I think this is about enough.
This team under Tomlin has been able to string together some successful years. Of course the most notable was 2008 in which they won the Superbowl.
Most of those players were brought in under Cowher. Tomlin inherited many of Cowher’s players in their prime. The 2010 season is when they started to show signs of age losing the Superbowl to the Packers.
The Steelers have not been the same since that loss. The 2011 Team was the last time they had a defense that wasn’t laughable, and even that defense was done in by Tebow. The Tebow playoff loss also seemed to jumpstart an ongoing trend of losing to inferior opponents.
Yes, we have had some successful seasons after that. We have had playoff runs from 2014 thru 2017. Injuries have played a part in some of the failure, but so has a lack of focus and preparation. The sloppiness of this team seems to get worse each season.
Special Teams: This unit is a penalty machine. They allow FG’s to get blocked. Boswell can’t make routine FG’s and extra points. They don’t understand the rules; like Switzer letting go a free kick. They also have lapses in coverage.
Offense: This unit will put up 600 yards of offense only to score 13 points. They make questionable calls in the redzone. They scrap the running game from the offense too often. They rarely use Nix in the running game. They get holding and false start penalties in critical moments. They are very stupidly turnover prone. Their turnovers are self inflicted, like Grimble fumbling out of the endzone because he wanted to run over the defender, instead of getting a routine TD by avoiding him.
We have a 15 year QB that is careless with the football that throws around 2 picks a game. You would think that after 15 years, he would know to protect it better. If he didn’t know that, then you would think that he would know not to give it away because the defense can’t stop anyone.
Defense: It’s been 8 years and the Steelers have not yet been able to field a good defense. Shazier was the best defensive player they have drafted. Even with him, they are a middling defense at best. Without him they have fallen apart and lack leadership. Watt is promising, but still is coming into his own. Heyward, Tuitt and Hargraves are good, but disappear in games at times. Haden is their best player in the secondary. Everyone else is average. All these years rebuilding the defense and they get worse every year. Our draft picks have been average to busts in Burns, Davis, Dupree, Jarvis Jones, Worilds and Edmunds.
It’s clear that Carnell Lake was not the problem. They continue to draft players in the secondary with no coverage or ball skills. It’s a shame when watching that getting a turnover never comes to mind. QB’s, WR’s and TE’s have career days vs the Steelers. Players look average to bad in weeks prior to playing the Steelers and after playing the Steelers. You have a better chance in winning the powerball than the defense getting a turnover.
First they couldn’t tackle, now they are back to showing their inability to cover and constantly have blown coverages. Butler and Tomlin put our ILB’s on the opposition’s best WR’s. They also have no clue in how to make adjustments. Tomlin makes stupid challenges. He let’s time run off the clock on Oakland’s final drive instead of using a TO. He brings Ben back in too late, when he should have let him come back in earlier.
He has to go. I’m tired of this clueless dumpster fire direction he is sending this team in. Hire Munchak. Yes, he didn’t have much success with the Titans, but he didn’t have the talent this team has had. Munchak’s unit has been the only unit that has been consistently good over these past few years. Give him a shot.
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Originally Posted by Edman
