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LOL, The homerism is running wild on Pittsburgh Sports radio today,

Drink IRON City said:
Great post Coryea, appreciate it. A lot of the Tomlin apologists don’t know these little stats, brings thing into reality.

With the AFC North crown, we will have the tomlin for ‘26, add in a playoff win and it’s a 3 year extension.

Maybe the Tomlin might surprise us and relieve himself of duty …




Salute the nation
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If I was paid almost $20 million per year, with minimal expectations and ultimate autonomy you’d have to pry the job of coaching the league’s once best franchise from my cold dead fingers

I expect Mikey to laugh all the way to the bank after beating the Texans
 
Fiji Mariner said:
If I was paid almost $20 million per year, with minimal expectations and ultimate autonomy you’d have to pry the job of coaching the league’s once best franchise from my cold dead fingers

I expect Mikey to laugh all the way to the bank after beating the Texans
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He'll be laughing all the way to the bank if he loses to the Texans, might even beat his chest and blow everyone a kiss.
 
Gildong Sack said:
Yeah, you can pull all kinds of stats out. They are not invincible.

How many times did the Steelers under Cowher have top ranked defenses and went on to lose in the playoffs...to teams that weren't even that great offensively. The 94 Chargers game comes to mind.

You might not matchup well...you might not play as well away from home, cold weather, etc. Don't give up before one snap has been played.
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Nobody's invincible, but they've played a much harder schedule than the Steelers. Held the Rams to 14, Niners to 15, Jags to 17, Bills to 19 etc.
 
Gildong Sack said:
Yeah, you can pull all kinds of stats out. They are not invincible.

How many times did the Steelers under Cowher have top ranked defenses and went on to lose in the playoffs...to teams that weren't even that great offensively. The 94 Chargers game comes to mind.

You might not matchup well...you might not play as well away from home, cold weather, etc. Don't give up before one snap has been played.
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I hear this, I have HOPE until they drive me not to.

Any given Sunday is more than just a movie.




Salute the nation
 
WindyCitySteel said:
Nobody's invincible, but they've played a much harder schedule than the Steelers. Held the Rams to 14, Niners to 15, Jags to 17, Bills to 19 etc.
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And don’t forget the Chiefs to 10 points in Kansas City…
I think I got that score correct Tom can you check me on that?😉
 
The Fan's morning show is giving Tomlin an A grade for the season.
 
Djfan said:
Lemmings. Give me a few years of a legit post season run. Until then, Tomlin.
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Exactly, no one is asking for Super Bowl every single season, but give us some playoff wins, here and there, something that makes us think any season could be ours. Not get embarrassed every post season game for a decade, while getting outscored 73-0 in the first quarter of those games.
Harbaugh won a playoff game in 9 of his 18 seasons, beat Brady and Belicheat in NE with Flacco, embarrassed us last post season, lost by 2 to Allen in Buffalo, then lost to Mahomes in the AFCCG two years ago, yet the Ravens are willing to move on from him.
 
Coryea said:
Exactly, no one is asking for Super Bowl every single season, but give us some playoff wins, here and there, something that makes us think any season could be ours. Not get embarrassed every post season game for a decade, while getting outscored 73-0 in the first quarter of those games.
Harbaugh won a playoff game in 9 of his 18 seasons, beat Brady and Belicheat in NE with Flacco, embarrassed us last post season, lost by 2 to Allen in Buffalo, then lost to Mahomes in the AFCCG two years ago, yet the Ravens are willing to move on from him.
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I don't think his firing was a statement about his skill level. It seems to be an admission that coaches need to be changed from time to time.
 
Djfan said:
I don't think his firing was a statement about his skill level. It seems to be an admission that coaches need to be changed from time to time.
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Either way, it's something this organization seems to not get or don't care.
 
The Harbaugh firing has exposed the Pomp and Joe's show's ruse - they've been pumping up Tomlin and the Steelers this week so they can call for his firing if/when they lose.

They're already almost calling for it now before the game.

