The Steelers play them again next season. We'll see if Tomlin/Butler are capable of adjusting.
That's a good one dude.
While I am NOT a fan of Spike's "Offense or bust" mentality, the truth is, the Steelers were in position to score enough to keep pace with the P*ts in the AFC championship. They just couldn't make the plays when it mattered. Dwight Stone Jr. dropped a ball almost out of the gate that would have put the Steelers in FG range. Hamilton dropped, what 2 TD passes? That's a minimum of 17 pts right there. I think there was another TD pass dropped somewhere that lead to a FG attempt so that lead to a 3 pt difference.
Anyway, add it all up and the Steelers lost opportunities for more points than they lost by. Having Bryant back and sober helps make up significantly for that. Having Bell actually capable of playing in the game ALSO makes a huge difference. (As a side note, NOT having incompetent offensive coaching that literally beats the living **** out of your top offensive weapon for the last 6 to 8 games of the season may be a wise choice as well. Just a thought...)
But I still feel that greatest culprit in that game was the defensive play calling. If feel that Butler and Tomlin were terrified of the P*ts and played them weak and afraid and the P*ts simply used the crap out of them. That was as pathetic a defensive display as I've ever seen in a championship game in my life. When you literally have defensive backs so far back that they can't be seen on the television screen. (On a HI DEF WIDESCREEN presentation, by the way) against a team known for short quick passing routes, I don't even know what to say.
Ya. They'll undoubtedly fix that **** up real quick and in a hurry before they meet again. Cause Butler and Tomlin are ******' brain surgeons.