I think we are going to drop this game against the bengals…

The DL didn't get blown up by the Patriots they shut down their running game except for the QB scrambles, they aren't going to lose all six of those teams you listed the defense is finally healthy now.

 

Flacco a lot or there WR might hurt us..Tomlin was right complaining about Flacco trade.Who trades their starting QB to their rival ..I guess Cleveland and that's another reasonoh by the way

 

WTF ?


Is there a tariff on











you seem to ration

don't hold back

 

That makes no sense. If you don't see the difference between trying to find a causation for lack of Thursday night success on the coach, vs an 18 year career of success, I can't explain it.


1. Mike Tomlin's record on Thursday night, home or road game, doesn't play anywhere into his career as HC of the Steelers. A coach could lose every Thursday night game they are ever scheduled and still be a HoF coach and in the playoffs every single season. One has less than nothing to do with the other. I will discredit the losses on Thursday nights. You can discredit the wins on Thursday nights. I think that works.

2. Really?


3. Naw! For real, for real?

 

If we maintain ball control
Keeps opposing offenses off the field
Therefore it’s a low scoring tilt
Won’t have to score 50pts to beat the so called elite teams
Kinda makes sense to me
But I have never been accused of having common sense

 

So glad our defense forced not one but two fumbles as Pats rbs were going into our end zone

 

Seems to me all the top AFC teams have flaws this year. There is a sliver of hope for better-than-expected results for us.

 

I’d like to see the team build on some of the success they have realized. That includes an offense that has to be consistent and continued growth of the OL.

 

I mean, to me all of it kinda goes together because there are ups and downs to Tomlin's career. I don't discredit anything.... the good or the bad.

The early years saw tons of success as well as post season success. The later years are plagued with underperformance and playoff drought. He's brought teams back from the brink into relevance and taken teams that are hot out of the gate and imploded... At least for the entirety of his tenure we've been a relevant team in the discussion week 17/18. I'm not hardline that he is one guy or the other. I don't think he's the sure fire HoF guy he seemed to be until about 2011. I also don't think he's a scrub that can't win a big game to save his life. He's an amalgamation of all of it.

Just because someone is successful, doesn't mean that he is excused of whatever warts he has. He's a competitor. I am sure he doesn't brush it off as nothing. He's probably trying to figure out how to be better prepared for short week games on the road.... Being bad on a short week on the road doesn't mean he isn't a good, successful coach. But, because he is a good, successful coach, it doesn't mean his record in such games means nothing too. Not everything has to "define" a player, or a coach.

I was mostly just reacting to the "the coach doesn't play" quote. Its just something that I don't believe in. If the "coach doesn't play" meant anything at all, Tomlin wouldn't be better paid (on a yearly basis) than 49 of his 53 players. The coach matters a lot. That was the majority of what I was responding to (not necessarily knocking Tomlin).

 

It doesn't bother me if you or anyone knocks Tomlin. I do require a legitimate and current complaint though or I may knock back a little myself. The original post is one of those such knocks that is just absurd. "We will lose because Tomlin hasn't won on Thursday night within the division in 6 games over the span of 18 years". How is that a relevant stat? I posted other irrelevant stats to go with that one in my response.
Off you want to take issue with the Tomlin won't be playing remark, have at it.

 

Its fair enough. I wasn't saying we were going to lose because he struggles on TNF on the road, its just a relevant stat to worry about pre-game. His win rate on TNF (on the road) is like half the NFL average over his career. There's certainly a reason for that (and it's likely due to poor gameplanning on a short week), especially when he has been more successful than most coaches during that same span otherwise. It has no bearing on the game itself other than just pointing out trends. The whole post was mainly about the "Tomlin doesn't play" thing, and we kinda got that one covered lol I think we're on the same page here.

 

i think we will beat the Bengals but and they will themselves

 

Steelers defense is going to have a field day. It will be an ugly evening for the Bengals.

 

Harmon missed those games...he's been a big impact!

 

Let's hope Harmon and Kaleb Johnson continue to get snaps. Steelers need rookies to produce. Sick of waiting 2-3 years before we see any production out of draft picks.

 

Tomlin is 11-11 against Flacco. I think this game will likely be a toss up, however, I’m giving a slight edge to Pittsburgh simply because of our linebacking core. The guys near the front and up front are hopefully going to be the difference makers.

Higgins and Chase scare me so Flacco needs to either be on his back or running for his life.

 

So, just because someone mentions a HC poor record on TNF, in this case Magic Mike, you take offense and immediately come to his defense.
Hmmm, interesting. So is it the players fault? Been a lot of different faces come n go.
Do we blame the NFL? Amazon Prime?
Do you yell at your tv when sports shows say something derogatory towards Magic Mike?
In closing, all of the misfortunes might not be Magic Mikes fault. But he is the HC, all teams hold their HCs accountable, apparently except for the team and a bunch of fans Magic Mike coaches.
I respect your and other’s opinion. I just gave my 2 cents, now I am broke.

 

Take last year against Indy. How quick some forget. Steelers run same defense the last 10yrs, ask Brady and company.
Flacco knows our defense very well.
Yes, it will be a close game due to Joe being qb.

 

Both wrs are scarey.

 

No to pretty much your entire post.

I've already explained that to say we will probably lose because MT has lost 6 Thursday night games out of an 18 year career worth of games is a pointless stat. I have posted examples of other pointless Thursday night stats to back up my point. There was a whole conversation.

SG took exception to me saying MT will not be playing in the game. There was also a conversation about that.


Extra... Which part of your post was just your opinion?

 

Here is an idea, just throwing it out there, maybe just maybe I should have read all the conversations.
My bad.
About my opinion, I thought it was all my opinion. I didn’t copy nobody’s paper.

 

We are not going 16-1. I said 11-6, and I'm sticking to it. So if we lose, we lose, but .......

 

You post some very colorful graphics

It takes my pea brain a while to figure them out

But they always look perty

 

Uh

No

But he can audible