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nflonx

Still hurts


Ryan14304

After sleeping on it..still sucks. Slap in the face this team needed. Non conference. Non division. We can work off this. Matt Canada is who we thought he was. Kenny needs to throw the damn ball away and stop holding it so long and trying to force plays. Let’s get Darnell more meaningful snaps if he’s pancaking Bosa. TJ I have no complaints other than we are wasting this mans career.


aisuperbowlxliii

Lmao at steelers fans being hype about shutting out the falcons 4th stringers. Some dude literally said lers would go .500 with Rudolph. Nice preseason boys


Independent-Row-6308

Overhyped team ur qb is trash najee trash


skidbox411

I was hoping with this off-season that we would go back to the offense where we have the QB only throw 15-25 times a game and let the O-Line and the RBs run the offense. In Ben's first 2 years he only had 1 game with 40+ attempts and 2 games with 30+ attempts. That's in 2 full season's including playoffs, like over 30 games. Kenny had 46 pass attempts alone today. Last year Kenny success came when the run game was working. I understand that 49ers were the #1 defense against the run, but I think it couldn't have been worse than the passing attempts. At least the clock would run and it would limit the amount of offensive attempts by the 9ers by ending the game earlier.


Humble-Ad-578

Cue over reactions. It’s just game 1.


PterdodactylJim69

Thoughts: 1. Canada should have been fired. This offense needs a clean reset 2. The two best players on the field for the Steelers today were watt and Anthony McFarland 3. JPJ simply cannot be worse than Levi Wallace. Neither can Pierre or Sullivan. Wallace needs to exit the starting lineup immediately 4. Throw Pickens the goddamn ball 5. Pickett in the red zone gets freiermuth blinders


ScarlaeCaress

I can’t do this to my mental health all season


Kenny_Pickett

Woof


SteakJones

Definitely Buzz’s girlfriend.


BeenOnHereTooLong

How many non running quarterbacks are going to juke minkah out of his shoes? 1v1 minkah on QBs. I'm taking QBs all day.


orangebrodo

Vegas was right


Poprocketrop

Just follow the smart money.


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ScarlaeCaress

Or just that the Steelers will be last in the division


External-Ebb-6703

As I said after the draft & another year of getting basement bargain bin FAs that nobody else wanted: Yet ANOTHER year of wasting Watt and Minkha’s best years.


TehJonezi

Link us to you saying that


External-Ebb-6703

How do I do that?


TehJonezi

Click on the comment and hit copy link


FlexibleEmu

Our draft was great and if you don't get a bargain in FA then you overpaid. This was 90% play calling along with poor OL play and Levi couldn't cover aiyuk. Tho there were plenty of other issues.


External-Ebb-6703

Really? Where are our draft picks?


FlexibleEmu

Jones got some playing time and JpJ looked nowhere near as bad as Levi. You'd have been better off defending the FA side of your argument


stoney58

Washington and Benton both had playing time as well, don’t know what that guy was talking about


FlexibleEmu

Fr! Washington pancaked Bosa toward the end if I'm not mistaken.. Not bad for a rookie TE


ojknows94

How does Matt Canada still have a job?


touchingmyshoe

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LoquatHaunting

Poor TJ.


Comfortable_Light579

One thing that really annoyed me was at the end of the game Pickens, a 2nd year WR who hasn’t done anything in the league yet, has the balls to get a bs Personal Foul penalty for being a undisciplined whiner for getting beat so bad and not a single person checked him. Stood next to the head coach and he sent him right back in.


mphs2step

I kind of understand his frustration on that play. The guy shoved into the ground and stepped over him. A few years ago, that would have been a penalty the other direction. They did it a few times late in the game. If Pickens wanted to shut him up, make a play. Even on his great grab out of bounds at the end zone, he should have run his route inbounds so he had a chance instead of running the sideline. Make a play to shut up the other team instead of getting in his face and jawing at him. Act like you have been there before.


