Hey Keith, what the F are you doing?

[Legacy User]

So I’ve been thinking.....and I’m really trying hard to put this game behind me.

The head coach is usually responsible for the overall performance of the team, is he not?

How was Coach T, at some point, not asking or if it was me, screaming at Butler and asking “what the fuck are you doing putting a LBer on Allen?”

This continued all game intermittently w no success. Yet if I recall, and please feel free to correct me, that on the most important defensive call late in the game, Jon Fucking Bostic was on Allen.

How the fuck does that happen? Why does it happen? How could they let that matchup happen AGAIN (Allen vs LBer) with the game on the line?

If the HC doesn’t speak up against a specific defensive gameplan, is he not in fact accepting that gameplan?

This is why I Fucking hate Tomlin. There is no excuse. The more likely solution was to double Allen w Haden and a safety. Take him out of the equation, or at least show you are actually thinking...have a pulse...anything. Make someone else beat you.

Nope. Reminded me of the Pats game last year w Gronk yet again abusing our secondary with no attempt to limit the damage. We do what we do I guess.

[K_C_]

You gotta admit though.

Tomlin looks awfully cool in aviators.

[Steelperch]

Burnett and Sutton were out and they didn’t trust the backup safety

[Legacy User]

So I’ve been thinking.....and I’m really trying hard to put this game behind me.

The head coach is usually responsible for the overall performance of the team, is he not?

How was Coach T, at some point, not asking or if it was me, screaming at Butler and asking “what the fuck are you doing putting a LBer on Allen?”

This continued all game intermittently w no success. Yet if I recall, and please feel free to correct me, that on the most important defensive call late in the game, Jon Fucking Bostic was on Allen.

How the fuck does that happen? Why does it happen? How could they let that matchup happen AGAIN (Allen vs LBer) with the game on the line?

If the HC doesn’t speak up against a specific defensive gameplan, is he not in fact accepting that gameplan?

This is why I Fucking hate Tomlin. There is no excuse. The more likely solution was to double Allen w Haden and a safety. Take him out of the equation, or at least show you are actually thinking...have a pulse...anything. Make someone else beat you.

Nope. Reminded me of the Pats game last year w Gronk yet again abusing our secondary with no attempt to limit the damage. We do what we do I guess.

I heard on one end Tomlin is not a micro manager and lets his OC/DC/ST coach during the game and he will make a call about 4th down etc.

Maybe when the game plan is introduced on Wens to the coaches I believe ...he has veto power?

On the other end ...Jim Wexell.. ..who to me has a lot of credibility and not write articles on TMZ type stuff to click bait...said that Tomlin does have architecture and his finger prints on the defense during the Kieth Butler era.

Love to be called out and be wrong but I feel his ass is getting a little warm. Now if the D sacks Brady 5 times or hurries/knocks him down...etc...then leading the league in sacks is a nice highlight on his resume but I see it all too many times that it is against a team like the Bills and other celler dwellers with a rookie QB where the sacks get padded.

[steelcountry]

Burnett and Sutton were out and they didn’t trust the backup safety

Here's the problem, Hilton wasn't even on the field on that last 3rd down. That's inexcusable.

[bradshaw2ben]

Burnett and Sutton were out and they didn’t trust the backup safety

Here's the problem, Hilton wasn't even on the field on that last 3rd down. That's inexcusable.

They, fairly enough, thought LAC might run the ball, to be sure the clock would run all the way down.

And Hilton gave up the second biggest completion of the night to Allen (Sensabaugh gave up the next biggest, and Haden gave up the TD)

Thirdly, I don't like the blitz call but the LBs actually did better covering Allen than the CBs did... and if the CB had handed off to the safety on that 3rd and 5, the Chargers might not have gotten the 1st down. As it was, Hargrave nearly sacked Rivers before the ball got out.

[steelcountry]

Burnett and Sutton were out and they didn’t trust the backup safety

Here's the problem, Hilton wasn't even on the field on that last 3rd down. That's inexcusable.

They, fairly enough, thought LAC might run the ball, to be sure the clock would run all the way down.

And Hilton gave up the second biggest completion of the night to Allen (Sensabaugh gave up the next biggest, and Haden gave up the TD)

Thirdly, I don't like the blitz call but the LBs actually did better covering Allen than the CBs did... and if the CB had handed off to the safety on that 3rd and 5, the Chargers might not have gotten the 1st down. As it was, Hargrave nearly sacked Rivers before the ball got out.

You still don't play your base D on that play. I get keeping in 3 linemen.

How did Bostic and Williams do locked up on Allen? I believe Fort was the one who actually had a tiny bit of success against Allen, not the two slowest backers on the team. Watt also was in coverage on the one incompletion. So I'm not sure Bostic and Williams had a single succesful play against Allen.

