Steelers Nation Needs to Look in the Mirror (Go Pack Go)

San Fran was the real eye opener for me. But I can understand fans being apathetic due to the product on the field and getting some cash to ease the pain.

 

Rooney cares. He believes in Mike Tomlin....to a fault. But I do believes he cares about the fans. I'm sure he wasn't thrilled to hear 25,000 thousand people chant "Go Pack Go" in his building on national TV.

 

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San Fran it def happened
I believe it was the first game of the season
Was the opening game 2023
That was the very first time that I have seen an opponent’s fan base just take over our stadium.
Was very disappointed

 

This.


The issue isn't the cartoonishly silly things that have been repeated ad nauseum by the supposed "One Above All" on the board. The issue lies in what @S.T.D and me have been saying for the past two seasons; a lack of speed in the secondary. S.T.D. has stated it much longer.


Given how the upcoming 2026 Draft is very top heavy as far as the talent and depth of Corners are concerned, I wouldn't be surprised if Round One is when the team elects to finally take one. If not Round One, oh most definitely either Rounds Two to Three.

 

Part of the reason is Art Jr isn’t serious about putting a winning product. You wouldn’t have seen this during Noll or Cowher’s tenure. Steeler fans would rather sell their tickets to Green Bay fans than watch an inferior product. The demand for Steelers ticket is eroding as evident by declining prices on Stubhub. Right now I can get a ticket for Indy game for $153. I remember that in 2016, the cheapest I could find against Giants was $375 (inflation notwithstanding). There is a gradual erosion in interest and you are not creating any new fans.

 

An effective pass rush that isn't being schemed well enough to do so. That said, an effective pass rush is only but a part of the current problem. Not having the horses in the secondary severely hurts the pass rush.


Considering both are complimentary, if the DBs cannot hold up long enough, the pass rush will never be able to get home.

 

MIDOL
YOUCUNTS

 

You'd never see the amount or the noise of the traveling team's fans last night in say Kansas City or Buffalo and Art has to come to grips with the dwindling team's HISTORICAL STANDARDS the last 10-12 years

 

It doesn't matter who you have in the secondary in this scheme and it hasn't done for a long long time. Every team, simply slices the secondary wide open in the short passing game, 3rd and long? LMAO - basically a gimme...

 

It's an Omar the Kmart blue light special shopper move.
The current situation is nobody not named Metcalf is getting open... sure Wilson caught a couple, mostly from dropped coverage.
I would agree, at this point in the season, you've already sewn your oats.

 

I live about 7-8 hours from the Burgh. Actually worked with a guy who made 6 home games and 2 away (they were closer) one season and still showed up for work Monday after a 1:00 Sunday game. Of course I was the only other Steeler fan at work so I ended up working double time when he came into work after a game.

 

Blame Rooney, not Steeler Nation, and give massive props to the diehard fans who still buy tickets for this sht show.