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Game Balls, Game Goats & FU's...............@ Bills

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Right now we are certainly not the best team in the AFC. I'm not even sure we are the best team in the AFC North at this point. This team has serious problems.on the offensive side of the football and it's the WR's & TE's catching the football, the lack of a running game, the lack of good run blocking, play calling and more. It's all of it and the simple fact that we are a one dimensional offense predicated on a quick passing game where 95% of all the passes are 5 yds or less. I'm about ready to say Goodbye to Dionte Johnson & Eric Ebron 2 of the biggest ******* on this roster! You have one ******* job....CATCH THE DAMN FOOTBALL and you can't even do that. Johnson on the very first play tonight dropped the ball that hit him right in his chest. He also dropped another a few drives later....both uncontested catches. That makes 8 drops in 9 Quarters of play. Eric Ebron might be the softest TE I've ever seen play the game of football. He can't run block for ****, he can't catch and if he does make a catch there are no YAC he just falls down in a heap if he makes the catch. The guy is a gutless diva and plays with no heart! The Steelers need to get rid of the quick 5yd or less passing game and get rid of it immediately. Our offense goes so many 3 & Outs.....5 of them tonight 7 minutes of ball possession in 5 drives vs 11:42 for the Bills on their next drive as a comparison. You can't expect a Defense regardless of how good they are and our Defense is very good be able to withstand the difference in Time of Posession without wearing down the 2nd half and that's what we are seeing in recent weeks as the Defense wears down from just an attrition standpoint. Injuries aren't just a problem with the Defense right now....after tonight our O-line is in shambles.....Feiler going down , Dotson going down and Okorafor going down but he was able to come back.....leaving Gerald Hawkins as our only other health O-linemen. I don't have a solution for the Steelers on offense but maybe they slide Dionte Johnson back into the slot and put Juju back on the outside. As for the TE position I'm all for benching Ebron.....he's a liability at this point and just a primadonna......I would cut him if I was the Head Coach. Watching this game tonight made me feel like it was 2019 and we were a dink and dunk offense who couldn't complete a pass more than 5 yds. This team right now is in complete shambles and I wouldn't be surprised if this Steelers team doesn't win another football game in the 2020 season and yes I can actually see this team losing to the Bungles next week too. Such a promising season and an 11-0 start and right now I don't even think this Steelers team is a playoff caliber team on the offensive side of the football. As a fan I'm completely frustrated.....so much that for the rest of the 2020 season I refuse to associate the word "STEELERS" to this football team. From here on out I will refer to them as the Pittsburgh Not Ready for Prime Time Football Team with our Choke & Puke Offensive Scheme run by an Incompetent moron in Randy Fitchner. We've seen 3 weeks this offense struggle to sustain drives and Fitchner keeps calling the same **** plays....the same 5 yd or less passing game it's obviously not working.....Why haven't they changed it up? Ben is certainly capable of throwing the ball downfield......Let him throw it downfield! I'm all aboard the FIRE FITCHNER bandwagon right now....usually an OC will change up the offensive scheme at the half.....for 3 games now we've seen Defenses adjust to the Steelers short passing game and Fitchner and Tomlin have made no adjustments......it's not like their's no talent on this roster. This offense should be far better than this......I can't even remember the last time the Steelers ran a Play-Action pass.....of course your running game needs to be working for that to be successful and once again tonight 17 carries for 47 yds is not getting it done again tonight. Well today this team backed into the playoffs but I don't have much hope if they continue to do the same thing that they've been doing the last 3 weeks. Years ago Buddy Ryan (DC OIlers) threw a punch at their OC Kevin Gilbride for the run & shoot offense of Gilbride's calling it the Chuck n Duck Offense. Forget Chuck n Duck....this offense looks more like Choke & Puke!




Per Tomlin's Post Game:
Matt Feiler - Shoulder/Pect being evaluated
Kevin Dotson - no update on his injury.....think it's a pectorial injury
Chuks Okorafor - was able to return



Game Balls:
Cameron Heyward - The guy has brought it week in, week out this season.....he's was wrecking havoc up front again tonight.
Avery Williamson - 9 tackles making his first start as a Steeler......well done
Juju Smith Schuster - 6 rec 55yds 1 TD our only bright spot among our WR's tonight

Game Goats:
Randy Fitchner - WTF is this idiot doing? Does anyone know? 3+ games and it's obvious teams have adjusted to the short passing game. Why haven't they tried changing a ******* thing? Fitchner has got to be on the Hot Seat if this trend continues
Dionte Johnson - You have one job man and you can't even do it right!
Ben Roethlisberger - This guy can't be happy with the current offensive scheme.....Ben is a gunslinger......Cmon Ben....take charge! Punch Fitchner in the crotch for me!

FU's:
Eric Ebron - I'll go on record saying this chump is one of the softest mother ******* I've ever seen play the position! He can't catch the damn ball and he can't run block for ****! A ******* DIVA! Ooooooh we've got to play 3 games in 12 days......ooooh....my vagina hurts! WTF happened to guys like Jack Lambert who after losing the 1976 AFCCG vs the Raiders said "Give me a Six Pack, Half Hour of Rest and lets play them again!" Ebron is nothing but a ******* *****! Not even worth the roster spot! GTFO Ebron! Your TRASH!
 
this is not a playcalling issue at this point. They allowed the physicality of the OL and the run game to completely deteriorate. This offense is the type of candy *** team steeler fans used to make fun of. The Steelers completely embraced this college notion where you don't actually have to block anybody, just get some WRs and throw it all over the field.

