The Pittsburgher Thread: Where Tomlin tries his hardest to lose

[Jaded-Fan]

 

[Bingo71]

Vance is great and is quickly becoming a fan favorite in Pittsburgh but his style of play opens him up for injuries and fumbles, as we saw today.

We all love smash mouth football but he needs to know when to avoid contact.

 

[Bingo71]

The Bengals remind me of an NHL team with a couple of goons, more concerned about inflicting pain on their opponent, than actually winning games...

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

So glad the Browns helped out the Pats and struggling Brady by handing them Gordon. Idiots.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Vance is great and is quickly becoming a fan favorite in Pittsburgh but his style of play opens him up for injuries and fumbles, as we saw today.

We all love smash mouth football but he needs to know when to avoid contact.

I have no problem with that...hes actually a very smart player(known for high IQ coming out of Rice) and knew he was short for the first down and tried to do whatever to pick it up. The situation we were in..love that he tried to avoid going down and not settle for a field goal. Ill take that risk. Just needs to stay healthy now. Still early in his career..not like hes in his 9th year and been injured for most. Hes just starting out.

Gronk gets injured alot..but the risk is worth the reward. I want McDonald to continue that exact type of play. Something this team desperately needed. Him on offense and Watt on defense...getting back to Steelers football with the finesse to go with it. Now we just need to make that big trade I keep talking about. Will be pissed if they dont..this is the first time we have the room to add a top end player before the deadline

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Mahomes is human...overthrows on that drive. He will be a great QB but come playoff time I can see the same happening. With the Jags losing 3 in a row..Bortles looking bad. AFC is open..we need to go for it all.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Pats knew with Brady getting older they actually need more talent around him. Solid draft pick with Michel(when they rarely cared about having a top RB) and they pickup Gordon.

 

[Pengwins]

its amazing the Steelers are so talented to win despite Tomlin. he is a complete clown of a coach.

how the F does Burfict get away with elbowing to the head? he should be suspended. F the bungles

 

[Pengwins]

Flacco will Flacco eventually.

Our offense did zero in the second half in that game.

Zero targets to Vance after him abusing that D in the first half. No idea what their gameplan was or what Ben was doing out there. I expect a much better performance next time around.

And Ravens beat a bad Bills team in week 1..a bad Broncos team. Lost to Bengals and Browns. They beat us..but like I said that was on our offense in the 2nd half. Our D held them to field goals in that half. No idea what was going on with Ben...one of the worst halves Ive seen him play.

Not saying they are a bad team but they are up and down just like everyone else. Browns beating them 12-9(?) Is a perfect example

idk man. Ravens look good. it would suckass if they won the SB again

 

[Bingo71]

The Patriots entire offensive scheme makes things as easy as possible for Brady and company.

They scheme guys open, confuse defenses with different looks week to week, use the pass to open the run, etc. Same thing on defense. Every time people think they the Pats D is going to be their downfall, Bellichick finds a way to put his defenders in position to succeed.

Tomlin’s gameplan seems to be just telling his star players to “go out and make a play”. And more often than not, they do, and make him look good in the process. He and his coordinators never seem to have a solid plan of attack.

 

[Dick Sledge]

When will Brady and the Pats just f*** off already?

Chiefs are doing Chief things. Start crazy hot then finish 10-6.

We may have won in week 10 as opposed to week 2.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

The Patriots entire offensive scheme makes things as easy as possible for Brady and company.

They scheme guys open, confuse defenses with different looks week to week, use the pass to open the run, etc. Same thing on defense. Every time people think they the Pats D is going to be their downfall, Bellichick finds a way to put his defenders in position to succeed.

Tomlin’s gameplan seems to be just telling his star players to “go out and make a play”. And more often than not, they do, and make him look good in the process. He and his coordinators never seem to have a solid plan of attack.

 

[Rossi Rat]

New England winning this game is so predictable.

Does bring some balance to our conference, at least. Will be a fun fight between KC, Baltimore and New England for home field in the playoffs.

 

[Bingo71]

The AFC Championship Game will be in Foxboro, you can bank on that.

Steelers will probably limp into the playoffs, thanks to some team like the Titans losing on the final weekend, only to lose in the wildcard in epic fashion.

 

[Rossi Rat]

Gump at Bama was special. The 1962 Crimson Tide.

 

[Dick Sledge]

The AFC South sucks. The East sucks and the West may have 2 teams make it but the Chargers could collapse at any time.

Who knows. The North may get 3 in.

 

[Rossi Rat]

The AFC Championship Game will be in Foxboro, you can bank on that.

Steelers will probably limp into the playoffs, thanks to some team like the Titans losing on the final weekend, only to lose in the wildcard in epic fashion.

I can see that. This division is the Ravens’ to lose. By far the best defense in the NFL.

 

[Dick Sledge]

I can see that. This division is the Ravens’ to lose. By far the best defense in the NFL.

Man that Ravens Dick must be huge for you to fall so hard in love.

 

[Dick Sledge]

Lol Brady pulled a Ben

 

[Rossi Rat]

Man that Ravens Dick must be huge for you to fall so hard in love.

Haha. I like to think I’m jinxing them. They’re always such a pain for the Steelers... I don’t get how Flacco just always owns them these days. Crap Steelers D helps.

Only 77 points against in 6 games though. Next best is the Bears with 96... and they had their bye.

 

[Dick Sledge]

Haha. I like to think I’m jinxing them. They’re always such a pain for the Steelers... I don’t get how Flacco just always owns them these days. Crap Steelers D helps.

Is that what you've been doing to Penn State as well?

Edit: my joking emoji didn't work

 

[Rossi Rat]

Is that what you've been doing to Penn State as well?

Edit: my joking emoji didn't work

I need to stop talking about State. Let Franklin keep doing his job.

 

[Dick Sledge]

I need to stop talking about State. Let Franklin keep doing his job.

The Longhorns leap frogged PSU. They won't make the playoffs but I'm happy they're relevant again.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Bengals play Chiefs next week. Bucs the following week(who knows with them and the injuries the Bengals have).

Ravens play Saints and Panthers before they play us the following week. Two tough games finally for them. We'll see where they are at after those 2.

We get a bye and then Browns. Rest up , get everyone back and two weeks to work on things. Beat the Browns to get to 4-2-1.

Both the Bengals and Ravens could be 4-4( maybe 5-3 but def dont see them winning both) by the time we play the Ravens. Predicting wins/losses aside..Ravens have two tough matchups finally before facing us. While we play the Browns(who face the Bucs the week before) coming off a bye.

Point is..finally a perfect time for us to have a bye IMO. With two more divisional games coming up. You could say we won two straight and want to keep it going with a game next week but after this big win and all of these injuries today(guys came back but still a hard fought game) its coming at a perfect time and make sure we dont have a letdown game against the Browns at home. Yeah it will be their Superbowl but two weeks to prepare..getting guys like Fort/Burnett back..Watt/Davis/Haden rested..etc..I dont see us losing.

These last two wins also changed the situation with Bell too imo. If we kept losing I could see him continue to holdout until he has to come back. But with these two wins and Conner playing great...Bell kinda broke that ice today witth the tweet to Conner. Figured that would happen once we started winning. Would have been a mess if we dropped these.

Team is in a good spot right now after all of the drama to start the year and I see them getting better. Now its just a matter of coaching taking advantage of the Bell situation and adding a top defender thru trade.

 

[Rossi Rat]

The Longhorns leap frogged PSU. They won't make the playoffs but I'm happy they're relevant again.

I just hope we can still get a New Year’s Bowl. Texas looks like a team capable of that. No excuses for PSU not to.