*** 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers: Irish eyes are smiling. 3-1 going into the bye (9 Viewers)

[5-ish Finkle]

Will happily accept 3-1 at the bye... but ffs there is so much wrong with what happened in that 4th qtr.

 

[3C's]

We don't live in our fears..

Afraid to go for it on 4th and inches on the plus side of the field to seal the win.

 

[karl.Racki]

Tomlin is a &^$$@

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

I am a big Tomlin fan, but that was weak.

 

[timschochet]

Love the thread title.

Look I don’t like 4th quarter either but come on you guys. Let’s give the Steelers a little love. Overall they played great. And as for Tomlin, if you don’t think he had something to do with the defensive adjustments that resulted in constant penetration of the Vikes Oline and young guys in the secondary making one inspired play after another, then you’re fooling yourself. THAT is how you should evaluate a coach and not a few conservative decisions in the 4th quarter that I could argue for or against. We’re lucky we have him.

 

[Godsbrother]

Steelers 3-1 going into the bye so I’m happy.

I thought the gameplan was fine and the 18 point lead going into the 4th quarter backs that up.

Tomlin’s screwup was not taking the field goal. You gotta go up by two TDs there though the failure still put the ball inside the 2.

To me the long pass that led to the TD looked more like a blown coverage than a problem with the defense scheme so the game was a lot scarier than it should have been.

I’m sure others will complain but I’ll take the win

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Tomlin’s screwup was not taking the field goal. You gotta go up by two TDs there though the failure still put the ball inside the 2.

His mismanagement of timeouts (shocker) screwed them on that 4th down late. Why call a ****ing TO on an onsider? Your hands team was out there. You icing the K?

 

[5-ish Finkle]

And as for Tomlin, if you don’t think he had something to do with the defensive adjustments that resulted in constant penetration of the Vikes Oline

They were down 3 starting OL. He BETTER figure out how to take advantage.

A win is certainly a win, but he 100% "Tomlin'd" his way into a one score game from a three score game.

 

[crushedspirit]

It was vital to into the bye at 3-1 with that schedule coming up.

 

[Godsbrother]

Tomlin’s screwup was not taking the field goal. You gotta go up by two TDs there though the failure still put the ball inside the 2.

His mismanagement of timeouts (shocker) screwed them on that 4th down late. Why call a ****ing TO on an onsider? Your hands team was out there. You icing the K?

I thought it was odd too but I assumed they had the wrong personnel or saw something they didn’t like.

I don’t think he called a TO just for the fun of it but I hadn’t considered he did it cause he wanted to do something dumb.

 

[H8fulHuck]

Rodgers with another strong performance. Defense took advantage of OL shakeup by the Vikings. All around best game of the year for the Steelers.

Love to see the team playing better and it’s fun watching the offense again.

Cleveland up next after the bye. Tough D to crack. Won’t be as easy to move the ball.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Tomlin’s screwup was not taking the field goal. You gotta go up by two TDs there though the failure still put the ball inside the 2.

His mismanagement of timeouts (shocker) screwed them on that 4th down late. Why call a ****ing TO on an onsider? Your hands team was out there. You icing the K?

I thought it was odd too but I assumed they had the wrong personnel or saw something they didn’t like.

I don’t think he called a TO just for the fun of it but I hadn’t considered he did it cause he wanted to do something dumb.

The kicker was already running up to the ball when they called the time out. It felt like it was in the air when they actually awarded it to him.

Not sure what they could have seen they didn't like at that point, so to me it felt like he was trying to get cute. And predictably the ball went right to Roman Wilson who caught it like a Gold Glove shortstop.

They burned the time out and the Vikings did the exact same thing with the exact same result. It benefited them in no way, unless they had 13 men on the field which I assume would have been flagged the moment the kicker moved forward. All he really did was give the Vikings a second chance to maybe have somebody muff the ball.

With his history of mismanagement of timeouts and clock, I just don't give him any free passes on that kind of nonsense. I am more than comfortable being "that guy" for calling him out in a game they won. They need to button up that kind of crap, because if it was any quarterback other than Carson Wentz there's a better than average chance that they would have been going to overtime, at minimum

 

[Godsbrother]

Usually I agree with you but in this case it seems like a minor issue. The decision to not kick the field goal was far more egregious in my opinion

 

[fred_1_15301]

How does he decide to not kick the Fg the first time around but then not go for it the second time around?

 

[fred_1_15301]

Baltimore could be in some trouble.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Usually I agree with you but in this case it seems like a minor issue. The decision to not kick the field goal was far more egregious in my opinion

I didnt mind going for it. Hated the playcall.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

How does he decide to not kick the Fg the first time around but then not go for it the second time around?

"Living in his fears"?

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Baltimore could be in some trouble.

Mahomes, on the other hand, is looking back to normal

 

[cdclopper]

Will happily accept 3-1 at the bye... but ffs there is so much wrong with what happened in that 4th qtr.

Lbh you're going to complain about Tomlin no matter what he does.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Will happily accept 3-1 at the bye... but ffs there is so much wrong with what happened in that 4th qtr.

Lbh you're going to complain about Tomlin no matter what he does.

Only when its warranted.

He just frequently provides opportunities.

 

[belljr]

Heavy sigh......still not ready to get back on the bandwagon

 

[fred_1_15301]

Heavy sigh......still not ready to get back on the bandwagon

We have been down this road before. There is no reason to get super excited just yet. It was a decent win but the good teams on the schedule are coming. We will find out a lot more about this team in a few weeks. Beating a team led by Carson Wentz doesn’t do much for me.

 

[Godsbrother]

Baltimore could be in some trouble.

