Commanders Going Home to F*** the Prom Queen

[Steeler_Fanatic]

I didn't think anything could make my now annual post-season depression any worse, but then I watched last night's Washington-Detroit game and damn.

Talk about a game that makes Tomlin's failures so glaringly obvious. Washington, a team that was 4-13 last year, is simply firing on all cylinders. There's a lot of talking heads talking about play design and new coaches and new owners, and all of those things are a part of why they won for sure. But the biggest single thing that I see when I watch them play is this: they play to win. They design plays to maximize their QB's strengths and make defenses react on the fly instead of getting to just tee up on them. Their defense is ballhawking. They use all four downs. Their coach plays with house money and acts like it. They are going for it constantly because they want to win the game, not just not lose it.

Every single failure of Tomlin is his failure to live out one of his more famous maxims: living in his fears. He plays risk-averse, chickenshit football. His players are on the tightest leash possible to minimize mistakes and minimize opportunity for a turnover or a big play on defense. The problem with that is that it chokes his own players, reduces offensive and defensive creativity to near zero, is remarkably predictable, and ultimately is a path to losing big games against teams who are actually trying to win the game instead of not lose it. Perch made a great point in the game thread there -- Jayden Daniels would be a nobody here, because nobody in this organization would trust him to make the kinds of plays he is allowed to make in Washington. There is no attempt to design an offense that causes top-tier defenses to scratch their heads with no answers. There is no attempt to rearrange defensive scheme to let players make good decisions. The rottenness of the Steelers stems from the attitude of the coaching staff to do their best to not lose. They always do their best, but as Sean Connery said in The Rock, losers are the ones whining about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

Truly the worst part about watching the Steelers the past few years is that even when they win, they do so in the most boring way possible. They never really try to win the game, they just try to not lose it. There is no urgency until the end of the game. That bend but don't break mentality works ok, not great but ok in the regular season, but in a do-or-die situation like a playoff game, it utterly fails.

I know all of this has been said a million times here. But watching last night, I couldn't help but notice: watching the Commanders was fun, because they play football as it was meant to be played. They play to win. They play like they're going home to fuck the prom queen.

That's my new standard for coaches and players: do they play like they're going to fuck the prom queen? If not, they gotta go.

[swissvale72]

I didn't think anything could make my now annual post-season depression any worse, but then I watched last night's Washington-Detroit game and damn.

Talk about a game that makes Tomlin's failures so glaringly obvious. Washington, a team that was 4-13 last year, is simply firing on all cylinders. There's a lot of talking heads talking about play design and new coaches and new owners, and all of those things are a part of why they won for sure. But the biggest single thing that I see when I watch them play is this: they play to win. They design plays to maximize their QB's strengths and make defenses react on the fly instead of getting to just tee up on them. Their defense is ballhawking. They use all four downs. Their coach plays with house money and acts like it. They are going for it constantly because they want to win the game, not just not lose it.

Every single failure of Tomlin is his failure to live out one of his more famous maxims: living in his fears. He plays risk-averse, chickenshit football. His players are on the tightest leash possible to minimize mistakes and minimize opportunity for a turnover or a big play on defense. The problem with that is that it chokes his own players, reduces offensive and defensive creativity to near zero, is remarkably predictable, and ultimately is a path to losing big games against teams who are actually trying to win the game instead of not lose it. Perch made a great point in the game thread there -- Jayden Daniels would be a nobody here, because nobody in this organization would trust him to make the kinds of plays he is allowed to make in Washington. There is no attempt to design an offense that causes top-tier defenses to scratch their heads with no answers. There is no attempt to rearrange defensive scheme to let players make good decisions. The rottenness of the Steelers stems from the attitude of the coaching staff to do their best to not lose. They always do their best, but as Sean Connery said in The Rock, losers are the ones whining about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

Truly the worst part about watching the Steelers the past few years is that even when they win, they do so in the most boring way possible. They never really try to win the game, they just try to not lose it. There is no urgency until the end of the game. That bend but don't break mentality works ok, not great but ok in the regular season, but in a do-or-die situation like a playoff game, it utterly fails.

