OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Its January and we are still talking about Handball!?! Currently 10-6

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Fields would be a better option to run this offense where they treat it like throwing before 3rd down is a penalty.

I just don't get why they abandoned Russ attacking man coverage deep when it unlocked the offense when Russ returned from injury.

 

[since70]

What did the offensive coaches do for the last 10 days, or the entire season for that matter, this teams playbook must be more like a pamphlet, there's zero innovation, and they're not physical or athletic enough to impose their will against teams

 

[End of Line]

Of f***ing course they start the drive with a HB pitch

 

[mynameisnick4]

This team has regressed badly since the beginning/middle of the season in every aspect except kicking, yet no one nationally will criticize Tomlin.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

TOSS PLAY!

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Oh ffs stop it with that stupid play call

 

[Andy99]

So much for the halftime adjustments lol…

 

[xlm34]

Week 18 and Art still doesn’t realize his running back isn’t Derrick Henry.

 

[T1K]

Russ is terrible. Time for fields.

 

[Shockmaster]

This team has regressed badly since the beginning/middle of the season in every aspect except kicking, yet no one nationally will criticize Tomlin.

Never Tomlin's fault. Always somebody else's despite him being the common denominator.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Put Fields in. This is bad

 

[Andy99]

lol..

 

[UnrealMachine]

What did the offensive coaches do for the last 10 days, or the entire season for that matter, this teams playbook must be more like a pamphlet, there's zero innovation, and they're not physical or athletic enough to impose their will against teams

I think that about sums it up. Add in how predictable their plays are to the defenses - especially so as it relates to personnel and formations.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Has Williams been on the field since that sideline catch?

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

If Fields was in to start the 2nd half they still would have ran a toss to lose 5 yards on first down.

 

[Shockmaster]

Has Williams been on the field since that sideline catch?

Don't need him if the offense is based on the backwards pitch.

 

[Andy99]

It looks like we’re preparing for next week’s blowout lol…

 

[Shockmaster]

Oh by the way, Omar Khan sucks too. Art made him GM because he was already on the pay roll.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Fire Mike Tomlin.

Sorry methuselah poster ! Dude sucks.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

This team is braindead. Just a shameful coaching performance on several fronts. Shit execution, but bums being put in a position to fail are bound to fail.

I'm f***ing sick of Russell Wilson, too. I could have gotten that first down and I've had a spinal condition since childhood. You can't partner late-era Roethlisberger mobility with being easier to break than wet toilet paper. It's not like he's throwing it any better than any random back-up in the league over the past month.

 

[Snooki Stackhouse]

I think Russ came in midseason and clearly performed a bit better than Fields overall, where they scored more points and led to a lot of Tomlin praise. But Fields wasn't bad at all, and i wonder how he'd have looked with more time in the offense and some development. Now they're facing the same record they had with Pickett, a guy who wants 30mm a year on his next contract, and they could potentially lose Field to another team in a QB-needy NFL. And it just doesn't strike me as long term thinking in this org. I wonder whether signing Russ was the right move in the first place given Fields was so very publicly available and Russ's career seemed like it was running on fumes.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Wilson needs to make that tackle

 

[WickedWrister]

surprised we didnt get flagged for body weight fall on the qb

 

[Andy99]

Neither Russ or Fields are very good…they need another QB plan for next season

 

[Snooki Stackhouse]

I hate seeing that, I like Burrow. Seemed like that should've been roughing the passer.