They had a pretty brutal schedule to start, it gets much easier from here on out. As long as LaMarr is healthy they will be okay, unfortunately

 

[Max55]

Rodgers with another strong performance. Defense took advantage of OL shakeup by the Vikings. All around best game of the year for the Steelers.

Love to see the team playing better and it’s fun watching the offense again.

Cleveland up next after the bye. Tough D to crack. Won’t be as easy to move the ball.

The Browns game has Boswell with 3-4 FGs written all over it.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Usually I agree with you but in this case it seems like a minor issue. The decision to not kick the field goal was far more egregious in my opinion

I didnt mind going for it. Hated the playcall.

That was my thought. And I loved that Rogers was mad and wanted to go for it. Bad play though.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Usually I agree with you but in this case it seems like a minor issue. The decision to not kick the field goal was far more egregious in my opinion

I didnt mind going for it. Hated the playcall.

That was my thought. And I loved that Rogers was mad and wanted to go for it. Bad play though.

It screamed for play action or a straight pass from that same set.

 

[timschochet]

1st three Steelers games, they averaged 3 yards per carry on the ground. Yesterday they averaged 4.5 yards. That is a decisive winning factor. Offensive line improvement…and Gainwell.

Warren fantasy owners will hate this but Tomlin should give serious consideration to a 50/50 split.

 

[steelcityman]

Ramsey and Austin reported to be out multiple weeks. Should get Porter Jr and Highsmith back after the bye, but not sure they need Highsmith that much. They should be looking to trade him and Friermuth for a WR2. Does Tenn really need Ridley? Does NOLA really need Olave? Wouldnt they rather have a pick and a good player in return?
Steeler fans will probably say Friermuth needs to be a one helmet guy tho.

 

[infantsam]

Will happily accept 3-1 at the bye... but ffs there is so much wrong with what happened in that 4th qtr.

Lbh you're going to complain about Tomlin no matter what he does.

Only when its warranted.

He just frequently provides opportunities.

It's OK - we're used to it.

and you're not wrong

But that sure did look like a much improved team. I would guess the all-22 shows much improved play from both lines. We looked like an NFL team for the first time in a long while

 

[fred_1_15301]

Ramsey and Austin reported to be out multiple weeks. Should get Porter Jr and Highsmith back after the bye, but not sure they need Highsmith that much. They should be looking to trade him and Friermuth for a WR2. Does Tenn really need Ridley? Does NOLA really need Olave? Wouldnt they rather have a pick and a good player in return?
Steeler fans will probably say Friermuth needs to be a one helmet guy tho.

The Ramsey injury seems like Karma doing its thing. How ironic that he faked an injury and then it actually happens to him later in the game.

 

[3C's]

Rodgers with 8 TD passes in 4 games. Fields had 5 in 6 games last year. Wilson added 16 in 11 games. 21 total, which Rodgers could (key word) surpass a few games past mid season.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

But that sure did look like a much improved team. I would guess the all-22 shows much improved play from both lines. We looked like an NFL team for the first time in a long while

The run blocking was absolutely better this week. And against a legit front 7.

Not sure if it was because they leveraged the "heavy" lineup more, or if it was Gainwell's vision, or better playcalling, or they've got 4 games playing together now (since they didn't work as a full unit pretty much the entire PS) or what. Probably a little bit of each.

Hopefully, they can build off it and keep improving. They will have a much, much easier time of it on O if they can establish even a vanilla-level rush offense since Rodgers is still very, very good off play action.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Re-watched the game yesterday cuz I was bored. When Highsmith gets healthy again, they reeeeally need to find a way to put all three of he, Watt, and Herbig on the field at the same time more often.

Herbie was schooling freakin' Darrisaw on some of his reps (and actually was setting the edge when called upon without getting totally trucked). Dude just plays like his hair is on fire.

Not saying one of them should be playing ILB/DE full-time, or anything, but they need to come up with packages to get them all out there at once more frequently. Good things should happen if they do.

 

[crushedspirit]

Re-watched the game yesterday cuz I was bored. When Highsmith gets healthy again, they reeeeally need to find a way to put all three of he, Watt, and Herbig on the field at the same time more often.

Herbie was schooling freakin' Darrisaw on some of his reps (and actually was setting the edge when called upon without getting totally trucked). Dude just plays like his hair is on fire.

Not saying one of them should be playing ILB/DE full-time, or anything, but they need to come up with packages to get them all out there at once more frequently. Good things should happen if they do.

Herbig leads the league with a 37% pass rush win rate in the 62 plays tracked.

I agree he should be on the field more.

 

[infantsam]

But that sure did look like a much improved team. I would guess the all-22 shows much improved play from both lines. We looked like an NFL team for the first time in a long while

The run blocking was absolutely better this week. And against a legit front 7.

Not sure if it was because they leveraged the "heavy" lineup more, or if it was Gainwell's vision, or better playcalling, or they've got 4 games playing together now (since they didn't work as a full unit pretty much the entire PS) or what. Probably a little bit of each.

Hopefully, they can build off it and keep improving. They will have a much, much easier time of it on O if they can establish even a vanilla-level rush offense since Rodgers is still very, very good off play action.

Gainwell broke a bunch of ankles in the hole - a place where Warren tries to truck people. The important part there being that there were holes to run through. We'll take it, and Rogers doesn't need a year to throw the ball, just something reasonable.

Highsmith and JPJ in excahnge for Ramsey *should* be OK to get past Clevelend and Cinncy and if the stars align we might be healthy enough to have a decent home showing against the Pack.

Watching the now benched Russ and at some point benched Fields.....