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Fiji Mariner

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Just bringing a little sunshine on this rainy day

Sitting at 4-3 the Steelers have an elite team in the league coming in to perform a tune up on them. This is THE game.

The Steelers will do the unthinkable and get an ultimate confidence boost by pulling their heads out of their collective ***** and secure the victory…highly unlikely, but this could be just the jolt THEY need to push on towards the Tomlinship.

Or…the historic D will do what it does and fold at every opportunity and every 3rd down and allow the 30burgher streak to continue in possibly historic fashion allowing 40, 50…who knows 60 may be attainable with this historic unit. This is the true BRIGHT side. The big pill, the one that’s real hard to swallow. So hard that even dumbazz Art can’t look the other way as he chokes on it.

This has the potential to be the game that propels the 30burghers to a truly BRIGHT and historic season. The type where fans treat Mike like Canada and break out the pitchforks and begin the chant. The type where a precious Tomlinship isn’t won even vs backup QBs on every division opponent’s team. The type where a historic D averages allowing a playoff type of “effort” every game. The type of bad that gets a coach fired if the owner is embarrassed enough.

And yes fans, for the Sun to shine and the bright spot be realized Art needs to choke on that pill and be as embarrassed as possible with chants raining down from the first quarter of every home game if the 30burghers do what they do and get lit up again.

The bigger the headache the bigger the pill and the fans need to be that big pill…pecking like a woodpecker with a headache “fire Tomlin” if that same sorry a$$ unit shows up vs the Colts.

A streak of 30 plus allowed would really make one look at the remaining games and find it hard to spot more than 2-3 wins. The BRIGHT spot, where a historic defense and HOF QB put up an extremely embarrassing 6-11 or 7-10 season under Mediocre Mike. A Tomlinship lost 😞 and a streak of mediocrity broken. Hopefully IF it gets bad it gets really bad and the fans bring their A game with the embarrassing anger towards the ownership.

All that being said…watch these guys go out and do what Tomlin teams do and accidentally win a game they should get throttled in and squeak by towards another Tomlinship. Win this game and certainly they can find 4 more of the remaining 9 if we just face enough backup QBs.

As always…Happy Groundhog’s Day

Maybe a new Steelers chant should be the call and response chant:
“Hey Steelers fans, what DAY is it?”
“Groundhog’s Day”

Now that would be hilarious 😂
 
Rooney and Tomlin are not wise enough to see that by either having Tomlin step down or put on his big boy pants and letting him go, will actually save Tomlin‘s legacy as a Hall of Fame NFL head coach.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I just can’t see Coach Tomlin turning the defense around this season.
And if that doesn’t happen this whole season will be epic failure, and I don’t know of any man that would want his life works legacy to be remembered as a complete and utter failure.
But then again, I do not personally know any man who is paid millions of dollars to be mediocre.
 
The process that seems to be happening now is the one that should have been initiated in 2019 when Ben wrecked his elbow.

That succession strategy has never been evident, starting with the trade for Minkah, which seemed beneficial for a couple seasons. Since then, the Steelers have gaffed on drafts, continually disappointing with R1 picks.

There is no plan for a future franchise QB (look at how the Packers plan and develop), the D construction will probably be the textbook case for the league in "How not to allot cap space on players past their prime", and the O, this season's bright spot, seems like a mess of philosophies on OL, on needed assets and on the future pathway.

Perhaps it's necessary to have this type of very public failure, and maybe even another season, to eventually right the ship with new leadership from Dookie on down, in a similar fashion to when Mr Dan Rooney took over from the Chief.
 
steel dino said:
Rooney and Tomlin are not wise enough to see that by either having Tomlin step down or put on his big boy pants and letting him go, will actually save Tomlin‘s legacy as a Hall of Fame NFL head coach.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I just can’t see Coach Tomlin turning the defense around this season.
And if that doesn’t happen this whole season will be epic failure, and I don’t know of any man that would want his life works legacy to be remembered as a complete and utter failure.
But then again, I do not personally know any man who is paid millions of dollars to be mediocre.
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Excellent post steel dino, appreciate yaz.!

I draw on that same paper as to if this defense can SIGNIFICANTLY be aspired upwards.

They can change some stuff, but the ineptitude is deep amongst the coaches. Can Tomlin or Austin come up with enough mastery to change in a solid way. Last game they blitzed but in doing so….. just sent another player but no adjustment to cover the spot the player came from. Love just tossed the ball to eve3n a more wide open reciever. Open over the middle is a staple while facing the Tomlin defense, proven time and again.

I highly doubt there is enough time to install a Dick Lebeau led defense, plus they don’t have the personnel.


Fiji Mariner has a valid post, this could be the big giving of the proverbial pill.