[Legacy User]

Dupree on Allen, first completion of the game, I began my head scratching.

Because if there’s one thing Dupree is goood at, it’s covering an elite WR.....

SMH

[jeemie]

Burnett and Sutton were out and they didn’t trust the backup safety

Here's the problem, Hilton wasn't even on the field on that last 3rd down. That's inexcusable.

They, fairly enough, thought LAC might run the ball, to be sure the clock would run all the way down.

And Hilton gave up the second biggest completion of the night to Allen (Sensabaugh gave up the next biggest, and Haden gave up the TD)

Thirdly, I don't like the blitz call but the LBs actually did better covering Allen than the CBs did... and if the CB had handed off to the safety on that 3rd and 5, the Chargers might not have gotten the 1st down. As it was, Hargrave nearly sacked Rivers before the ball got out.

No- it wasn't a "fairly enough" thought- it betrayed YET AGAIN an ignorance of clock management.

There was 1:12 left when it was third and four. Because Jackson had run out of bounds the play before and stopped the clock, Pittsburgh still had a timeout left.

Lynn rightly understood that in order to run the clock down to nothing , his team HAD TO GET A FIRST DOWN...because if they ran the ball and didn't pick up the first down, Pittsburgh would simply use its last timeout.

So Tomlin, if he understood clock management at all, would understand that San Diego would place more importance on getting a first down.

[Legacy User]

So I’ve been thinking.....and I’m really trying hard to put this game behind me.

The head coach is usually responsible for the overall performance of the team, is he not?

How was Coach T, at some point, not asking or if it was me, screaming at Butler and asking “what the fuck are you doing putting a LBer on Allen?”

This continued all game intermittently w no success. Yet if I recall, and please feel free to correct me, that on the most important defensive call late in the game, Jon Fucking Bostic was on Allen.

How the fuck does that happen? Why does it happen? How could they let that matchup happen AGAIN (Allen vs LBer) with the game on the line?

If the HC doesn’t speak up against a specific defensive gameplan, is he not in fact accepting that gameplan?

This is why I Fucking hate Tomlin. There is no excuse. The more likely solution was to double Allen w Haden and a safety. Take him out of the equation, or at least show you are actually thinking...have a pulse...anything. Make someone else beat you.

Nope. Reminded me of the Pats game last year w Gronk yet again abusing our secondary with no attempt to limit the damage. We do what we do I guess.

Who was Haden covering if he wasn't covering Allen?

[LakecrestSteeler]

I believe Hilton said he normally covers the slots, but that LAC figured out how to scheme it so that he wouldn’t get assigned the slot. Hilton explained that is why he never covered Allen, where normally he would have covered the slot. It is an answer.

[steelmann58]

That was inexcusable having Bostic on Allen. Tomlin should have made sure he had the right lineup. He should have called a TO OPPS didn't have one since he again Pissed a TO AWAY another blunder making a fools challenge.The steelers need to hire a guy just to watch replays/

[swissvale72]

To B2B's position....yes, Jeems, SD needed a first down...but on 3rd & 4, with the way they had been moving the ball on the ground, running the ball was certainly a possibility.

Fort in, chances are better they run for a first down. Bostic in, chances are better they throw.

Perhaps B2B's suggestion for defending on that down would have been the way to go.

[steelmann58]

Fort had a good game should have been in there.

[Orangesteel]

Well, whatever the hell it was, watching Bostic sniff Allen’s farts as he ran by him in space yet again was obviously not a good plan.

The Steelers couldn’t get off the field on 3rd down to save their life in the second half. It sucked and without pressure (how can we get no pressure with Tuitt Heyward Dupree Watt and JWobble?) Rivers was unstoppable. I fully expect Brady to bend this defense over in two weeks. Hooray.

[bradshaw2ben]

So Tomlin, if he understood clock management at all, would understand that San Diego would place more importance on getting a first down.

I think with the way Jackson was running in the 2nd half, it was a legitimate concern. I know it's what I thought they would do.

[zeke5123]

So Tomlin, if he understood clock management at all, would understand that San Diego would place more importance on getting a first down.

I think with the way Jackson was running in the 2nd half, it was a legitimate concern. I know it's what I thought they would do.

Really? Biggest play of the game for the Chargers and you think on 3rd and 4 Rovers is handing off? While possible, extremely unlikely.

[zeke5123]

They needed to have ten people within a few yards of the LOS. They got pressure the whole night but couldn’t get to Rivers because they were getting torn up up on five yard routes. If you make Eovers hold the ball for half a second longer, he would’ve taking some hits and maybe sacked.