DK's Daily Shot of Steelers: So close?

[@jayb-wickorsnow5956]

We are 10-4, top of the division and clinched a playoff spot. We gave the Eagles that game. Naj is my RB, but dam the fumble was costly. On too the Ravens. As long as TJ is ok, we goooood.

[@keithdawson-j7h]

Great take. I agree totally

[@jakezion7881]

I totally agree on to Baltimore

[@shawnwakattu28]

@@jayb-wickorsnow5956 I disagree. We have the Eagles a fumble recovery however, the Eagles whipped the Steelers ass in every aspect of the game. It wasn't as close, as the final score.

[@ronjarrah9516]

I love your show but I definitely watched a different game than you did. Steelers were outclassed in every way possible. JPJ was toast again. I didn't know why Tomlin is keeping Trice inactive when he has been a full participant in practice for weeks now. Tomlin made yet another weekly clock management blunder. 3rd down defense was non existent as usual. Tomlin punts the ball down big in the 4th because he believes in a defense that has not done sh*t all day only to have Philly expire an entire 4th quarter trolling Pittsburgh with a 98 yard drive while converting countless 3rd downs before having Mercy on them and taking a knee. All this and you like what you saw blows my mind. Again I love your show DK but wow. Just wow.

[@Ahtaht227]

Why haven’t the Steelers called you for the head coaching job?

[@shawnwakattu28]

Take off your black n yellow glasses, put your Pom-Poms away. This game wasn't even close.

[@wassupinlasvegas9735]

@@Ahtaht227 Why you crying at facts?

[@NickMilito]

I want to think, I wanted to believe that the Steelers could hang with the Eagles....however, that 4 quarter drive revealed that unfortunately they cannot. Simply not there yet.

[@carltonclaboine2855]

Outside of our special team’s coach, our coaching staff is not good enough to win a Super Bowl. It’s not like we have a Chuck Noll or Bill Cowher picked coaching staff. We have a Mike Tomlin picked coaching staff and that’s just not good enough.

[@alterego5550]

Love the positivity this morning. We all Need it!! Still proud of the Gang. Pure Hatred for the play calling in the first quarter, tired of that.

[@kentsturgill5945]

Somewhat limited , I believe without GP, this offense is just different, as a lot of folks knew they would be

[@Ahtaht227]

@@kentsturgill5945CAIII did his thing GP, DeShon, Larry were obviously missed

[@tease5424]

Yesterday the defense couldn't stop my grandmother and her friends.

[@randywagner2073]

DK Pittsburgh Sports and Mr. Dejan Kovacevic; amazing evaluation, amazing observation, and an amazing presentation. You say what I think, but I am unable to articulate. It makes all our time watching the game, not a waste. We thank you for what you bring. Keep it coming. Go Pittsburgh! Go, Steelers Go! 🏈

[@MarvyG23]

The only questions i have is, when is pickens coming back and is TJ good?

[@Ahtaht227]

Same as well as deshon on to the next

[@johnbruce4003]

Is the sky falling? Maybe. OL was terrible, RB’s were terrible, tackling was terrible. Time of possession? 20 minutes. Terrible!

[@kentsturgill5945]

I feel most of the offensive issues still come from the youth on the O line, and lack of playmakers at the receiver position . Most knew the insertion of this many young guys on the line would be problematic,as they grow and learn, but it will pay greatly in the future. They ran into an experienced , talented defense and it showed. That plus missing GP. Williams isn't the answer , I'm sorry he's not didnt like it still don't, and I hope he proves me wrong. Facing teams with multiple talented wrs is a glaring problem also. However if GP is healthy I feel they would have sustained better drives , keeping their offense sidelined, and possibly changing their defensive strategies. I cant feel too good about a loss, but I dont feel terrible about this one. Thanks DK! Here We Go Steelers!!!

[@thomasblackwell2127]

The play calling on offense is still not there. Of course it’s better than last year but not widely far off. And can we be honest about Najee we love him but signing him to some big contract would not be worth it.

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Yeah especially in this rb draft class.

[@dogthatshags]

I think, unfortunately, you’re right about Smith’s play calling. It’s painful to watch tbh.

[@sbaoriginalman]

Peace...That Calvin Austin III is fighter! He was sticking up for Darnell Washington! Little man sticking up for a big man!!!

