It was big but I am saying he shouldn't be the target on many of those and the defense had his right armed pinned down to his side. He couldn't extend it. That is mainly a size issue there where a bigger receiver would have had a better chance to shield out the defender.
SIL don't bring strategy and football knowledge into the conversation when there so much feeling involved.
This may be true… but lets look at this offense from a five year block
Of course there is a lot of shared blame. But I think Canada is the weakest link. Then Rooney, Tomlin, and Omar share blame for letting the continual deficiencies to continue.
I would agree with parts of the game. But in critical parts of a game he hasn't been nearly good enough. He can't elevate his game enough to make a difference when it matters. We know the NFL is often a game of inches. It's a play here or there that often determines outcome. If he can't elevate his game in critical moments those outcomes will be what you see right now. As you are what your record says you are. That would be in this case in this reference not good enough.
'Muth only had two targets all night for two nice gains but they were in garbage time when the game was over.
Nah, he had a third that was defended by a LB'er.
I’m all for firing Canada, but that won’t fix the run defense.
Continually trotting weak run defenders like Wormley out against against strong running teams is a recipe for failure.
This goes all the way to the top. Tomlin hires the assistant coaches. He calls the game plans and calls more plays than we realize. He hired an assistant, in Canaduh, who got fired from his last 2 jobs and only had one good year at Pitt in the last decade. No other team in the NFL would have hired Canaduh. But, Rooney lets this crap continue. He needs to lay down the law and put Tomlin on notice - 15 non-losing seasons in a row or not. He needs to hand over the reigns to his assistants a lot more than he does. Someone needs to make the tough decision here as well and if they wait until the end of the season to get rid of Canaduh (at least with an interim guy), they are pretty much giving up on the season. Keep Pickett on the sideline until late in the year and then let him get his feet wet in 2, 3, or 4 games so he is ready to be the QB1 next year without a shadow of a doubt. Go into the OTA's knowing we have a new OC and our QB1 is Pickett.
The defense gave up two very long scoring drives at the beginning of the second half - when they should have been rested.
Couple years ago the Ratbirds fired their OC in the middle of the season and went on to win the Super Bowl. IJS….
Jeez, all they gots to do is get up by 3 or 4 scores and no one runs on them.
True, the best defense of all time is Time of Possession.
