Post Game Loss Complaint Thread

steelersrule6 · Sep 13, 2014

spleeny09 said: ↑

Here is my problem with Tomlin:

I'm simply a fan...but even I am smart enough to know that our game plan should have been the following:

1. Don't turn the ball over...Steelers/Ravens are normally 3 pt games and you cannot afford to lose a turnover battle. Not only did we give up the first turnover...it looked as though the defender knocked the ball lose with just a little tap. That cannot and should not happen in these kind of games.
2. No stupid penalties....so much for that...we continue to make bonehead penalties at crucial times.
3. Stop the run...we knew they were going to pound the ball after Flacco threw 62 times week 1. The Ravens can't win ball games when Flacco throws 62 times. We couldn't stop the run or the short dump off passes. Flacco threw for a total of only 166 yds....yet they ran away with this ball game.
4. Let Ben run the no huddle. We move the ball in the no huddle. We should have ran it at the very start of the game. Had we put the Ravens down 14-0 early, then we force Flacco to throw and could have controlled the tempo of the game and ruined the Ravens game plan from the get go.

It just baffles me that most of us on this message board could have game planned better than these coaches we have...and it all ultimately comes back to Tomlin. If he says run no huddle in the coaches meeting then we would, if he says put 9 in the box to stop the run...then we would. My guess is it wasn't mentioned in coaches meetings. It seems like we don't look at our opponent and game plan according to what team we are playing against. Sorry, but you can't game plan for Denver the same way you do Jacksonville and you can't game plan for Baltimore like you would Cleveland. We should have had a very specific game plan to stop the run and force Flacco to throw. And we should have had a specific game plan to come out with an up tempo offense...no huddle preferably...and get a lead to force Ravens to play from behind...which means Flacco would have to throw. We played right into their game plan. Not only did we play right into their game plan, we also made zero adjustments (as usual) at halftime. Its frustrating to watch.
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Flacco had no problem throwing against the Steelers defense, they didn't touch him the whole game. If the Steelers play 9 in the box teams will just throw the ball down the field.

cajunyankee · Sep 14, 2014

Flacco had less than 170 yds passing. His two Td were inside the 5 yd line. Their leading rusher had less than a 100 yds and as a team had under 160.

BEN had accuracy issues. Cam had effort issues. Mitchell had bad angle issues. Troy had tackling issues. Shazier had getting lost issues.

The whole team had penalty issues with no pass rush and no turnovers.

The coaches need to do a better job preparing this team.

Cajun-

Thigpen82 · Sep 14, 2014

Mitchell had Mitchell issues.

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