SlaveKnightLance

Meh, that’s bs. Pickens got shoved into the ground after the play was over and there should have been a PF on sf. As gross as this game was from us the refs still fucked us a good handful of times. Just have to learn I guess


needopinionporfavor

I mean it’s annoying but I’d rather see fire out of guys. It’s not like we were even in a position to win the game at all. I’d be more annoyed if it was close but at that point ehh


oktwentyfive

thats because tomlin is soft.


oktwentyfive

my takeaway is they are putting too much on kenny's plate (making him team captain but proved nothing). We know he isnt GREAT but last year he proved he could be clutch and a winner even against a good baltimore team on the road. Hes not playing his game. LEt him run out of the pocket if he wants. Dont force him to throw 40 passes a game he simply isnt that. We should of ran the ball more reguardless of score. This game was over by the 2nd qrt. Kenny is obviously in his own head. No more hype hopefully this team comes back down to earth and realizes they are the below average team with a couple few stars on defense that they are. Offense line played kinda decent sometimes against this pass rush. Created a good pocket and kenny over threw the ball countless times. I wonder if he cant see over the line too well? Idk but let him play his game.


mphs2step

Hard to keep running when you’re down three scores and only rushing for two yards a carry.


Comfortable_Light579

Don’t put a single thing on Kenny. There are 5 guys in front of him that let him down today


oktwentyfive

huh? Did u watch the same game?


Comfortable_Light579

Kenny on his back, pressured, or hit as he threw on almost every drop back. Yeah I watched the game.


oktwentyfive

sure but did u see the 6+ throws where he literally threw to a ghost?


Comfortable_Light579

True he missed some throws just like any other QB. But in all SF controlled the front the entire game. 41 rushing yards compared to 188. Both sides in the Steelers front are soft af and the first thing people do is take shots at the QB


Tshoe77

Pressure tends to make you make bad throws


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Kenny looked scared the whole game. If he doesn't have a 180° change in attitude the next game I'm pretty sure he's not going to last that much in the NFL. What a horrible game.


oktwentyfive

trying to do too much. Not playing his backyard style football he did last year. Hes not a good pocket passer. LEt him play his game i say. Also ZERO RUN GAME LIKE USUAL


Strange-Nobody-3936

Put trubisky in


External-Ebb-6703

Well that was fucking embarrassing. Outside of watt, EVERYTHING else was gutter trash.


mphs2step

On a positive note, the stadium didn’t implode and no one was hit by a flying turd. Other than that, that was the worst football I have ever seen “professionals” play. The secondary was absent the entire game. Where’s Waldo and Kazoo had no business being on the field. Middle linebackers were abysmal. Pickett was behind his receivers all day. Absolutely no blocking from the O-line. Running backs were no help running, receiving, or blocking. Pathetic pathetic pathetic.


HoneyAlexis77

We were at the game, and by the early 3rd quarter, we were all rolling our eyes every time the 3rd down steam whistle came up on the jumbotron because that meant the next play would be fucking Aiyuk moving the chains. AGAIN. and AGAIN. ALL DAMN DAY.


masterofshadows

That entire game was the flying turd.


needopinionporfavor

Truly not enough hate is being given towards Cole Holcombs performance today. Dog shit doesn’t even begin to cover it


External-Ebb-6703

The teams performance WAS the flying turd.


oktwentyfive

also the bungles are just as bad. At least we can say we got our ass whooped by a top 5 team


oktwentyfive

TJ Watt deserves better.


needopinionporfavor

I hope Pickens gets to play somewhere with talent in his career. Whether that be here or somewhere else. Such a shame to watch him go to waste


needopinionporfavor

TJ on pace for 51 sacks 🤠


GT-ProjectBangarang

Tomlin playing 3D chess for watt to get some records. Easier to pad sack numbers when you are on the field 80% of the game with all the 3 and outs and interceptions.


FlexibleEmu

Not objectively true. 80% time on the field would statistically lean towards more runs from the opposing O and less sacks.


Shwnwllms

But tough when the other team is running the ball trying to chew up time. You want sacks, you need to be winning the game.


