I know I was at that game it was so loud a dude and someone outside before the game was yelling welcome to Pittsburgh Georgia cuz there were 90% steelers fans there best (and only) game I’ve been too
Every week it’s improved little by little which is all you can ask for, today/ last week he was able to consistently get down the field into scoring position/ put together efficient and longgggg drives. I agree we need more TD's but the fact that we're not going 3 and out for over half the drives is extremely encouraging. Take away the kneel downs at half and end of game and they punted 2 times today, that's awesome awesome stuff
Play calling really becomes forced near the redzone in order to appease storylines. Have to give diontae a shot even if he isn’t open because he has no tds. Have to give najee a run because he’s a first rounder and needs tds. Have to have 1 gadget play because Canada.
Mariota remains a not-great QB. He was fine while we were on our heels all day anticipating the run. But as soon--as soon as he had to throw it to win it--we picked it.
Definitely an excellent win. However, these second half collapses are becoming a big problem. Playing only one half of football might be enough against the Falcons and Colts, but other teams not so much.
Yeah. Things seem less bad, but playoff contenders would still take over. Heck, even the Bengals took over a few weeks ago--the garbage time TD really masked a bad performance.
I agree with redzone offense, but I think we were only actually in the redzone twice. A TD and a field goal. It was super frustrating to feel the momentum of a drive and stall out at the 30-35 5 times (including the final punt). Just a little pedantic note.
I really hope they don’t look at this late season push and say “Matt Canada deserves some credit and should stick around.” This game should not have been this close and he’s holding this team back. If they turn at least one of those field goals into TDs in the first half, then this game is pretty much out of reach for a team like Atlanta.
We didn’t fall apart in the second half, we played it safe and to control the clock. Can’t be mad that the defense held the opponent to under 20, but we do need to start finishing drives in the Red Zone. It will come with experience for Kenny. I remember Ben having the same issue his first couple of seasons.
We keep falling apart in the second half because we’re making no halftime adjustments. Quite a few games back after getting our asses kicked in the first half, Tomlin told a reporter that there would be no halftime adjustments.
So when DJ doesn’t get the ball it’s coaching, When Pickens doesn’t get the ball it’s coaching. When it’s a run first conservative offense, someone isn’t going to get the ball - especially if the QB isn’t making the correct read when they’re open.
I'm concerned we're going to be minimally offensively competent for the next two months, somehow stumble our way to the afc championship game, and Canada will get a 5 year extension.
Concerned that we’ll make it to the AFC Championship. I don’t share your concerns, that would be awesome. As for Canada extension, if he turns into calling plays to have us win out and win in playoffs then…why not?
Nobody thinks that Watson played well today. Nerves or not, Browns fans are going to have to spend some time justifying that performance in their heads as they prepare for a good football team next week.
Jetsweeps on second down and the entire third quarter continue to be our teams biggest issues from what I see. Kenny did a great job driving the ball down the field when given the chance. It's not flashy, but we are putting our rookie quarter back in a position to win games compared to asking him to throw 50 times like the first three games. And hey, we at least eliminated the shovel pass to Gentry on 3rd and 8 this week.
It's like Canada forgets what worked in the first half...and instead reverts to short garbage passes and gimmick plays. Three straight games exactly the same. Other teams adjust and he turtles up.
No no no, you got it all wrong. He changed up the entire thing. Those weren’t jet sweeps. Those were sweat jeeps. It’s a totally different thing man. Come on.
offense did well in the third quarter this time at least, our biggest issue as a team tho is redzone offense, young offense, rookie qb, and it’s tough to score there but we gotta get better and improve on that
Tomlin haters take note: we replaced our HoF QB and retooled our O-line this year. It was never going to be easy. But the team has been consistently improving.
I mean, how much of the improvement this season is going from playing really good teams to playing really mediocre teams? The team looks a bit better since the bye but the quality of competition has fallen off a cliff.
Anyone else think Watt is still hurting from his pec? I know about the ribs issue today but for the past two weeks, he hasn't been transformational in the way we're used to. I have a feeling he's only at 80-90%--enough to justify being on the field, but not enough to gear up to 2021 Watt.
