Official Gameday thread: Steelers @ Houston Week 4

Just saw a Tweet on FB Tomlin says changes are coming !!.............. Unleash hell coach ....LMAO

 

for sure… same with fichtner same with the DC’s same with the HC… lots of them turned over stones we constantly heard about are still in the same old lawn dulling each seasons new mower

 

We played like we were still stuck in KC today. Not a good showing by anyone w/the exception of Brad Wing. Sad when your punter was the game MVP

 

Fire Canada, give Kenny a year to improve as well as the O line. Otherwise draft a qb and o line coach in hot seat

 

With the offense as a whole struggling most of the day, you kick the field goal. It's not like the receiver came open early. It was likely a play designed to get the ball out quickly, but the initial coverage was good. At that point, why would any quarterback trust the protection that had been so poor all day?

If you're going to go for it there, you put Pickett under center. You either sneak it, run it with Harris, or go with play-action. You don't put him in shotgun. That a receiver came open late does not change that it was a horrible play design.

 

There were not two passes that should have been picked off last week. You are making things up. There was one, and that was a miscommunication with Heyward that most observers thought was the tight end's fault.

The thing is, Pickett played well enough after the first couple of drives last week that benching him would have made no sense. Maybe they should have done it at halftime today, but if you had benched every offensive player that was sucking, you would have had to take everyone out. That said, it might have been the smart thing to do.

The offensive line was awful today. Don't let the decent running numbers fool you. The Texans are not good against the run. Harris made a few players. In fact, he showed why he should still be the starter today. The protection sucked, so it made sense that Pickett did not trust it. There is a reason why Tomlin ripped into the line after that fourth-and-one play failed.

 

Please start with firing Matt Canada. Don't even wait. Tell him not to bother getting on the plane with the team. Tell them they will arrange alternate transportation home for him because he's done.

If Moore is healthy enough to play next week, it's time to bench Okorafor. Actually, the time was probably a couple of weeks ago, but he needs to be gone.

 

I hope someone questioned Tomlin and/or Canada about that entire sequence. It was a microcosm of poor coaching and player execution.

 

Turn the calendar.
Get the sweatshirts out.
Close the pool.
Get out the Halloween decorations out.

There’s the only changes I see in the next week.

 

Khalil Mack had 6 sacks today and 2 forced fumbles damn