Steelers @ Bucs Week 3 Gameday Thread

Lokki wrote:

Ben acted on that one where the guy hit his helmet.  Sadly, I think that we will see a lot more of that throughout the league as the RTP flags keep getting thrown out like candy.  It's going to be like flopping in soccer.  

Yeah, I told my buddy that was a great Vlade Divac impression

Boz...

This defense... Pulling my hair out. Coty Sensabaugh is trash. Just lets Godwin catch that ball...

This defense is pathetic. If the pass rush isn't dominant all game long we get burned because our corners outside of Haden suck. The linebackers are decent pass rushers, but a huge liability in coverage, particularly our MLBs.

This offense will have to score 30+ points per game to even be in contention to win games.

I really don't understand what's going on with Boswell. Guy went from clutch to trash, and every time he kicks now, I get anxious.

Steelers need to put their foot on the gas. There's still 11 minutes to play. Whoever was covering the receiver on that last TD got burned bad. EDIT: Of course. The guy they put in for Burns gets burned too. Friggin Sensabaugh. This defense needs serious retooling.

Was really hoping for a blowout. Guess it's not happening tonight.

Garbage. These guys went to the lockerroom with the mentality that they won the game and haven't shown up in the second half at all.

No leadership at all. Gerald McCoy was telling his teammates to just keep playing, just have to keep on playing. We have no leaders like that. This team played one half, and came out slacking. Offensive lineman can't block to save their lives. Receivers being lazy while Ben is running for his life. Defense might as well not field anybody...

Sick of this crap.

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

Garbage. These guys went to the lockerroom with the mentality that they won the game and haven't shown up in the second half at all.

No leadership at all. Gerald McCoy was telling his teammates to just keep playing, just have to keep on playing. We have no leaders like that. This team played one half, and came out slacking. Offensive lineman can't block to save their lives. Receivers being lazy while Ben is running for his life. Defense might as well not field anybody...

Sick of this crap.

No kidding. You score another touchdown and tighten up on defense, and the Bucs are not even in this thing with 7 minutes left. Instead I'm over here wondering it they're seriously gonna give away a 20 point lead. Ridiculous.

Seriously... This is disgusting.

30-10 at halftime. It is now 30-27. 17 unanswered points.

We suck. We will be lucky to win any games at this point. We definitely aren't beating the Ravens next week with this garbage.

13 penalties. What the fuck Tomlin. Discipline your team!

This team is a joke right now. You are wasting all this damn talent.

Tomlin, get your head out of your god damn ass.

Talk about a headache. Literally, because now my head seriously hurts. Would've been a much prettier win had the entire team not fallen asleep after one half.

It's sad that this team still doesn't seem to know how to play 4 quarters. This same scenario is what almost gave them a loss to the Browns.

Don't know who is responsible for sleepy time, but this kind of thing will not suffice later in the season.

Play like you did in the first half. I wanna see that Steelers team play.

Steelers didn't win this game the Bucs lost it. Steelers are still a joke to me until they show me different.

if I was sitting in the owners box I wouldn't be happy with this Steelers team.

Steelers zone defense really sucks.

That was a win that felt like a loss. Ugh.

It's starting to look like these guys have the mentality that win or lose we get paid anyway.

Or maybe it's just mental but if they continue on this path I can see us losing every single game for the rest of this season.

You don't throw 3 INTs in a game and expect to win yet Tampa Bay almost did.

I rarely get headaches but I had one last night. If the game next week against the Ravens is going to be more of the same I'll probably turn it off and go to bed. I know we've had bad seasons in the past but I can't recall having any less faith in this team. I also can't recall the last "complete game" this team played. The defensive problems we had last year seem to have gotten worse so far and there's no reason to believe that will turn around.

When they threw a flag on the opening KO I thought here we go. Another 20 penalty game. To say the flags have gotten out of hand would be an understatement.

Bottom line with our Defense is "You can't fix stupid".

Bob Labriola on yesterday's game.

https://www.steelers.com/news/labriola-on-the-win-over-the-buccaneers

They all need to be torn new assholes. Way too undisciplined. No excuse for that. If Tomlin cant learn to discipline his guys, find a coach who can. That penalty by DHB towards the end jawing with the ref almost cost us big time.

You guys realize we won yesterday...right? I'll take it.

jak341 wrote:

Bob Labriola on yesterday's game.

https://www.steelers.com/news/labriola-on-the-win-over-the-buccaneers

Labriola is usually pretty realistic but in this article I think he put his rose colored glasses on.

solardave wrote:

It's starting to look like these guys have the mentality that win or lose we get paid anyway.

Or maybe it's just mental but if they continue on this path I can see us losing every single game for the rest of this season.

You don't throw 3 INTs in a game and expect to win yet Tampa Bay almost did.

I rarely get headaches but I had one last night. If the game next week against the Ravens is going to be more of the same I'll probably turn it off and go to bed. I know we've had bad seasons in the past but I can't recall having any less faith in this team. I also can't recall the last "complete game" this team played. The defensive problems we had last year seem to have gotten worse so far and there's no reason to believe that will turn around.