I know all of this has been said a million times here. But watching last night, I couldn't help but notice: watching the Commanders was fun, because they play football as it was meant to be played. They play to win. They play like they're going home to fuck the prom queen.

That's my new standard for coaches and players: do they play like they're going to fuck the prom queen? If not, they gotta go.

You're certainly enamored with the "fuck the prom queen" reference, Fanatic...title of your OP and using it three times within. Steelers, I guess, fuck only themselves? And maybe the ugliest girl in school repeatedly?

[DumlinBumlinStumlin]

[StillerInCT]

I still can't wrap my head around why Washington is trying to score so many points. Risky strategy. The amount of passing over the middle and past the chains had me nervous. I really wish they'd focus more on ball control and punting.

[DumlinBumlinStumlin]

I still can't wrap my head around why Washington is trying to score so many points. Risky strategy. The amount of passing over the middle and past the chains had me nervous. I really wish they'd focus more on ball control and punting.

Said Mike Tomlin

[W&M_Steeler]

I still can't wrap my head around why Washington is trying to score so many points. Risky strategy. The amount of passing over the middle and past the chains had me nervous. I really wish they'd focus more on ball control and punting.

Control the ball, burn clock, don't score too fast, keep it close, win with defense in the 4th quarter. That's the way you NHALS. What is Dan Quinn thinking? He must be a moron.

[alancac98]

I didn't think anything could make my now annual post-season depression any worse, but then I watched last night's Washington-Detroit game and damn.

Talk about a game that makes Tomlin's failures so glaringly obvious. Washington, a team that was 4-13 last year, is simply firing on all cylinders. There's a lot of talking heads talking about play design and new coaches and new owners, and all of those things are a part of why they won for sure. But the biggest single thing that I see when I watch them play is this: they play to win. They design plays to maximize their QB's strengths and make defenses react on the fly instead of getting to just tee up on them. Their defense is ballhawking. They use all four downs. Their coach plays with house money and acts like it. They are going for it constantly because they want to win the game, not just not lose it.

Every single failure of Tomlin is his failure to live out one of his more famous maxims: living in his fears. He plays risk-averse, chickenshit football. His players are on the tightest leash possible to minimize mistakes and minimize opportunity for a turnover or a big play on defense. The problem with that is that it chokes his own players, reduces offensive and defensive creativity to near zero, is remarkably predictable, and ultimately is a path to losing big games against teams who are actually trying to win the game instead of not lose it. Perch made a great point in the game thread there -- Jayden Daniels would be a nobody here, because nobody in this organization would trust him to make the kinds of plays he is allowed to make in Washington. There is no attempt to design an offense that causes top-tier defenses to scratch their heads with no answers. There is no attempt to rearrange defensive scheme to let players make good decisions. The rottenness of the Steelers stems from the attitude of the coaching staff to do their best to not lose. They always do their best, but as Sean Connery said in The Rock, losers are the ones whining about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

Truly the worst part about watching the Steelers the past few years is that even when they win, they do so in the most boring way possible. They never really try to win the game, they just try to not lose it. There is no urgency until the end of the game. That bend but don't break mentality works ok, not great but ok in the regular season, but in a do-or-die situation like a playoff game, it utterly fails.

I know all of this has been said a million times here. But watching last night, I couldn't help but notice: watching the Commanders was fun, because they play football as it was meant to be played. They play to win. They play like they're going home to fuck the prom queen.

That's my new standard for coaches and players: do they play like they're going to fuck the prom queen? If not, they gotta go.

You're certainly enamored with the "fuck the prom queen" reference, Fanatic...title of your OP and using it three times within. Steelers, I guess, fuck only themselves? And maybe the ugliest girl in school repeatedly?

Nope, the Steelers can't even get that lucky. They line up behind the outhouse to fuck the teams mascot - an old fat goat! Tomlin is licking his lips at just the thought of his turn!

