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Lady Steel
12-08-2014, 12:26 AM
Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin talks following Sunday's game against the Bengals.


Coach Mike Tomlin: That was a tough AFC North December battle. Kind of what we anticipated. Give those guys credit. It seemed like every time we got control of it they got a big play and regained control of it. Also give our guys credit because they didn’t fold in the face of that, in a hostile environment today. The guys made the necessary plays. Not perfect, still giving up big plays. That created problems for us today; it’s created problems for us. I like the resolve of the group. We played as a team and we got it done. A lot to be excited about, but just very necessary. Hopefully we learn from these lessons and move forward to our next challenge. No real major injuries. Ike (Taylor) got beat up a little today, got a knee contusion, got an AC joint. The rest appeared to be pretty clean.

Re: The long touchdown pass to Martavis Bryanthttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/martavis-bryant/d3e65c5f-f569-43ff-ab7e-58aeaa6d3e32/)
We just weren’t going to live in our fears today. We needed to be aggressive. We needed to create some splash. It seems like we seized control of the game, they regained control of the game with a splash play. Going up top to 18 (AJ Green), so we just tried to do a little bit of that on our own. It worked out for us, good protection and great throw, and 10 (Bryant) finished it.

Do you weigh the risk and reward for that play?
Every moment of every day but that’s life, particularly in this league.

Did you see something leading up to make you think that play would work?
They are aggressive when you are backed up. They want to keep you backed up. That is football 101. I think that is any defense. Sometimes those opportunities are usually there but it’s about whether or not you are you willing to take the risk and are you capable of capitalizing on it. We were able to get it done today.

How hard is it for the defense to keep confidence when they give up big plays?
It’s less about the defense and more about the people. One of the things that’s positive about our group is we have some guys back there that have played some football like Troy (Polamalu) and Ike (Taylor),Mike Mitchellhttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/mike-mitchell/6b171e8f-f368-45b3-a020-018c50cf1906/) and Will Gay they’re not young people. They’re able to flush it out, move forward, and understand that the next snap is the most important one. It would be better if we minimized them.

Re: Ben Roethlisbergerhttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/ben-roethlisberger/54dda34e-9e43-4c57-9397-1143ddced5d6/)’s play today after the past couple of weeks
It was very necessary. It seems like he always plays good in Ohio. We knew what we needed today from everyone and he’s central to that.

How do Le’Veon Bell andAntonio Brownhttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/antonio-brown/859114e9-d70b-477b-8eaf-6f34bb1ffc03/) keep doing it?
I really think they get the headlines and stuff and deservedly so because they do a lot for us, but I also think that the other guys answer the bell when their numbers are called upon. Whether it’s Martavis Bryant orMarkus Wheatonhttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/markus-wheaton/aa64cb43-14c9-4635-b577-440a959515e3/) orHeath Millerhttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/heath-miller/ada7ab1b-9acd-421a-bed0-79ccc4542630/) or Lance Moorehttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/lance-moore/2724a516-3121-497f-8804-f31ad97b06ae/), it seems like the other guys batted a pretty good percentage when their number is called upon. I think that keeps a level playing field for those two key components to do what it is they do. Those guys answer the bell, make significant plays. They don’t have an opportunity to maybe have a volume of plays that Brown and Bell get but significant none the less because they keep the dogs off those two.

Why was it working so well on the left side running the ball?
I really wasn’t paying attention. (David) DeCastro is a pretty good puller. Other than that I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to the direction of the runs.

After the AJ Green long touchdown, did you decide to stay with Ike?
I did, it’s on me.

How much did the fumble recovery by Arthur Moatshttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/arthur-moats/ef1de2d3-89d6-48a7-9371-cbbee6f293a2/) swing the momentum?
It was a big play in the game. It was a huge play in the game. It was what we needed. A short field. Often times a short field alone doesn’t do it. It’s working together, working in concert with one another. We didn’t do a good enough job of it a week ago working in concert. We talked about it, offense, defense, special teams. That’s an example of us doing it today and allowing us to gain victory.

How pleasing was it to close a game out?
I don’t care about the style points, we are just trying to do what is necessary and get out of these stadiums with wins and stay in the thick of things. It was a significant day today here in the North.

If Le’Veon had less success earlier on, would we have seen more of Josh Harrishttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/josh-harris/eca0b748-6bb1-425d-a33b-2b9eac045652/)?
No. We’re going to give it to Le’Veon.

Was Dri Archerhttp://www.steelers.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/dri-archer/169714d4-46ee-41ac-9cfe-4e7aace41190/) hurt, was that why he wasn’t active?
It was the best mix for us today. We had some defenders coming back today. We got some significant special teams contributors. We didn’t want to lessen that. They have a dangerous kicking game. The net punting, the net punt return was really a field flipper. We wanted to respect that. They have dangerous return men in Tate and Jones. We allocated the bodies in that area.



http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Coach-Tomlins-Post-Game-Comments/6feb1131-3ca7-449d-a713-c193db2a6f73

Mojouw
12-08-2014, 10:45 AM
Psssh. This guy is just full of BS and cliches. Fire 'em.

