. Give him the same freedom and see what happens.

Until the last TD drive, Wilson had FIVE completions...FIVE. That's below Pickett numbers. He consistently scrambled into pressure, threw the ball away on plays he couldn't, and didn't on plays he should have.

17/31 for 148 yards. A 4.8 ypa. Under 200 yards of offense.
 
What the hell is our veteran QB doing lowering his shoulder instead of getting out of bounds with 30 seconds left? And why start using the middle of the filed with 11 seconds left and no timeouts? The game was over whether Muth caught it or not. Some of the dumbest **** I've seen since throwing the ball from the 1 in the SB with Lynch in the backfield.
It’s literally a retardation of retardeness. And its name is Mike Tomlin. A retarded Borg if you will.
 
Difference in the game was the FG Tomlin gave them at the end of the half with the stupid 4th down attempt.
It started with the stupid 3rd down play. That was 2 down territory, just get on with it. Quit trying to be cute.
Aside from the opening drive, the defense played pretty well. Held one of the hottest offenses in the league to 19 points.
That just set the tone for the game.
Trice could be a really good player in the future. If he keeps developing, they will have 2 starting CBs with length outside.
He needs time, technically still a rookie that hasn’t had a chance to play
The OL has gone backwards. Smith needs to gameplan around having a crappy OL. They should go 3 WR (Pickens, Williams, Austin) plus Muth as the base offense. Give Russ quick throw options. How about some plays with Pickens and Williams both going deep with Austin and Muth over the middle on shorter routes?
More inclined to sub Washington for Austin. This gives you an extra blocker
Warren got 6 carries. The RB rotation makes no sense at all. Are they holding out Warren so they can low ball him with a contract offer in the offseason? That's the only thing that makes sense to me.
Nothing makes sense to me
Patterson should only see the field if Najee or Warren is injured and one of them needs a breather. That's it. Najee returned to the game and they put in Patterson for no apparent reason in a key moment.
He really doesn’t bring much to the game
Pickens needs to be traded in the offseason. Can't operate with a guy who needs to be constantly handled like a child. Get what you can and move on. This draft is not great at WR so you may get good compensation for him.
Yep, sadly, he needs to go. Get what you can, hopefully a 1st, he does have value. Go after Tee Higgins to lead the group
They need to figure out LT. Moore is fine as a backup but he needs help as a starter. Hopefully Fautanu is the answer at RT or LT and Broderick JOnes can still be saved.
Moore is only valuable against scrubs, which means no value to me. Jones needs to be at LT, but not sure at this point he is the answer
Pat Meyer probably needs to be fired as OL coach.
He should been gone last year
Steelers aren't winning the Super Bowl but if they can get it together for 1 week and knock out the Ravens, it would make it a satisfying season.
Don’t see it happening. AR2 needs ANOTHER Mike Tomlin failure enema to force his hand.
 
Oh really? And Russ is able to read defenses so well? Like when he had Pickens in single coverage on a quick out for an easy third down conversion, but ended up throwing the ball late and once again uncatchable out of bounds?

Russ is 36 years old and makes a lot of decisions like an undrafted rookie. Especially in the pocket. It's incredible.

Russ makes his mistakes because he's short and sometimes doesn't see over the middle, but he does read a defense better than Fields. Russ is better than Fields right now. It's that simple.

I think people have faulty memories of some great offense while Fields was in there. Fields holds the ball more than Russ and it's a myth that Fields can evade sacks. He was sacked at the same rate as Russ.

Russ at least brought in the deep ball as a possibility. That is more of a constant threat than Fields occasional runs.

Russ is probably about #8 on the list of reasons the offense has struggled late in the season. The OL is the main reason and it doesn't magically get better with Fields at QB. The WRs don't start getting open with Fields at QB.

The steelers didn't exactly lean into RPO when Fields was in there. Russ is the best option to win now with this offense. Fields is just hoping for broken plays.
 
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