He absolutely isn't 100 percent there. His impact is still big though, he's getting pressure, and getting double teamed enough to help the other guys out.
I think Tomlin described him as pretty banged up even just from this game, let alone lingering stuff from the pec or knee. He’s definitely still not right, unfortunately.
Look, I know I said the Falcons were doing everything they could to lose the game. And I don’t understand why they didn’t just run the ball over and over and over and over and over and over and over again all game, but it doesn’t matter now.
That’s their MO, they would have won their last 4 games if they would just run every down bit they put the ball on Mariotta’s hands and bad things happen.
Record be damned, I can see us cleaning it up every week. Win or lose I’m just happy to see the progress and I think we can have something special in a few years
Man the offense is SO CLOSE to just breaking out and blowing people out. A couple drops and missed throws by Kenny cost us so many points but were really just like 4 or 5 plays.
We’re finally getting extended drives which is great to see. Consistently settling for for 3 instead of 7 though is gonna have to change. This game could’ve been out away in the first half if we get touchdowns instead of field goals. Baby steps but it’s getting better
Canada needs to figure out how to call a complete game...I can't stand the guy but to his credit the last three games they've been really good in the first half (outside of the red zone). Then it just implodes in the second half and he gets really conservative and starts running jet sweeps. I dunno, I also think Pickett is maybe protecting the ball TOO much at this point. He's clearly not taking chances which is probably good overall but he's also not pushing the ball downfield much.
Maybe I’m too optimistic but we have a shot at playoffs or at the very least 9-8. Every team remaining on the schedule except Baltimore has a losing record.
Anyone else disappointed that Lamar misses like half of the Ravens-Steelers games? We play the Ravens next week, but Lamar went down with a knee injury today.... :(
I like how the offense is progressing. Lots of good, sustained drives that resulted in points. It would be nice if at least one of those FGs was a TD, but it was still good. Kenny's making good reads and throws and I feel good with him leading the offense. Najee is running with power and the rest of the RBs are doing great as well. Line is playing good as well.
Every since Claypool was traded our offense is becoming more consistent...now our defense needs to go into every game looking to get that shutout....playoff dreams float through my head....let me dream
He isn’t a rookie and he’s a WR1 so we shouldn’t need to make excuses for him not playing at the level he needs to be or is expected to. Yes, he had some snags that were critical, but he also dropped a key one and nearly put us in a position to lose with what looked like a fumble. Would love for his play to change my mind, but I’m not confident in him.
I think this was overall a very good game all around except for the Steelers ability to turn long drives into TDs. Had they gotten 3 TDs and 2 FGs instead of 1 TD and 4 FGs, I don't think anyone would be mad about this game.
He’s competitive. He want the ball cause he wants to help us win. It’s not like he made a huge scene he was just saying what many of us fans were thinking.
He does have a big personality which is a good thing, but a little self-control is also a good thing. He’s been OK so far, I’m not too worried about it, but there is some potential there for a lot of “personality“ at the wrong times. That said, AB is a whole other cat. He’s a genuinely bad or troubled person.
I’ll preface by saying that the game wasn’t aired in my area so I got the recap through Twitter. It seems like there was a lot of Twitter criticism for throwing too much to diontae. Which seemed to piss off pickens. Ironically a week or two ago it was basically the media saying that DJ isn’t putting up good number because he isn’t getting the ball enough. It really seems like the offense is just trying to correct what the media talks about each week.
What's everybody's thoughts on not kicking the field goal at the end? It obviously worked out in the end but I was worried at the time. I guess that's why I'm not an NFL coach lol
Wright is getting pretty damn lucky on some of his field goals and I don’t think he’s built enough trust to see if he can put us in a position where we could still lose in one possession. If he misses they have the ball at their 40 and need only a field goal. If he makes it they have a minute to score a TD.
Tremendous fucking punt by Harvin.
It's gonna be hilarious when Tomlin drags this team back across 8-8.
They're going to end up going .500 this year because the rest of their schedule is really easy.
🤣
Yep-That’s the new standard.
Honestly this would be impressive since we'd have to have a tie too.
