Bob in STL

Good post but I have one rebuttal. I cannot defend signing Haack, I haven’t seen enough if him and I don’t know why we decided to change punters. However, the blocking on that play was horrible. The guy who blocked was standing there waiting. He didn’t have to lay out. I hear about Haack’s 3 step approach, and he does look slow back there, but in this case the Steelers saw something in our blocking scheme at halftime and they took advantage of it.

The game was almost decided by this play. We needed two scores plus an onside kick to get the ball back. Odds were extremely low by this play. The problem was we needed 6 and we sent 1 guy into the end zone. They covered the play.

Levi Mitchell snuck in and took Wallace’s jersey again. It’s always a long week after a loss.

A man of your stature and experience should be grilling his Italian Sausage outside the stadium, before the game. The food inside is always bad, it’s stadium food. I agree with most of this except your comment on Pittsburgh DBs. They are big, fast, and physical. They were everywhere, and It seemed like there were 3 DBs near every receiver that was designated. Both Allen and Beasley commented on it. They absolutely knew what we were doing. In addition, your comments on Edmunds are off base. He played a good game as did the entire defense. Tomlin won the coaching battle by a mile, to the point of scouting our preseason games and seeing how we used a FB in short yardage. Their scheme on the blocked punt was brilliant. Pittsburgh had the majority of calls go their way ( both pass interference call to be exact) and they were the more physically dominant team. Our OL was beaten badly and Pittsburgh did not have to blitz. The holding calls were real. Our reliance on an empty backfield set with 4 WRs made us predictable and helped their front 4 to tee off even more. Daboll gets a big 0 for this game.

This is interesting. Coaching. On offense we were too damm fancy and way too impatient. Tomlin showed us why he is one of the best.

I didn’t know this. I was surprised to see him in preseason. I thought we had a good punter. One problem with changing punters is you effect the PK.

It should not be hard to draft a stud OG, but no one wants to spend a 1 or a 2 to get one. Ford is not looking like the answer. Morse is not a power center. Feliciano and Boettger are serviceable but better as backups.

It was 10-6. Our defense was playing great. An attempt to punt and pin them inside the 10 would be conservative but would have a much higher percentage for success than the ill fated backwards pass option. Our man in motion brought the defender into the play to make an easy read and a stop for a loss. I think our back had the option to either run or pass. It was a slow developing stupid play. A single RB and two TE formation might have been a nice look. Could be a sneak, or a dive play to the RB, or a fake run and then throw to a tall TE target. Anything but what we did.

Yes. I agree with this too. I get it, it’s a passing league, but we have to run occasionally and be better. Gadgets plays on 4 and 1 and mid field while clinging to a 4point lead.

I never understood why we needed to change punters. This guy is slow

Tampa Bay

Agree on the offensive strategy. They seemed to know what we were calling. They seemed to have 3 DBs near every pass. Poor blocking, lack of execution all around.

Well sure. McD made many questionable decisions and Daboll called to many cute, low percentage plays. The players did not execute. All of it starts with McD.

Man was I wrong. Daboll had one call for Brieda on 3rd and 3 and they he came up short. Daboll called an arrogant game. His 4th and 1 call, throwing 4 yards deep into our backfield, summed up his day. He fooled no one.

What does 100% mean. 🤷‍♂️

I trust the coaches to find the best game day line up from week to week.

Daboll will have some plays for Brieda that Pittsburgh did not see last season.

In general. But not always. That was a perfect time to call offensive PI. It was flagrant.

Details 😂

Terrible to see Tampa get the gift non call. Not surprised. If Dallas kicker was on they score 36 points.

I think this is very accurate. Outside pressure and he knows how to step up and get go through all his reads. Inside pressure forces him to run and he is less dangerous. He is still capable rolling outside but less likely to burn you.

That pattern Brown scored on… we called that the “stop and go fly”.

Brady. Ugh

I had my left knee replaced three years ago. The right knee just had its 3rd gel shot to push the replacement out for hopefully another year. I still do lunges and squats, but with no weight added. Gotta keep going so I can golf.

I know. I went to the gym today and pumped iron, gave it a good go too, … but I just can’t stop the clock from ticking.