[@ryanjamesc9996]

You killed me with the title and thumbnail, DK! But you revived me with your commentary and rationale. Wins produce confidence, and loses produce anger. This team needs to play with more anger, especially Najee! #PSF

[@Zack_Balo]

DK, I couldn’t be more in lock step with everything you said. Najee doesn’t fumble, I’m sure we score on that drive and the crowd starts eating themself. I weirdly feel more confident after this game, than I thought I would. Really impressed with the George-less offense

[@forrestmiller6328]

The Najee fumble reminded me of the Mendenhall fumble in Super Bowl XLV. Changed the tides and we just couldn’t recover.

[@plaubelmakina8916]

The defense never changes things up: bend, bend, bend, 1st down, 1st down, score.

[@mikepal29]

they got outgained by 200 yards. Were you watching the same game? They lose that game with 2 Pickens. This will carry over to the Ravens game. You are looking at 10-5 then Merry Xmas.

[@theresa6837]

DK, if this offense scores more than 3 points on those 2 defensive turnovers in the first quarter, there’s a good chance that Najee’s mistake would not have mattered so much. The Steelers possessed the ball a grand total of 20 minutes. D was getting gassed as a result. Completely below the line play for the offense against a playoff calibre team. They are not a complete team-yet.

[@Keefer24]

I don’t think it was close at all, time of possession and total yards proves that 😂

[@misterwirez7731]

It wasn't. There was nothing good about it, I don't care what anyone says. The O line was rag dolled.

[@SpinnDaReaper]

I mean you do realize who the eagles have on their d line right? That’s literally one of the best teams in the nfl and without that fumble we could’ve tied it 20-20 and it been a whole other ball game. We held BARKLEY to under 100. Offense moved the ball and made good plays. 7 point game until the fumble and to the Eagles credit, we barely touched the ball second half. Game was def close and a good one. 1 fumble changed everything and momentum matters. Eagles have the best team they’ve had and years and you remember last couple times we played them? We got blown out by the second quarter. Good game, oline did good against a great dline, and we showed we can play with anybody WITHOUT our best offensive player in Pickens and our best defender this year in Elliott.

[@SpinnDaReaper]

If anybody gets the finger pointed at them for the loss, it’s the pass defense bc hurts was throwing dots all over the field. We’ve been watching this offense for a while now you really expected us to have a 30mins t.o.p and 30 points scored on a 2024 Eagles defense?

[@robotfox1987]

@@SpinnDaReaperi’m not expecting 30 minutes top but going back to that pass defense I’m also expecting the highest paid defense in the nfl to not give up these huge 7 minute and 10 minute drives in the 2nd half

[@SpinnDaReaper]

@@robotfox1987 that I agree with partially, run defense was definitely there. Barkley a MVP candidate and although he didn’t play 2nd quarter we still kept him out the game which is what you get from the highest paid defense. Pass defense definitely could’ve been better and we have to get off the field on 3rd downs. But we also were missing 3 players on defense who’ve played big roles for us so far. And to be fair,Eagles offense is just as good as their defense and Jalen hurts is no scrub. Me personally I feel like we could’ve won this game, and that’s coming into the game w expectations of us getting blown out like the last few times we’ve played them. No loss is good but this one wasn’t terrible. Can’t win them all (ask the lions) and the game that matters is on Saturday 😬

[@vincentnesmith6135]

As a steeler fan, being impressed with a sub par performance is why we are always one and done in the post season. Time for a change and we act like we have a superbowl contender not just a hey we made it team!

[@joshuadobbs3104]

On to the Ravens. Take care of business.

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

I didn’t think we were outmatched at all. I think the Steelers were against three opponents today. The Eagles, the officiating crew, and themselves. But this team can win the whole thing and this loss was motivating. Watt being injured definitely sucks though.

[@deadpanduke19]

I knew after the Naj fumble, things were probably over. But after TJ got injured this one hurt a lot more. Hopefully he’ll be okay. If Najee doesn’t fumble, the Steelers have all the momentum to pull that one out

[@jonahchristopher9759]

Losing a game like this isn’t a shameful thing. We’ve got to focus on making it through this 10 day stretch healthy.

[@mikelowe6065]

With George Hurt, we have no weapons at wide receiver!

[@steelking22]

Above all, there were far too many three-and-outs.

[@jonahjohn4095]

In the first quarter as usual. Dk was spot on last week. The stubborn refusal to make adjustments until the team is in the hole doesn’t work with the youth of this o line. You have to take what you can get and get over yourself and your big picture preferences as a coordinator. Let the team play to their strengths. Right now passing is opening up the run game not the other way around

[@MichaelB-od3xh]

Also Jaylen should be the feature back not Najee. I get it that Najee is the 1st round pick but that ship of needing to play him has sailed. He's gone after the season and I think Warren is a better back anyways. I wish going down the homestretch we'd see Jaylen get 60-70% of the carries, Najee 20-25% and Patterson 5%.

