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Well that Sucks, but it's not the end. It's the beginning

Sorry cope gotta disagree with that. The pats own us until Ben beats them in the playoffs.

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Great effort by the Steelers tonight. Without two of their best players on defense, and most of the game without their best offensive player (and former MVP candidate), they had the game won...if not for a ridiculous rule that shouldn't exist.

I am encouraged that this game against the Patriots was closely contested from start to finish, nothing like the recent past.

Proud of this team, and looking forward to the playoffs with renewed hope that they can beat anybody.
 
Ask yoursrlf this. If the Steelers win tonight do you believe they would have won the rematch should it occur. At least they will play with a chip on their shoulder. The biggest problem with the loss is if everything remains equal, it takes the Jags off the track to play the Pats.
 
topseed said:
Great effort by the Steelers tonight. Without two of their best players on defense, and most of the game without their best offensive player (and former MVP candidate), they had the game won...if not for a ridiculous rule that shouldn't exist.

I am encouraged that this game against the Patriots was closely contested from start to finish, nothing like the recent past.

Proud of this team, and looking forward to the playoffs with renewed hope that they can beat anybody.
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with AB, Bell, Haden, Ben all in for a PO run, they can beat anybody. Adjustments would need to be made, but the horses are there to beat NE. They just have to complete it. There should be confidence there that they played them tough, had them on the ropes, but need one more play for the knockout punch. If they have to do it in NE, then that's the path. Worry about when it happens. They shouldn't be scared anymore. They know they can do it.
 
Ask yoursrlf this. If the Steelers win tonight do you believe tgey would have won the rematch should it occur. At least tgey will play with a chip on their shoulder. The biggest problem with the loss is if everything remains equal, it takes the Jags off the track to play the Pats.
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If anything this loss should motivate them with a, us against the world mentality.
 
We will have to play the Cheatriots in Foxboro now in the playoffs. We lose that one and the Cheatriots go on to their 6th SB victory. Write that down that I said it. A Mikey Sunglasses coached team will never get past NE in the playoffs.
 
Every year we lose to them during the regular season, its "we'll beat them in the playoffs."
I just can't buy it, I've heard it too many times and we can't beat them no matter what.
I've heard this since 2005 and never any results to back it up. They own us.
 
slashsteel said:
If anything this loss should motivate them with a, us against the world mentality.
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Honestly I feel better about this team then I did when they were pulling out last minute wins against the Colts and the Rogersless Packers. They have worts. They had them coming into the game. Im not conceeding the one seed. They need to get at least the two. I think they could win or lose ANY game anywhere in the Playoffs.
 
SteelerSask said:
Ask yoursrlf this. If the Steelers win tonight do you believe they would have won the rematch should it occur. At least they will play with a chip on their shoulder. The biggest problem with the loss is if everything remains equal, it takes the Jags off the track to play the Pats.
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Look, there were at least four crucial sequences in the fourth quarter alone that could/should have swayed the outcome in the Steelers favor:

1) An overlooked pair of unnecessary penalties by Villanueva, starting with the holding call around the ten minute mark. Connor had gained 9 yards, setting up a 2nd-and-1 near midfield, and it was called back. Just seal the edge there, no need to hold. Instead, it's 1st-and-20 on the 28. Then he forgets the snap count, and suddenly it's 2nd-and-23 on the 25. Brutal loss of 24 yards of field position and a probable new set of downs near the 50. NE starts on their own 28 instead of (at the very least) being pinned deep, and capitalizes with a 46 yard field goal.

2) The dropped INT by Davis. Already in FG range, clock runs under 2 minutes if he simply catches it. Game not over, but obviously puts the Steelers in great position to win.

3) The inexplicable single coverage on Gronk on NEs last drive, culminating with the 2-point conversion. If they don't get those two points, JuJu's catch and run sets up the game-winning FG right then and there.

4) Of course the last 3 plays from the 10 and closer. First down -- game over, but it wasn't. Second down -- poor choice by Ben, no chance for that 3-yard play. Third down -- well, you know. You've got to come away from that with a tie score at minimum.


With a few adjustments a couple less mistakes, why couldn't the Steelers win a rematch?
 
If the Steelers even manage to get back to Gillette the headsets won't work, the P*ts will know all their calls and they'll injure somebody else.

There's no ******* way they beat the cheaters at home.

2 penalties the entire game. 2.
 
The way they have to look at things is they are going to have to play the last two games. They need to get better chemistry with JuJu, Bryant etc. Its a challenge but an opportunity to get better. If they can get into a two spot healthy i feel every bit as good about this team as I would have if they won.
 
SteelerSask said:
The way they have to look at things is they are going to have to play the last two games. They need to get better chemistry with JuJu, Bryant etc. Its a challenge but an opportunity to get better. If they can get into a two spot healthy i feel every bit as good about this team as I would have if they won.
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Jax looks good, but they go west to play the 49ers who are playing good, if Jax loses there and we beat Houston, we clinch #2

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thesteelcity said:
if anything, we will be playing the Jags, as they have a better record than SD. If it all plays out like that.
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After we lose to the Browns we could be playing the Jags in their house

This team is cursed
 
Of course Spike. We can't throw the ball anymore as it's apparently illegal to catch it in the endzone.
 