[swissvale72]

I didn't think anything could make my now annual post-season depression any worse, but then I watched last night's Washington-Detroit game and damn.

Talk about a game that makes Tomlin's failures so glaringly obvious. Washington, a team that was 4-13 last year, is simply firing on all cylinders. There's a lot of talking heads talking about play design and new coaches and new owners, and all of those things are a part of why they won for sure. But the biggest single thing that I see when I watch them play is this: they play to win. They design plays to maximize their QB's strengths and make defenses react on the fly instead of getting to just tee up on them. Their defense is ballhawking. They use all four downs. Their coach plays with house money and acts like it. They are going for it constantly because they want to win the game, not just not lose it.

Every single failure of Tomlin is his failure to live out one of his more famous maxims: living in his fears. He plays risk-averse, chickenshit football. His players are on the tightest leash possible to minimize mistakes and minimize opportunity for a turnover or a big play on defense. The problem with that is that it chokes his own players, reduces offensive and defensive creativity to near zero, is remarkably predictable, and ultimately is a path to losing big games against teams who are actually trying to win the game instead of not lose it. Perch made a great point in the game thread there -- Jayden Daniels would be a nobody here, because nobody in this organization would trust him to make the kinds of plays he is allowed to make in Washington. There is no attempt to design an offense that causes top-tier defenses to scratch their heads with no answers. There is no attempt to rearrange defensive scheme to let players make good decisions. The rottenness of the Steelers stems from the attitude of the coaching staff to do their best to not lose. They always do their best, but as Sean Connery said in The Rock, losers are the ones whining about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

Truly the worst part about watching the Steelers the past few years is that even when they win, they do so in the most boring way possible. They never really try to win the game, they just try to not lose it. There is no urgency until the end of the game. That bend but don't break mentality works ok, not great but ok in the regular season, but in a do-or-die situation like a playoff game, it utterly fails.

I know all of this has been said a million times here. But watching last night, I couldn't help but notice: watching the Commanders was fun, because they play football as it was meant to be played. They play to win. They play like they're going home to fuck the prom queen.

That's my new standard for coaches and players: do they play like they're going to fuck the prom queen? If not, they gotta go.

You're certainly enamored with the "fuck the prom queen" reference, Fanatic...title of your OP and using it three times within. Steelers, I guess, fuck only themselves? And maybe the ugliest girl in school repeatedly?

Nope, the Steelers can't even get that lucky. They line up behind the outhouse to fuck the teams mascot - an old fat goat! Tomlin is licking his lips at just the thought of his turn!

Hahaha....prob true!!

[Steeler_Fanatic]

I think Rosie Palmer and her five sisters is about all this team is pulling nowadays.

[anpsteel]

Dynamic offense? Scheming players open and uncovered runs??

Defense disguising pressure and coverage??

Scheming to take advantage of an opponent's weaknesses???


If Rooney can't see the glaring difference between both of those teams, and the cowardly bullshit Tomlin put on the field, there is no hope.


The one bad thing about that game, is the outcome plays into Tomlin's rhetoric

A. The team that won, lost to the Steelers
B. The team that lost, did so because of turnovers by the QB

Hopefully that isn't the primary takeaway by ARII

[AirRescueFF]

I still can't wrap my head around why Washington is trying to score so many points. Risky strategy. The amount of passing over the middle and past the chains had me nervous. I really wish they'd focus more on ball control and punting.

No shit.

Field position + Boswell FTW.

[AirRescueFF]

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2025/ ... ke-tomlin/

[Professor Half Wit]

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2025/ ... ke-tomlin/

That's a coach that's hungry.

Tomlin has lost in the first round so much without consequence that he's used to it.

[Steelperch]

The most soul crushing part of this is that we all know if the Steelers ever got a Jayden Daniels caliber QB, he’d be forced to check down and hand off up the gut in order to limit turnovers so Tomlin can win 17-13. They will never contend for shit with this philosophy and staff.

