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I do like only the top seed getting a first round bye now that there’s 7 playoff teams per conference. I don’t think that perk should ever go away.NHL - Philadelphia Flyers
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So instead of following their own procedures in place for a game being cancelled, that's literally in their rule book, they change the rules on the fly one week before the playoffs begin and *surprise* the Bengals get screwed the most for doing the right thing.
Unbelievable. Why have rules in place if you can just change them if you feel like it?Comment
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How how true this is, I totally agree with this 100%.
It might seem a strange time to perform an autopsy on the Steelers’ season, and subsequently an evaluation of Mike Tomlin, given that the team has one game left. Not only that, but a win in said game, coupled with victories by Buffalo and the Jets, would send the Steelers to the playoffs for the third straight season.
The looming presence of the Chiefs, Bills or Bengals in that hypothetical first round, however, does lend a certain sense of finality to the proceedings. There might be another game after today’s, but anything beyond that would be borderline miraculous.
The playoffs even being on the table has created the sentiment in some corners that this is one of Tomlin’s better coaching jobs.
Call me crazy, but I don’t see it. Making the playoffs would be impressive, and after a 2-6 start, historically so, but a closer examination of how the Steelers have arrived at 8-8 leaves me underwhelmed.Consider this:
-6-2 after the bye week looks gaudy, but here’s the list of quarterbacks the Steelers have beaten: Andy Dalton, Matt Ryan, Marcus Mariota, Sam Darnold, Derek Carr and Tyler Huntley. Carr is the best of that bunch, and stifling him, as well as the rest of the Raiders’ offense, was legitimately impressive. Holding the other five to a combined 72 points is what a purportedly great defense should do.
-The one time in this resurgent stretch that this big-money defense took on a big-time quarterback, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow, they gave up 37 points, and Burrow strafed them for 355 yards and 4 touchdowns.
-The Bills and Eagles also put 38 and 35 points on them, respectively, and while some may chalk that up to T.J. Watt’s absence, one man shouldn't make that much difference.
Wins are wins, but the Steelers only have two “good” ones this year; the Bengals to open the season, and the Buccaneers, and I feel like I’m stretching to include that one. Had they beaten a Lamar Jackson-led Ravens team, I’d give them three, but without him, Baltimore is a pale imitation of its usual self.
What’s more, nothing about what this team does offensively looks impressive. They’re currently 29th in the league in scoring offense, and have a minus-52 point differential for the year. Tomlin’s culpability for the impotence on that side of the ball is clear, regardless of what you think is the biggest reason for the problems.
He handed Mitch Trubisky the job despite playing coy about whether or not there was a quarterback competition in training camp and the preseason, then yanked it from him in a panic at halftime of the Jets game. Kenny Pickett has looked very much like a rookie this year, but he’s shown significant improvement of late, and he has repeatedly cited his increased starter’s reps as a major contributing factor. Tomlin never let him sniff those reps early in the season.
Both Trubisky and Pickett have also been hamstrung by Tomlin’s ultra-conservative offensive philosophy, one that prioritized not turning the ball over above all else. At times, it seemed like eliminating turnovers was more important than scoring points. The few times the offense has looked truly dynamic have been when Trubisky has entered in relief of an injured Pickett and employed a devil-may-care attitude, and when Pickett’s back has been against the wall with the team trailing late in the game.
It’s fine to blame Matt Canada, or say both quarterbacks could be better. There is validity in both notions. But Tomlin has plenty of influence over how the team approaches offense, even if he doesn’t scheme it up, and that influence has given the Steelers very little margin for error.
That might be acceptable if the defense was one of the league’s best, but it is currently 11th in points allowed; good, but not great.
What’s more, this team would be 9-7 and in considerably better position to make the playoffs – in control of their own destiny, actually – were it not for the defense – Tomlin’s defense – giving up back-to-back touchdown drives to the Zach Wilson-led Jets. Wilson will be lucky to start for anyone in the NFL next year, and looks like a bust, but for one quarter, he looked like an All-Pro.
Add it all up and what do you have? A team capable of beating bad competition, often woefully overmatched against good teams, and left grasping for positives that come in brief, frustrating flashes.
That sounds like a mediocre team, which is exactly what the preseason projections were. Most sports books had the Steelers at 7.5 wins. They’ve bested that, yes, but the eye test certainly doesn’t reveal a team on the rise, unless of course dramatic changes happen to the offense this offseason. Tomlin would almost certainly have to sign off on said dramatic changes, something I have a hard time envisioning.
A late tear and some flashes from Pickett and other young players might have you feeling bullish about Mike Tomlin’s performance this season, but an honest look at the way things have unfolded reveals an average coaching performance, nothing more.People are for reviews if it backs their argument, and against them when they don't.“I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest – If you can’t take it, you shouldn’t play!” Jack Lambert“Quarterbacks should wear dresses.” Jack LambertComment
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You could do a lot worse than Tomlin as your Head Coach, but he seems like the type of coach who can make a bad team good and also make a great team good.Comment
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Good teams still win SBs too.
Everything in that article sounds exactly what they were saying about Andy Reid when Philly let him go.
And whenever Seattle thinks about letting Pete Carroll go, we’ll see articles like these about him and the same will happen to Belichick also.
I say that to say he’s still a Top 5 HC and if he gets let go, he won’t be out of a job long.#RespectTheCultureComment
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Originally posted by Thrash13Originally posted by slickdtcOriginally posted by Kipnis22Comment
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I agree with a good portion but definitely not all of it.
For example, a few lines after he says beating Baltimore without Lamar Jackson is meaningless he says the Steelers missing TJ Watt for almost half the season is no excuse because one player shouldn't matter that much.
He lists all the average and below-average quarterbacks they beat which is fine but don't tell me they only won because of the opposing QB if you won't accept that having the reigning DPOY out for almost half the season is an excuse.
Dude has a narrative and he's shaping the article to fit it.
There's nothing about the way the Steelers season has gone that is surprising and the only thing I can blame Mike Tomlin for is hiring Matt Canada. That guy has to go after this season.
If Tomlin were fired on Monday, he'd have job offers from someone else later in the day on Monday.
The faction of Steelers fans who hate Tomlin are laughably delusional.
Sent from my SM-G991U using TapatalkLast edited by steelerfan; 01-07-2023, 09:18 PM.Comment
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Do Pittsburghers know how many people in places like Denver, Arizona, Vegas, etc would step over their own grandmothers for a coach like Tomlin?
They have had competent coaching so long they've forgotten how bad coaches suck the soul out.Bills, Sabres, Illini, Cubs, basically any team that abuses its fanbase and I'm there.Comment
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