Steeldude
12-08-2014, 11:16 AM
We needed to create some splash

How about some solid, consistent football instead? Enough of acquiring splash players(Archer). Get some focused, hardworking, intelligent football players(Miller).

smokin3000gt
12-08-2014, 11:30 AM
How about we enjoy the win?

zulater
12-08-2014, 12:09 PM
How about we enjoy the win?

Absolutely.

But yesterday's game does beg the question where is the consistency of intensity, focus, and deed from week to week? Even when we went into the 4th quarter trailing in that game I said to the people I was watching it with, that if we lose this game I'm happy with the effort being shown. Losing because the other team is a little bit better doesn't bother me too much. It's when you lose but don't put forth your best effort for whatever reason that drives me and most everyone I know crazy! ::frusty:

I mean does anyone really believe that this team isn't better than the Bucs and the Jets? That if the focus displayed yesterday had been in evidence the previous Sunday against the Saints the result might have been different? All I know is the team that showed up yesterday better show up next Sunday in Atlanta. Win or lose. Play up to your ability for God's sake!

tube517
12-08-2014, 02:17 PM
"Obviously"

-Evil Mike Tomlin

Psycho Ward 86
12-08-2014, 02:30 PM
anyone see Ben's post game interview? he's starting to talk a lot like tomlin lol

ALLD
12-08-2014, 03:14 PM
anyone see Ben's post game interview? he's starting to talk a lot like tomlin lol

No wonder his game gets effed up. They both need to get hungry in a hurry or they can think about watching the playoffs from their living rooms.

fansince'76
12-08-2014, 07:50 PM
anyone see Ben's post game interview? he's starting to talk a lot like tomlin lol

This isn't his first rodeo and he knows how to lead the men. :chuckle:

86WARD
12-08-2014, 09:02 PM
Archer is far far far from a splash player. Far from it. As for Tomlin and his cliches...shit is getting really fucking old. That wasn't a tough AFC North Battle yesterday it was a fucking blow out. He's a fucking moron...

X-Terminator
12-08-2014, 11:02 PM
Archer is far far far from a splash player. Far from it. As for Tomlin and his cliches...shit is getting really fucking old. That wasn't a tough AFC North Battle yesterday it was a fucking blow out. He's a fucking moron...

Dude, it was a close game until the Steelers took over in the 4th - they trailed going into the 4th, in fact. So he was right about that. That was the only quarter of football they owned the entire afternoon...it just happened to be the most important one.

86WARD
12-11-2014, 07:16 AM
It wasn't a tough "AFC North Battle." The end result was a blow out, the game wasn't nearly as physical as an infinite number of other "AFC North Battles", "AFC Central Battles" have been. Not even close to a tough AFC North Battle. Maybe a tough "NFC West Battle..." Tomlin is a moron.

zulater
12-11-2014, 08:35 AM
It wasn't a tough "AFC North Battle." The end result was a blow out, the game wasn't nearly as physical as an infinite number of other "AFC North Battles", "AFC Central Battles" have been. Not even close to a tough AFC North Battle. Maybe a tough "NFC West Battle..." Tomlin is a moron.


Dang! You're in a mood today. :lol:


I tend to agree with X. It was a tough and intense game until Bell scored the final touchdown. What was that with? Like 5.30ish left to go. In many ways I thought it was the Steelers best overall game. They were mentally tough in this one. They answered the bell (no pun intended) multiple times. The fg drive at the end of the half. Very important. Both fg's were in fact. Yeah they weren't perfect. But this time when punched in the nose they battled back again and again until the Bengals finally broke.

Will it carry over? :noidea: Stay tuned. We can only hope.

Mojouw
12-11-2014, 08:41 AM
Some people just want to see Tomlin as a moron no matter what.

Who cares about press conference coach-speak nonsense. What matters is on the field and at least for last Sunday the Steelers got it right.

86WARD
12-11-2014, 11:36 AM
Dang! You're in a mood today. :lol:


I tend to agree with X. It was a tough and intense game until Bell scored the final touchdown. What was that with? Like 5.30ish left to go. In many ways I thought it was the Steelers best overall game. They were mentally tough in this one. They answered the bell (no pun intended) multiple times. The fg drive at the end of the half. Very important. Both fg's were in fact. Yeah they weren't perfect. But this time when punched in the nose they battled back again and again until the Bengals finally broke.

Will it carry over? :noidea: Stay tuned. We can only hope.

Lol.

86WARD
12-11-2014, 11:37 AM
Some people just want to see Tomlin as a moron no matter what.

Who cares about press conference coach-speak nonsense. What matters is on the field and at least for last Sunday the Steelers got it right.

At this point, he is a moron. Unless he can prove otherwise on a consistent basis. Which he has yet to prove. The last few seasons, he has proven to be a moron.

Texasteel
12-11-2014, 11:57 AM
I don't pay much attention to was coaches say in a press conference any more. It's sort of like the team giving a coach a vote of confidence just before they fire him.