I have to give a goat to Duck Hodges for this loss. Too many floaty deep passes and Buffalo took advantage of them.
Nod to Cam Heyward, who personally shut down a drive and almost pulled this game out for us.
I have to give a goat to Duck Hodges for this loss. Too many floaty deep passes and Buffalo took advantage of them.
Nod to Cam Heyward, who personally shut down a drive and almost pulled this game out for us.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Steelers lose 17-10.
Randy Fichtner for top goat.
O-Line is the second.
Duck a distant third.
Goats Jordan Berry, O-line
TJ and Cam kept us in the game
Offense was anemic. Hodges is better than Rudolph, but still not good. He killed us today.
Berry, anyone? He practically handed them their first TD and he blew the rest of the night as well in a game where field position was paramount. I've seen high school punters get more distance.
Jordan Berry. He picked the worst the time have an awful punt that set up the Buffalo’s first score.
The offense earned my Goat vote this week.
The offseason needs to focus 100% on Offense.
The Defense has progressed to a level we Steeler fans couldn't have dreamed of!
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Goats: Berry and Fichtner
TJ Watt - only game ball.
GoaTs -
- Fichtner. He’s just beyond bad. Can’t wait to hear the Randy apologists this week.
- O-Line. It’s getting really bad. Coincidence maybe, but since Munchak left, so did the O-Line. 6-8 men in blocking, the Bills were still getting pressure, clean pressure rushing 4-5 guys. Duck has to rush throws, couldn’t read progressions. Had Washington wide open on one of Fichtner few good play calls and couldn’t get to the read...
- Special Teams and Danny Smith...again, shit.
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Goats to Fitchner, the first half play calls were worse than terrible, and to Berry who killed us with that 20yd shank.
Balls to most of the defense
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Berry, Fichtner, OL, Duck playing like an undrafted rookie QB forced to make plays
Defense played its heart out
agree with TJ Watt only game ball.
Goat. Wildcat, Berry.
Duck got into 50/50 ball lottery, and the Bills 50% kept cashing in.
oh well
I agree with you all and what I think!
Just like Rudolph and Ben before him, Duck Hodges has a string of solid games, before his play plummets off a cliff. Once is an accident. Twice is a pattern. Three times is a trend. Three Quarterbacks under center for the Steelers, all of them with the exact same issues. Horrible regression. Ben plays horrible. Rudy plays horrible. Now the Duck plays horrible.
Tonight we learned that the offense is simply a fundamental mess and poorly designed. It is a glorified High School Varsity Offense in the NFL without elite talent to cover for the warts.
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Not going to Goat Duck, he made 2 bad INTs, the other 2 were last ditch efforts for 50/50 balls that we just didn’t make. He made a few good plays, and drove us down the field to get us a shot at tying at the end. Can’t ask much more of a UDFAR. We just don’t have the playmakers, really could have used Juju this game. With the injuries and lack of talent, we couldn’t afford the mistakes we made (we are looking at you Berry) and the ridiculous wildcat crap (Conner should have kept that ball as soon as the snap was low).
Game Ball: Defense- They did EVERYTHING to try and win the game. They gave this team a chance. TJ Watt specifically helped keep this a one possession game himself. He made some amazing plays
Game Goats: Fichtner- Does this guy know how to do anything other than suck up to Ben? Seriously, the guy is terrible. He doesn't understand basic play construction, situational football, or the simple idea that if a play doesn't work it shouldn't be used. Apparently Fichtner is the only person who watches football who didn't figure out after the 1st quarter of the 1st Baltimore game that the wildcat doesn't work and shouldn't be run, nope Fichtner still runs it and it cost the team. He's making me pine for Todd Haley he is that bad. Seriously, the offense would legit probably be better if they canned Fichtner and let Ben call the plays
Duck- Helped turn the game around in Buffalo's favor with that awful pick
O-line- The unit was way overmatched against the Bills defense. Numerous sacks surrendered and penalties
Shaun Sarrett- Send him to the unemployment line along with Fichtner. He inherited an elite o-line with 3 pro bowlers from Munch and the o-line has IMMMEDIATELY turned into a hot mess. How does that happen? How is it he is gifted with that much to work with and yield such little in return
Berry- This guy should have been sent packing 3 years ago. Sometimes it is better to just let crap go
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Stems from the clueless OC
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If Ben was playing this season, we are already in the playoffs, probably beating Seattle, Baltimore and SF?
