Only the Jets, Patriots, Giants & Panthers have fewer points scored.
Fans say they want balance between offense and defense.
Fans say they want it to be possible for a team to be successful not just with an elite QB.
But do they really??
They do not.
Kenny Pickett and the offense are doing their damndest to convince everyone there’s no hope, but TJ Watt and the defense are always there to say HOLD OUR BEER.
Kenny Pickett played well on Sunday. He also got robbed of a TD pass by either Diontae Johnson or the referees, depending on who you ask.
I know we scrape the bottom of the barrel in opposition the next two weeks, and I believe this offense can consistently get yardage like Sunday - but we need more than 20 points to show if we’re facing the Cards and Patriots. If we can’t showcase some capable results, despite any ref fuckery, we’re fucked.
I was fuming about that call until the game was over. If there’s any doubt at all the refs should call it a TD, then it gets automatically reviewed.
Which is funny, because the exact next play when we fumbled, they officiated it that way (correctly). I was mad we fumbled, but at least they officiated it correctly, which is all anyone wants.
The broadcast officials and analysts have consistently talked about letting it play out and then reviewing, but the back judge (who had no view of the ball at all) decided “nah fuck that” and called it incomplete.
Mike “Kirk Ferentz” Tomlin
I’ve seen way too many references to Iowa football today for my sanity as an Iowa football fan.
Yeah, university of Iowa fans are not impressed
Well they have the 5th fewest points against which is important to note. Only the niners, chiefs, cowboys, and ravens have given up less points. Steelers also haven’t allowed more than 20 points in a game since week 4.
We’re also like +10 in turnover differential which people always exclude. Anyone who watched last night’s game can tell you how much not throwing picks left and right goes to winning games
You guys are NFL Iowa - even have the same color scheme.
The Steelers just managed to dump their shitty OC mid season instead of after the season (probably because Canada isn’t Tomlin’s son lol)
Why score many points when few points do trick?
Since TJ is being paid the most they also make him play the most time and snaps
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The Steelers are also 28th in the league in points scored.
They could just as easily be 4-7.
Isn’t that literally the post?
That’s what happens when you play an afc north team every week
They and Iowa share colors for reasons man.
Because back in the late 1970s, their head coach at the time, Hayden Fry, updated the Hawkeyes’ uniforms to look like the Steelers’ uniforms, because he wanted his team to “look like winners.”
The 1980s must have been the longest decade of his life, then.
In 7 out of 11 games, the Steelers have scored more points than their opposition. These are the 7 games that the Steelers won.
You can’t prove that.
Wild.
Have they tried scoring more points?
Depends on who you ask
Yes. It hasn’t worked out.
I love and hate this team at the same time
Steelers are masters of situational football. TJ Watt seems to always make the necessary big plays and Pickett is good for 2 random good drives a game.
Right now, they’d play Miami in the playoffs and I’d bet they’d lose that game by 30. If they play anyone besides Baltimore, I think they’ll get blown out.
Let’s see how my comment ages but the turnover differential was important until now. I think we are going to see an offense that goes out there and competes consistently, not just a few random drives like we have seen almost the entire season.
this post is used to disrespect Ravens
Not really, more just an acknowledgement of divisional fuckery and Mike Tomlin wielding voodoo madness against us. Even if we wreck them in week 18 and win by multiple scores I’d still be super anxious in the playoffs.
Bmore Jacksonville i like our chances against. Kc we could muck it up for 3,QTs Miami i would put jpj on waddle double Hill and with the 3 playoffs wins in 25 years Miami has all the pressure
We suck so bad we’re good. Get on our level guys.
To be honest, the Steelers being held back from a higher playoff ceiling because of their quarterback has bedeviled innumerable teams from the 1970s until now.