My thoughts on reg season wk 9

Porter Jr still seems to hold on every play. It's almost as if on third and long, the opposition just has to throw his way and he will get called. He's not a rookie anymore and just doesn't seem to learn. He also doesn't want to tackle and seems to take plays off. In my opinion, Steelers should just let him walk after his contract is up.

 

Even if Burrow comes back, he and the offense have to put up 50 to have any shot of winning games

 

@Thor JPJ got away with a defensive holding on the play he got his sack

 

It is preparation time. It is travel time. It is having to stay somewhere on the road rather than being at home. It is wear and tear on the body playing on the short rest. It is a combination of all of those things. You can pull this nonsense all you like, but this has been a league-wide thing since they started regularly playing on Thursday nights. The home teams have a bigger advantage than usual.

 

57.9 percent advantage for the home team? Its an advantage for the home team but to consider it a gimme win for the home team as your inferring is the real nonsense.

https://steelersdepot.com/2024/11/r...lers-among-very-worst-in-thursday-away-games/

And Tomlin is particularly bad on TNF away games. Bottom 3 in the league. It looks primarily like a Tomlin thing.

 

This defense was a shocker.

Who gets the game ball, Highsmith or Mt. Washington?

 

Bengals scoring 42 and still losing is hilarious

 

I'm not mad at him. Personally, I think he's our best CB. He's probably an above average #1 CB but would be a great #2. I hope we extend him over the winter.

 

Dugger. Guy played 77 of 78 snaps

 

That is stil a significant gap.

 

That's fair.

The game plan was great in the first 3 quarters, but I don't like how early they started playing conservative. It seemed to be about 9 or 10 minute mark and we were settling for 1 yard runs.

I'd like to see us try to possess the ball more, and keep these high powered offenses at bay a bit longer.

 

yep. It's too bad cause the kid has juice.

 

No it really isn’t

 

I think they need to move it to Friday nights tbh. I think the gameplay from everyone would be that much better.

 

Be realistic the Bengals aren't going to win out with that defense; they have given up at least 38 points the last two games and lost.

 

Which is a bigger need WR2 or another CB?

 

There is some kind of law they can't play on Friday nights on a regular basis because of high school football I think.

 

Funny someone said the Bengals just put up points on us because we are afraid of Flacco......Yet they have scored over 30 points every game since He has been their Qb.

 

I guess Chase didn't already know what the Bears were going to do on defense since they lost

 

They have put up over 30 since Flacco got their. I was told he was done.

 

Was Tomlin calling the defensive plays against the Colts? Or that only becomes a story when the Steelers lose .