Out Coached again?

Well the Steelers won but were fortunate to do so. The lions have red zone trouble like we do and if they didn't we get routed. The Lions were prepared, they had a game plan for Bell and took him and Brown out of the game for the most part. The good thing going forward is a second receiver stepped up and now teams will have to not only focus on Brown but also Smith-Shuster. This is the point you see the difference in teams that scheme opponents versus the "do what we do" attitude of Mike Tomlin. We had no answer for the passing game, Artie Burnt is a joke and Mitchell just wants to hit receivers, he doesn't play the ball. Notice how the lions banged up o-line with back-ups kept Stafford upright for most of the game? It isn't an accident, they were ready and yes, it helped they were coming off a bye but the Steelers have no contingency plans in place for when things go bad. Once again, no defensive or offensive adjustments during the game or after halftime, no effective game plan coming in other than lets run the ball until we get stuffed a few times and then bombs away down field the rest of the game. The other question I have is why does this team fall flat when the make a mistake? Last season against the Eagles they take their opening possession down field and Wheaton drops a sure TD pass and then they miss the FG and that was the start of a horrible game. Now this game the Steelers march downfield and Eli Rodgers drops an easy TD and we get the FG but after that the team sort of sputtered, the defense got lit up, other teams will not go 0-6 in the red zone, and giving up 8 plays of 30+ yards is horrendous, a good win but Tomlin was out coached and once again brought an unprepared team on to the field, the difference is the Lions don't have a running game to lean on or an elite defense but they game planned enough to eliminate most of the play makers. One last thought, our D-line depth isn't good, the defense doesn't not look that great without Tuitt, and the same thing when Heyward gets injured, Alualu isn't bad but Walton is just a hint better than Cam Thomas, remember that mouth breather? The point is if they are having issues why not try at least 1 time to game plan for an opponent? Take the issues we have and find a way to compensate, try to take other teams playmakers out of the equation but it never happens and I still believe it happens because Tomlin isn't capable of that type of coaching, he isn't technical and as it has been said before, he is a highly paid motivational speaker, nothing more. Now beat me up for this, I'm ready!!

 

Blah blah, shut up and enjoy the win.

 

Wtf is wrong with some people. We won that’s all that matters. We won so no he was not out coached. Did you not see the stat the only Madden and Lambeau have had a better first 10 years than Tomlin? Give me break.

 

I think there is a troll lurking around here

 

There's a comedian who does a bit about people like this. "Dude! You just won the lottery!!" "Meh, I'll just have to pay taxes...."

 

Did you actually read the giant wall of text? I couldn't, it all started to bleed together.

Just one?

 

Stafford is currently 8th highest in passing yards per game for the season, and the 2nd highest is Russel Wilson with only about 20 ypg more than Stafford, so the gap isn't that big. Is it surprising that Stafford, who is a good QB, could have a good passing game? And the Steelers still stopped them when it counted in the RZ.

 

Yes, the Lions were.

 

We won but were out-coached? Would we have lost, we would have heard how MT always loses to inferior teams. Poor guy can't win when he wins...hire Lewis, he might be looking at the end of the season!

 

Lord no I didn’t read one sentence of it. I didn’t need to.

 

And I believe the Lions were 6th in red zone scoring, coming into the game. FWIW

 

No need to beat you up, everyone knows you're nothing but a card carrying Tomlin hater and that your opinion on anything regarding the Steelers is totally meaningless.

 

Wow Tomlin gets really standoffish when asked about his decision to bench Martavis int he press conference. Looks like hes going to snap any minute.

 

Obviously since we won we didn't get out coached or am I missing something????

 

I don't think we got out Coached . I do think Detroit exposed our weakness . We still have poor Safety play I hope we can get a guy before the deadline.

 

This, that and the last thing.

 

Wish he would get that salty about himself not performing well.

 

When you have the talent we have and can't make it work, you aren't doing your job as a coach. We got out coached.

If I buy a Ferrari and can't shift it out of first, don't blame the car for getting passed on the interstate.

 

in the end it all comes down to putting the players in position to execute well enough to win the game
we won so we either have better players or better coaches
I don't really care which it is

and remember the coaches pick the players

 

The fact we won indicates we made it work.

 

oh and if you think the better coach is the one who went for it on 4th and 1 when a field goal would have put his team in the lead I'd suggest gamblers anonymous for both you and him

 

What's up with the 1000 word paragraph?

And I wonder how Joe feels getting his 1st 6-2 record ever?

 

I think there are a number of trolls that frequent this forum. lol