This is my thought too. But I'm still very excited about this team and I don't think anyone will be too eager to play them in the playoffs if healthy. You yank anyone's number one receiver and top three defender there will be consequences.
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Minkah is too far back and making a lot of bad reads taking himself out of consequential play opportunities. He used to be much better in coverage. Hope it’s just a slump but doesn’t seem to be…
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Steelers only ran 11 plays in the 2nd half and 1 was a punt.
Eagles ran 45 plays in the 2nd half
Eagles ran 45 plays in the 2nd half
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Buffalo, KC
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Why do you think they can't beat KC? KC has squeaked out wins everyway possible against some pretty bad teams.
He's just one of those persons who just comments anything because he despises Tomlin even at the expense of looking dumb and stupid as hell with the comment. There's very little you can take seriously when reading comments from people like him because all sense of credibility was lost years ago, if they ever had it. This team was 5-0 going into this game against teams with winning records and they were clearly undermanned.
Ding ding
It was bad. Not sugar coating it. But that was a consequence of them eeking out a ton of third downs.
I think they can beat KC and the rats. They could beat or lose to any of the three remaining. I think this team is still building off of Omar and Andy. I just hope they see the urgency of building a better secondary and WR corps.
That covers the future but for the here and now they will need to not beat themselves with turnovers in the text two matchups.
They think for playoff seeding they need to win 2 out of the next 3. I doubt they catch Buffalo for the second spot but try to stay in the third.
That covers the future but for the here and now they will need to not beat themselves with turnovers in the text two matchups.
They think for playoff seeding they need to win 2 out of the next 3. I doubt they catch Buffalo for the second spot but try to stay in the third.
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Lions onside kick down ten with 12 minutes left. Fire Campbell.
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Detroit, Philly, maybe the Pack.
I try to be as balanced as possible about my observations because it really is better to be optimistic,or at least a glass half full person rather then totally up one side, or down another.
THE GOOD:
1) the Najee fumble was clearly the turning point of the game. The offense rarely saw the field afterwards and Najee didn't see the field again at all. I thought they had a real chance of pulling out the upset if not for that fumble up till that point. For people to say the game wasn't competitive is simply not true from my perspective, but they did have to play as mistake free as possible today as they didn't have any room for error.
2) They now have game film to use should they run into the Eagles again in the future. Sure the Eagles do too. I just think the Steelers had to play w/o way more impactful players for most, or all of the game (I e. Elliot, Pickens, DJ).
3) I feel like a lot of the issues that prevented them from winning today are fixable...taking bad penalties, poor open field tackling, unforced errors. They need to flock to the ball more as a team on defense....I saw a lot of guys giving up on the play because they saw the opposing player was maybe already in someone's grasp, or just thought the teammate had it. If JP had maintained a mentality of flocking to the ball he may have easily gotten AJ Browns fumble. Always play through to the whistle and gang tackle!
There were also the QB runs, or any runs up the middle. Some of us may remember the one play where Peyton Wilson either guessed wrong or wasn't patient enough to see where the hole would open up and he went the wrong direction right instead of left. I'm hoping game film will make that an easy fix.
THE BAD:
1) GP being out is too big of a problem for them to overcome against the better teams. The absence of a legit #2 and really a #3 (if we're being blatantly honest) will be the #1 reason this team is booted if GP misses any playoff games/SB. Someone said Muth is a #2. Muth is not a #2 because he doesn't possess the speed or move like a WR like Kelce did in his prime, Bowers or McBride. Those TEs can literally be lined out as WRs. Muth can't. It just looks like a smokescreen if he's lined up out there.
2) Injuries (especially at key positions) are starting to pile up and sabotage the season. I'm almost tempted to say if they win next week and it locks them in at #3 where they cannot do any worse or better then that seed by the time the playoffs start then create a two week bye for the team by sitting players completely, or putting them on a snapcount vs Chiefs and Bengals.
3) I'm a little worried about splash play capability from the secondary. Fitzpatrick. Elliott, and JP are good players but they're not making or getting any turnovers. I think it's 2 INTs and 3 or 4 FFs between the three and I'm not sure how many of those fumbles were recovered. I just don't see the splash play capability out of that bunch and they may need a game like that down the stretch here.