I thought it was a touchback, didn't he step in the endzone then come back out and down it?
MVP of the game: the fans here at Mercedes Benz. I’m here and the crowd was 90% Steelers fans. Got like 4 false starts from crowd noise
I’m watching at home but I figured that when I heard Muuuuuuuuth!
It was definitely a factor!
I know I was at that game it was so loud a dude and someone outside before the game was yelling welcome to Pittsburgh Georgia cuz there were 90% steelers fans there best (and only) game I’ve been too
That's pathetic for atlanta...sheesh. steelers really have a wide fanbase
I was there, it was fucking loud and awesome.
There was so much black and yellow here. The most red you saw were the empty seats
I am in Atlanta for unrelated reasons this weekend and was really excited to see we had a home game today.
It looked more hyped than the home game I attended vs the Bengals sheesh…Heinz atmosphere is pretty weak
We won that game with two clutch punts
Only had to punt twice and they were fuckin beauties
Biggus Kiccus is my new god.
ive been tough on him but he’s been great these last couple of weeks
And a couple favorable calls
Pickett leading 5 scoring drives is encouraging. Just gotta start hitting those TD throws.
Every week it’s improved little by little which is all you can ask for, today/ last week he was able to consistently get down the field into scoring position/ put together efficient and longgggg drives. I agree we need more TD's but the fact that we're not going 3 and out for over half the drives is extremely encouraging. Take away the kneel downs at half and end of game and they punted 2 times today, that's awesome awesome stuff
He can move the ball like Brady up until the redzone. once they figure that out it'll be crazy
Play calling really becomes forced near the redzone in order to appease storylines. Have to give diontae a shot even if he isn’t open because he has no tds. Have to give najee a run because he’s a first rounder and needs tds. Have to have 1 gadget play because Canada.
Pigeons > Falcons
THAT WAS SMASHMOUTH FOOTBALL WE WANTED TO SEE FOR YEARS. I WANT MORE BIG MEATY MEN SLAPPING MEAT
Yeah, and maybe some more tough football, too!
"IN PITTSBURGH WE DON'T PLAY THAT SMOKE AND MIRROR PEE PANTS BULLSHIT. WE PLAY SMASH DICK, FULL BUSH FOOTBALL!"
Phrasing!
We won two games in a row this year! Can we please stop shutting down in the 2nd half please?!
It’s wild how shitty this whole league is lol
Adjustments?
Minkah was around the ball all day today, that pick was so not surprising! Hell ya stillers
I’m so pissed he didn’t score there, what’s the danger of going up 10 point with 30 seconds left in the game
Mariota remains a not-great QB. He was fine while we were on our heels all day anticipating the run. But as soon--as soon as he had to throw it to win it--we picked it.
So all the Steelers need to do is win the last 5 games which makes us 10-7, Wild card.
If anything, it's TOO easy. Gotta give the other teams a chance.
Is this confirmed or do other teams have to lose too?
We goin' ta da SUPERBOWL
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Definitely an excellent win. However, these second half collapses are becoming a big problem. Playing only one half of football might be enough against the Falcons and Colts, but other teams not so much.
Good thing we get the panthers and raiders still. But yeah, you are 100% right that this team need to play 4 quarters consistently
Yeah. Things seem less bad, but playoff contenders would still take over. Heck, even the Bengals took over a few weeks ago--the garbage time TD really masked a bad performance.
It's a coaching problem (Canada)
for the time being, this win gets us up from the #12 to #14 overall pick.
We need some work sealing the deal in the red zone, but Pickett is him!
browns had zero offensive tds and scored 27 points.
Only Houston. Smh
Good:
Also: harvin was extremely clutch this game
Good: Pressley Harvin III
People who called Najee "Trent Richardson" can go eat a dick.
Good: Green Bay massive comeback win to get Steelers a better pick
I agree with redzone offense, but I think we were only actually in the redzone twice. A TD and a field goal. It was super frustrating to feel the momentum of a drive and stall out at the 30-35 5 times (including the final punt). Just a little pedantic note.
I really hope they don’t look at this late season push and say “Matt Canada deserves some credit and should stick around.” This game should not have been this close and he’s holding this team back. If they turn at least one of those field goals into TDs in the first half, then this game is pretty much out of reach for a team like Atlanta.