When they threw a flag on the opening KO I thought here we go. Another 20 penalty game. To say the flags have gotten out of hand would be an understatement.

Bottom line with our Defense is "You can't fix stupid".

On the other hand, the Patriots* have a worse record than we do (1-2) and THAT feels pretty good!

Hope your headache clears up next week during the Ravens game (I think we will win that one too - remember I called this one.). Ravens aren't good and we will be up for them.

Remember y'all heard it here first.

vasteeler wrote:

You guys realize we won yesterday...right? I'll take it.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I assume others feel similarly to the way I do. While I'm happy they got the win, I'm frustrated and pissed at how they won it.

The game should not have come down to the final few minutes. They had the chance to put the game out of reach, but much like in the Cleveland game, they got a big lead and then it seemed they were playing to not lose instead of playing to win.

Yes, they got the W, but they put themselves in a situation where if there's one bad play, or one bad penalty, we're having a much different conversation today.

It sure feels like mentally, this is the same team that went into the playoffs last season and got punched in the face by the Jags. Only this season's team is playing worse. And now we can't even count on Boswell when drives stall. Getting a win is good, but I think the Bucs did more to lose the game than the Steelers did to win it. Celebrating this win is like when a cornerback celebrates after a receiver drops a pass.

Wallace108 wrote:

vasteeler wrote:

You guys realize we won yesterday...right? I'll take it.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I assume others feel similarly to the way I do. While I'm happy they got the win, I'm frustrated and pissed at how they won it.

The game should not have come down to the final few minutes. They had the chance to put the game out of reach, but much like in the Cleveland game, they got a big lead and then it seemed they were playing to not lose instead of playing to win.

Yes, they got the W, but they put themselves in a situation where if there's one bad play, or one bad penalty, we're having a much different conversation today.

It sure feels like mentally, this is the same team that went into the playoffs last season and got punched in the face by the Jags. Only this season's team is playing worse. And now we can't even count on Boswell when drives stall. Getting a win is good, but I think the Bucs did more to lose the game than the Steelers did to win it. Celebrating this win is like when a cornerback celebrates after a receiver drops a pass.

Oh, believe me I get the frustration. at the same time we all know what this team is about right now. so I will take a win any way I can get it. I'm just ecstatic we didn't have to score 45 like I thought we would

vasteeler wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

vasteeler wrote:

You guys realize we won yesterday...right? I'll take it.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I assume others feel similarly to the way I do. While I'm happy they got the win, I'm frustrated and pissed at how they won it.

The game should not have come down to the final few minutes. They had the chance to put the game out of reach, but much like in the Cleveland game, they got a big lead and then it seemed they were playing to not lose instead of playing to win.

Yes, they got the W, but they put themselves in a situation where if there's one bad play, or one bad penalty, we're having a much different conversation today.

It sure feels like mentally, this is the same team that went into the playoffs last season and got punched in the face by the Jags. Only this season's team is playing worse. And now we can't even count on Boswell when drives stall. Getting a win is good, but I think the Bucs did more to lose the game than the Steelers did to win it. Celebrating this win is like when a cornerback celebrates after a receiver drops a pass.

Oh, believe me I get the frustration. at the same time we all know what this team is about right now. so I will take a win any way I can get it.  I'm just ecstatic we didn't have to score 45 like I thought we would

Yeah, wins are important in any season, but especially so when you have a tough schedule, as they do this season. So I'll take it. But they need to take a long look at how the Bucs got back in to that game and get it straightened out. If they can. And this might be the cause of our frustration ... it seems to always point back to the lack of discipline. And if that hasn't changed by now, it's unlikely to change anytime in the near future.

Wallace108 wrote:

vasteeler wrote:

You guys realize we won yesterday...right? I'll take it.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I assume others feel similarly to the way I do. While I'm happy they got the win, I'm frustrated and pissed at how they won it.

The game should not have come down to the final few minutes. They had the chance to put the game out of reach, but much like in the Cleveland game, they got a big lead and then it seemed they were playing to not lose instead of playing to win.

Yes, they got the W, but they put themselves in a situation where if there's one bad play, or one bad penalty, we're having a much different conversation today.

It sure feels like mentally, this is the same team that went into the playoffs last season and got punched in the face by the Jags. Only this season's team is playing worse. And now we can't even count on Boswell when drives stall. Getting a win is good, but I think the Bucs did more to lose the game than the Steelers did to win it. Celebrating this win is like when a cornerback celebrates after a receiver drops a pass.

You assume right Wally. It's hard to get excited about a win when you feel like we did almost everything we could to lose the game. Like you said just one bad call and we now know there will be more bad calls then ever before. Hell the competition committee is complaining about all the RTPer penalties.

I said it before and I stand by this: keep the pedal to the floor until it is safe to take a knee and don't give a damn about what is said after the W. I wouldn't give a rat's ass who complained about us running up the score. It's apparent our secondary is bad and even worse when playing prevent. You can't ask these guys to keep the ball in front of them when you know there's a 50/50 chance that 5 of them will miss a tackle on any given play.

"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

John McKay