The Teryl Austin/Defense Complaint Thread (2025)

Maybe need a round table discussion with the likes of James Harrison . Or maybe just bring them in one by one and he could show them first hand how to tackle and hit..

 

Firing Austin would just be another smokescreen that doesn't address the root of the problem. The fact that most fans and now even some in the media recognize that the Steelers need a fresh start without Tomlin, is an indictment of Rooney's competence. Or incompetence, as it were.

 

My point exactly lol

 

Go ahead and fire Austin. Tomlin still calling the defense.

 

More than the lack of speed are the missed tackles. That's a fundamentals breakdown. They are epidemic on this team right now. And they just lost their best tackler in the secondary.

 

Determination and grit are important yes. That said, even factoring both in, opposing WRs still will get free. The past two weeks are evidence of that.

 

i demand they supply us with a good team, and shrimp and beer for jeh.

 

Colin is a flip flopping ass clown. How is the money that the Steelers have invested in the defense stopped them from acquiring talent on the other side of the ball??!! They don't have a cap issue. They have a coaching issue / talent issue.

Colin gushes on teams that have offensive coaches and established quarterbacks. Would I like an offensive head coach, sure, but that doesn't help if the quarterback is useless. 4 of last 5 drafts have gone offense in round 1. One of which being a QB. He was ass cheeks, but they tried.

Were the Chiefs the model franchise before Mahomes and Reid? Lions before 98 tops 5 picks? The Bills before Allen?

Steelers need to hit on a QB and move on from Tomlin, until that happens where the money is spent is a moot point.

 

A legit #2 WR.

 

Defensive spending isn't prohibiting that.

 

Then why can't they land a legit #2 WR?

 

It doesn't matter where the money has been spent at this point. The defense sucks and is slow compared to the better defenses in the NFL... Rams and Broncos for example.

 

Because a legit #2 would take more draft capital at this point. Who is a legit #2 they haven't acquired because of salary demands?

 

Can't argue that.

 

I'm not sure a legit #2 WR would get many targets in Arthur Smith offense, you can say they don't feed their #1 WR Metcalf enough.

 

You got my vote

And you just gave me a thought since there is beer in the cooler an P&D shrimp in the fridge

Hmm

 

Word on the street is that Tomlin is thinking about bringing Tate in for a tryout. Need a little 'pain time':

 

Nice rant

But welcome to the board

 

Why insult high schoolers.

 

People are growing tired of paying $$$$ for the slop Tomlin is putting on the field

 

Slay just stealing money

 

I think the coaches realized their mistake after the first month of the season.

Sad really, that the Steelers evaluation was so poor.

They'll be lucky to get a 7th rounder from a more desperate team.

 

In the offseason, the Steelers needed to be much younger, but Tomlin and Khan were foolish enough to make the team much older.

You can't win like that.