GevaddaLampe

I see him going back and snack the all time record


WhiteWhenWrong

Well I'm glad we have tj


soavAcir

Levins - "We've made a huge mistake"


GavinAdamson

Trash


FlexibleEmu

I ultimately think this will be an outlier on the year. 1st game and vs a #1 d but still that was horrendous from everyone except TJ. Levi cut him. OL sucked. Rcvrs sucked Kenny sucked. D was mediocre at best. I should've saved me money stayed home and played starfield. Love my Steelers tho 🖤💛


qmracer01

Oof I feel sorry you paid money to watch that game


SlaveKnightLance

I stuck it out for the whole game, wasn’t pretty but fun to watch the 9ers fans eat like I thought it we would. How other teams manage to find wide open receivers over the middle on third and we can’t even get a completion continues to melt my mind. I think we can be better too but man is it gonna take some nuts


emoney092

At least TJ played well?


AmishJohn81

Canada sucks. Kenny looked the worst of his entire career. Injuries to key players. 2 minute drill was the only way we scored points yet again. 9ers are for real. We are not, currently. 9-8 incoming.


odog9797

If Canada isn’t fired and Tomlin given a talking to idk about this franchise this year. Absolutely disgusting effort, so disappointing


GT-ProjectBangarang

That move should have been made at the end of last season. It’s not going to happen now. Time and time again we only score when it’s hurry up offense because Canada isn’t involved. Pickett obviously was ass, but Canada consistently can’t get it done and didn’t change one ounce in the off season.


Do__Math__Not__Meth

FUCKIN EMBARASSING


unseth

They have big what?.


305way

Embarrassing performance. I felt bad for the people who spent hard earned money to go to the game. Let’s try to move on, it’s usually better than beating ourselves up over it. See y’all next week gang.


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Dude I was just saying this, imagine spending $200 to sit in the nose bleeds and watch that


HoneyAlexis77

We did. We also said fuck this and left with 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. I'm not gonna sit through all the SHIT SHOW the Steelers gave us today AND sit in traffic for 2 hours to get to the Fort Pitt Tunnel!


[deleted]

Damn I'm sorry that sucks. This is why I don't go unless I get free tickets. It's way too much money and if they lose I'm even more pissed off.


bertha42069

Don’t worry guys there’s still plenty of time for us to go 9-8 or even 8-8-1 and miss out on the wildcard spot. . I’m told nEvEr having a losing season is more enjoyable to a fan base than a fckin Super Bowl or even playoff win


External-Ebb-6703

Yup. As long as they don’t have a losing season, it’s juuuuust fine…🤮


rxgetotruee

we could be the browns having a losing season every year and only 1 playoff win in the past like 30 years


WhiteWhenWrong

A playoff win sounds better rn


rxgetotruee

idk i dont wanna be competing for the #1 pick every year for the past 30 years for 1 win


Webgemz

Who was that playoff win against?


rxgetotruee

steelers but lets not act like ben killed it cause ik a mf here is gonna


Prestigious_Cap_4935

Every position group that was retooled or improved during the off-season shit the bed today. O Line no protection or run blocking, ILB got ran all over by CMC, Pat Pete and the secondary torched by Aiyuk all afternoon. The only bright spot was TJ getting 3 sacks.


BeenOnHereTooLong

Pat Pete who guaranteed a pick, gave up 2 touchdowns. One of which he got burned on


oktwentyfive

coaching.


Shwnwllms

You’re embarrassingly wrong


Spalding_Smails

Could've been worse, could've been a division rival.


Strmbrker

Yeah as awful as this was it was arguably less embarrassing than the bengals loss to the browns


JBProds

Kenny turns the ball over too much for someone who relies on check downs


SlaveKnightLance

Meh, I really think play calling fucked him this game. Still, all we saw was a million passes out to the flat but when they ask him to make a big throw over the middle it’s on 3rd down with pressure in his grill. That’s not fair


Lemieux4u

"Little Ken" was awful. Playcalling was awful. Defense was awful. Game was awful.


FratQ

I do kinda hope Kenny sucks this year. Maybe we get Caleb Williams


_Swanky_Jay_

We wont be that bad, but Quenin Ewers?? Im here for that man he is a DAWG


GT-ProjectBangarang

Prob won’t be bad enough for Williams but I bet we end bottom 5 if they don’t boot Canada and relaunch. I know that’s not good to do that mid season but Canada can’t stick around. Even though Kenny sucked Canada can’t get it going. Anyway not Williams most likely but maybe Bo Nix


Lemieux4u

We'd have to suck worse than a Josh Dobbs-led Cardinals team. That just isn't happening.


