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admittadly less teams this year than in years . but i would say Carolina, jags, texans redskins for sure.
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I really do think Kenny can do well in this league. I love his bit of swagger and heart. I certainly would not give up on him. A few things do concern me.....but it’s too early to say it’s a pattern.
I’ve watched a couple Jacksonville games,with Lawrence this season. He is starting to learn,but is still making some boneheaded decisions. And he was a can’t miss once in a decade pick according to many experts. It takes a bit. Yes we are impatient.
We would only be so lucky. Unfortunately we have better odds of winning the lottery than seeing needed change.
I'll say this... The Eagles are extremely talented and appear to be very well coached. Both sides of their ball are just impressive. It was a tall task for the Steelers to come into Philly and be competitive.
As such, we got trounced in all phases. They hung tough to a degree on Def in the first half. But Philly made some adjustments for the 2H, and it was a jailbreak.
Some gutsy 4th down plays on offense afforded the Fandom a glimmer of hope.... But nothing more. This was the best team in the NFC dismantling a bottom third NFL team that is years away from competing.
To me, I've been watching 5 straight years of steady decline. A full-boat revamp is in order... Entire coaching staff needs to go. The entire concept of what they are looking to do is flawed.
In the last 3 years, not including 2022, the team had scored 30 points or more in a regular season game 4 times. They've made the playoffs, incredibly, 3 times in the last 5 years. In those playoff games, they allowed 42,45 and 48 points...all losses of course.
I've seen enough of this coaching staff. Time to start over.
As such, we got trounced in all phases. They hung tough to a degree on Def in the first half. But Philly made some adjustments for the 2H, and it was a jailbreak.
Some gutsy 4th down plays on offense afforded the Fandom a glimmer of hope.... But nothing more. This was the best team in the NFC dismantling a bottom third NFL team that is years away from competing.
To me, I've been watching 5 straight years of steady decline. A full-boat revamp is in order... Entire coaching staff needs to go. The entire concept of what they are looking to do is flawed.
In the last 3 years, not including 2022, the team had scored 30 points or more in a regular season game 4 times. They've made the playoffs, incredibly, 3 times in the last 5 years. In those playoff games, they allowed 42,45 and 48 points...all losses of course.
I've seen enough of this coaching staff. Time to start over.
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This game was another reminder how Roethlisberger kept this team winning for all those years, including last year when he was a shell of his former self. They were probably a bottom 5 team without him at QB and I was one who thought another QB could come in and do better. I was flat out wrong. This team is a total mess and it has been for several seasons.
The thing is the Nfl coaching landscape sucks badly… so yes Tomlin is a guy who make some stuff better for other franchise… he has some organizational abilities that many coaches lack… but he needs to have a front office that builds a staff for him…
Look you have to rebuild at this point, but I don’t think all these coaches are ****… but sometimes you just have to cut bait cause a new perspective is needed… we once terminated Dungy, and he was great later on…
C'mon Slash, better teams won't be looking for HCs. That's true whether it's Tomlin or some hotshot DC/OC. Rarely do you get the Gruden to Tampa, Reid to KC scenarios.
My point is his time with our team should be done. I realize there is dumb teams that will do dumb things. That is just me venting.
Now we can bathe with them by keeping this **** show in place.
If they were to get rid of Tomlin, I think his replacement is sitting behind our DC. Flores would be one of the top guys I talk to. Only one of the Belicheat coaching tree that has had any kind of success.
I will say it again BigBen masked a lot of problems with the coaches. His elite traits kept this team from bottom feeding. Now without that the flood gates are open.
Did you see his celebration in the booth on the Claypool TD pass.........
Hope that is the last celebration with Pittsburgh
I am ok with Flores getting the gig. I would do it yesterday.
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You do, it's more of the idea that Ben masked the deficiencies with his play, particularly in the fourth quarter.
How many of these coaches would get jobs next year? How many are getting promotions with other teams if hired?
Here is the thing the HC can't X and O his way out of a paper bag.He won't make significant changes to coaches, players, or schemes. And the few remote times this doesn't ring true it is too little too late.
Nobody will convince me keeping him is the right pathway for the Steelers.
It is time for a change.
Nobody will convince me keeping him is the right pathway for the Steelers.
It is time for a change.
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With a young offense, I almost feel like the Steelers need an offensive mind who can help this group grow. Flores and his hard-nosed approach would've been good after the Jacksonville playoff loss. Still have a talented veteran team ready to win and bring in a head coach with more structure.
He could bring in an offensive minded OC. I do get your way of thinking though. The league is tweaked for offensive production. So one way or another you need a highly competent coach on that side of the ball.
The defense better get younger soon. They need at least one, maybe 2 young CBs, someone (draft/FA) to replace Bush, more young talent on the DL, and another really good Edge to rotate with TJ and Highsmith.
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I'd at least give him a solid look. Considering how often this team changes head coaches. I'd interview everyone under the sun.
This organization needs to get its Steeler mojo back and rebuild what's been lost.
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the defense is young. other than heyward
Lot of mediocrity on both sides of the ball highlighted by even worse decision making. One thing I loathe more than losing is losing and in the process not even being remotely competitive. These days are far too often and not an anomaly.
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Heyward is getting near his end. He has maybe one more high level year left. He's a guy who deserves to be a champion and I feel bad for him because this team is years away from that. And that's with serious wholesale changes and everything going right.
It should get younger as you replace subpar performers like Bush, Witherspoon, etc. Also as you upgrade players like AluAlu, Wormley, Adams etc.
Problem is this team can never decide if they're in rebuild mode or not and they're stuck in the middle. Ben's not going to come to the rescue in the 4th quarter anymore.
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It’s like he reads this board: