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So how did you honestly feel at 10-3 last year?

stillwright said:
Our D was as much to blame as any other part of our team. Giving up 12 minute drives. All runs. For a TD. Non willing to make adjustments for whatever reason. Playing soft coverage mostly. Rarely blitzing.
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Someone needs to revive the brand "No Fear" and send Tomlin all the shirts
 
speedicut said:
At that point in time I was happy to be ahead of the ratbirds.
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I was _slightly_ hopeful, thought one mere playoff wins was possible, but then reality hit and we got plastered by Philly and such, hard dose of reality hit, Clown-lin had not changed one bit: offense was still embarrassing, defense fold was upcoming. 5 game loss was inevitable.
 
stillwright said:
Our D was as much to blame as any other part ofnour team. Giving up 12 minute drives. All runs. For a TD. Non willing to make adjustments for whatever reason. Playing soft coverage mostly. Rarely blitzing.
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Were we running the lockdown 2 DL D at the time?
 
Badcat said:
When you start a new thread, at the top of the text box you'll find tabs marked "Discussion" and "Poll", if you click on "Poll" you can pose your lame *** "I hate Mike Tomlin" questions there for voting.

You're welcome.
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Really, do I put the "I'm too much of a ***** to call Clown-lin out for being a fraud" at the top of the text box?
 
Lloyd said:
To the most fearful coach in the NFL. Ironic.
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I was hopeful. The Steelers had scored 71 points in their past two games but still thought they were likely a second tier team and would struggle to win more than one playoff game. The last four games they were one of the worst teams in football. Total collapse. They’ll need to win a playoff game before I am again hopeful.
 
I felt good. They should never have been 10-3. Felt like russ was going to do well down the stretch.
I also felt like another year they are going to pick middle of the draft.
 
I thought we'd be able to keep those last 4 games close (at least 2 or 3 of them). And win 1 or 2 of them in the traditional ugly way we win. With a shot at the division if we could beat BAL.

All season, the argument I was making was that we needed to win the division to have a reasonable chance at getting past the WC round.

After getting blown out by PHI and then BAL, I was pretty much resigned to getting wiped out in the WC game.
 
Lloyd said:
1.) Great, you thought Clown-lin and company had it all figured out.

2.) Hopeful, you knew we still had a tough road to ahead, but you had hope in doing something, like winning a playoff game.

3.) Grumpy, you were well aware of what lied ahead, you knew it was fake hope, Tomlin was still in charge.
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What was your initial prediction on last season's outcome???


I'll wait.
 
bermudasteel said:
What was your initial prediction on last season's outcome???


I'll wait.
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While the collapse at the end of the year was certainly disappointing, I think this is the most rational way to look at last season.

Wasn't here, but my guess is that many would have been saying things like "we really need to win a bunch of games early because the end of the season looks like it's going to be hell". And also "why the hell does Baltimore have way more rest days than their opponents across the season". Or "the NFL scheduling / Goodell hates the Steelers"
 
NorthernBlitz said:
While the collapse at the end of the year was certainly disappointing, I think this is the most rational way to look at last season.

Wasn't here, but my guess is that many would have been saying things like "we really need to win a bunch of games early because the end of the season looks like it's going to be hell". And also "why the hell does Baltimore have way more rest days than their opponents across the season". Or "the NFL scheduling / Goodell hates the Steelers"
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oh yes, Goodell hates the Steelers, that's certified and Harrison is getting a fine for your post.
 
Better than when they were 7-5 in 2005. 3 losses in a row to drop to 7-5. Things looked bleak.
 
stillwright said:
Our D was as much to blame as any other part ofnour team. Giving up 12 minute drives. All runs. For a TD. Non willing to make adjustments for whatever reason. Playing soft coverage mostly. Rarely blitzing.
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I don't entirely disagree, but don't you think the weight of having a totally inept offense weighed on them? Seeing even a little life out of the offense might have given them a spark but even when they stopped a team and gave them good field position the offense rarely scored. That has to kill morale. Plus I think TJ was not close to 100% and was not getting any real rest.
 