We didn’t fall apart in the second half, we played it safe and to control the clock. Can’t be mad that the defense held the opponent to under 20, but we do need to start finishing drives in the Red Zone. It will come with experience for Kenny. I remember Ben having the same issue his first couple of seasons.
Pickens has a right to be upset, can’t believe we kept throwing towards DJ and didn’t even look at him, and I’m a DJ defender
London went 6 for 95 so its hard to say Sutton player particularly well
diontae did well on the last drive, good way to bounce back in the game
I couldn't watch the game (Browns / Texans excitement for me!).
We keep falling apart in the second half because we’re making no halftime adjustments. Quite a few games back after getting our asses kicked in the first half, Tomlin told a reporter that there would be no halftime adjustments.
What do you think about Pickett’s deep balls (15 yards and further)? Just seems like his accuracy and ball placement fades the further the ball goes
No mention of Harvin? He was clutch on the two punts.
So when DJ doesn’t get the ball it’s coaching, When Pickens doesn’t get the ball it’s coaching. When it’s a run first conservative offense, someone isn’t going to get the ball - especially if the QB isn’t making the correct read when they’re open.
DJ gets a neutral I think, clutch first down here got at the end
If we could finish drives in the endzone this would've been a first half blowout
This punt was a work of art.
Beat the Ravens next week and all narratives around this team massively shift
Thank you, Presley Harvin.
Went to the game and got a high five from Jerome Bettis. What a day.
Chad 10-7 gang texting they busy
m-muh top 10 pick!!
I'm concerned we're going to be minimally offensively competent for the next two months, somehow stumble our way to the afc championship game, and Canada will get a 5 year extension.
Concerned that we’ll make it to the AFC Championship. I don’t share your concerns, that would be awesome. As for Canada extension, if he turns into calling plays to have us win out and win in playoffs then…why not?
Of course the Ravens still win. Fucking Denver is ass.
I'm disappointed that Houston fell apart. But I'm not surprised
Well the Browns offense wasn't doing the job so the Texans had to make sure they lost somehow
Nobody thinks that Watson played well today. Nerves or not, Browns fans are going to have to spend some time justifying that performance in their heads as they prepare for a good football team next week.
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Makes the jet sweeps to Gunner all the more frustrating.
Team looks different now. Pickett is getting more comfortable with each win. Credit to Tomlin yet again. Go Steelers
Jetsweeps on second down and the entire third quarter continue to be our teams biggest issues from what I see. Kenny did a great job driving the ball down the field when given the chance. It's not flashy, but we are putting our rookie quarter back in a position to win games compared to asking him to throw 50 times like the first three games. And hey, we at least eliminated the shovel pass to Gentry on 3rd and 8 this week.
It's like Canada forgets what worked in the first half...and instead reverts to short garbage passes and gimmick plays. Three straight games exactly the same. Other teams adjust and he turtles up.
No no no, you got it all wrong. He changed up the entire thing. Those weren’t jet sweeps. Those were sweat jeeps. It’s a totally different thing man. Come on.
offense did well in the third quarter this time at least, our biggest issue as a team tho is redzone offense, young offense, rookie qb, and it’s tough to score there but we gotta get better and improve on that
Tomlin haters take note: we replaced our HoF QB and retooled our O-line this year. It was never going to be easy. But the team has been consistently improving.
What I want from my coach is to not look like shit after halftime consistently
I mean, how much of the improvement this season is going from playing really good teams to playing really mediocre teams? The team looks a bit better since the bye but the quality of competition has fallen off a cliff.
To some extent, yes, and he should get credit for that.
Man I hope TJ gets back up to his level, he looks to be playing hurt
In his post game interview, Tomlin said TJ was “pretty banged up”.
Muth is so freaking good
Anyone else think Watt is still hurting from his pec? I know about the ribs issue today but for the past two weeks, he hasn't been transformational in the way we're used to. I have a feeling he's only at 80-90%--enough to justify being on the field, but not enough to gear up to 2021 Watt.
