That was brutal. What bothered me most was Russ's decision making. Running for 3 yds instead of tossing the ball away to save time on that final drive. Many other examples but that was a basic one we all were scratching our heads about. Great play design on Muth's TD.
Right. Making good decisions as an experienced vet is supposed to be one of his major plus points and compensate for his lack of mobility. And it certainly wasn't his only boneheaded mistake during this losing streak.
This is Tomlins offense. Looks just like last year's under Canada & Pickett. Deep throws down the sideline or check downs. Lots of sacks and not allot of points. It's the exact same thing. Russ was way better when he first started but recently has regressed under tomlins tutelage
I’m not a Tomlin hater but I’m @ the point where I think it’s time to 🔥it all down. They finished 10-7 same record as last yr w/Pickett. GP played like a dude looking for the exits. Wilson’s decisions = awful & can’t utilise the entire field. The entire team outside of Boz/Heyward has regressed. Game plan was awful & execution even worse. HC refuses to change & learn so why would his players? D has given up scores on opening drives to opponents & the O operating from a hole for how many games now? Only to hear HC say beginnings of games don’t matter when losing by 1 score? Found a way to beat Joe Burrow a few weeks ago only to do 180 from that game plan to go back to a strategy of losing football. They’re going to get creamed in the Wild Card round again. 🔥 it.
That was extremely tough to watch. After the first half I was ready for Fields to come in. I have no idea why Tomlin won’t pull the trigger this second time around because Russ looks horrendous. I think if we put Fields in, stop running the toss play, and avoid turnovers. We can still win next week. But throwing the same stuff out there that we have the past 4 weeks will not get us a different result and I do not see how Tomlin doesn’t see that.
This was a debacle, pure and simple. I had a message ready to type, but there is so many fingers to point. They should’ve been able to move the ball all day, and our pass rush was getting going on Burrow so no reason to not do well there (and they did, as you say). The offense though… just smdh. And next week in BAL? This is essentially a bye week for them. Ain’t no way we’re going to slow them down. No way
Thanks for the recap DB. it’s always hard after these losses, esp after losing 4 straight, but your breakdowns def make it easier to swallow and come to terms with. Will be interesting to see the direction we go this offseason if we lose in Baltimore/Houston
Great stuff as usual DB. Very frustrating night. Went from thinking we'd be able to win at Houston next week if everything shook out seeding wise, but I don't think we have a shot in Baltimore as it stands now. Even if the Raiders somehow beat the Chargers today, I now have little to no confidence they can beat the Texans now either
Been sayin this for years now, I jus feel bad for guys like TJ Watt. Minkah, cam heyward etc. bkuz they been putting this team on their backs for years now and they hav NOTHING to show for it. What a shame smh
They stubbornly try to establish the run, and then failing that, they end up putting too much pressure on 3rd down (often 3rd and long, but they even often fail on 3rd and short as well). The offense showed some promise the first game against the Bengals…but it was short-lived.
The hard questions is where do we go at QB now? Russ and Fields didn't encourage much this year, and the draft is completely awful. Really brutal spot to be in.
Just hurt to frickin watch, George and russ are proving they don’t deserve to be paid big money to keep them. Worst I’ve seen the offense play this year
Is there a good explanation for the complete disappearance of play action from the gameplan? Art has called play action on first downs and second and longs all year even when the run game struggled. It’s a good way to ease the burden on the tackles and keep the linebackers honest, which might make the angles better on those toss plays, right?
I’m finally at the new coach phase. We need legitimate coaching. Mike is the last thread of mediocre holding this team back. This is just frustrating as a fan to be irrelevant in December in January and be a write off, automatic win for the other team. Every year the fans have to watch their defense play the other teams offense all game all year. Goddam this team can even run but try their hardest to be one knowing they can’t. Is it truly this hard to build an nfl offense? For Mike it seems impossible
I thought for sure we could get our offense going against Bengals d but just got going too late. It was nice to see the D play well with Bishop and Trice showing up well. Also, Mike Williams made a great catch. We finally have a mostly healthy roster going into the playoffs. We've certainly learned who's who on this team at this point. Anything is possible.