AggieSteel said:
Agreed but it’ll be a tall task getting back to play them again. We will have to beat a team that kicked the dog **** out of us earlier this year


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And Miami did the same thing last year. If there's anything that this team is, it's resilient. These guys are going to fight to the end, and I don't think that anyone can deny that. There are no moral victories, and this team shouldn't be looking for any. They should be pissed the **** off, and rally around this one, and become closer as unit as a result. That said, all I heard all week was how the *ats were gonna make us look because "well, Brett hundley did it" or "look at how we played the ravens, the colts, the blah ******* blah." The cheaters had to earn their ******* victory tonight against the Steelers instead of years past. The Steelers didn't bend over and take it tonight, even with two of our best players sidelined......well, except from the officials. Yeah, it didn't work out in the end, but this was only a regular season game, and not the playoffs. We have more Sunday's ahead of us, and I truly feel this team is gonna be gunning for it awful ******* hard.
 
Cope said:
We can play with the Pats, anywhere, anytime. Loved the fight on D, even though we let up that last drive.

Still like our chances adding Haden to the mix. Though honestly, both safeties have to play Gronk and the corners will play man all game.

That Jesse James TD sucked, but it wasn't a catch. By rule you have to control the ball through the ground. Though this situation caused something I have never seen in football before when ruling a catch/TD. When Jesse lunged, he had control and broke the plane BEFORE losing possession on the ground. I would like to hear the ruling, because event though it didn't follow the definition of a catch, it did follow the definition of a TD, by breaking the plane with possession. Odd play really.

Sucks that we didn't have 2 plays called, and tried to fool them on a clocking play. Would have like to see more receivers moving, giving Ben some options.

Still, it came down with possession and a chance to win, I will take that every game. It's was a bad bounce, but football is a game, we can't control outcomes. It was a good chance, and could have been a win. I'm not afraid of the Pats, we can play with them, and we can beat them. They don't own us anymore, and it was good to see our team keep fighting and never wilted. Great game, just an unfortunate end.

I'm hoping AB is OK. Good news that it wasn't a fracture, though being rushed to the hospital means swelling and discoloration occurred. Hoping it's a contusion and he recovers quickly. That would be the best news going forward.
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Gota disagree on the James catch Cope. It was a catch. One knee equals 2 feet, plus he had possession when the knee hit the ground. After that it's a football move (lunge) in which the ball broke the plane. No different when they catch and leap to the ends one and the ball hits the pylon. If the ball comes loose doesn't matter, it broke the plane. All this "survive the ground" BS is NFL just trying to make excuses for blowing the call. There are 100 catches like it a week, and 99 times it is called a TD.

Even if they want to say the ball bobbled, it's clear caught it afterwards. His hands were under the ball. No definitive angle showed the ball hit the ground.

All in all, why do all these games have to end on a controversial officiating decision? It seems it happens every time with NE.


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The best thing to come from this game is this team now knows they are better than the Pats. I think they may have thought it before this game, but the history had to have weighed on them. They mostly dominated this game.

The Pats offense didn't do much. They got a big gain on a trick play to set up the first TD. They got a bullshit pass interference to set up a FG at a key moment. It was on a 3rd down with steelers up 11. If the steelers get a stop there with just under 5 minutes, it's probably game over.

Their whole offense was throwing to Gronk. He had 9 for 168 and most were contested. He kept moving the chains but didn't get the cheap, big plays he usually gets.

What happens when Joe Haden is available. Burns did a good job on Cooks. With Haden in the mix, now maybe you can more easily double Gronk.
 
DBS1970 said:
We will have to play the Cheatriots in Foxboro now in the playoffs. We lose that one and the Cheatriots go on to their 6th SB victory. Write that down that I said it. A Mikey Sunglasses coached team will never get past NE in the playoffs.
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The irony hurts.

The 6 time SB champs is the team that has allowed the Pats to reach the SB how many times?

Once or twice under Cowher...under Tomlin last year,

And **** the Falcons who blew it last year.
 
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Ike Kelly said:
Gota disagree on the James catch Cope. It was a catch. One knee equals 2 feet, plus he had possession when the knee hit the ground. After that it's a football move (lunge) in which the ball broke the plane. No different when they catch and leap to the ends one and the ball hits the pylon. If the ball comes loose doesn't matter, it broke the plane. All this "survive the ground" BS is NFL just trying to make excuses for blowing the call. There are 100 catches like it a week, and 99 times it is called a TD.

Even if they want to say the ball bobbled, it's clear caught it afterwards. His hands were under the ball. No definitive angle showed the ball hit the ground.

All in all, why do all these games have to end on a controversial officiating decision? It seems it happens every time with NE.


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It's cool Ike. The only difference in your explanation and what happened on the field was the definition of going to the ground. Since he was extended on the catch and dropped to his knee, he was going to the ground, so by rule, he has to complete possession after hitting the ground. Even though he lunged, he didn't maintain possession through the ground. Just like Des Bryan't catch that I referenced. You don't see that ball hit the ground either and it stays in his hand too. At least there was consistency in calling that an incompletion, and I understand it.

I hate it, but the rule is clear.
 
Cope said:
It's cool Ike. The only difference in your explanation and what happened on the field was the definition of going to the ground. Since he was extended on the catch and dropped to his knee, he was going to the ground, so by rule, he has to complete possession after hitting the ground. Even though he lunged, he didn't maintain possession through the ground. Just like Des Bryan't catch that I referenced. You don't see that ball hit the ground either and it stays in his hand too. At least there was consistency in calling that an incompletion, and I understand it.

I hate it, but the rule is clear.
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bullshit he maintained possession during and up to where his knee touched.

Then he saw that he was untouched and that he could get into the end zone. So he makes a move to extend out.

That is a ******* catch.
 
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