Salute the nation
 
I think it finally has caught up to Art and Tomlin this season.
Aging vets in decline, miscalculation on aging free agent pick-ups, predictable, outdated defensive schemes, poor position coaches for the most part, inability to make adjustments. It’s all come to an ugly head this season and except for unexpected solid play from Aaron Rodgers, this may be the season that finally exposes the fraud that Tomlin is.
 
steelhurt said:
I think it finally has caught up to Art and Tomlin this season.
Aging vets in decline, miscalculation on aging free agent pick-ups, predictable, outdated defensive schemes, poor position coaches for the most part, inability to make adjustments. It’s all come to an ugly head this season and except for unexpected solid play from Aaron Rodgers, this may be the season that finally exposes the fraud that Tomlin is.
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Whether it has or has not caught up, the earliest anything will change is 01/01/2028.
Until then, we are collectively stuck with ineptness.
And this weekend's game?
Don't get your popcorn ready.
Get your eye blinders and tissues ready, because it's going to be UGLY.
Oh, and marinate on this...... DANNY FN DIMES is going to absolutely SHRED our overpaid/underachieving D.
Who had that on their BINGO cards?
And can you imagine even uttering that phrase between 2019 and 2024?
 
The colts have the players that typically give us issues. Jones is a mobile QB, their RB is leading the league, their TE is 15th in receiving yards and Pittman is 25th in yrds. Overall they are #1 in yrds / gm and ppg. They are 6th defensively in ppg and I think #1 in turnovers. Unless they have a terrible day and we change our whole defensive philosophy I can't see us winning this game.
 
jitter77 said:
The colts have the players that typically give us issues. Jones is a mobile QB, their RB is leading the league, their TE is 15th in receiving yards and Pittman is 25th in yrds. Overall they are #1 in yrds / gm and ppg. They are 6th defensively in ppg and I think #1 in turnovers. Unless they have a terrible day and we change our whole defensive philosophy I can't see us winning this game.
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Are we getting a new coach ???

I hear exactly what you are sayiN jitter77.



Salute the nation
 
jitter77 said:
The colts have the players that typically give us issues. Jones is a mobile QB, their RB is leading the league, their TE is 15th in receiving yards and Pittman is 25th in yrds. Overall they are #1 in yrds / gm and ppg. They are 6th defensively in ppg and I think #1 in turnovers. Unless they have a terrible day and we change our whole defensive philosophy I can't see us winning this game.
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So you are saying there is a chance......
 
Fiji Mariner said:
Just bringing a little sunshine on this rainy day

Sitting at 4-3 the Steelers have an elite team in the league coming in to perform a tune up on them. This is THE game.

The Steelers will do the unthinkable and get an ultimate confidence boost by pulling their heads out of their collective ***** and secure the victory…highly unlikely, but this could be just the jolt THEY need to push on towards the Tomlinship.

Or…the historic D will do what it does and fold at every opportunity and every 3rd down and allow the 30burgher streak to continue in possibly historic fashion allowing 40, 50…who knows 60 may be attainable with this historic unit. This is the true BRIGHT side. The big pill, the one that’s real hard to swallow. So hard that even dumbazz Art can’t look the other way as he chokes on it.

This has the potential to be the game that propels the 30burghers to a truly BRIGHT and historic season. The type where fans treat Mike like Canada and break out the pitchforks and begin the chant. The type where a precious Tomlinship isn’t won even vs backup QBs on every division opponent’s team. The type where a historic D averages allowing a playoff type of “effort” every game. The type of bad that gets a coach fired if the owner is embarrassed enough.

And yes fans, for the Sun to shine and the bright spot be realized Art needs to choke on that pill and be as embarrassed as possible with chants raining down from the first quarter of every home game if the 30burghers do what they do and get lit up again.

The bigger the headache the bigger the pill and the fans need to be that big pill…pecking like a woodpecker with a headache “fire Tomlin” if that same sorry a$$ unit shows up vs the Colts.

A streak of 30 plus allowed would really make one look at the remaining games and find it hard to spot more than 2-3 wins. The BRIGHT spot, where a historic defense and HOF QB put up an extremely embarrassing 6-11 or 7-10 season under Mediocre Mike. A Tomlinship lost 😞 and a streak of mediocrity broken. Hopefully IF it gets bad it gets really bad and the fans bring their A game with the embarrassing anger towards the ownership.

All that being said…watch these guys go out and do what Tomlin teams do and accidentally win a game they should get throttled in and squeak by towards another Tomlinship. Win this game and certainly they can find 4 more of the remaining 9 if we just face enough backup QBs.

As always…Happy Groundhog’s Day

Maybe a new Steelers chant should be the call and response chant:
“Hey Steelers fans, what DAY is it?”
“Groundhog’s Day”

Now that would be hilarious 😂
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Thank you Fiji, great post.

