Steeler VS clowns game day thread

[south dakota STEEL]

I went to Johnnie Walker Black (two cubes) at the beginning of the 4th

I was thinking of drinking everclear at that point

 

[TDX27]

Catch 22 for Ben. If he doesn't say anything, the same crap continues to happen. If he does say something, then it's "Ben's a drama queen", "not a team guy" etc. Or the infamous cry of Steelers fans everywhere about "The Steeler Way".

I hear ya. I hate calling people out but this was an epic collapse. Just think if we would have lost the game. Everyone would be asking what happened and looking for someone's head. We still should be asking what happened but it won't be as bad because we still got the W. If Tomlin was getting all over Haley on the way off the field, then that may be our answer. Plus, you could see in Ben's interview that he was biting his lip. He said they went away from what was working but didn't say specifically it was Haley. We got real lucky today. That won't happen against a good team.

 

[warriors42]

MT, TH, and DL should all lose half their game check. If you're only going to coach for a half you should only get paid for a half. That **** was pathetic. I quit screening to fire Tomlin two years ago, it does no good, but damn after today I wouldn't be opposed to **** canning all three of them. I don't know if I can take this **** another year.

 

[FAB802]

That's just it, everyone says Ben calls the plays in the no huddle. We stayed in it pretty much all game long, so who is really making the decisions. All I know is they walked up and down the field in the first half and went to **** in the second half. You can't make me believe it was all coaching on the Stains part that they figured out both our defense and our offense at half time while out illustrious staff did Jell-O shots.

 

[SteelBuckeye]

Silver lining ... I'm watching San Fran/Dallas ... We could be Dallas fans ... Hell, I think I'll head over to one of their boards because after a game like this (win but still feel kinda sucky) I wanna wallow in their misery.

 

[oneforthebus]

The Cowchips look worse than the first half Browns.

 

[SteelBuckeye]

I hear ya. I hate calling people out but this was an epic collapse. Just think if we would have lost the game. Everyone would be asking what happened and looking for someone's head. We still should be asking what happened but it won't be as bad because we still got the W. If Tomlin was getting all over Haley on the way off the field, then that may be our answer. Plus, you could see in Ben's interview that he was biting his lip. He said they went away from what was working but didn't say specifically it was Haley. We got real lucky today. That won't happen against a good team.

Seems all indications from the outside looking in point to Haley ******* with what was working. He did it last year too, but the 6-2 finish kind of hid it. You're right we won't get that lucky against good teams. Won't get that lucky on Thursday if he continues letting his Ego dictate the adjustments/gameplan. Not to absolve Tomlin either. He had to see this crap was going on during the game. It's absolutely part of his job description to rein in Haley and get him back on track. That didn't happen today and therefore it was a fail on his part too.

 

[scstillerfan]

MT, TH, and DL should all lose half their game check. If you're only going to coach for a half you should only get paid for a half. That **** was pathetic. I quit screening to fire Tomlin two years ago, it does no good, but damn after today I wouldn't be opposed to **** canning all three of them. I don't know if I can take this **** another year.

This. And it was against a rookie coaching staff with no #1 receiving threat. Hard to believe the Steelers had double the penalties.

 

[steel dino]

I think Blount lit one up in the locker room at halftime...lol

The groundscrew is still filling up Suishams divet...

 

[SteelBuckeye]

That's just it, everyone says Ben calls the plays in the no huddle. We stayed in it pretty much all game long, so who is really making the decisions. All I know is they walked up and down the field in the first half and went to **** in the second half. You can't make me believe it was all coaching on the Stains part that they figured out both our defense and our offense at half time while out illustrious staff did Jell-O shots.

Ben doesn't call the plays in the No Huddle per se. He's given a variety of options and plays to use and goes from there. Haley gives him the menu and he orders off of it, so to speak. But, if Haley slows down giving him his menu or limits the menu to run, run, pass .. the No Huddle slows down and becomes predictable. Plus, slowing down the No Huddle allows the defense to substitute and takes away one of the advantages to using it in the first place.

 

[FAB802]

At some point, I want my franchise QB to say **** that noise and call something else.

 

[PoloMalo43]

Should have just stuck with the No Huddle to start the second half. Haley decided to get cute and it screwed up the rhythm of the O. That kind of "genius" coordinating costs teams games. And if it's true that Tomlin was chewing his azz out as they left the field then Tomlin screwed up. He should've got in his azz much much sooner.

