OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: They Killed Kenny!

[Smoke]

Jones certainly passes the eye test. I can't think of a reason why he wouldn't be the starter going forward.

Then again, the standard is the standard. So who knows.

This is just unacceptable.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

There are still just way too many errors all around on offense.

1. Pickens not getting his 2nd foot down
2. Yet another post play penalty that could have cost them the game
3. Pickett underthrowing Austin on a walk in td/overthrows all night

They all need to be better. The execution just isn't good enough.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

The biggest positive for me is the excitement that we had regarding Khan is justified. His picks are coming through as we had hoped.

 

[xlm34]

Dawg

 

[Smoke]

Dawg

Honestly I think he did well outside of the stupid penalties. He has some things to shore up, but thankfully he doesn't look like Artie Burns out there.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

I feel like JPJ is like Richard Sherman in the sense that he is always going to straddle the line of what is legal and what isn't because using his size like that is worth the risk of drawing a flag here and there.

 

[TooManyHumans]

Pickett kept that game close in the first half. Killed drives with pathetic misses to DJ and Pickens on easy throws. Missed Robinson in end zone and Austin deep. I'm starting to lose patience with him.

 

[Smoke]

Pickett kept that game close in the first half. Killed drives with pathetic misses to DJ and Pickens on easy throws. Missed Robinson in end zone and Austin deep. I'm starting to lose patience with him.

He seems to overthrow the balls that should be short and under throws the balls that should be deep. I think with the majority of QB's in the league, that Austin pass is a TD. You have one of the fastest guys in the league AGAINST a LB and you don't let him go get it. He did the same thing to Pickens last week, so I'm not to keen on blaming the injury.

He might deserve the moniker preseason Pickett because he looked like a potential franchise QB in August.

 

[Hullois]

Why does it feel like we don't deserve any of these wins.

 

[wheelz87]

Jones certainly passes the eye test. I can't think of a reason why he wouldn't be the starter going forward.

Then again, the standard is the standard. So who knows.

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This is just unacceptable.

Kenny's fault, obviously.

 

[Peat]

It's odd how vociferous the criticism of Pickett is after a game where, despite playing banged up, he got the team scoring on 50% of their drives and got a touchdown on the critical last one. Yeah, he was visibly imperfect, but it's an odd game to get the feeling people are turning against him.

 

[Mr Jeff Jimerson]

It's odd how vociferous the criticism of Pickett is after a game where, despite playing banged up, he got the team scoring on 50% of their drives and got a touchdown on the critical last one. Yeah, he was visibly imperfect, but it's an odd game to get the feeling people are turning against him.

Pickett's a boring, inaccurate quarterback who rarely throws it over 10 yards. I never thought I'd say this but I miss watching Kordell Stewart sling the rock. And that's a straight up fact.

 

[DanielPlainview]

The league has got to figure out a way to create better referees. More extensive training, more involved processes. IDK. But it's really bad almost every single game.

I thought Cam was about to knock Jones' ass out on that dumb ass penalty. And I wouldn't have minded. If the HC isn't going to hold people accountable, then the vets need to do the policing.

Pickens has had some head-scratching moments the past few games, like he's forgotten some of the basics. Drag your damn foot!

I really think Najee lacks the ability to anticipate. If the hole opens up early he's fine but if he has to use his noggin to figure out if he has to go elsewhere, he ends up hesitating himself to a loss of yards or running to where the hole is supposed to be and up his own lineman's ass.

Pickett looked OK. I really don't expect him to look phenomenal in this offense, so I guess I'm OK with OK. He was also clearly not 100%.

I didn't get to see what happen to Holcomb but I heard it was pretty nasty. Hopefully a "looks worse than it is" situation, but he was clutching his knee on the cart, so make of that what you will.

I really do not recall there being so many of these situations where a player gets knocked out from his head banging on the ground as there seem to be now throughout various level of football. Very strange with all the tech improvements.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

 

[TooManyHumans]

It's odd how vociferous the criticism of Pickett is after a game where, despite playing banged up, he got the team scoring on 50% of their drives and got a touchdown on the critical last one. Yeah, he was visibly imperfect, but it's an odd game to get the feeling people are turning against him.

He had a bunch of misses on easy throws. Can't blame the rest of the offense for that.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

It's odd how vociferous the criticism of Pickett is after a game where, despite playing banged up, he got the team scoring on 50% of their drives and got a touchdown on the critical last one. Yeah, he was visibly imperfect, but it's an odd game to get the feeling people are turning against him.

He should have had 3 passing tds against Tennessee

 

[Rossi Rat]

Great stuff from Mark and quoted by this dude Justin Otstott on X:

@MarkMaddenX We really wanna give credit to Pickett for that? OK 4th quarter, maybe. But Warren and Harris won that game.