But I understand what you are saying, Fitchner needs to be gone for someone that actually knows how to run a professional offense.
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PATRIOTS**
BUNGLES
Steelers - 18 Bengals - 16 #0in25 #anotherseasonBungled
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he doesn't get a pass throwing 4 INT and fumbling another because he held the ball, even though a Steeler recovered it. He also killed us on the final drive by taking a sack in a spot where YOU CAN'T TAKE A SACK. Lost 25 seconds recovering from that, then the lob pick to end it.
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Ben has never been able to string together a decent season, just a few good games in succession here and there?
But I agree completely the offense is a joke. Ben and AB freelancing successfully covered up a lot in Fichtner's first season as OC.
Yeah, that's pretty much been his primary argument for a while now.
Berry, Duck (at least for today, he had the same shit performance that we’ve knocked Rudolph for) we may need to pickup another FA backup for Ben next year. Nelson, bills picked on him and it payed off. Whoever blew the coverage on that second Bills TD
The defense overall did its job. But our QB sucked today.
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He does from me, MR doesn’t even get us the chance to win at all, at least Duck got us to the point to make that last throw, if the OL actually blocked on that play Duck isnt scrambling throwing while on the run in the first place, and probably makes that throw to the back corner (because he is accurate when he gets a chance to set his feet as shown by all the great over the shoulder throws he keeps making, something MR hasn’t done once). Remember, he is a 4th string QB on his 4th start against one of the top defenses in the league. We didn’t pick up the blitz all night. Fitchner’s gameplan was ridiculously bad, not giving our offense even a chance the entire first half. What did you expect Duck to do?
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Game Balls:
Offense: None
HM but no GB in loss:Matt Feiler: His hustle kept them in this game on that INT.
Conner: Did he ever look good on a few of those runs.
I'm tempted to give an HM to Washington and Johnson for what they did, but the problem is what they didn't do. I felt as though the WR corp could have made a better effort, especially on a couple of the INTs. (But see Duck below)
Bosworth: 49 yard FG that would have been good for 65. Wow.
Defense: Yes. Shouldn't have to say anything else.
Goats:
Offense:Duck: Well, we've seen what his bad games looks like, now, and it's not pretty. I was okay with the first INT. 3rd down, he takes a shot and it's intercepted a few yards short of the redzone. In short, a touchback plus two or three yards. I'm fine with that. His other ones, however . . . sure, the WR should have fought a bit harder on a couple of them to get to the ball and knock it down, but that doesn't excuse the bad passes. Still, so far, Duck at his worst is better than normal Mason R. So . . .
O-line except for Feiler. What was that? I'm starting to wonder just much Le'Veon Bell covered for this offensive line with his running style.
Defense: Not a one.
S/Ts: Jordan Berry. Two games. Two big mistakes. The first one almost cost us last game. This one did cost us (or helped add up to a final tally of a loss).
The Bills D-line has grove R1 picks. Not picks like Mark Barron, but actual, legitimate good players. They routinely make opposing O-lines look bad. A couple of SCREENS might have slowed them down. Maybe.
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Paxton Lynch anyone??
Loss is on Berry and Duck.
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No thanks. I think we ride with the duck the rest of the way.
Biggest goat was the wildcat.
Berry was a real shitty fox, practically handed them a free score, which is unacceptable for a kicker.
Duck does not get off the hook for both of those INTs late in the game - on one of them he had Washington wide open for a TD but forced the ball into double coverage instead. That one was on him all the way, a poor decision that may have cost us our best shot to win the game.
Diontae Johnson gets a goat too for his two fumbles. This guy is a playmaker, but he might set a record for fumbles. He really has to work on that shit. Four fumbles as a team is complete garbage as well. We could have had eight turnovers if we didn't get some really lucky bounces.
For game balls, Conner was the only one on offense that was even close ... Watt obviously on defense, and probably Heyward.
What a disappointment. I knew this was going to be a more difficult game than the past couple, but god damn, this offense reminded me of the really bad 49ers of the early 2000s, when you had dickheads like Ken Dorsey and Steve Stenstrom floundering around and flinging the ball into the dirt.
See you Space Cowboy ...
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Just because.......
Lol...priceless.
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