I'm listening to Batch on the post game; he says the let down comes from the players NOT SCHEME also give the Browns credit they adjusted and took advantage of our players being over confident thinking it was in the bag.

Also the Browns D line stepped it up and whooped on our O line.

The most interesting thing he said was, no matter what anybody thinks the fake punt call DID NOT come from the sideline, it's an audible made by Golden when in the process of making his reads he sees a guy uncovered. Batch was asked again in disbelief (I guess) and he said again NO WAY does that call come from the sideline. So if it had failed Tomlin would be a goat, if it succeeds he's a genius.

Either way everyone is wrong.

 

[PoloMalo43]

At some point, I want my franchise QB to say **** that noise and call something else.

Your franchise QB is dumb as a rock. He audibled to a draw on 3rd and 1 seeing every Browns defender in the box.

 

[blitzburghv5]

A butt load of Niner fans in Dallas...

OMg...lol...theyre twice as bad as we are on defense.....they are just gonna have to score at least 35 to be competitive with that defense...its not really a defense if u cant defend. More like courtesy patrolling is what they do.

 

[oneforthebus]

The secondary got killed last year and it's looking vulnerable this year.

Hard to fault Haley after 30 points and over 500 yards of offense. How the hell do you let this team score 24 points in basically one quarter.

 

[blitzburghv5]

Silver lining ... I'm watching San Fran/Dallas ... We could be Dallas fans ... Hell, I think I'll head over to one of their boards because after a game like this (win but still feel kinda sucky) I wanna wallow in their misery.

Its horrible for them right now...and Romo throws another redzone Pick.....that "bump" i just felt was a the collective turd drop in the underwear of all Cowpoke fans.He and Jerry Jones are major reasons that team is no longer relevant. SF can drop 50 on em if they really wanted to.

 

[ark steel]

Btw, he takes a lot of crap from us fans, but thank God for Willie Gay. We don't win that game without that last sequence of plays he made.

Wheaton had a nice game, too. Those few plays for Willie were very nice.

 

[ark steel]

Brown gets the game ball for the stomp to the Browns face.

 

[6Rings]

The Ravens will use the hurry up Thursday. Count on it!

 

[hook]

The secondary got killed last year and it's looking vulnerable this year.

Hard to fault Haley after 30 points and over 500 yards of offense. How the hell do you let this team score 24 points in basically one quarter.

Run defense got stomped on too, not just the secondary.

I fault Haley for not making adjustments after halftime, just like LeBeau didn't.

Players AND coaches thought we had it in the bag at half time.

Coaching issues, AGAIN!

 

[Litos]

This win tastes like a **** sandwich

 

[jitter77]

Run defense got stomped on too, not just the secondary.

I fault Haley for not making adjustments after halftime, just like LeBeau didn't.

Players AND coaches thought we had it in the bag at half time.

Coaching issues, AGAIN!

Everyone thought the game was in the bag except the browns. Even the radio announcers were stunned that the Browns had any fight left in them, and they are usually pretty cautious. Have to give the Browns players/coaches for not giving up on the road in a hostile environment. Of course we have to criticize our players / coaches for letting a sub par offense run up and down the field in the second half. I think that our offensive lack of identity hurt us in the second half. Under Cowher this game would have been no contest. I think we should have beefed up in the second half and pounded Blunt.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

What else do you have to educate my savage, illiterate, ghetto-influenced diction oh eloquent and astute one so attuned with spotlighting my grammatical offenses ? What time does class start ?

Class is already over.

 

[oneforthebus]

We'll know a lot more after Thursday.

 

[blitzburghv5]

Everyone thought the game was in the bag except the browns. Even the radio announcers were stunned that the Browns had any fight left in them, and they are usually pretty cautious. Have to give the Browns players/coaches for not giving up on the road in a hostile environment. Of course we have to criticize our players / coaches for letting a sub par offense run up and down the field in the second half. I think that our offensive lack of identity hurt us in the second half. Under Cowher this game would have been no contest. I think we should have beefed up in the second half and pounded Blunt.

I think the play where they had to 20 yrd gain and we tack on another 15 with the penalty invigorated them. That one score, lead to another and the confidence brewed in the Browns..especially Hoyer. He had the one big 40+ yarder to Jordan but not much else in the first half. Had we thumped em that first opening drive it could have eroded their belief. Once they got one score, then the second, they commanded this game and it showed.

They have things to fix....but thats what reviewing game film is for...hopefully theyll get things shored up.