He absolutely isn't 100 percent there. His impact is still big though, he's getting pressure, and getting double teamed enough to help the other guys out.
I think Tomlin described him as pretty banged up even just from this game, let alone lingering stuff from the pec or knee. He’s definitely still not right, unfortunately.
He ain’t right.
Never been happier to be 5-7
Remember the 2013 season? That's what this feels like right now.
I am in love with a man named Minkah. That is all.
The offense has 99 problems, but Najee ain’t one.
No Gentry shovel pass...
What a great game, Steelers absolutely took over the stadium and the energy was crazy. A Great and much needed win
10-7 gang sleeping well tonight.
2 in a row. They’re on a hot streak now
Russell Wilson really gave us hope we’d somehow gain a bit on the Ravens in the division
Bears L as well
Look, I know I said the Falcons were doing everything they could to lose the game. And I don’t understand why they didn’t just run the ball over and over and over and over and over and over and over again all game, but it doesn’t matter now.
That’s their MO, they would have won their last 4 games if they would just run every down bit they put the ball on Mariotta’s hands and bad things happen.
They got fined for the defense celebration last game even though they have done it since game 1 . Wth
mike tomlin is a good football coach
Kenny’s addicted to winning 😎
Yeah, but I’m not signing him up for any anonymous meetings. He can keep this addiction. Hell, I suggest his teammates help him by enabling him.
Chungus Puntus is the best in the league.
More production in the RZ and we’re looking pretty darn good. Granted against not so greet teams but I’ll take what we can get!
Good teams beat bad teams.
Love when a coach fucks up his timeouts
I like that Pickens is fiery and think him being pissed about not getting the ball is justified AMA
Record be damned, I can see us cleaning it up every week. Win or lose I’m just happy to see the progress and I think we can have something special in a few years
STOP CALLING HIM THE PICKLER 🤢
No.
You will never stop us
Man the offense is SO CLOSE to just breaking out and blowing people out. A couple drops and missed throws by Kenny cost us so many points but were really just like 4 or 5 plays.
Frustrating really. This game and the last game could’ve been 30 points
Win's a win, I'll take it boys lfg
The less dumb of the 2 dumb teams won today!
so are we gahnta the super bowl or what?
Call me crazy but we have a realistic shot at the playoffs. Not a good one, but it’s there
They should let Pickens be the one to give Canada the news that he’s fired
https://imgur.com/a/6H5WFBU
Sorry to say it bros, but we’re winning the Super Bowl
The best mindset!!
Gonna be weird to have back to back picks, for sure. Thanks Bears bros.
We’re finally getting extended drives which is great to see. Consistently settling for for 3 instead of 7 though is gonna have to change. This game could’ve been out away in the first half if we get touchdowns instead of field goals. Baby steps but it’s getting better
Canada needs to figure out how to call a complete game...I can't stand the guy but to his credit the last three games they've been really good in the first half (outside of the red zone). Then it just implodes in the second half and he gets really conservative and starts running jet sweeps. I dunno, I also think Pickett is maybe protecting the ball TOO much at this point. He's clearly not taking chances which is probably good overall but he's also not pushing the ball downfield much.
Is this 4 games now without an interception?
Running the ball and excellent special teams wins games
We just out rushed the falcons in their own house. Falcons were sporting a top 5 rush offense
If the team can figure out their second half woes I can genuinely see 10-7 here
Steelers have a decent shot at running the table
Maybe I’m too optimistic but we have a shot at playoffs or at the very least 9-8. Every team remaining on the schedule except Baltimore has a losing record.
and Lamar is out now with a knee
I think you are too optimistic, butttt Lamar just went down this week.
Lol
I’ll take the win. Great.
It’s like they run the same exact offense from the 1st half, and don’t make any adjustments to the defensive adjustments.
A wins a win!
Love winning by a punt
Anyone else disappointed that Lamar misses like half of the Ravens-Steelers games? We play the Ravens next week, but Lamar went down with a knee injury today.... :(
Definitely disappointing. Always want to beat the other team at their best.
