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What are your expectations this year for the Steelers defense?

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by steelersrule6, May 11, 2026.

  1. Michael E

    Michael E Well-Known Member

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    Not my fight, but clearly we were competitive and favored to win in playoffs under Cowher. He did man the ship with losses that shouldn't have happpened, to be sure.

    We haven't been competitive under Tomlin for 5+ playoff games and not very competitive the several before that. So while similar in outcome, the general vibe was COMPLETELY different.

    Tomlin had been a running NFL joke for nearly a decade. No other team wanted to see him fired or quit.
     
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  2. jeh1856

    jeh1856 I’ll eat turds in the field but not a fresh pea

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    Tomlin isn’t here anymore
     
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  3. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Ok whatever that last line was supposed to mean:shrug:
     
  4. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    I believe he meant that teams wanted the Steelers to keep Tomlin because he would allow the franchise to continue to stagnate.
     
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  5. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    He must all the teams outside of the 10 that we beat every year.
    Does anyone think that L. Jackson wasn't happy with him gone??
     
  6. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    LJ is gonna have enough problems without Harbaugh. I don't think he gives 2 sh!ts about Tomlin.
     
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  7. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    We'll see. I know if I had as much problems against one team as he has had with the Steelers, I'd want their HC gone.
     
  8. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    Steelers naturally play LJ better than most teams. Bengals and Browns have also had success vs LJ. It's a division thing. LJ whips the hell out of NFC teams because they aren't used to playing him.
     
  9. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Nobody has had as much success as we have. Look at the numbers
     
  10. HeinzMustard

    HeinzMustard Well-Known Member

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    Steelers have a good record vs LJ. It's a fact. But LJ has also won playoff games. Steelers haven't in almost a decade. Steelers are getting into Jets territory with playoff win drought streak. :eek:
     
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  11. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Amazingly he hasn't won enough to make the SB.
    LoL. Maybe if he gets his ....I won a playoff game card punched a little more in a few years he can trade that in for a SB appearance. LoL.
    Now back to the topic that you moved. Lamar Jackson worst passing completion against a team , worst win loss against a team , worst td to turnovers against a team all are to the Steelers .
     
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  12. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Funny enough the NFL Network was playing that game today and I came across it with 10 minutes left and Jags up 28-21, totally in that game at that point and Jags have the ball and 1st and 2nd down go no where, 3rd and 8 and they give up an easy pitch and catch for 9 yards and first down. Couple plays later, bomb to the 5 yard line followed by a Fournette TD up the middle for an easy score. I got mad all over again.

    Their struggles with 3rd downs has been dogging this team for so long. I’m really hoping having a new mind driving the defense fixes a lot of the problems they have had over the years.

    Moving the ball on offense wasnt the problem, the defense having no answers for the Jags killed them. Hopefully with a new regime comes success. We’ll see if all the talk about attention to detail amounts to anything.
     
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