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The fact that this team missed the playoffs with THIS offense is a god damn embarrass

I hate Ridley so bad right now, he reminds me of Abercrombie, you never give him the damn ball in crunch time.

Didn't we know that it was a matter of time before before Rumbling bumbling Ridley fumbled? Cheats new enough to say bye bye. But **** we put him in a critical 3rd and two situation. That and the fake punt was some high level stupid ****.
 
Always got to be one. Only thing you forgot is Ben sucks. SMFH.

Ben was great. We should have let Ben have more time if we were willing to do the fake. Ben didn’t fumble twice. I doubt he called the turtle ball run and asked for Ridley. We do not have the defense to stop a team like this with four downs. We should have let Oakland score sooner too, or at least stop the damn clock FOR BEN AND OUR OFFENSE.
 
We are the second best team in the AFC just lining up and playing football. Boneheaded coaching decisions, bad play calls, and inexcusable mistakes that *never* get corrected all year cost us what could have been a Super Bowl run in a wide open AFC. God I ******* hate this team so much. They are so much better than their record, so much better than almost every other team in the AFC. I’ve never been more angry and frustrated by a Steelers season. **** this whole season with a god damn railroad spike


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The third and short, where we lined up in the obvious run package was stupidville. Then to put our second best active runner in there? Just dumb. Ben was on fire. Why take it from him and tell the opposing defense what we are going to do?

Just garbage.

Totally agree this was the defining moment of the game not the fake punt. To me the fake punt was just a gutsy call that didn't come off because I think in that situation you give the ball to Brees at any point of the field he was coming down and scoring.
 
Boy, this put a big damper on Christmas. Just a really tough loss and season ending loss at that.


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Totally agree this was the defining moment of the game not the fake punt. To me the fake punt was just a gutsy call that didn't come off because I think in that situation you give the ball to Brees at any point of the field he was coming down and scoring.

I truly believe with 2:30 and two timeouts, Ben wins this game. The BOLD coaching move after the fake would have been to let them score quickly.
 
I truly believe with 2:30 and two timeouts, Ben wins this game. The BOLD coaching move after the fake would have been to let them score quickly.

We had plenty of time. We were in FG range if juju doesn’t fumble.


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He should have never been put in that position.

He gets a paycheck, asking him to hold onto the ball shouldn’t be too much to ask. He won’t be cut cause there’s only one game left and it’s Christmas but he won’t be back next year, that’s for damn sure.


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At the most critical point in the game with Ben on fire they didn't trust him to get it done. They took the ball out of his hand and handed it to Ridley. Someone should be held accountable for that.

The play call was absolutely atrocious. Disgusting. You win or die with Ben in these big games.


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He gets a paycheck, asking him to hold onto the ball shouldn’t be too much to ask. He won’t be cut cause there’s only one game left and it’s Christmas but he won’t be back next year, that’s for damn sure.


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So, we could have kept Dri Archer, and expected him to be a pro bowler because he was paid? Doesn't add up
 
The defense played a damn good team tough ar home where they averaged 38 points. This is the new NFL. Our pro bowlers are on offense. That’s where we should have won this game and we did not. Officiating did not help either. I thought the fake was a chance to ensure that our best players got a chance to win the game. It’s too hard to stop a team with four downs, and to stop us too. We should have had that chance at the end of the game with time more time to do more with it. Offense turned it over twice. Played so good,but the two turnovers are the difference.

That fake punt was a killer and that FG with 40 seconds left before the half was a killer. The inability to cover Thomas was a killer. I think we killed ourselves once again this season.


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Tomlin and Butler should be fired for that 3rd and 20 play alone. There was no one within 10 yards of that ******* guy.
You have got to bring it in that situation. And not the retarded delayed safety blitz either. More like I've got 2 seconds to throw this ball or it's big trouble pressure.
 
Boy, this put a big damper on Christmas. Just a really tough loss and season ending loss at that.


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Nope I football game can never damper celebrating the birth of my Lord and Savior!

It’s just a game!!!


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That fake punt was a killer and that FG with 40 seconds left before the half was a killer. The inability to cover Thomas was a killer. I think we killed ourselves once again this season.


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Will will win nothing with that defensive scheme.
 
So, we could have kept Dri Archer, and expected him to be a pro bowler because he was paid? Doesn't add up

Uhhh what?


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Hard enough to beat the best team in the league, add in a coach that seems give out free samples and make it harder on his own team and it’s a recipe for disaster.
 
Tomlin needs to go, and not because of the game today. He needs to go because of his “body of work”.

Agree
It all started with the first game of the season...LOSS to the Browns (and yes, all you sheep reading this, a tie against the Browns is a loss)
Then to be ready for the playoffs, but barely beat a bad Jags team, then lose three AFC games in a row (two of which were bad teams, Chargers are 50/50)...that's bad coaching!
The fake punt call summed up the season...clueless, unprepared, wasted talent
Thank you Tomlin for taking a franchise down the drain
We are currently a laughing stock in the NFL
 
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