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[StillMill Profile]

Stillers-Pats Postgame Analysis and Grades has been posted by Still Mill at Stillers.com.

[SteelThatDon'tRust Profile]

I'm finally ready to admit it: something stinks regarding the defense and it isn't just the payers. LeBeaus is not doing something right. We need a course correction and now.

[steeler_fanatic Profile]

I have the image of Brady spiking the ball in the end zone and mocking the fans. Great player but I hate his fuking guts.

[SteelThatDon'tRust Profile]

Our piss poor pass D and non-existent pass rush bother's me infinitely more than Brady spiking the ball and telling Steeler fans to suck it. If our D wasn't playing the pass so poorly, Tommy would be on his backside instead of talking shit. We deserved his attitude.

[pinpon Profile]

The blame has to fall at the feet of Tomlin! To not have your team ready for a game like this is ridiculous. Also, he needs to shake up his coordinators. Seems as if he just sticks his head in the sand like an ostrich as Arians and LeBeau let the season unravel. Nothing new, we saw it last year.
Also it may be time to rebuild this team. The D is pathetically old and the only players really worth keeping are Pola, Timmons, Harrison and possibly Taylor. On O keep Pouncey, Ben, Mendy, Miller, Wallace, Ward, and some of the promising youth on both sides. This system of letting the kids rot while the vets get scorched has to be put to an end. Again, at the feet of Tomlin.

[Steel Holiday Profile]

Alge Crumpler & co. kept Harrison from getting to Brady very effectively. If an opponent can keep Jamie off their Qb the entire game they will have a great chance of completing a passes.

[LenSherwood Profile]

Brady did what Brady does to the Steeler defense--shred it. Even if he isn't getting stolen signals, he kills them. Bellichek has LeBeau's schemes figured out as the record shows. when he has Brady at qb. 8 and 1 says it all and most of those were blowouts like last night.. The pass coverage sucked, not just from a scheme standpoint but the Steelers were giving that bunch of no name receivers ten yard cushions. And Gay is wretched. A tight end beat his ass all over the field. A 260 pound tight end eluded him all night. McFadden sucked too. But well, you cannot cover NFL receivers all night and that pass rush was pussy all night, especially Woodley. Farrior managed to do his usual flop after catch. The offense doesn't know what it is. Those subs are NOT going to work at left tackle and guard. Was it Scott at Left tackle? He is going to get Roethelisburger killed against a better defense. Might be a long rest of the season from the trends that are in place now--pas defense sucking and the offense lacking any coherence or consistency.

[FineLine Profile]

The defense got killed on 1st on 2nd down all night because LeBeau refused to send pressure.The Ryan brothers have had success against Brady by blitzing the hell out of him on nearly ALL downs.....I've said it before---Troy is not the same player,he has provided no impact for weeks.The NFL network's Mike Lombardi noted it tonight.I wonder when the Pittsburgh media catches up.......How bad is Keenan Lewis if he cannot beat out Gay?.....The Rooneys were too quick to give away Holmes.Yes he's a jerk.So let him play out his contract then let him go but at least trade him to an NFC team where he can't burn you like he will next month at Heinz Field.....New England's TE had 3 TD's.What a concept---throw to a TE!I think Gonkowski had more catches in 1 game than Spaeth has in 4 years.

[Pommah Profile]

Belichick works around his team's shortcomings, adapts, and adjusts, and our guys keep doing the same dam thing no matter what.

If it takes three f'n years to learn your defense, maybe its too dam complicated for its own good. Especially if its working for shiyt against the better teams.

In football, youth, power, and speed goes a looooong way. Worilds deserves more playing time than he's getting. Sanders deserves time instead of randle el. Maybe ziggy hood would be better if his ass was off the bench some last year. Or at least we would have known where we stood with him. And we just lost our 4th round linebacker because we're praying we will have Smith back for the playoffs (that we might not make).

In Belickick's scheme, players are like spare parts. One guy goes down, next guy comes in and you barely notice. All the starters know this. In our scheme, our starters know they have the slot locked up; why bust your ass? In Pittsburgh, Hank Poteat was the worst coverage guy I ever saw. A couple years later, he's on the Patriots, and he's serviceable. Not great, but adequate. We deal Vrabel because he's not good enough for us, somehow he gets to the Pats and he's all-pro. You cannot adequately judge talent in practice, you have to see it in a game environment, but our backups don't get enough p.t. for a good judgement to be made.

