5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Will happily accept 3-1 at the bye... but ffs there is so much wrong with what happened in that 4th qtr.
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*** 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers: Irish eyes are smiling. 3-1 going into the bye (7 Viewers)
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karl.Racki
Footballguy
Tomlin is a &^$$@
I am a big Tomlin fan, but that was weak.
timschochet
Footballguy
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.
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
Footballguy
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
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
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
It was vital to into the bye at 3-1 with that schedule coming up.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
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.
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
Footballguy
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
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Godsbrother
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
Baltimore could be in some trouble.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
I didnt mind going for it. Hated the playcall.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
"Living in his fears"?
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Mahomes, on the other hand, is looking back to normal
cdclopper
Footballguy
Lbh you're going to complain about Tomlin no matter what he does.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
fred_1_15301
Footballguy
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.Heavy sigh......still not ready to get back on the bandwagon
Godsbrother
Footballguy
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
The Browns game has Boswell with 3-4 FGs written all over it.
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Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
That was my thought. And I loved that Rogers was mad and wanted to go for it. Bad play though.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
It screamed for play action or a straight pass from that same set.
timschochet
Footballguy
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.
Warren fantasy owners will hate this but Tomlin should give serious consideration to a 50/50 split.
steelcityman
Footballguy
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.
Steeler fans will probably say Friermuth needs to be a one helmet guy tho.
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
Footballguy
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.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
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.
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
Footballguy
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.
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.....
timschochet
Footballguy
I now think the Steelers are going to win the AFC North. Not because they’re a great team (they might be a good team; we just don’t know yet) but because everybody else sucks. Baltimore is collapsing, the Bengals are awful without Burrow, and Cleveland has a good D but no offense. I think you have to favor the Steelers, don’t you?
karl.Racki
Footballguy
IF the Steelers beat the Browns next week and Bengals lose to Packers which they should,. and a Lamar-less Ravens team loses to the Rams which they should, they will have I believe the largest division lead in football. 3-4 games
fred_1_15301
Footballguy
The division stinks.
cdclopper
Footballguy
Disaster happens to a lot teams with back up caliber quarterback play.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
Baltimore is going to get healthy and their schedule gets considerably easier. A 1-4 start is not a death sentence for a team like the Ravens.
The Steelers have an opportunity to get a nice lead in the division but it all starts with the Browns game. Win it and the momentum keeps going,. Lose at home to the Browns and we are in the muck with the rest of the division
The Steelers have an opportunity to get a nice lead in the division but it all starts with the Browns game. Win it and the momentum keeps going,. Lose at home to the Browns and we are in the muck with the rest of the division
belljr
Footballguy
It's a big game.
Cleveland has their QB (for now) and judkins is a stud. And 2 really good TE which we are weak at.
It's our trap game, some injuries linger, our O is .....sketchy at best......and Rogers ain't seen Garrett yet.
I think the OL will win or lose the game. The D might get to Dillon - but I would not hang my hat on that.
Feels like a Boswell win
Godsbrother
Footballguy
Gabriel had a nice debut performance but I think our defense will give him all he can handle.
I do agree that but our o-line against Cleveland’s front 7 is a major concern.
The story line will be the aging HoFer vs the rookie QB but it will likely be a low scoring game that will be determined by turnovers.
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Yeah, this is a classic "playing down to the competition" kinda gimmick this week. Hopefully, they avoid it.
Not ready to feel like they should win the division yet, but it's slanting toward "it's going to be pretty disappointing if they don't" given how the Ravens(and even the Bengals) have imploded due to injuries.
The Browns defense is pretty legit, and injuries could easily derail the Steelers too, so they need to be mindful of that. Rodgers could get murdered this week, so it will be interesting to see if they try and go heavy again to mitigate their rush/improve their own run game for a second week in a row. If they do choose to work it in, I really hope they start throwing it a bit more to Washington to keep teams more honest when that package shows up in-game.
I would expect Dillon will be in for a pretty long day if they keep dialing up the blitzes the way they have been the past couple of weeks. Opportunities for turnovers should be plentiful.
Not ready to feel like they should win the division yet, but it's slanting toward "it's going to be pretty disappointing if they don't" given how the Ravens(and even the Bengals) have imploded due to injuries.
The Browns defense is pretty legit, and injuries could easily derail the Steelers too, so they need to be mindful of that. Rodgers could get murdered this week, so it will be interesting to see if they try and go heavy again to mitigate their rush/improve their own run game for a second week in a row. If they do choose to work it in, I really hope they start throwing it a bit more to Washington to keep teams more honest when that package shows up in-game.
I would expect Dillon will be in for a pretty long day if they keep dialing up the blitzes the way they have been the past couple of weeks. Opportunities for turnovers should be plentiful.
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