He did! I thought for sure it would last one more game at least too! Dang.
Chuckling that the steelers turned
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Chuckling that the steelers turned
He looked pretty shaky at best. I only watched one quarter but he never looked comfy when they went to pass.
I'm sorry for the Steelers as a team, I expected a closer game but I wanted the Texans to win. Not that I care, just for the stupid face of that whacko nutjob Rodgers. I hope this is it and we will never see him again. And I hope the Steelers learned their lesson and won't pick another old QB who lost his mojo a long, long time ago. It didn't work with Wilson and it didn't work with Rodgers either. Get someone fresh and rebuild the team.
I think Tomlin can be a good coach, but he wasn't able to show it since the Roethlisberger days. I wonder if he's going to stay or move on and find a better team. The Giants have something cooking... next season, they might be able to pull off what the Bears and Patriots did this season.
I think Tomlin can be a good coach, but he wasn't able to show it since the Roethlisberger days. I wonder if he's going to stay or move on and find a better team. The Giants have something cooking... next season, they might be able to pull off what the Bears and Patriots did this season.
Playoff Aaron Rodgers returns to remind us that all the stat-padding in the world doesn't make him a champion - he had a great Super Bowl run ... in 2011! Since then he remains the most overrated HoF bound QB in league history. The fact that he is a lock while Eli Manning did more and better when it really mattered is wild. Oh, and Rodgers is also a trash human.
Whelp, looks like the Mike Tomlin discussion returns.
The Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016. At some point when do you have to say 10-7 is not ok?
he hasn't won a playoff game since 2016.
The Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016. At some point when do you have to say 10-7 is not ok?
he hasn't won a playoff game since 2016.
Agreed.
Eli Manning should be in for sure, no? It's a shame if he isn't.
I don't know about that.
Was Dan Marino over rated or Fran Tarkenton, or Jim Kelly?
Rodgers did something they never did win the super bowl, he does have a lot of records, which I wouldn't quantify as stat padding, he was just that good. Its a team sport and winning, particularly playoff games is incredibly hard.
Rodgers was the league MVP 4 times, Dan Marino won that a single time, Fran and Kim Kelly - never.
I'm no fan of Aaron Rodgers, but the man was a great quarterback in his prime, now - its kind of sad - just an aging athlete desperately trying to hang on
About what I expected happened yesterday. Before the game I said it would be 1/3 chance of a tight game and a Steelers win, a 2/3 chance of a pounding by the Texans D. I guess we got both.
TJ Stroud is a worse version of Trent Dilfer, but the Texans might replicate the Ravens first SB run. OTOH the installed O maximizes time of possession and minimizes "risky" play, so its what the HC wants. The Texans haven't done any favors to Stroud's development with the OCs he has been saddled with.
Now we'll get that Aaron Rodgers/ESPN love affair where we'll be getting constantly fed news stories of where is Rodgers, will he or won't he retire. Of course he loves that, and he'll this eating this attention up and feeding into the rumors.
And he actually deserved TWO of those. (him winning during Brady's 'take a random team and win a SB' year with the Bucs was so obviously rigged it makes the MVP less valuable)
I am not saying he wasn't once a great QB, just that he is not a 'top 5 all time' .. or honestly even top 10. I would rate the three you mention above him (Marino gets his due, Kelly somewhat and Tarkenton is woefully underappreciated) - and also
Jim Plunkett won two SB's and a SB MVP but that hasn't gotten him into the HoF. And it is far less likely that Eli Manning who won two SBs AND two SB MVPs including beating perhaps the greatest team of all time in the 2007 Patriots.
Rodgers hasn't been someone you'd want to lead your playoff team in over a decade - but he HAS earned his reputation for doing ...well, exactly what he did last night.
He'll get into the HoF, but 25 years from now people will look with perspective and realize that while he deserves the nod he was overrated. So much of his career is like the Chiefs pumping up stats in garbage time during last year's SB.
Now Tomlin is tied for longest playoff losing streak.
I am surprised Marty had that many successive losses (over a 13 year span). I remember him coaching solid teams into the playoffs, winning a game, but never the next, or the conference game (Cleveland, KC). I guess because the streak was the end of his coaching career and not the prime of it.
Jim Mora, LOL
I am surprised Marty had that many successive losses (over a 13 year span). I remember him coaching solid teams into the playoffs, winning a game, but never the next, or the conference game (Cleveland, KC). I guess because the streak was the end of his coaching career and not the prime of it.
Jim Mora, LOL
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Texans Troll Steelers, Fallout style.
The ESPN article writer had no idea where it was from and thought the Texans media did a bunch of work. Its a modification to a screenshot from the Fallout New Vegas DLC, The Pitt. Here is a shot with the player a bit further out from the sign.
The ESPN article writer had no idea where it was from and thought the Texans media did a bunch of work. Its a modification to a screenshot from the Fallout New Vegas DLC, The Pitt. Here is a shot with the player a bit further out from the sign.
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Tomlin resigned!
Ding, Dong, the witch is dead!
www.espn.com
The last award he will ever get
Ding, Dong, the witch is dead!
Sources: Tomlin to leave Steelers after 19 years
Mike Tomlin is stepping down as Steelers coach, sources told ESPN, ending a 19-year run in Pittsburgh during which he never had a losing season.
The last award he will ever get
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And that it, Tomlin is stepping down - a players coach in the sense that the players loved him, but ultimately, as Parcells stated you're only as good as your record and his continued failure to win a single playoff game did him in.
I don't know if personal selection was part of his job, but the steelers never rebuilt the team after big ben, and putting in journeymen QBs year in and year out was not the answer.
I don't know if personal selection was part of his job, but the steelers never rebuilt the team after big ben, and putting in journeymen QBs year in and year out was not the answer.
Ravens' owner Steve Bisciotti upon hearing the news.
https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/20111 ... 73393?s=20
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There is a rumor floating around that the Steelers told Tomlin they were withholding the option year and he resigned.
https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/20111 ... 73393?s=20
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There is a rumor floating around that the Steelers told Tomlin they were withholding the option year and he resigned.
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I think the ownership conveyed the idea that he will not be coaching the steelers next year and gave him the option of leaving on his own
So with Tomlin now gone, this has an indirect impact on Rodgers - if he was tempted to return in 26. The steeleres really need to draft a QB, but their 2026 draft position is really horrible, i.e., 21st pick. They'll have to make some painful decisions and trades in the hope of moving up this year. I don't think they usually do that however.
I've said this before, I truely do not understand the playoff schedule. Regular season we have 1:00/4:00/8:00pm games, the play offs are 2:00, 3:30, 5:30, 7:00pm They're all over the place.
I can't speak for everyone but I'm usually busy on saturday doing household, or family stuff and I'll largely be missing most of these games.
It went viral so you guys might have seen this, but this kid: 😆 😆 😆
At this point I have accepted that I no longer watch games, I just monitor ESPN and watch 15 minute summaries.
Yeah, I'll largely be doing errands, and stuff on Saturday so its largely a guarantee I'll not see any games. Sunday the games are so ill timed I don't see myself watching them eitherAt this point I have accepted that I no longer watch games, I just monitor ESPN and watch 15 minute summaries.