My thoughts on reg season wk 17

1. Offensively, this was one of the worst coaching efforts I've ever seen

2. The refs have been consistently bad all season, but this game they took it to an entirely new low

3. Alex Highsmith was a monster

4. Defense in general did more than enough after the 1st quarter hiccups and did not deserve the support (or lack thereof) that they got from the offense

5. Way to much emphasis on denying Miles Garrett than on just executing

6. Not nearly enough emphasis on the run

7. Should've targeted Muth much more than they did

8. There was a huge disconnect in the decision processes throughout the game

9. If we don't take the division next week, we will only have ourselves to blame

10. Hope DK is thinking about how he hurt his offense...... i.e ...... grow the hell up!!!!

 

MVS should be left in Cleveland. I remember thinking when Sawyer intercepted the ball that if he didn't score we might lose. Then Herbig dropped a pick 6. But defense did their part mostly. We were running well. They have a great D....but if we are a playoff team, should be able to beat a team with a rookie QB

 

Defense did their job and the offense didn't. Without DK and Washington next week, it's going to be rough.

 

Miller, Muth, Thielan, and CA3 should be enough. Throwing to MVS was a disaster.... nothing good happens.

 

Will Lamar be back next week?

 

Receivers were awful. MVS especially .

 

I knew the offense would struggle without Metcalf... but I didn't think it would be that bad.

 

Number nine is a very strong point overall. Why?! Sweep the Bengals and one doesn't have to worry about a final showdown to close the Season.


Long story short?! Beat the teams you are supposed to.

 

I still thought we'd win without dickhead. Extremely bad play calling from the bench.

 

Does it matter? Huntley is better at this point. I think Ravens win this game easily if Steelers WRs and Rodgers can't get on the same page. Browns D is better than Ravens D... but I think Ravens will be able to move the ball better than Browns did.

 

The only thing Rodgers accomplished was not getting sacked by Myles Garrett. Yes, there are games he won that we may not have this season, but he sure didn't light it up and our coaching was reliant on Aaron Rodgers ghost of the past. I didn't agree with bringing him in this season and because I don't believe in "renting/buying" a championship as it is only a hope for short term success with negative long-term impacts. I would have much rather run with Mason Rudolph in hopes he would be successful. If he isn't it allows us to build around the QB and draft a franchise QB as the missing piece.

 

Gainwell and other guys were open, i think some of it comes down to AR losing his security blanket in DK and maybe the fear of getting hit reared its head again. Just shows why teams with a 40+ year old Qb very rarely get very far.

 

he was better off buying more time looking for the open man and risking getting hit by Garrett

 

They didn't need Lamar against Green Bay Henry ran for over 200 yards and 4 TDs.

 

It seemed Rodgers was too worried about Garrett instead of making plays down the field.

 

They can run Henry every play and we will struggle imo.

 

Derrick Henry did just fine against Green Bay. That said, if there is a good takeaway from the game is that the Steelers Defense has been holding opponents to under 100 yards the past three games; this one included. Hopefully they can do that again but who knows?!

 

At least that piece of crap Garrett didn't set the sack record against the Steelers.

 

I don’t think Rodger’s even tried to get the ball to Roman Wilson the entire game. Just kept forcing it to Smith and MVS who had no idea what the routes were. End of the game Muth moved the ball the most yards , but quit throwing to him when game on the line

 

A better point to add about todays game is why wasn't Pat Freiermuth more involved during the overall course of the game?! I get that the Browns have two stud Linebackers but one still has to take those chances. Give your players the chance to make plays.

 

Rodgers should be benched. I don't see a point in playing Rodgers any longer. He will start next season and we are going to do it again?

 

Him getting the sack record and the Steelers winning would have been fine with me.

 

Playcalling was atrocious. Our team has a chance to win the division against a 3-12 teams and put the hated Ravens out to pasture and they come up with that flop of a game? I’ve seen high school games that were more intense.

 

I honestly don't see the point of benching Rodgers if the Division is still up for grabs personally. That said, Pittsburgh needs to have a much better game plan heading into the final showdown of the season. If not, well...