Cheerio from London.
The Steelers' inactives today are Landry Jones, Derek Moye, Isaac Redman, Isaiah Green, Antwon Blake, Cody Wallace and Hebron Fangupo.
Redman is a bit of a surprise. But with Le'Veon Bell back today, there's no room on the roster for a running back who isn't going to help on special teams a great deal.
The weather here is overcast. Sun was shining earlier. But the temps have dropped steadily.
Field looks great, however.
First offensive series, a perfect example of "Ben being Ben". 3rd and 4, back to pass with a bit of a rush, receiver open in the left flat past the 1st down marker, but BR ignores him and throws a long, inaccurate pass down the sideline incomplete. Instead of having 1st and 10, it's 3 and out.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the football gods just are against this team. They force a fumble and it bounces right to the only MN guy around and for a 1st down to boot.
ReplyDeleteGreat timeout-calling skill / clock management by Tomlin near end of half.
ReplyDeleteMike Adams is horrible. A tree stump would do a better job as LT.
ReplyDeleteTomlin's clock management at 2:01 wasn't good either.
ReplyDeleteBut we overlook those things for some reason.
"for some reason"
ReplyDeleteBen turns it over twice a game and the defense has got the ball all year. Clock management doesn't seem like a big deal in light of those things.
Z in tempe
8-12 from last season... 2-9 in last 10 months.. with one draft... whole offseason of same coaches... if things continue the same way... need to shake it up..
ReplyDeleteits a big deal, and overlooked, because its been a problem since he took the job
ReplyDeleteFire Colbert.
ReplyDeleteIt just seems odd that your takeaway from this game is poor clock management
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ReplyDeletefinally, the steelers will win if for no other reason the vikings are the worst team in football. i saw them play against the browns here and they are so bad vikings fans should get discounted tickets to home football games.
There was an attempt at retraction, but the original statements are there to see.
Marc,
1. Think about apologizing to the Minnesota Vikings and their fans.
2. Reconsider the Steelers position in “worst team in football” derby.
3. Give Art a call on Monday and see if he can get that discounted tickets to home football games program moving. He may need to offer a couple of “Ahns” with each ticket purchase and during those balmy December games, up it to a couple of boilermakers, that would be the only way to make it tolerable to watch.
Here’s a little help for you in getting the idea going:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/26/jaguars-giving-away-free-beer-with-ticket-purchase/
Jared Allen makes a lot of LTs look bad. The bottom line is BR had enough time to throw. I was flipping between baseball and football, but at least 2 of the sacks I saw were BR not throwing the ball away when he had the chance.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, this loss belongs to the defense for just allowing too many big plays and being unable to recover the one fumble they did cause.
The Steelers are rebuilding and fans are just going to have to accept that fact. Batch even said he knew it would be a rough year when he left after last season.
It's the way of the NFL.
figures we are finally looking like a top 5 draft pick and there are no elite LT's coming out
ReplyDeleteGuess we better hope they get Clowney
was just piggy backing off other time management post.
ReplyDeletegotcha, my bad
ReplyDeleteall good. I'm just sick of yelling at the TV over things that are so obvious.
ReplyDeleteI stand behind what I said, the Vikings suck. Like I said in the post you referenced, gang tackle Peterson and watch the cutback lanes and they will win. Seems that would have worked out just fine if they actually came out and played defense.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I agree, put the steelers in that category. They suck too. Go ahead and give away tickets because the fans shouldn't have to pay to watch garbage like that.
While the coaches are certainly partially responsible for this cluster f###, the players need to execute. They can't be handing the ball over every game, missing wide open receivers, missing blocks, missing running lane assignments, etc.
At this point, I put the majority of the blame on Colbert. The players lack talent and until someone tells me differently, Colbert has the final call on drafts and free agents.
By the way, no retraction was attempted. I admitted the jags are worse as mentioned by another poster. Get a clue.
ReplyDeleteThird worst team in the league.
ReplyDeleteJacksonville has no talent.
NY Giants appear to have no heart.
The Steelers are deeply flawed, have the worst OL, and the 2nd most turnover prone QB. And now a defense that cannot tackle or pressure the QB, and certainly cannot get a TO.
I'll give you credit Marc, at least you didn't back away from it, you met it straight on.
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