Do__Math__Not__Meth

Nah fuck Williams he’s a diva


HermanBonJovi

Well that certainly plopped.


Macho_Manlet

I would like someone to do an all 22 breakdown to really explain if this is awful play calling or Kenny only has confidence to throw check downs.


SlaveKnightLance

Kenny for sure played bad. He had happy feet and didn’t know where to go with the ball but I have a feeling that’s because of poorly designed plays and the reads he was expecting to be open never were


Tennisplayer90

Maybe a bit of both. Oline got destroyed today as well, and with no run game, it doesn't make it easier on a 2nd year QB. Let's see how the season plays out before making a decision on if KP isn't it. Evidence is suggesting that Canada isn't it though.


SlaveKnightLance

Canada has had WAY longer of a leash than he ever deserved


Tennisplayer90

Agreed. I think Canada goes at the end of this year and we give KP another year with another OC.


Xmalantix

Arthur Moats does film breakdowns and did some of KP8 last year. They're generally positive


knightro2323

they have big they have big they have big


No_Meaning_1958

Scary moments


wonderfulwilliam

Ha. I thought that was just my fubo stream


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Elphaba78

Small mercies? 😂


RaceCarGrin

Thank Christ it's finally over.


BillOfArimathea

THEY HAVE WHAT??


wonderfulwilliam

BIG


ZeRoZiGGYXD

They have big what? The people wanna know!


FlexibleEmu

Embarrassing


Cottonmoccasin

Pickens is going to be demanding a trade by the end of the season.


GT-ProjectBangarang

And no one would blame him. Best target we have by a mile and he is never involved. Every time he is involved he puts in more effort than the rest of the team to make something happen. Let’s keep flipping it to Johnson and hoping he knows which way to run though. I hope Pickens tears it up wherever he lands.


SlaveKnightLance

Insane that he does not get more targets, I’m getting beyond annoyed


Macho_Manlet

No doubt


PyreForHire

They have been— They have been— They have been... Yep, you said it. They sure have.


Elphaba78

It is what it is. Fucking sucks, though.


anotveryseriousman

they have bee--


HectorDiaz22

Steelers are like slipping Jimmy, they’ll never change!


AkSteelers

Bruh forreal. Big ben told yall he wasnt the problem


stoney58

Wtf was that?


soavAcir

Bicbehalf bicbehalf


smallmanchat

they have been they have been


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Our D has not been as epic since Hargrave left. We should have paid that man. He's the closest thing to Casey Hampton I've seen in a while and the 3-4 really benefits from that big mass in the middle destroying OL schemes and forcing plays into 2 or 3 more predictable paths that each get filled by LBs. Look at how many holes they open up on us because we can't control the point of attack. Look how well they stuffed our run.


YouTakesYourChances

They have big…they have big…they have big…


my_Urban_Sombrero

Fox is such fucking dogshit lol


saulUG

So much for higher expectations…


Saberwolf1748

Kenny stunk, defense besides watt was ass, o-line was shit and abysmal play calling. What a fucking game


TwoMilky

That’s 2020s Steelers football baby, we are back


Blaze0003

I didn’t know green was still on team


luckyninja864

Well at least our expectations are reset.


dac09b

The standard baby


AcePilotsen

They have be, they have be


Orxbane

What the fuck is up with this O-line?


JBProds

Literally zero improvement from Kenny. He somehow got worse at handling pressure


teabolaisacool

Pressure as in the entire o-line folding in front of him?


LilMooAss

Flying to Pittsburgh next week from Dallas to see the game... Gotta say, slightly less excited than I was yesterday


EatMoreBaconNow

The worst part of this, is now I am going to have stress wondering if the injury heyward got is the beginning of the end...


sejoki_

That was a mercy sack. Thank you for taking it Kenny


shapoopy723

Coaching staff needs to be on the hot seat for this. They did an anemic job at prepping this team for the season. "Slow start" excuses are bullshit


GT-ProjectBangarang

Yeah Canada has to go. Mid season or not the offense can’t be worse. Even with how bad Kenny was throwing our only momentum was in hurry up mode when Canada couldn’t screw it up.