“Happens every time the #Steelers win. Every win is Kenny's credit. Every loss is on everyone BUT Kenny. I'm on an island of very few people these day.”

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

It's odd how vociferous the criticism of Pickett is after a game where, despite playing banged up, he got the team scoring on 50% of their drives and got a touchdown on the critical last one. Yeah, he was visibly imperfect, but it's an odd game to get the feeling people are turning against him.

Watching Levis throw what should have been three picks on his final drive when his team needed a score to win, is more proof that KP has some rare DNA when it matters.

I forgot KP played through busted ribs, but he needs to start hitting those easy throws.

He makes the hard throws look easy and the easy throws look hard, which is weird AF.

The offense wasn’t bad most of the game, but I guess the bar is so low that it’s hard to tell anymore.

Pickens and DJ are both #2s pretending to be a top dawg, and both could have cost the team with their potential TD bloopers.

Those two are unreliable and KP is a roller coaster, which is why I’ve said over and over they need a good running game, which finally showed up last night.

KP’s fourth Q heroics are as inanely impressive as they are maddening:

 

[MrBrightside]

https://twitter.com/nextgenstats/status/1720286008531702091?s=46

 

[bigdaddyk88]

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He entered yesterday with a 77.3 4th qt rating he missed out on 3 tds yesterday before the 4th QT

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Watching Levis throw what should have been three picks on his final drive when his team needed a score to win, is more proof that KP has some rare DNA when it matters.

I forgot KP played through busted ribs, but he needs to start hitting those easy throws.

He makes the hard throws look easy and the easy throws look hard, which is weird AF.

The offense wasn’t bad most of the game, but I guess the bar is so low that it’s hard to tell anymore.

Pickens and DJ are both #2s pretending to be a top dawg, and both could have cost the team with their potential TD bloopers.

Those two are unreliable and KP is a roller coaster, which is why I’ve said over and over they need a good running game, which finally showed up last night.

KP’s fourth Q heroics are as inanely impressive as they are maddening:

Pickett is a two year starter. Levis is a two game starter. Less than two games. And KP is older.

It is a small sample but based solely on this game Levis was much more impressive especially given what I said above.

 

[bigdaddyk88]

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Pickett is a two year starter. Levis is a two game starter. Less than two games. And KP is older.

It is a small sample but based solely on this game Levis was much more impressive especially given what I said above.

That’s fine, and I complimented Levis all night, but he still threw what could have been three picks on that last drive, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen happen.

Doesn’t matter if it’s 2 games, 20 or 200, it’s still going to make me appreciate what KP does with the game on the line is much more difficult than he makes it look.

LJ has started 78 games and agt the Steelers in clutch time this season he threw a horrendous pick, KP takes it down the field for the go ahead points, LJ comes back next drive and fumbles it away, game over.

Getting go ahead points when it matters is not an easy thing to do and Levis just found out the hard way.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

He apparently asked to shadow Hopkins and the coaches were hesitant, but finally decided to give him a shot.

 

[JTG]

The team does what they need to do to win. Pickett missed so many opportunities that he needs to hit. I think Warren is RB1. He can break those big chunk plays that Najee cannot. Keeanu Benton is a stud. Jones is a stud. Peezy is a stud. Herbig is a stud. Epic draft by Khan and Weidl.

I'm glad they pulled Canada out of his hole. I actually think it made a difference.

I feel like JPJ is like Richard Sherman in the sense that he is always going to straddle the line of what is legal and what isn't because using his size like that is worth the risk of drawing a flag here and there.

He needs to start wearing gloves of the jerseys we are playing. He got away with a couple yanks that I thought were going to be called.

The league has got to figure out a way to create better referees. More extensive training, more involved processes. IDK. But it's really bad almost every single game.

I thought Cam was about to knock Jones' ass out on that dumb ass penalty. And I wouldn't have minded. If the HC isn't going to hold people accountable, then the vets need to do the policing.

Pickens has had some head-scratching moments the past few games, like he's forgotten some of the basics. Drag your damn foot!

I really think Najee lacks the ability to anticipate. If the hole opens up early he's fine but if he has to use his noggin to figure out if he has to go elsewhere, he ends up hesitating himself to a loss of yards or running to where the hole is supposed to be and up his own lineman's ass.

Pickett looked OK. I really don't expect him to look phenomenal in this offense, so I guess I'm OK with OK. He was also clearly not 100%.

I didn't get to see what happen to Holcomb but I heard it was pretty nasty. Hopefully a "looks worse than it is" situation, but he was clutching his knee on the cart, so make of that what you will.

I really do not recall there being so many of these situations where a player gets knocked out from his head banging on the ground as there seem to be now throughout various level of football. Very strange with all the tech improvements.

The refs are the biggest thing plaguing the league. And I know they want women on the field and what not, but they honestly need to be bringing in young guys who were previous players who can run with these guys. You have track stars being reffed by 60 year old guys and women.