JP doesn't have ballhawk capabilities and Minkah either has lost them completely or teams are doing a great job of making sure he can't.
THE GOOD:
1) the Najee fumble was clearly the turning point of the game. The offense rarely saw the field afterwards and Najee didn't see the field again at all. I thought they had a real chance of pulling out the upset if not for that fumble up till that point. For people to say the game wasn't competitive is simply not true from my perspective, but they did have to play as mistake free as possible today as they didn't have any room for error.
2) They now have game film to use should they run into the Eagles again in the future. Sure the Eagles do too. I just think the Steelers had to play w/o way more impactful players for most, or all of the game (I e. Elliot, Pickens, DJ).
3) I feel like a lot of the issues that prevented them from winning today are fixable...taking bad penalties, poor open field tackling, unforced errors. They need to flock to the ball more as a team on defense....I saw a lot of guys giving up on the play because they saw the opposing player was maybe already in someone's grasp, or just thought the teammate had it. If JP had maintained a mentality of flocking to the ball he may have easily gotten AJ Browns fumble. Always play through to the whistle and gang tackle!
There were also the QB runs, or any runs up the middle. Some of us may remember the one play where Peyton Wilson either guessed wrong or wasn't patient enough to see where the hole would open up and he went the wrong direction right instead of left. I'm hoping game film will make that an easy fix.
THE BAD:
1) GP being out is too big of a problem for them to overcome against the better teams. The absence of a legit #2 and really a #3 (if we're being blatantly honest) will be the #1 reason this team is booted if GP misses any playoff games/SB. Someone said Muth is a #2. Muth is not a #2 because he doesn't possess the speed or move like a WR like Kelce did in his prime, Bowers or McBride. Those TEs can literally be lined out as WRs. Muth can't. It just looks like a smokescreen if he's lined up out there.
2) Injuries (especially at key positions) are starting to pile up and sabotage the season. I'm almost tempted to say if they win next week and it locks them in at #3 where they cannot do any worse or better then that seed by the time the playoffs start then create a two week bye for the team by sitting players completely, or putting them on a snapcount vs Chiefs and Bengals.
3) I'm a little worried about splash play capability from the secondary. Fitzpatrick. Elliott, and JP are good players but they're not making or getting any turnovers. I think it's 2 INTs and 3 or 4 FFs between the three and I'm not sure how many of those fumbles were recovered. I just don't see the splash play capability out of that bunch and they may need a game like that down the stretch here.
JP doesn't have ballhawk capabilities and Minkah either has lost them completely or teams are doing a great job of making sure he can't.
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We need a QB, since Russ is cooked and we benched 4-2 Fields for reasons.
We need OTs since ours are mid at best, and that's being generous.
We need WRs behind Pickens.
We need corners.
We need DL.
But most importantly, we need a new HC.
We have talent, but we have a coach with a LONG history of wasting talent.
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They would have had an extra :26 on the clock if Tomlin hadn’t stood around with his thumb up his *** holding onto a TO after Watt’s sack.
He got called out on it in the PPG this morning. About time the Pittsburgh sports media acknowledges his inept clock management.
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Man. I still wake-up happy. Great family, good job. Love my house and yard. 2 good dogs. Good friends. 8 years from retirement. Good health.
These losses do not effect me as bad as they used to
These losses do not effect me as bad as they used to
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The scheme on offense is better this year,but they need another playmaker or two.
The defensive scheme ran it's course many years ago. They are NEVER winning **** with that set up. There's no way to sugar coat it.
Just gaping holes all over the place when in zone. It looks like we have 8 defenders and they have 14 offensive players. Someone is always wide open. Good/great teams will exploit that all day,even the **** teams exploit it.
You can apply that to offense as well.
The best thing they did yesterday was take Barkley out of the game. They jacked him up, but just the commitment to him and Hurts and stopping the run,opened up the passing game.
That's what a top tier running attack gets you. If you factor in that ******* ****** zone and the Steelers tackle like little ***** especially. You lose.
That's so disappointing. They're so far removed from any championship team they've had in the past,it's not even funny.
