The Blame game

games are won and lost by the players on the field more often than not ........

preparation is important no doubt it has you ready at the onset of a game but no amount of preparation should be a factor late in games , at that point you as a player should have the ebb and flow of game inside you and the most basic of basic fundamental's ( Ball security ) or lack thereof was why we lost this game !!

as in so many games this season we lost because we turned the football over more times than our opponent did point blank that is the culprit for not only this loss but a handful of them thus far and turnovers ( not the lack of getting them ) but US putting the ball on the ground is why we sit at 7-7 .....

every loss this season we turned the football over more times than the opposition did and in each one of those games the difference in score was a direct result of those turnovers ....

You can Blame Tomlin ( and many will because the end result goes to the HC shoulders )

You can Blame Lebeau .. albeit you would be wrong in doing so because its not the Def it is the def always having to cover up for the fact we turned it over on O or ST ....

you can Blame Haley ... but is he on the field fumbling the ball ????

the blame lays directly at the feet of our players , no need to search all over the place to find the reasons the reasons are a bounty and not 1 player specific , lots of blame pie to go around ...

Sanders Fumbling completed passes .... Brown fumbling completed passes and punt returns .... Wallace Fumbling completed passes and dropping far to many balls .... the RBs fumbling far to many times ....

Hack has a post here someplace that breaks down each loss and the turnover differential and the points scored off said turnovers and in every case we gave away as many or more points off turnovers the the difference in the final score ... so simply put , take care of the football and we have only 1 loss all season ....

so if you are hell bent on blaming someone for our pathetic seasons performance ..... Blame your teams players for not having sound fundamentals !! if I where a betting man ( lol well I am so ) I will bet anybody here anything they want to bet that training camp in Latrobe next year will be FOCUSED on basic Fundamentals ( something at this stage of everyone's career they should be plenty aware of since they are supposedly professionals ) .......

 

I blame Hostess. If they didnt take away all the Twinkies, none of this would have happened.

 

I'm Blaming Pymply Dan.

 

Way too much time on your hands?

 

probably not any more than you have on yours ....

after all we both find the time to come here ..................

 

Yet another post that should be banned here because it makes too much sense

 

I blame them all - coaches and players. There is no way in hell this team with the type of players on O and D that we are 7-7.

 

ohhhh sure there is ... did you read the original post .....


TURNOVERS

 

One word describes this group this season: underachievers. Fear said it best - no way a team of this calibre should be sitting at 7-7 and trying to squeak into the playoffs.

 

Second.

 

I blame Canada.

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may as well make a joke of it .... considering half the outcomes where a joke gone bad

 

Hey I was just rolling with everyone else.

But I generally agree with your OP.

The way I see it, the biggest thing wrong with this team is injuries. I know everyone has them, but the Steelers have been decimated along the O line for a few seasons now, not to mention other key players too. Unless you are cuckoo and want to blame the strength coach, theres no one to blame. Its just sh*tty luck.

 

Yes Blame Canada... ROTFL.

Injuries injuries injuries. Why else would we be relying so heavily on guys like Josh Victorian, who was a practice squad guy all season? Why else would we see Ben making routine passes short into the dirt, or soft into a pick? OL injuries week in and week out. Our starting RB has been a 2nd or 3rd stringer nearly all season, etc etc etc. It all comes down to consistency and chemistry. Every team in the NFL suffers these types of season issues and it's up to the roster depth to determine how well they compensate. We are obviously having a hard time gelling.

 

And OVERPAID!

 

I would've thought that that fact would give casey hampton an attitude, and he'd take his frustations out on opposing o-linemen.

 

gee and to think I was here to talk football , wonder if they talk football on the hostess cupcake forum

 

I agree to disagree with you. A team of this calibre 7-7 should be where they are. They put themselves their, turnovers, mistackles, not catching the ball, penalties and the big game loser to Dallas....Ben's interception. To me that is why they are where they are. And to watch a team like this go to the playoffs will be ridiculous. .

 

you should be thanking Canada for Suisham or this team would only have 2 wins

 

I can not believe what a joke this place is ...does anybody here want to talk FOOTBALL ?

 

At this point cupcakes are a solid topic.

 

then maybe those people need to go to a cupcake fan site and leave the football site to the ones who want to talk football

 

the way the steelers are playing, they are a joke