I said a over a month ago, when they lost to the Cowboys, and Pickens eye paint said "Always fucking open". They should've traded his ass. He's really talented, but what you do only matters when it counts. He seems to melt down when it really matters. What the hell you think he'd do deep in the playoffs?! Trade his ass!
First of all, I didn't even watch the full game, man. This team just crushed my spirit these past weeks and it's not even the losses, it's HOW they lost. They're not even putting up a fight. I guess this game they kinda did on the 4th quarter, but by the end of the 3rd they were ready to lie down and take the L. Literally all 3 phases of this team has fallen part. Can someone pull the statistics of steelers offense/defense/ST since the browns loss? Also, who is responsible for the defensive play calling? Is it TA? Tomlin? How in the hell do you leave your 7th round pick who has barely played ANY games on an island with the NFL's best receiver? I almost lost my freaking mind on that first TD to chase. Someone please convince me that is not coaching malpractice. Like, how does that happen? Someone please tell me I am not crazy. Someone from the defensive side of the coaching staff NEEDS TO F***ING GO MAN!!!!!!!!!! This is insanity. One last thing... DB please tell me we are bringing back JF next season and not Russ. I need some copium to push through this, man.... At this point, just put Fields in on the playoffs. This team CLEARLY isn't going anywhere. To me it makes no difference if they go 0-1 or 1-1, it doesn't make me feel any better. They are clearly an incompetent and incomplete football team all the way around. This way you can at least see a little bit more of Fields before you have to make a decision at QB. That's all I want, man. With Fields at least there is HOPE that you can develop him to be great. All the attributes are there, man. Just try and develop the guy. Russ is almost 40. There is no developing or improvements, the offense just has to model itself completely to how he plays (Which they very clearly can't) and we've seen the results of that these past weeks.
Also, Dan Moore finally showing his true colors on this final stretch. At the start of the year I actually thought he would be playing himself into a decent contract lol. He probably will get picked up and start somewhere else just because of the lack of talent and I bet he will probably do way better. Same as Kevin Dotson, who went from the worst OL on the roster to being a pro-bowler level talent on his first year out of Pit. At this point I'm just spitting nonsense, man. So frustrated.....
It’s like they don’t self scout. We have a great pass rush. They have a great QB. You’re going to get quick game. Why don’t they know this going into the game? This is why they couldn’t beat Tom Brady. They treat CB like a second class position and put all their eggs in the pass rush basket. Against 26 NFL teams that philosophy will work. The best QB’s carve is up because we lack talent outside. It’s been the same story for over a decade.
The series where the offense couldn't get one yard on multiple tries and essentially handed the Bengals 3 points was utterly pathetic and disappointing. A team supposedly built on running the ball and being tough couldn't get 1 yard against one of the worst defenses in the league!!! Absolutely lost in football purgatory the Steelers are.
The Steelers don’t deserve to be going ANYWHERE next week. That offense is an atrocious, dysfunctional mess, and doesn’t have a prayer of scoring consistently on any of the defensive units they’ll be playing. And the Steelers don’t scare anyone, they haven’t for years now. They’re just a laughing stock for all other franchises in the NFL.
This isnt a team that likes to run imo. Mike and Arthur like to run and Arthur force feeds it. Steelers are near the bottom in run efficiency and near bottom in pass and receiving. Offensive incompetence man. The gameplan they had the first game was non existent in this one. Tomlin cant hire competent offensive minds and the offense just seems to be an afterthought every season. Ive been a Tomlin supporter but he’s a problem this organization may need to move away from.
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Idk why Russ gets the blame for everything wrong with the offense. Pickens had zero yards on 6 targets like how about you help your QB out. Game on the line and he’s running his routes wrong any other QB goes off on Pickens especially after the shit he pulled last week
I think a few things: 1. Tomlin is Russ guy and refuses to be wrong. 2. Russ is who he is. He is boom or bust. He will go deep or dump it off. The first few weeks the league was not sure who he was but now all defenses just take away the deep ball and Russ panicks. 3. Pittsburgh offense is far too predicable. Slow starts, BOOM /BUST Russ, GP quits, toss plays into oblivion, if they play Justin he is only a runner. EVERYONE knows what they are doing. 4. When the Steelers bring Russ back they will need build the Offense around what he does. You will need at least a RB to replace Najee. You will need a DEEP BALL/ CONTESTED CATCH WR, you will need Roman Wilson and CA3 to be your slot guys and Friermuth to be your main weapons. 5. Tomlin over relies on turnovers. 6. GP would not be my number 1 and I think he quit on the team. He heard Russ blamed him for the pick and he feels overly criticized in reporter interviews and you can see the frustration.