We get so outcoached by the pats it makes me want to vomit.

[SteelThatDon'tRust Profile]

Brady did what Brady does to the Steeler defense--shred it. Even if he isn't getting stolen signals, he kills them. Bellichek has LeBeau's schemes figured out as the record shows. when he has Brady at qb. 8 and 1 says it all and most of those were blowouts like last night.. The pass coverage sucked, not just from a scheme standpoint but the Steelers were giving that bunch of no name receivers ten yard cushions. And Gay is wretched. A tight end beat his ass all over the field. A 260 pound tight end eluded him all night. McFadden sucked too. But well, you cannot cover NFL receivers all night and that pass rush was pussy all night, especially Woodley. Farrior managed to do his usual flop after catch. The offense doesn't know what it is. Those subs are NOT going to work at left tackle and guard. Was it Scott at Left tackle? He is going to get Roethelisburger killed against a better defense. Might be a long rest of the season from the trends that are in place now--pas defense sucking and the offense lacking any coherence or consistency.

No, I'd be content if the Steelers were 7-2 from getting gashed by Brady. But the secondary and d line pass rush has been shitty since the Browns game. The doggy doo smell has been on the cleats longer than since just last Sunday. Easy for Brady to have our number when he's got time to run his fingers through his hair before he throws the ball. I let the offense much more off the hook this game because the offensive line is a miserable mess.

"We get so outcoached by the pats it makes me want to vomit."

[SteelPower Profile]

All the blame for Sunday night falls on Tomlin. He is not a great coach or even a good coach. The guy is just a figure head allowing two coordinators run the show. He never makes adjustments during any game or even after halftime when were getting our ass handed to us. With the talent the Steelers have we should never had been out coached so badly. You can say Fuk Dick and Bruce all you want but the real person that needs kicked in the ass is Tomlin. Here's what I think Tomlin.

[Rushmore Profile]

Initial Take:

There can be no criticism of the Pittsburgh Steelers performance against the New England Patriots: The Steelers did nothing to criticize.

Mind you: This was not a ‘team-stink’. The Stillers did not lay the proverbial ‘turd’ because moving your bowels implies a sense of urgency as well as making an effort.


TMQB Take:

I cannot recall the last time the Steelers were 'never in the game', mind you, a meaningful game.

This is the first of the Tomlin Era.

[Rushmore Profile]

"The offense doesn't know what it is."

Couldn't agree more. I don't know my end from my elbow regarding offensive formations but when i see BB under center: its a run; when i see BB in shotgun-empty set: its a pass. The opposing defense never has to fiqure anything out.

-Rushmore

[Uhh Profile]

Don't worry, guys. We booted Jeff Reed so all the problems are fixed and we can continue to do exactly the same shit we've been doing some more.

[tourosteelersfan Profile]

I despise Belichick and Brady so much I would have sacrificed the playoffs just to beat the Patriots into the ground. And I don't think the Pats are that good; I just think that with the injuries hampering the Steelers, their weaknesses are much more apparent. There are maybe three likely wins on the rest of the schedule: Buffalo, Carolina and Cinci at home. It will probably take 11 wins to get into the playoffs. The other four games could be painful to watch. At the most basic level, it is hard to sort out what the most pressing problems are: injuries, age, coaching, or talent.

[PGHeaven Profile]

Don't worry, guys. We booted Jeff Reed so all the problems are fixed and we can continue to do exactly the same shit we've been doing some more.

Yup. Mikeys sacrificial lamb of the year Jeff Reed. First it was SanBluntio Homes. Looks like Mike doesn't like the party guys

[LenSherwood Profile]

There are maybe three likely wins on the rest of the schedule: Buffalo, Carolina and Cinci at home. It will probably take 11 wins to get into the playoffs.

I don't think the way they are playing that the Steelers can count on even winning those three. If not for a broken up pass on their own four, the Steelers would have lost to Cincy. Well maybe you are right-- a 9 and 7 season. The way the NFL is going this year. I think it may only take ten wins to make the playoffs though.

[IronCity__Man Profile]

and Buffalo scares the hell out of me - they pass well.

[Steel Holiday Profile]

Woodley for telling Tom Brady to check his "Cowboy" calls @ the goal line with the ground!!