[W&M_Steeler]

The most soul crushing part of this is that we all know if the Steelers ever got a Jayden Daniels caliber QB, he’d be forced to check down and hand off up the gut in order to limit turnovers so Tomlin can win 17-13. They will never contend for shit with this philosophy and staff.

The secret ingredient to NHALS these past 8 years has been Boswell. Tomlin's strategies need a kicker who's automatic from 55 to work. If Boz gets injured / falls off next season, we'll see the end of NHALS.

[Steeler_Fanatic]

The most soul crushing part of this is that we all know if the Steelers ever got a Jayden Daniels caliber QB, he’d be forced to check down and hand off up the gut in order to limit turnovers so Tomlin can win 17-13. They will never contend for shit with this philosophy and staff.

100% agree.

[CKSteeler]

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2025/ ... ke-tomlin/

That's a coach that's hungry.

Tomlin has lost in the first round so much without consequence that he's used to it.

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

[Steeler_Fanatic]

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2025/ ... ke-tomlin/

That's a coach that's hungry.

Tomlin has lost in the first round so much without consequence that he's used to it.

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

That was my precise reaction. Campbell at least wants to win and is emotionally invested in it. Tomlin looked like he was happy to go on vacation.

[jeemie]

https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2025/ ... ke-tomlin/

That's a coach that's hungry.

Tomlin has lost in the first round so much without consequence that he's used to it.

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

[955876]

I still can't wrap my head around why Washington is trying to score so many points. Risky strategy. The amount of passing over the middle and past the chains had me nervous. I really wish they'd focus more on ball control and punting.

I got a chuckle today when Philly scored on their opening drive. Thought to myself, these dumb fuckers don’t have a clue how to play football.

1st quarter is for easing in. 2nd quarter is for probing & prodding.

Jibbs knows what the fuck he’s doing. So damn lucky to have that man.

[955876]

That's a coach that's hungry.

Tomlin has lost in the first round so much without consequence that he's used to it.

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

100% to all of these post.

Cowher said after finally winning the SB that he’d been chasing it for so long that he didn’t know how to respond/act once he achieved it. He retired instead of lazily going through the motions.

Jibbs is clearly going through the motions at this point and is stealing a very large paycheck.

Making matters worse is that he’s an arrogant cunt about it.

I’ve given him a clean slate many times and tried and tried and tried to give him the benefit of doubt.

Never again. He needs to be gone and nothing he can do at this point will change my mind.

[SteelerDayTrader]

[955876]

Ah look. Somebody needs attention again.

Rescue a dog. It’ll change your life.

You can use your meager day trading profits to hire someone walk it.

[DumlinBumlinStumlin]

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

100% to all of these post.

Cowher said after finally winning the SB that he’d been chasing it for so long that he didn’t know how to respond/act once he achieved it. He retired instead of lazily going through the motions.

Jibbs is clearly going through the motions at this point and is stealing a very large paycheck.

Making matters worse is that he’s an arrogant cunt about it.

I’ve given him a clean slate many times and tried and tried and tried to give him the benefit of doubt.

Never again. He needs to be gone and nothing he can do at this point will change my mind.

I’d say he’s stolen a good many paychecks. Hundreds of them

Everyone needs to understand, he should not have any respect anymore. He’s killed his “credibility”

[LakecrestSteeler]

I didn't think anything could make my now annual post-season depression any worse, but then I watched last night's Washington-Detroit game and damn.

Talk about a game that makes Tomlin's failures so glaringly obvious. Washington, a team that was 4-13 last year, is simply firing on all cylinders. There's a lot of talking heads talking about play design and new coaches and new owners, and all of those things are a part of why they won for sure. But the biggest single thing that I see when I watch them play is this: they play to win. They design plays to maximize their QB's strengths and make defenses react on the fly instead of getting to just tee up on them. Their defense is ballhawking. They use all four downs. Their coach plays with house money and acts like it. They are going for it constantly because they want to win the game, not just not lose it.