Nothing evolves. It reaches a certain ceiling and that's it.
The defensive scheme ran it's course many years ago. They are NEVER winning **** with that set up. There's no way to sugar coat it.
Just gaping holes all over the place when in zone. It looks like we have 8 defenders and they have 14 offensive players. Someone is always wide open. Good/great teams will exploit that all day,even the **** teams exploit it.
You can apply that to offense as well.
The best thing they did yesterday was take Barkley out of the game. They jacked him up, but just the commitment to him and Hurts and stopping the run,opened up the passing game.
That's what a top tier running attack gets you. If you factor in that ******* ****** zone and the Steelers tackle like little ***** especially. You lose.
That's so disappointing. They're so far removed from any championship team they've had in the past,it's not even funny.
Nothing evolves. It reaches a certain ceiling and that's it.
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And if things did get worse circumstantially, probably wouldn't care about this too much anyway as it's so far down the list of anything actually important.
This game showed just how terrible our WR group is. Without GP, they can't move the ball. And, for some reason after 4 or 5 weeks now, they refuse to use Mike Williams who was brought in to be our WR2. He had 2 targets in the 2nd half. Oh boy. Austin, Jefferson, Miller, and Skowronek were all in the game ahead of Williams. It makes absolutely no sense. Hopefully, when GP is back, MW is the WR2 opposite him and hopefully, that is this weekend against the Ratbirds. Win that game and win the division. Lose that game and probably lose the division.
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He hasn't done much in two years.
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Punting down 2 scores from their 46 adds insult to injury with a Stone Age, relic HC in those moments and Philly made him pay for it ramming the ball down their throats on a 10 minute drive.
Seeing the flea flicker was nice. It smelled of desperation, but it was like there was a glimmer of hope that our offense could be creative.
Defensively , it was very vanilla. And they paid for it. Its first and 22. Eagles get another 10 yd penalty but we decline it ,,, 2nd and 22 instead of 1st and 32. Next play to brown. First down.. WTF.
When we needed pressure yesterday,, we weren't getting it.
Defensively , it was very vanilla. And they paid for it. Its first and 22. Eagles get another 10 yd penalty but we decline it ,,, 2nd and 22 instead of 1st and 32. Next play to brown. First down.. WTF.
When we needed pressure yesterday,, we weren't getting it.
That is such bullshlt. I knew that the Steelers' offense was going to be in trouble without Pickens, so I wasn't expecting them to win this game. That being said, as others have mentioned, Tomlin continues to make absolutely baffling in-game decisions. Borderline stupid, I'd venture to say.
Did you 'like" it when he didn't call a timeout right immediately after the Watt sack one play after the two-minute warning in the first half, before letting 25 seconds bleed off the clock, and then proceeded to use it anyway?
Did you "like" it when the guy inexplicably punted the ball away on a 4th-and-7 from the Eagles' 46 with only 10+ minutes left in the game, and the Steelers trailing by two touchdowns? Handing the ball back to an opponent who already had clearly been dominating time-of-possession?
I bet you liked it when MT came out wearing sunglasses for a 4:25 kickoff when the sun was already down, and kept them on until nearly the end of the first quarter, though. He is just so cool...don't have to think about that.
Porter is overhyped, was overdrafted and is getting outplayed by everyone else in the secondary. Kinda like Najee but the defensive version.
He was born into football royalty and the money and lifestyle that comes with it. He's soft
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That’s the thing Scott, same penalties, over and over. Undisciplined penalties are by far the worse. Former players have talked about the lackadaisical aspect of practice.
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Our secondary was terrible yesterday and has been less than desirable all season.
24 is overrated. Big problem .
39 is half the athlete he used to be.
26 is ok but injury prone because of lacking physicality needed.
25 is very good on run support but average at best downfield..
Our defense and especially our secondary needed to be great last night ..and once again they disappoint.
24 is overrated. Big problem .
39 is half the athlete he used to be.
26 is ok but injury prone because of lacking physicality needed.
25 is very good on run support but average at best downfield..
Our defense and especially our secondary needed to be great last night ..and once again they disappoint.
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