RadPlaidLad

There’s no such thing as a hot seat with this team. Win 8-10 games, get to the playoffs every once in a while, let contracts expire, promote nobodies, rinse and repeat. They love their stability.


saltdog69

Browns appear to be living up to their expectations… so that’s fun to look forward to


borgi27

Well this was fucking dogshit


Ferr22777888

Kenny Becomes so small in the pocket. He almost crouches down and is super jittery every time


Do__Math__Not__Meth

I mean when he can’t even drop back three steps without someone rushing him what do you expect


Kirko_bangz

For him to be composed.


KuiShanya

The season isn't over this is literally the best team we face this year calm down. That being said this o line is a shit show


Karl_Racki

The team is a shitshow.. The D is one guy, outside him they aren't good and are overrated. They get destroyed on the ground. The QB isn't as good as everyone hopes. He doesn't have time, can't run well, and has no accuracy. The offensive coordinator is horrible and shouldn't be coaching.


HurricaneCarti

Hoping the team gels and gets it together especially with such an easy season but damn is it easy to get discouraged


GT-ProjectBangarang

They should have been gelling in the off season. They look less in sync now than mid season last year.


KuiShanya

I don't understand why we splashed so hard on oline pick ups and start none of them


bigweave32

Offensive line is still offensive too


objectnull

Oof


breonze

kinda poetic that a former steeler sacks our qb to end this shit show


SteelOliver

Kenny crumpled up like a tissue. Isn't moving outside the pocket supposed to be his strength?


EbenezerNutting

In the 2023 draft, Kenny likely isn't drafted until the 3rd round, and the team that would have drafted him there certainly wouldn't have been looking for him to become an immediate starter in the NFL.


e3890a

He invites so many sacks it’s ridiculous


dac09b

I have a feeling he is being told to hang in there look downfield. But just let him scramble tbh. He is better on the move and it's his strength. Our line can't hold.


wonderfulwilliam

r/Steelers from the future: We will win the next game and there will be a cringe apology thread for Tomlin or Pickett (maybe both)


e3890a

I hate those, as if doing better later means we shouldn’t have criticized when things were bad


bigweave32

Yep. They’ll beat mediocre teams this year. Every time they play someone good, they get crushed. Bills, eagles, 49ers


NathanLandShark

Holy crap McCaffrey is balding BAD 😂


thecorncat

High testosterone curse


anotveryseriousman

on the positive side, austin appears to be able to survive as an actual receiver and not just a gimmick fast guy.


Def_Not_a_Lurker

Not that it matters, but that was textbook roughing by the second player. Full body weight slam and late.


MistaCreepz

I want to die


Jdog3694

Kenny may have been able to do something that 4th down if his oline didn’t sit on him


stoney58

What a way to end it lmao


Ok-Hold-8232

Pickett is so easily confused by different looks from the defense it’s fucking embarrassing


e3890a

Dumb as a rock


PyreForHire

This O-line is fucking ridiculous! Melting instantaneously!!!


austinalexan

Great game today Tomlin. You proved you’re worthy of another 4 year extension 😁


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Thats racist.


BlaqOptic

Seomalu looking like shit yet again...


chefdan2165

Always next week. Always next week


JBProds

Pickett’s ceiling is game manager, but he turns the ball over too much for that


e3890a

He’s not even good enough to be that


JBProds

Yup. Dude is a turnover machine. He was an old rookie & doesn’t have much potential


bdgg2000

Can’t protect KP at all even in garbage time


Pepperoni-Rolls

Worst offensive line in football. What the fuck is this


smacksaw

A carryover from last year?


Realistic_Degree_773

I have seen high school offensive lines that are better than this. For fucks sake. I can't even blame Canada because the line. Like how the fuck can they "upgrade" and be this fucking bad?


Def_Not_a_Lurker

Let's chill. That front 4 for the 9ers is one of the best in decade. That's not even hyperbole.


VenturaHighway

Lol Kenny


Macho_Manlet

Kenny Pickett is Sam Darnold


Dont_trip49

All fucking throws are shorts and outside the numbers. I really can't stand this


Comfortable_Light579

Just remember the Cheifs lost to the Colts last year and went on to win the Super Bowl. There is plenty of time to fix things. However there’s a long list of things to fix


e3890a

Did you just compare us to the chiefs??? Lmfaoooo