Steelers have one of the least athletic Ds in the L...smh your knowledge of football continues to amaze me. Football is about schemes. That's why ppl can't name but one KC defensive player yet they are one of the best units ...players in the right position. Position over talent. Pittsburgh has the althetism not the schemes
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That was brutal. What bothered me most was Russ's decision making. Running for 3 yds instead of tossing the ball away to save time on that final drive. Many other examples but that was a basic one we all were scratching our heads about. Great play design on Muth's TD.
Well this is the "VETERAN" decision making Tomlin sacrificed fields potential to open up the offense with his athleticism for.
Right. Making good decisions as an experienced vet is supposed to be one of his major plus points and compensate for his lack of mobility. And it certainly wasn't his only boneheaded mistake during this losing streak.
@@rohangondor6250 Fields seems like the best chance to win in Baltimore
Russ is not the answer even for this year but certainly not next
You are, by far, the best & smartest Steelers analyst across all media. Thanks for all you do man!
It's Tomlin, if the steelers had Lamar, Mahomes or Allen we would still score 17pts.
This is Tomlins offense. Looks just like last year's under Canada & Pickett. Deep throws down the sideline or check downs. Lots of sacks and not allot of points. It's the exact same thing. Russ was way better when he first started but recently has regressed under tomlins tutelage
I’m not a Tomlin hater but I’m @ the point where I think it’s time to 🔥it all down. They finished 10-7 same record as last yr w/Pickett. GP played like a dude looking for the exits. Wilson’s decisions = awful & can’t utilise the entire field. The entire team outside of Boz/Heyward has regressed. Game plan was awful & execution even worse. HC refuses to change & learn so why would his players? D has given up scores on opening drives to opponents & the O operating from a hole for how many games now? Only to hear HC say beginnings of games don’t matter when losing by 1 score?
Found a way to beat Joe Burrow a few weeks ago only to do 180 from that game plan to go back to a strategy of losing football.
They’re going to get creamed in the Wild Card round again.
🔥 it.
That's what happens when you don't have a decent starting QB and receivers
That was extremely tough to watch. After the first half I was ready for Fields to come in. I have no idea why Tomlin won’t pull the trigger this second time around because Russ looks horrendous. I think if we put Fields in, stop running the toss play, and avoid turnovers. We can still win next week. But throwing the same stuff out there that we have the past 4 weeks will not get us a different result and I do not see how Tomlin doesn’t see that.
This was a debacle, pure and simple. I had a message ready to type, but there is so many fingers to point. They should’ve been able to move the ball all day, and our pass rush was getting going on Burrow so no reason to not do well there (and they did, as you say). The offense though… just smdh. And next week in BAL? This is essentially a bye week for them. Ain’t no way we’re going to slow them down. No way
Thanks for the recap DB. it’s always hard after these losses, esp after losing 4 straight, but your breakdowns def make it easier to swallow and come to terms with. Will be interesting to see the direction we go this offseason if we lose in Baltimore/Houston
Great stuff as usual DB. Very frustrating night. Went from thinking we'd be able to win at Houston next week if everything shook out seeding wise, but I don't think we have a shot in Baltimore as it stands now. Even if the Raiders somehow beat the Chargers today, I now have little to no confidence they can beat the Texans now either
Been sayin this for years now, I jus feel bad for guys like TJ Watt. Minkah, cam heyward etc. bkuz they been putting this team on their backs for years now and they hav NOTHING to show for it. What a shame smh
They have huge 💰to show for it so I wouldn’t say they have “nothing.”
Besides the 💰 bro they ain't got shite to show pro bowls only but who watch that crappie game anyways ... FIRE TOMLIN !!!!
Why? These are the guys that speak up for tomlin. Stop it, they wanted Russ too.
They stubbornly try to establish the run, and then failing that, they end up putting too much pressure on 3rd down (often 3rd and long, but they even often fail on 3rd and short as well). The offense showed some promise the first game against the Bengals…but it was short-lived.