I am one that thinks, if we somehow upset Indy, currently IND is a 3.5 pts fav, it could be the launching point to something good. I think those odds, of us upsetting Indy, are too big.

The pivotal moment of changing hearts and minds, and schemes, was the loss to Cincy. That should have been the "awakening" and catapult, but it wasn't that at all. Look at the D players...they are defeated. They look defeated and talk defeated.


IND covers the 3.5 pts
 
madinsomniac said:
This will be the game they inexplicably win and convince themselves they are fine
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Said this in another thread too, Watt will go off or something, Indy will fumble 5 times and we'll win and the national media will be back on the Tomlin bandwagon.
 
Coryea said:
Said this in another thread too, Watt will go off or something, Indy will fumble 5 times and we'll win and the national media will be back on the Tomlin bandwagon.
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When did they get off the Tomlin bandwagon? ESPN is still glazing him pretty hard.
 
this defense is ***. doesnt matter if we're playing the Colts or anyone else. Hell, the Indiana Hoosiers football offense could hang 20 on this "scheme"

we could trade some defensive players, but at the end of the day with Tomlin and Austin running this **** into the ground, nothing will change. Players must like coming here, since they're not held accountable for their play on the field (unless they're a rookie), get to collect a fat check and literally don't have to learn any new schemes.

which cracks me up trading for a new offensive toy. Remember when Tomlin said about Roman Wilson that the train has left the station and its hard to get on a moving train? Yet, somehow a new offensive player can do just that.
 
Sarge said:
When did they get off the Tomlin bandwagon? ESPN is still glazing him pretty hard.
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True, lol, I did hear one national person today say the Steelers need to seriously consider the coaching position after this season, especially if they miss the playoffs.
The Maggie and Perloff show on CBS Sports radio in the mornings have been bringing up the fact the Steelers haven't won a playoff game 8 seasons when they are talking Steelers.
 
timsim00 said:
Well it helps if you have Ryan "Clown" Clark on staff
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Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa WHOA!
Ryan Clark the media personality MAY be a clown.
But I'd give my left arm for him to be in our secondary right now.
But make the distinction please.
 
fedderone said:
Whether it has or has not caught up, the earliest anything will change is 01/01/2028.
Until then, we are collectively stuck with ineptness.
And this weekend's game?
Don't get your popcorn ready.
Get your eye blinders and tissues ready, because it's going to be UGLY.
Oh, and marinate on this...... DANNY FN DIMES is going to absolutely SHRED our overpaid/underachieving D.
Who had that on their BINGO cards?
And can you imagine even uttering that phrase between 2019 and 2024?
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I see this game as highly pivotal towards achieving the standard, the highly vaunted Tomlinship.

Should they lose this one I could definitely see the Tomlinship streak ending with a 6-11 or 7-10 season. Losing this uncorks a home skid and the rest of the schedule doesn’t have many layups. Should beat Miami and win at least 2 out of Chicago and the 4 remaining division games. Maybe another 5 turnover game falls in their lap somewhere??? A shattered confidence and uncorking a can of suck is easily possible too with a sound thumping here though. It seems they are in the brink right now.

A win here and maybe they get some confidence beating a good squad and football is definitely a game of confidence and momentum.

It seems this one is for the Tomlinship imho, and we all know how important those are…I mean they’re all we have at this point…it’s the standard.

You do bring up a great point about Danny Dimes though. He is balling! He was a guy some here had interest in as a bridge in the last FA cycle. Guys like him and Darnold, Mac Jones, Baker Mayfield all had their struggles early with poor franchises and now all look to be showing some of their draft day pedigree. Do you think any of those guys shows better than say a Mason Rudolph had they come to Pittsburgh and had to operate in the constraints of Tomlin’s system?

What a difference adequate coaching makes!!!
 
ZonaBurgh said:
And yet, they will somehow eek out a 9-8 or 8-8-1 season and al will be right with the world.

I'd rather see them go 4-13 and end the Ground Hog Day nightmare.
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Yup I’m just thinking this game is the tipping point, and the Steelers are just dumb enough to win…or dumb enough to have the doors blown off in a blowout of epic proportions.

I may just have to endure all 60 minutes of this one.
 
Coryea said:
Said this in another thread too, Watt will go off or something, Indy will fumble 5 times and we'll win and the national media will be back on the Tomlin bandwagon.
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Opening defensive drive Renegade!!!

Play it early and often, no point in saving that shyte for when the game is out of reach.

Wake these defenders up early!
 
fedderone said:
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa WHOA!
Ryan Clark the media personality MAY be a clown.
But I'd give my left arm for him to be in our secondary right now.
But make the distinction please.
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@fedderone , my apologies. Completely agree, but since his gig is only "arm chair" right now, I thought it was assumed.

Then again, we can dream of 25 in uniform again. Couldn't hurt!!! :unsure:
 
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