[@lifelongfan07]

His first fumble of the year. I felt the Penalty on the long snapper killed our momentum. I’ve been listening to football a while and NEVER saw a ROUGHING penalty on that.

[@edward-jamesgardner776]

From watching a clip posted by an eagles' fan, Darius Slay CLEARLY punches Darnell in the face, which is what started the kerfuffle. Yet they threw the flag at him and Cal. Just that type of day I guess

[@markbrophy554]

roughing the long snapper? gtfoh

[@Dylangreen2122]

Smith needs to watch how Kellen Moore called a game. Smith is crayons

[@lindaamodeo3061]

Glad I listened this morning. It’s not like I felt like we couldn’t hang with the Eagles. I mean the game was so close when Najee fumbled. I love Najee and I feel awful for him. But it would’ve close and that’s without Pickens and Elliott. However I got to reiterate my “I told ya so”. All year I have been beating the get a good receiver drum in case Pickens gets hurt. And…here we are. But onward and upward!

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Shoutout to Tomlin's boy Dan Moore. Got owned all day long.

[@plaubelmakina8916]

He was looking like Broderick on a bad day.

[@wassupinlasvegas9735]

The one stat flashed during the game that stood out was 2/29. 2nd in running attempts, 29th in yards. I sat there, watching the game, and correctly predicted 16 of the first offense plays calling run or pass. I understand wanting to be run-orientated, but man, you can't be THAT stubborn. And Najee's fumble isn't the cause for me, but I don't see him being re-signed.

[@alancollins2707]

The Eagles played bully ball we didn't touch the ball in the last 10 minutes. We had 11 yards in the first quarter! We are not in the same league as the top tier teams and definitely not a Super Bowl contender.

[@thegreatzman]

I have a bad feeling that 10-7 is coming. Going to be difficult to impossible to beat the high flying Ravens, can't beat the Chiefs and Cincinnati is going to air mail the ball over the secondary. Hopefully at least one remaining game goes their way.

[@412Sportsz]

2 drives in the second half was the reason we lost

[@beej4737]

The Eagles absolutely dismantled Pittsburgh last night. There’s no other way to put it. You can search for whatever “positives”, but that was a team who was struggling somewhat offensively, and against us, Hurts looked like an MVP who made no mistakes other than the fumble. Tomlin chose to punt down two scores and the Eagles went on to chew 10 mins of clock, going 88 yards. That was embarrassing. Saying we stopped Barkley while giving up 200+ yards and 2 TDs to Brown and Smith doesn’t exactly sit well.

[@michaelyoung8871]

I have to disagree with this one, The Steelers were never in this game and had zero chances of winning, The Eagles simply man handled the Steelers in everyway, other than 2 fumbles, The defense didn't do a whole lot, and the absolute vanilla offense we continue to roll out in the 1st quarter is getting old...need to start fast...yeah well Mike ,I'm actually tired of hearing it, change the damn script then. And as for not living in our fears, it going for it when your 2 scores down is exactly that, living in fear

[@daveduke2371]

Totally with you DK. With Pickens, this game is a coin flip. They were on the way to tying the game late in the 3rd quarter when Harris dropped the ball. Idk what some people were watching.

[@corey247]

The fumble was a back breaker!!!

[@StillersMX]

Mike Tomlin needs to hire someone to help him with clock management.

[@tinyarms609]

I think it should be an automatic rule, if the offense goes three and out on back to back drives to start the game, fields should go in to start the next drive. The use of fields slows down the defenses pursuit. Which will help Wilson.

[@FrankMosura]

Run, run, pass, punt was nauseating in the first quarter. Sometimes trying to establish the run comes after shredding them with t passes. They need to realize this sooner in game.

[@darrenkeddle1866]

Hey DK, Happy Monday! If ever there was a pivotal moment in a game, it was the Najee fumble. The Steelers definitely showed they can go toe to toe with Eagles. As disappointing as losing is, I'm actually exited for the future. One thing for sure, though, they must sign Russ.