The hard questions is where do we go at QB now? Russ and Fields didn't encourage much this year, and the draft is completely awful. Really brutal spot to be in.
Tomlin should be fired.
Just hurt to frickin watch, George and russ are proving they don’t deserve to be paid big money to keep them. Worst I’ve seen the offense play this year
Is there a good explanation for the complete disappearance of play action from the gameplan? Art has called play action on first downs and second and longs all year even when the run game struggled. It’s a good way to ease the burden on the tackles and keep the linebackers honest, which might make the angles better on those toss plays, right?
Tomlin got his bonus check by getting theteam to the playoffs. Going to lose ASAP so he can go to part time hours for the off season.
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Don't forget his another non losing season
DB the best Steeler analyst
I’m finally at the new coach phase. We need legitimate coaching. Mike is the last thread of mediocre holding this team back. This is just frustrating as a fan to be irrelevant in December in January and be a write off, automatic win for the other team. Every year the fans have to watch their defense play the other teams offense all game all year. Goddam this team can even run but try their hardest to be one knowing they can’t. Is it truly this hard to build an nfl offense? For Mike it seems impossible
I thought for sure we could get our offense going against Bengals d but just got going too late. It was nice to see the D play well with Bishop and Trice showing up well. Also, Mike Williams made a great catch. We finally have a mostly healthy roster going into the playoffs. We've certainly learned who's who on this team at this point. Anything is possible.
I said a over a month ago, when they lost to the Cowboys, and Pickens eye paint said "Always fucking open".
They should've traded his ass. He's really talented, but what you do only matters when it counts.
He seems to melt down when it really matters.
What the hell you think he'd do deep in the playoffs?!
Trade his ass!
After another first round exit I think we might have to look into shopping one of our defensive stars for assets. Maybe Highsmith?
First of all, I didn't even watch the full game, man. This team just crushed my spirit these past weeks and it's not even the losses, it's HOW they lost. They're not even putting up a fight. I guess this game they kinda did on the 4th quarter, but by the end of the 3rd they were ready to lie down and take the L.
Literally all 3 phases of this team has fallen part. Can someone pull the statistics of steelers offense/defense/ST since the browns loss?
Also, who is responsible for the defensive play calling? Is it TA? Tomlin?
How in the hell do you leave your 7th round pick who has barely played ANY games on an island with the NFL's best receiver? I almost lost my freaking mind on that first TD to chase.
Someone please convince me that is not coaching malpractice. Like, how does that happen? Someone please tell me I am not crazy. Someone from the defensive side of the coaching staff NEEDS TO F***ING GO MAN!!!!!!!!!! This is insanity.
One last thing... DB please tell me we are bringing back JF next season and not Russ. I need some copium to push through this, man....
At this point, just put Fields in on the playoffs. This team CLEARLY isn't going anywhere. To me it makes no difference if they go 0-1 or 1-1, it doesn't make me feel any better. They are clearly an incompetent and incomplete football team all the way around.
This way you can at least see a little bit more of Fields before you have to make a decision at QB. That's all I want, man.
With Fields at least there is HOPE that you can develop him to be great. All the attributes are there, man. Just try and develop the guy. Russ is almost 40. There is no developing or improvements, the offense just has to model itself completely to how he plays (Which they very clearly can't) and we've seen the results of that these past weeks.
Also, Dan Moore finally showing his true colors on this final stretch. At the start of the year I actually thought he would be playing himself into a decent contract lol.
He probably will get picked up and start somewhere else just because of the lack of talent and I bet he will probably do way better. Same as Kevin Dotson, who went from the worst OL on the roster to being a pro-bowler level talent on his first year out of Pit.
At this point I'm just spitting nonsense, man. So frustrated.....
We not beating Ravens with king Henry.
Tomlin'a recurring explanation (If you can't get a yard, you don't deserve to win) sheds real doubt on his coaching and his OC.
We had a horrible game and still kept Burrow to 1 TD . We were 1 play away from a Boss field goal win
Someone also said that if the RAIDERS win today that we play the TEXANS in TX. Is this not true?
I never felt like we were going to win after this game started. Just feel no energy from offense.