Same thing is happening on the other shows, I'm sure.
 
steelhurt said:
Something to keep in mind and should be called in to Joe Starkey.
Last playoff game for Aaron Rodgers came as a Packer in 2022.
It was a 13-10 loss to the SF 49’ers.
Aaron was sacked five times. Had zero passing TDs.
The DC for for that 49’ers team was, drumroll please…. DeMeco Ryans.
DeMeco Ryans will be on the sidelines Monday night in the Steel City as HC.
Buckle up Aaron, they’re coming for ya!
Our OL better play their A game.
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Demeco Ryans is the one guy on the Texans that scares me.
The only guys in the stadium monday that scare me more is Tomlin, Smith and Austin.

Just pray Rodgers says f-it and goes rogue calling the offense.
He can always blame it on the dollar store headsets from the Rooneys.
When the communication failure burned the timeouts it was the epitome of amateur hour.
Was embarrassing to watch
 
Coryea said:
28 NFL head coaches have won a playoff game since the last time Tomlin won one, and all 28 didn't have a top tier QB.
The full list of coaches 20 playoff games coached winning % from highest to lowest:
Gibbs
Belicheat
Noll
Reid
Cowher
Landry
Reeves
Harbaugh
Holmgren
Shula
Carroll
McCarthy
Grant
Tomlin
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Not one of those guys had close to the talent that Tomlin had on the same filed over multiple seasons.
 
They wouldn't spring for the Chinese headsets. Where were these from?
 
Djfan said:
The Fan's morning show is giving Tomlin an A grade for the season.
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Making the playoffs with potential for a first-round win was the expectation for the season. He's met the expectations. What grade does that deserve?
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Making the playoffs with potential for a first-round win was the expectation for the season. He's met the expectations. What grade does that deserve?
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Incomplete? I think the grade is dependent on postseason outcome.
 
jiminoh said:
I get what you're saying but you have to admit the AFCN has been a bit of a train wreck. We got lucky IMO and didn't even beat the Stains.
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I don't even have any qualifiers on it because somehow, some way, the Steelers were going to finish around 9-10 wins this season. The question was whether that was going to be enough to make the postseason. It somehow won the division in a weird year for the AFC.

slashsteel said:
Incomplete? I think the grade is dependent on postseason outcome.
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I think meeting expectations is some sort of B. Given the free agents and trades, I am leaning toward B- for getting to this point. Win over a very good Texans defense, I'm fine giving him a B or B+ for the overall results. A blowout loss, I'm fine dropping his grade to a C or C+.

If you break it down by individual game grades, big difference. There were so many F-level performances this year, yet other games where our staff actually coached circles around the other team.
 
Coryea said:
The thing about that 94 game, everyone says that was a huge upset because the media was all in on the Steelers that game and gave SD no chance. Yes it was in Pittsburgh and the Steelers were favored, but the thing no one remembers is SD had a top 10 defense and a top 5 OFFENSE, they also played a tougher schedule than the Steelers did. That wasn't the upset everyone likes to make it out to be.
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We moved the ball up and down the field on them...with O'Donnell(350 yards).... because the run game never got going. We just had red zone trouble. They were not as good as the stats said.

Eric Green was meeting with the front office on shooting their super bowl video

"Were it Marino dramatically coming back to his hometown and bent upon getting to a Super Bowl, we'd be a little more worried than we'll be looking at the San Diego beach boys."---Myron Cope

Ray Seals predicted the Chargers offense would not score a point.

They were cocky, full of themselves, and thought they had already won the game. That won't be a problem this week.

Cowher blew up on them in a meeting and told them to stop thinking their poop didn't smell...didn't do any good.
And yes, the Steelers were the superior team by a good margin.







TEAM STATISTICS


SD
Pit

First Downs
13
22

Third Downs
3-11 (27%)
11-20 (55%)

Total Net Yds
226
415

Plays-Avg

47-4.8
80-5.2

Rushing Yds
66
66

Att-Avg
24-2.8
26-2.5

Passing Yds
160
349

Att/Comp/Int

22-11-1
54-32-0

Punts-Avg
5-38.4
5-44.4

Penalties-Yds
3-15
8-111

Fumbles-Lost
0-0
3-1
 
Coryea said:
The second they beat Baltimore the season was a success for most.
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Djfan said:
I don't think his firing was a statement about his skill level. It seems to be an admission that coaches need to be changed from time to time.
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Yep. They took him out back down by the creek and laid him to rest. And he was happy about it.
 
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