NO! I HOPE HE FEELS BETTER BC HE IS ALRIGHT BUT NO I FEEL LUCKY HE IS OUT
I like how the offense is progressing. Lots of good, sustained drives that resulted in points. It would be nice if at least one of those FGs was a TD, but it was still good. Kenny's making good reads and throws and I feel good with him leading the offense. Najee is running with power and the rest of the RBs are doing great as well. Line is playing good as well.
Every since Claypool was traded our offense is becoming more consistent...now our defense needs to go into every game looking to get that shutout....playoff dreams float through my head....let me dream
Why did the Falcons dress like the Browns against the Steelers? That's just asking to loose.
I have been a Najee hater all year. But his performance was impressive. Constantly beating the first guy and getting 2-5+ yac.
Let’s fucking go boys!!!!!
I really do wish Minkah would have been selfish and scored there.
Everyone was praising him but scoring puts them up 10 with 30 seconds left...so, yeah, score the TD lol.
Pat Mahomes can't score on the Bengals at all, Kenny put up 30 on those cats.
Well TBF, the last TD was in garbage time when the game was very much over.
Why were they stubbornly trying to feed DJ and completely ghosting Pickens? We deserve answers.
Pickens and Pickett has chemistry. That’s obvious. If I had to take a guess, they want to create that develop some chemistry with DJ
The good
I think this sub is too hard on Diontae still. There were some mistakes, but he still had a big game and clutched that second down catch at the end.
He has problems and it’s not the kind of problems a guy at his pay grade should have. That’s the problem.
He isn’t a rookie and he’s a WR1 so we shouldn’t need to make excuses for him not playing at the level he needs to be or is expected to. Yes, he had some snags that were critical, but he also dropped a key one and nearly put us in a position to lose with what looked like a fumble. Would love for his play to change my mind, but I’m not confident in him.
Agreed. He seemed to fix the not running upfield issues and showed some nice route running today.
I think this was overall a very good game all around except for the Steelers ability to turn long drives into TDs. Had they gotten 3 TDs and 2 FGs instead of 1 TD and 4 FGs, I don't think anyone would be mad about this game.
He’s competitive. He want the ball cause he wants to help us win. It’s not like he made a huge scene he was just saying what many of us fans were thinking.
AB is a 40 year old sex offender and George Pickens is 21 years old. I hate this shit
He does have a big personality which is a good thing, but a little self-control is also a good thing. He’s been OK so far, I’m not too worried about it, but there is some potential there for a lot of “personality“ at the wrong times. That said, AB is a whole other cat. He’s a genuinely bad or troubled person.
Pickett, muth, fitz all looked great.
he's not wr1, that's why the falcons covered Pickens the whole game. they know diontae is booty recently
They cant find plays for Pickens is another symptom of a bad OC.
I'm feeling very sexually aroused right now
Good thing NNN is over then, huh? 😂
I’ll preface by saying that the game wasn’t aired in my area so I got the recap through Twitter. It seems like there was a lot of Twitter criticism for throwing too much to diontae. Which seemed to piss off pickens. Ironically a week or two ago it was basically the media saying that DJ isn’t putting up good number because he isn’t getting the ball enough. It really seems like the offense is just trying to correct what the media talks about each week.
Why the fuck are we not using Pickens more. Im afraid this dude is gonna be asking for a trade before long. Jesus what a waste.
Pickens was double covered all game
It wasn’t pretty, especially the second half. A win is a win and they have been hard to come by.
Sometimes you do just enough to win
Broncos choked away a win also.
What's everybody's thoughts on not kicking the field goal at the end? It obviously worked out in the end but I was worried at the time. I guess that's why I'm not an NFL coach lol
Wright is getting pretty damn lucky on some of his field goals and I don’t think he’s built enough trust to see if he can put us in a position where we could still lose in one possession. If he misses they have the ball at their 40 and need only a field goal. If he makes it they have a minute to score a TD.
If we miss it they get it near the 50 only down 3. It was the right decision, and the perfect time for us to have a great punt
We on a winnin streak bby 😎
Next draft & FA needs to attempt to fix the left side of the line, and get a decent corner.
We need a Tyler Boyd type receiver.
I can't wait until we can get Calvin Austin involved, dude has some crazy speed