Jalen warren i think i heard them said had 6 carries
Other than first drive thought 27 was solid made some plays competed. He was not going to shut him out but showed promise.
Run run pass punt is all you need to know
The Steelers sent the wrong guy packing, Arthur Smith and Mike Tomlin ain't shit,💩😠
Matt Canada doesn't look like the villain now.
This was pain
Tomlin is concerned with his winning season. Dude is running a scam.
It’s like they don’t self scout. We have a great pass rush. They have a great QB. You’re going to get quick game. Why don’t they know this going into the game? This is why they couldn’t beat Tom Brady. They treat CB like a second class position and put all their eggs in the pass rush basket. Against 26 NFL teams that philosophy will work. The best QB’s carve is up because we lack talent outside. It’s been the same story for over a decade.
We need another receiver and another QB
Oline was terrible..last week Broderick gave up 3-4 sacks and this week Dan gave up 3..
if we re sign russ idk what we doing honestly
I tried to tell em
i’m very mad right now
December has been garbage time for this team for WAY too long. Wholesale change is needed, but guess what........it just won't happen.
Russ is a pretender. The offense is missing a leader. Shame this defense did everything it could to win the game held CIN to 19pts.
And now the defense will give up 30-40 points against the Ravens in the playoffs
The series where the offense couldn't get one yard on multiple tries and essentially handed the Bengals 3 points was utterly pathetic and disappointing.
A team supposedly built on running the ball and being tough couldn't get 1 yard against one of the worst defenses in the league!!!
Absolutely lost in football purgatory the Steelers are.
The Steelers don’t deserve to be going ANYWHERE next week. That offense is an atrocious, dysfunctional mess, and doesn’t have a prayer of scoring consistently on any of the defensive units they’ll be playing. And the Steelers don’t scare anyone, they haven’t for years now. They’re just a laughing stock for all other franchises in the NFL.
Saying that have to watch all 22
If Jamar Chase played like GP, they lose
NFL insider..Pickens is a bad teammate.last person to arrive and first to leave..and he wasn't injured.he was sat for disciplinary reasons
THE OFFENSE IS TERRIBLE THE DEFENSE IS GOOD
This isnt a team that likes to run imo. Mike and Arthur like to run and Arthur force feeds it. Steelers are near the bottom in run efficiency and near bottom in pass and receiving. Offensive incompetence man. The gameplan they had the first game was non existent in this one. Tomlin cant hire competent offensive minds and the offense just seems to be an afterthought every season. Ive been a Tomlin supporter but he’s a problem this organization may need to move away from.
Not even trying to get first downs on 1st & 2nd down is dumb, stupid, idiotic, worthless.
The Steelers are stuck in mediocrity. Both in the players and the coaches.
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He sucks
Annoying, blathering fool
Burrow theew almost 50 times!
Idk why Russ gets the blame for everything wrong with the offense. Pickens had zero yards on 6 targets like how about you help your QB out. Game on the line and he’s running his routes wrong any other QB goes off on Pickens especially after the shit he pulled last week
I think a few things:
1. Tomlin is Russ guy and refuses to be wrong.
2. Russ is who he is. He is boom or bust. He will go deep or dump it off. The first few weeks the league was not sure who he was but now all defenses just take away the deep ball and Russ panicks.
3. Pittsburgh offense is far too predicable. Slow starts, BOOM /BUST Russ, GP quits, toss plays into oblivion, if they play Justin he is only a runner. EVERYONE knows what they are doing.
4. When the Steelers bring Russ back they will need build the Offense around what he does. You will need at least a RB to replace Najee. You will need a DEEP BALL/ CONTESTED CATCH WR, you will need Roman Wilson and CA3 to be your slot guys and Friermuth to be your main weapons.
5. Tomlin over relies on turnovers.
6. GP would not be my number 1 and I think he quit on the team. He heard Russ blamed him for the pick and he feels overly criticized in reporter interviews and you can see the frustration.
Steelers have one of the least athletic Ds in the L...smh your knowledge of football continues to amaze me. Football is about schemes. That's why ppl can't name but one KC defensive player yet they are one of the best units ...players in the right position. Position over talent. Pittsburgh has the althetism not the schemes
Arthur smith is not good and shouldn’t be on the Steelers OC
Looks like we’re one and done again my man