Every single failure of Tomlin is his failure to live out one of his more famous maxims: living in his fears. He plays risk-averse, chickenshit football. His players are on the tightest leash possible to minimize mistakes and minimize opportunity for a turnover or a big play on defense. The problem with that is that it chokes his own players, reduces offensive and defensive creativity to near zero, is remarkably predictable, and ultimately is a path to losing big games against teams who are actually trying to win the game instead of not lose it. Perch made a great point in the game thread there -- Jayden Daniels would be a nobody here, because nobody in this organization would trust him to make the kinds of plays he is allowed to make in Washington. There is no attempt to design an offense that causes top-tier defenses to scratch their heads with no answers. There is no attempt to rearrange defensive scheme to let players make good decisions. The rottenness of the Steelers stems from the attitude of the coaching staff to do their best to not lose. They always do their best, but as Sean Connery said in The Rock, losers are the ones whining about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

Truly the worst part about watching the Steelers the past few years is that even when they win, they do so in the most boring way possible. They never really try to win the game, they just try to not lose it. There is no urgency until the end of the game. That bend but don't break mentality works ok, not great but ok in the regular season, but in a do-or-die situation like a playoff game, it utterly fails.

I know all of this has been said a million times here. But watching last night, I couldn't help but notice: watching the Commanders was fun, because they play football as it was meant to be played. They play to win. They play like they're going home to fuck the prom queen.

That's my new standard for coaches and players: do they play like they're going to fuck the prom queen? If not, they gotta go.

One team is in a life spiral and the other team is in a death spiral!

Your post nails it!

Steelers haven’t even stopped digging yet!

[gojira5150]

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

100% to all of these post.

Cowher said after finally winning the SB that he’d been chasing it for so long that he didn’t know how to respond/act once he achieved it. He retired instead of lazily going through the motions.

Jibbs is clearly going through the motions at this point and is stealing a very large paycheck.

Making matters worse is that he’s an arrogant cunt about it.

I’ve given him a clean slate many times and tried and tried and tried to give him the benefit of doubt.

Never again. He needs to be gone and nothing he can do at this point will change my mind.

I concur. Great post

[Dan Smith--BYU]

Tomlin fucks the cheerleader every time he cashes Art's checks.

So his jizz is spent chasing SB rings

This is really not a good analysis. It's not effort related it's imagination and detail related.

Check Noll's 1974 Raiders speech wouldn't lead to a win with this undisciplined team.

Do, there is no try.

[CKSteeler]

That's a coach that's hungry.

Tomlin has lost in the first round so much without consequence that he's used to it.

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

I can't stomach to watch his preening on Hard Knocks, but I saw the highlights of his end of season speech to the team.

It was filled with lots of I's. The guy is so painfully aware of the cameras and how he'll be portrayed. He's the cool guy in the room. His entire speech was about himself and what motivates him and people pretend that's a leader's message to the team.

[swissvale72]

Mike Tomlin looked relieved his season was over. I lost a little longer post on this subject, but anyone who watched that post-game press conference and didn't see a guy who was totally complacent lives in a different reality from me.

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

I can't stomach to watch his preening on Hard Knocks, but I saw the highlights of his end of season speech to the team.

It was filled with lots of I's. The guy is so painfully aware of the cameras and how he'll be portrayed. He's the cool guy in the room. His entire speech was about himself and what motivates him and people pretend that's a leader's message to the team.

It's true..."I love coaching, I'm built for this," blah blah fuckin blah.

[swissvale72]

He was not only complacent but arrogant.

He was strutting in that press conference, almost as if to say to those that want him gone "Suck it, bitches...I run this team!"

I can't stomach to watch his preening on Hard Knocks, but I saw the highlights of his end of season speech to the team.

It was filled with lots of I's. The guy is so painfully aware of the cameras and how he'll be portrayed. He's the cool guy in the room. His entire speech was about himself and what motivates him and people pretend that's a leader's message to the team.

It's true..."I love coaching, I'm built for this," blah blah fuckin blah. Contrast that with harbaugh's closing message on the same show, all about his players, all about "you."