What are Reasonable Expectations for Mike McCarthy in year one with the Steelers?

Rodgers was last in air yards per pass attempts at 6.0...It can't happen again or it will be a long years again on offense.With the Jets,it was 6.8 in 2024.This is still among the bottom but not in the complete bottom!

 

A short yards pass on the first 2 down is not much better!

 

I wonder how much the complete lack of offensive game plan had to do with this. I know AR is going to do what he wants but when everyone on the field knows what's coming, it has to be hard to trust the protection. Not to mention our O-line coach was a waste.

 

OL is still a big problem for Steelers. Hope the new staff can improve the situation.... but I fear Steelers are lacking in talent, more than coaching... specifically OT.

 

True. But my glass half full view is that Rodgers was #2 in the NFL in yards after catch. You know, throw short, run long

 

Just need some balance!

3.7 air yards per completion was also last in the league.

 

of course it has since Munchak
I remember that fraud Pouncey claiming after Mike left
"nothing will go wrong, only be better, we're veterans and know how to do it."
PUHLEASE.

 

I believe that is a faulty way of thinking. I could use that same , well so, and so got hurt , every year for every division. Hell we could say almost every year the last few years that the Rams, and the Seahawks wouldn't be that good if 49er so, and so player didn't get hurt as an example.

 

I don't believe Rodgers was on the Steelers the year before, or the year before that, or the year before that. Hell his yard per attempt his last year in GB was 6.8, then in Jets 6.7, and then in Steelers 6.7. I know you like to blame our coaches for everything, but unless they had something to do with him in GB, and the Jets , I would say it was Rodgers. 3 different teams , and practically the exact same thing. Only difference was he actually won more games here than his last year in GB, and with the jets.

 

Name me the last division where 3 out of the 4 starting QBs, the most important position in football, missed a month or more of the season. And one of those QBs was Offensive player of the year the previous season.

 

Why would I say 3. The Browns never had a starting Qb so that leaves them out not injuries that left them without a starting Qb they traded Flacco away , he didn't get hurt.
Again 49ers Purdy only played 9 games out of 17. I would say that's more than a month. D. Jones doesn't get hurt for the Colts maybe Texans, or Jags don't fare so well. If J. Daniel's from Washington doesn't only play 7 games , way more than a month, maybe the Eagles don't go. See what Im getting at

 

The jaguars and texans were ahead by 4-5 games over the colts.The eagles were ahead by 6 games over Washington.The 49ers had a very good backup QB.

The steelers were at one field goal away from the opposing kicker to be out of the playoffs despite the luck was in their side.No team in the afc north deserved to make the playoffs,it was that bad

 

That doesn't mean anything, and You know it. They may not have been ahead if those Qbs didn't get hurt, and as usual you moved the goal post, nobody was talking about backups.

 

Again,the texans and jaguars finish ahead by 4-5 games over the colts....And please the commanders had no argument over the eagles. The Steelers needed a prayer last year to make the playoffs in a weak AFC North,similar to 2021 and 2023

 

LoL . I know thinking is not a high point for you, but please think. D. Jones missed amost 4 games, do the math, J. Daniel, the guy that was in the NFC Championship the year before missed 10 games. Do the math.
Now as I tried saying before that we don't know what would have happened, so to use injuries of the Qbs against the Steelers making it is a faulty thought process, because as I've shown, I can do the same across the NFL.

 

Big difference between to be ahead by one game vs being at one field goal away from the opposing team to be out of the playoffs....If you don't see the difference,this is your problem

 

OT

The RT moved moved to LT

The 2 candidates at RT are a recent 4th stringer and a rookie

How could that go wrong

 

Finally a breath Fresh of air !

 

If the Raven kicker would have made that kick then the Steelers would have had pick #14 and could have taken Vega Ioane and solidified their interior line for the next decade.

 

The steelers were such a low ceilling team in the last 5 years....Winning close,losing by blowout

 

All I can say is that I am putting my money where my mouth is and placing a sizable bet on the Steelers to win more than the 8.5 games Vegas has them at.


SUN. SEPT. 13 ATLANTA 1:00 PM SUN. W
SEPT. 20 @ NEW ENGLAND 1:00 PM L
SUN. SEPT. 27 CINCINNATI 1:00 PM Split
THU. OCT. 1 @ CLEVELAND 8:15 PM W
SUN. OCT. 11 INDIANAPOLIS* 1:00 PM L
SUN. OCT. 18 @ TAMPA BAY* 1:00 PM W
SUN. OCT. 25 @ NEW ORLEANS (FRA)* 9:30 AM W
SUN. NOV. 1 CLEVELAND* 1:00 PM 1 W
SUN. NOV. 15 @ CINCINNATI* 8:20 PM Split
SUN. NOV. 22 @ PHILADELPHIA* 4:25 PM L
FRI. NOV. 27 DENVER* 3:00 PM L
SUN. DEC. 6 HOUSTON* 8:20 PM W
MON. DEC. 14 @ JACKSONVILLE* 8:15 PM W
SUN. DEC. 20 BALTIMORE* 1:00 PM Split
DEC. 26-27 CAROLINA* TBD SUN. W
JAN. 3 @ TENNESSEE* 1:00 PM 1 W
TBD @ BALTIMORE* TBD Split

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