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I don’t think they are gimmie games either they won’t be easy but they are still games that the Steelers should be able to win. I don’t see the Bengals coming in here in a few weeks on Monday night at the end of the month and winning at Heinz Field, and the Steelers usually always find some way to win in Cincy. Those two games with Cincy while they are not absolute slam dunk wins are definitely games the Steelers should win and damn well better win.

 

Mack: Tomlin "Not Ready For Primetime"

Belichick, Brady and Pats Prepared... Steelers? Not So Much

CHRIS MACK
SEPTEMBER 09, 2019

For the better part of the last two decades, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been going to New England and getting punished for not doing their homework. After a 33-3 drubbing at the hands of the Patriots on Sunday night in Foxboro, there's no shortage of blame to go around. Especially after the way the Steelers were bent over Tom Brady's knee and spanked for a sixth time in six meetings in Foxboro.

The play-calling - especially in short yardage situations - was infuriating. The quarterback was off target often and when he did get it to his #2 wide receiver, the ball was dropped faster than you could mutter "Good grief, (Donte) Moncrief." Kameron Kelly looked every bit the part of a defensive back who was in the Alliance of American Football five months ago. The two biggest additions to the defense's supposed speed improvement, Mark Barron and Devin Bush, looked old & slow and young & inexperienced, respectively.

Not to mention that even a near-perfect effort may not have been enough given the surgical precision Brady and the New England offense showed in exploiting Pittsburgh's deficiencies and mistakes.

“We weren’t ready for prime time,” said Head Coach Mike Tomlin.

Here's the problem: Tomlin was speaking as much about himself and his staff as he was the 45 men he put out on the field.

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