Quote Originally Posted by Mojouw View Post
You can keep repeating the same things over and over. I get it. It seems unreasonable that the Steelers couldn't get this corrected. But every single previous kick indicates that they hadn't and wouldn't. There is a post going around the internets today that Lawrence was holding Dotson down and the other 1-2 defenders were jumping/slipping into the C/G gap that created. It is super obvious to see. I am certain that Dotson and the entire Steelers sideline was able to diagnose what was going on. And they were unable to develop a response. Now we can debate all day long about why not. I don't know. But there is unequivocal evidence that they didn't get it fixed.

Why would anyone sign up for doing the same thing again? I don't like the play they did end up calling on 4th and 1 but I certainly liked that better than lining up to have a FG blocked.
The last FG the Steelers attempted was successful.

I think it was more of Tomlin going with his gut than anything else and wanting to put it away.

I’ve seen coaches not kick when they lacked confidence in the actual kicker, or maybe if the long snapper or some important player was injured. But I’ve never heard of a coach reaching a conclusion that the other team figured out how to routinely block FG attempts in such a way that it was likely to keep happening. Especially since the other team blocked exactly one kick. And not even the most recent attempt.

I’m not trying to argue with you. I’m saying sometimes Tomlin doesn’t really think things through logically. Something makes sense to him in the moment and he acts.

He saw 4th and 1 and wanted to impose his will to win the game. If it had worked it would have looked cool and super tough. But in failure it was embarrassing and gave the other team a real opportunity to win.

Maybe Tomlin didn’t want the possibility of OT. He wanted to win or lose and get out of there. Who knows? But legit fear of having an easy FG blocked seems silly. It’s either always a fear or it’s never a fear. And I have a feeling it’s not a fear Tomlin will ever have again, and not because we totally change our FG blocking scheme in such a way that could only be figured after the game.