The only way to fix this is to just have physical practices. Go all Gene Hackman in Hoosiers and practice without a ball until they get back their fundamentals. Problem is that probably isn;t even permitted by league rules.

Tomlin should tell Fichtner that he's not allowed to throw a pass until they score points. It might mean losing but who cares. They are already in the playoffs. This is about whipping this offense into shape. This team is one and done in the playoffs if the run game is this pathetic.
 
Everytime Ben moves under center, we run. Teams know that. I said it before, we need a guy sitting back with Ben that can take the ball and hit a hole quick. Our O line lets 2, 3 and even 4 men push into the backfield on almost every running play by the time the runner gets the ball. If you can't hold your man or push him back on a run play, then you shouldn't be starting. That goes for DeCastro as well.
 
wig said:
I love the Steelers.

They peaked against the Browns. They're out of gas.
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That was my thought also wig. maybe we aint getting away from the dink and dunk because we can't. Ben aint no spring chicken and we aint seen hardly no rest time with feet up for an aging fella to recoup...ya know. Throw in a swole up elbow and a couple lazy receivers and ya got what we got right now. A **** team goin' into the playoffs without a game plan, without an Oline, without a running game and a beat to **** QB with an ego problem....or so they say.

Oh yeah, let's not furget the defense. Can someone tell #39 that he's allowed to use his hands and arms to tackle.

Can anyone else see another "one and done"...huh?

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Every other team in the NFL can find a RB from the scrap heap and they can go forward.... not us.

Draft a legit RB and find another QB because Ben is toast.

I’ve said it many times, as long as Tomlin is the coach this team will never sniff another super bowl. Hell we don’t even really deserve a play off spot this year with how poorly they are playing and being coached.


They even clowned Tomlin on TV with his dumb *** quotes..
 
Skott said:
Every other team in the NFL can find a RB from the scrap heap and they can go forward.... not us.

Draft a legit RB and find another QB because Ben is toast.

I’ve said it many times, as long as Tomlin is the coach this team will never sniff another super bowl. Hell we don’t even really deserve a play off spot this year with how poorly they are playing and being coached.


They even clowned Tomlin on TV with his dumb *** quotes..
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They deserve the playoff spot they earned it. Of course how far this team goes is another matter. Teams that win SBs often play their best football in December.


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I hate lateral and short passing offenses, they are boring to watch and a far cry from the football I grew up with. That being said, teams can win with them but they need to complete a very high percentage of their passes. If they’re only completing 60-65% of their passes, eventually the drive will stall and they’re going to be punting a lot. That’s the Steelers offense.
 
The short weeks are showing up on the injury report.

Feiler and Big Dot both with pec injuries. We best go find a guard off the scrap heap.

DJ is soft as ****. Glad he got benched but this team shut down after the pick 6. They had 2 TOs and could have tried to move the ball down for a FG attempt. Our offense is too one dimensional. We needed to take more shots deep. Anyone seen Claypool?
 
SteelerSask said:
With all due respect when has Mike Tomlin and the FO ever made a bold move like that.
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The trade for Minkah was bold. And it worked.

Fichtner, a pizza and 12 beers for cardboard cutouts of Don Coryell, Bill Walsh and a 15 minute session with Kookookatchoo.

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SteelerSask said:
I'm a goat for believing this team could make a run in the playoffs.
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It's probably the optimist in you, Sask. Same way here.

That, or we're in a deluded state of denial.
 
Hines57 said:
The short weeks are showing up on the injury report.

Feiler and Big Dot both with pec injuries. We best go find a guard off the scrap heap.

DJ is soft as ****. Glad he got benched but this team shut down after the pick 6. They had 2 TOs and could have tried to move the ball down for a FG attempt. Our offense is too one dimensional. We needed to take more shots deep. Anyone seen Claypool?
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And Erica Ebron. Softer than baby ****.
 
Mike Hilton is my only game ball. Mighty Mouse showed up to play today. INT, FF, TFL, PD, 5 tackles. You can not overlook the imapact a healthy Hilton has for this defense. And when Hilton and Haden are healthy at the same time, this team rarely loses.
 
TDX27 said:
Everytime Ben moves under center, we run. Teams know that.
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And every time I think to myself, "This is where they actually run a play-action pass." And I'm still waiting for that to happen.


I thought Heyward and JuJu had good games. Washington produced with more playing time. Hilton was pretty good. That's about it.

The OC continues to baffle me, and Ben really turned the game in the wrong direction with that pick-six.

FU goes to the refs for that bullshit rough-the-passer call on Mondeaux.
 
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TDX27 said:
Everytime Ben moves under center, we run. Teams know that. I said it before, we need a guy sitting back with Ben that can take the ball and hit a hole quick. Our O line lets 2, 3 and even 4 men push into the backfield on almost every running play by the time the runner gets the ball. If you can't hold your man or push him back on a run play, then you shouldn't be starting. That goes for DeCastro as well.
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I’m not saying you’re wrong, but tell me how the same line (basically) could hold blocks for Bell cannot even make a small hole now for any runner? Surely it wasn’t Foster, was it? This line has to be hurt. DD has to be still hurt. And Ben looks as if he can barely walk. I’m convinced Ben is hurt, and Pat Kirwin today said he saw Ben rubbing his elbow on the sidelines.
 
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