Mike Tomlin looks like a genius for starting Russell Wilson

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Half of the population has an IQ less than 100

This board is no different

 

If the Jaguars had immediately responded with a touchdown, that might hold up. They didn't. That touchdown to bring the lead back to 14 was almost a full quarter of game time after the Steelers pulled within seven.

Also, you both seem to be forgetting that those weren't just taking advantage of a prevent defense. Two or three of those touchdowns by the Steelers were spectacular individual efforts.

 

OR

we could say - as was stated - that the Jags stopped with the PREVENT Defense when it got close and played regular - and we got stifled then and there.

we sucked that day.

the ENTIRE STAFF should have been canned that day.

the Killer B's were on the field. and we got out coached, out muscled, our asses whipped! BY BLAKE BORTLES! Let that sink in! AGAIN!

 

The Steelers definitely played poorly. I'm not disputing that. I am disputing the notion that the entire game was garbage time. That simply is not true.

 

ok - we can agree that the ENTIRE game was not, just most of it!!

 

Do You actually watch , or do You forget that they lost the AFC Championship to a questionable call to NE(imagine that), and still only lost by 4.

 

Nope. Maybe the part of the fourth quarter once the lead was back to 14.

 

Nope?

You do know we got our asses wiped the first 33 minutes or so? it was 14 - zip before many fans sat in their seats! 21 - zip early 2nd......

come on man, COME ON!


I am OUT on this one b/c you are FAR OUT on it!!!

 

A seven-point game early in the third quarter is not garbage time. A seven-point game early in the fourth quarter is not garbage time.

 

The Steelers led the Bengals by 17 in the fourth quarter two weeks ago and that game was anything but over. The Steelers were one ugly defensive screw-up away from Burrow having the ball with over a minute to drive for the game-winning touchdown. The Jags only led the Steelers by seven in the third quarter of that playoff game and they had momentum. The Jags did regain control much later in the game, but no, it clearly was not over at 21-0.

 

So many posters think they know who should be playing and how based on 3 hours of minimal view TV each week over what the professional coaches see day in and day out in person for months on end

 

Nobody is doubting You , or anyone thought it was done, but just like the game day thread here almost every week......More than a few someone's have said the game was done, and We ended up winning. If we had lost as many games as people said this year were done.....we probably would only have 5 , or 6 wins.....So I don't doubt many people thought so......I myself knowing that we have done so before, and have seen even worse before, never once thought it was over till the last seconds ticked off.

 

Worst thing was many didn't even judge Him by that....they judged Him from basically one bad year in Denver. Yet wanted the other Qb that had 3 bad years in Chicago.....without even once seeing Wilson play one game here.....they already had decided He wouldn't be good. That's what was making me upset. I was like at least let's see.

 

That post tells me that you misread both that playoff loss to the Jags and the victory over the Bengals. The defense had been struggling all game against the Bengals, so that rally was easy to see coming. The only reason the Bengals didn't come all the way back and win it is the Steelers' offense made a couple of clutch third-down pass to Jefferson and the run by Fields. Both of those were courtesy of huge screw ups by Bengals' rookie cornerback.

Teams start like crap and battle back to win games, especially when they have the offensive talent the Steelers had with Roethlisberger, Brown, and Bell. The Steelers scored the only points of the third quarter in that game. Yes, the defense played poorly overall in that game, but the Jags built their halftime lead on a couple of boneheaded turnovers by Roethlisberger. The Steelers then scored on consecutive drives, one right before the half and their first possession in the third quarter. They had all the momentum and a seven-point deficit. They had a great shot at that game until they failed on a fourth-and-one.

 

True, I felt like Wilson was the starter and would take over once healed too. Fields did his job holding down the fort until the wliey vet, Russ returned. I wanted to see what Russ could do since he was in 2 SBs, winning one, and was hoping he wasn't washed.