My thoughts on reg season wk 18

Same here! Watched with my daughter and the ups and downs in the 4th quarter of feeling sad and defeated to jubilation multiple times was so intense and so much fun! Got to give Tomlin some credit here as well. He was firing up both sides of his team all night and was really engaged...Loved to see it.

 

Bad day for kickers all around. That was a high pressure kick and he missed. Let's hope he doesn't learn and get better from it. Lol

 

On the Raven's score at 2:20 due to a blown coverage, I was actually ok with it because the Ravens were putting points on the board on the drive. I would rather have AR driving to win than to have Lamar use up all of the clock and shut us out without getting the ball back or having so little time that we were cooked. Unfortunately, we did the same thing with a quick TD and gave the ball back to them with 1:29 and 3 time outs remaining.

 

Ramsey really mistimed his jump on that pass to Likely on the drive at the end he should've had a PBU on that play.

 

These idiots never learn

 

They never learn!

 

Woke up tiyyyyyarrrrrrd af.

What a game. My wife and I hugged like kids when he missed it. Couldn’t sleep for another hour.

One of the craziest endings ever. Reminds me of the Jets playoff game. I almost fee bad for that kicker

 

I agree 100 percent. If we had just average corner/ safety play, we wouldn't have had those cardiac moments. They must be better next week.

 

"Almost" is the key word there.

 

My sentiments exactly!

 

Yup. It is easy to forget in all the chaos of the fourth quarter, but I don't think the Steelers win if Hamilton plays the whole game. The guy was everywhere.

 

That was a terrible call. The safety got away with illegal contact on Freiermuth on the third-down before field goal that gave the Steelers the 13-10 lead. There should have been a pass interference call on the play when Hamilton got hurt, but Rodgers erased that with a clutch throw to Freiermuth.

 

The more I think about it....you are correct. A healthy Hamilton, and the Ravens win.

 

could be the cold. Boz’s accuracy has decreased as the weather has gotten colder. He was splitting the uprights near the middle earlier in the season, lately the ball has been alot closer to the goal post (right one mostly i think).

 

Still only a 30min team sooner or later it all has to come together???

 

Add Kyle Dugger to the list of f ups.. Joey Porter gives Dugger to the lockdown sign and he is no where near his man on the long bomb.

 

I think that we should all take a moment and recognize that the Steelers had a gameplan on defense that really seemed to throw the Ravens off. Their use of Herbig into the A gap as a pass rusher was something the Ravens really never figured out. The way they aligned their front on obvious running downs was another thing that the Ravens really just didn't counter.

 

The new rules make that touchback penalizing though. Kicking it out of the end zone gives them the 35. Only 5 yards better than kicking it out of bounds. The new rule encourages returns and they got a good one there. We just needed to cover better. 9 times out of 10 we tackle them inside the 35

 

My daughter (21) has always watched Steelers games with us, and followed them, but she isn't into it as much as me, my wife, and my son.

After last night's game, she turned to me and said, "I think this game made me a real football fan. I can't wait for next week!"

 

11. Tyler Loop has to be the most depressed man on Earth for the moment.

 

Yes, I remember thinking during the game, "If they're gonna score, do it quick!". A case could have been made for letting them score with enough time for us to counter, with no timeouts. Maybe that's why that part of the field was so WIDE open?!

But yeah, the same thing again in reverse. We left them with too much time. And then the Boz missed extra point meant they only needed a FG to win. And then the botched special teams kickoff coverage, allowing them to get near FG range on the return.

What a WILD ride, ending at the last second!! My heart is still racing.

And to the posters who said they watched with their daughters... SAME! That makes beating the Rats even more special. High-fiving and hugging your daughter with a W that takes the division and sends the Rats home. Sooooo sweet.

 

Rodgers was fantastic from that drive at the end of the first half through the end of the game, but man, he's got to start faster.

Heyward has been criticized for his performance in playoff games in the past. This was a playoff game and he dominated.

Hopefully, the secondary will be better without having to focus so heavily on Henry, but they were just awful in that fourth quarter. Also, they need to make plays when they get the chance. There is no excuse for Highsmith and Benton failing to wrap up Jackson.

One thing you missed was the Kyle Hamilton injury. That changed the game.

 

second half we had TOP 22 plus minutes to under 7. Lamar only completed 11 passes all game - but still almost had 240 yards.