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WindyCitySteel said:
Expectations change as a season progresses. What were your expectations for the rest of the year at 10-3?
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My initial prediction was 4 total losses. The loss of George during the gauntlet was huge.

So once the losses kept piling up - I hoped for something to change, but history repeated itself.

I don't let it affect my life like some so it's off season and time to hope for a decent draft and then start all over...
 
SteelerInLebanon said:
I don't entirely disagree, but don't you think the weight of having a totally inept offense weighed on them? Seeing even a little life out of the offense might have given them a spark but even when they stopped a team and gave them good field position the offense rarely scored. That has to kill morale. Plus I think TJ was not close to 100% and was not getting any real rest.
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The offense ineptness is on Tomlin. The entire make up of our team is on Tomlin. He plays a very low risk offense because he believes his defense is elite.
 
WindyCitySteel said:
Expectations change as a season progresses. What were your expectations for the rest of the year at 10-3?
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I was TRYING to achieve positivity, I tried. But I knew deep dowm Clown-lin hadn't learned anything - we were doomed. I thought maybe, just maybe, we could win a few down the stretch, ending up winning 12 games. But no, Clown-lin went full-blown piss-his-pants mode, full gear. Run, runs, short/incomplete pass, punt. But oh, he mixed in a fake punt that made no sense at all, for good measure.
 
stillwright said:
The offense ineptness is on Tomlin. The entire make up of our team is on Tomlin. He plays a very low risk offense because he believes his defense is elite.
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But even true elite Ds had some offense, the 2000 Ravens, the 1985 Bears. That's Clown-lins 1st mistake. Those teams could rush the ball.
 
To be honest. I did not think they had a shot to win it all so like most recent years I have been hoping for a win on game day. But knowing every loss was a better draft pick.
I hated the loses. But knew they need to happen
 
SteelerInLebanon said:
Plus I think TJ was not close to 100% and was not getting any real rest.
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I pointed this out several times to people that were complaining about TJ not doing anything either late in games, or towards the end of the season. When you're constantly being chipped, doubled, and sometimes tripled, without the coaching staff doing anything to help you out schematically, you're going to wear down faster. He looked slow coming off the line because he was exhausted, but he was out there giving everything he had.

I'm glad that he himself said he had to be more willing to move around and change things up, hopefully Tomlin and Austin can actually do that. It reminded me of the Steelers vs Titans several years ago, when Chris Johnson was tearing the league up, but we broke him by the constant hits. By the third quarter you could tell he was DONE! That's what happened to TJ last year. Add in the injury he was dealing with at the end and it was what it was, and it wasn't good.
 
WindyCitySteel said:
Expectations change as a season progresses. What were your expectations for the rest of the year at 10-3?
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What if the questions becomes "what were your expectations for the rest of the season at 10-5?"

Why is 10-3 the "right" place to set your expectations in stone?
 
insaniti said:
I pointed this out several times to people that were complaining about TJ not doing anything either late in games, or towards the end of the season. When you're constantly being chipped, doubled, and sometimes tripled, without the coaching staff doing anything to help you out schematically, you're going to wear down faster. He looked slow coming off the line because he was exhausted, but he was out there giving everything he had.

I'm glad that he himself said he had to be more willing to move around and change things up, hopefully Tomlin and Austin can actually do that. It reminded me of the Steelers vs Titans several years ago, when Chris Johnson was tearing the league up, but we broke him by the constant hits. By the third quarter you could tell he was DONE! That's what happened to TJ last year. Add in the injury he was dealing with at the end and it was what it was, and it wasn't good.
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I also think when you play good QBs they get it out quickly.

I think somewhere (maybe Scouts Eye?) I saw some stats about time to throw and how it was dramatically lower for teams when they played us. Particularly for good QBs. Because everyone sane is afraid of TJ.
 
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