[@NickMilito]

The Eagles drove that bal down our throat when we needed a stop. We simply got beatdown in that demoralizing drive in the 4th

[@ronchess8813]

400 yrds offense to 169 yrds offense Steelers highest paid defense in NFL not 5 top 10 so far .They were dominated time possession 40 minutes to 20 minutes Barkely had 65 yrds Steelers only had 56 as team

[@dennygc5874]

Pitches = Stitches ❤️🔥🍻

[@brianjonker510]

Strange explanations from DK for a team that got trounced. We were outscored 2 to 1. We were outgained 2 to 1. and our bread & butter strategy for ToP was yup lost by a 2 to 1 margin. The offense and defense both got outplayed at all position groups and Mr First Round Bounce got out coached.

[@abbyrhodes814]

After every loss he trots out his "what me worry?" routine. There are too few stars on offense. The few stars they have aren't used properly.

[@TylerHolowell]

Dk confirmed my statement. The Steelers felt like they should have won and they’re pissed. Just like the colts in 05!!! Let’s gooooo!!!! Super Bowl against the eagles and beating them in the rematch 🔥

[@Steelersfreak4life]

Keep telling yourselves that and live in your false reality. The eagles dominated and could of added another TD at the end of the game if they wanted. They had there way with the defense, there time of possession proves it.

[@TylerHolowell]

@ any given Sunday the Eagles almost lost to the Panthers last week. What are you talking about dude?

[@JasonCannon-th3pc]

Stop it

[@stantonsmith3677]

DK I listened to your show today and you calmed me down a bit but I still have a question, if you're the Steelers what would you do with the secondary? It looked really bad didn't it? Oh yeah and ThE PiTcH OuTs!!!!!

[@joshhenderson3444]

The middle of the field continues to be a problem on both offense and defense. Has been a problem for 10 years.

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

STILL not sold on arthur. Ive been sayin that since week 3

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Been saying that since the dumb hire.

[@benjaminperez7328]

He blows. That idiot is Matt Canada with more tight ends. His “jet sweep” is that got damm toss to Najee.

[@robmiller3204]

In agreement on this one DK . Usually im more of a sky is falling guy after a loss , this tho shows me this team can compete . In recent years past don’t think you could say that heading into playoffs . I really think Arthur smith gets in a rythym and this team gets rolling we are pretty damn good . Just gotta adjust sooner not beat head on wall for so long with the run . Coach T get somebody in your ear on clock management, just another voice helping out .

[@sleepinglady2778]

That fumble was terrible but it wasnt the end yet. The Eagles did well to control clock at end. Should we be concerned about Najee?

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Najee is on the final year with the team. Thank God.

[@MorningDew85]

That was the end man, that was the back breaker. With the way they were controlling the time of possession, that was it

[@robotfox1987]

He is not explosive enough to pay big money. This draft is deep enough that you could replace his production with a 3rd round pick, no joke

[@jim6807]

Pretty evident that we’re lacking offensive talent after watching that game. I wasn’t trying to buy into the Saquon hype as much as everyone else but after watching him carry Cam Heyward on his back for 5 yards. I’m a believer! lol. Holy cow. Is Teryl Austin any good or are our corners/secondary just bad? Guys are always WIDE OPEN! Including Minkah. He let Jalen throw the ball right over his head to AJ Brown for the touchdown. What’s going on 🤦‍♂️

[@stevetanner5335]

The offensive game plan was Canadian. How you see progress may be unbridled optimism. 11 plays in 2nd half. Couple with the head coach's incredulously punting early in the 4th quarter, the outcome was predictable bad

[@ronchess8813]

Your podcast earlier week you said lets see it Najee we say NOTHING from Najee

[@TheeEgyptianQueen]

Philly stopped our RUN & PASS. We were so focused on Barkley that we didn't do well on the pass. Barkley still got over 60 yards. He still ran better than the Steelers. Naj KILLED that drive. It would have felt better with the final score 27-20, if not a win.

[@JLPlumber_]

Looked like a pretender. Dominated on both lines.

[@RobertMRyder]

Our expectations have fallen far.

[@victorvaldes6716]

J1Q-DK you’re a legend, but I have to disagree they were completely dominated in every aspect… and it’s a continuous trend every time this football team plays the “elite” teams. it’s a night and day difference in coaching and talent disparity I feel.. how is this year ever not a clear Super Bowl window more then ever. Not paying a qb and the chiefs as vulnerable as ever. Is it wrong to feel this team is still far off from contending truly.

[@chrisdavis1301]

Well, there’s never a good time to take or discuss a loss but life goes on so let’s discuss it. Good show by the way DK and good morning. First thing that comes to my mind salary cap.. as Steelers Fan we need to be prepared to deal with GP’s behavior and we need to accept that this guy is gonna get paid either The Steelers are gonna pay him or someone in the in the league will. I think he’s got one to two years left before his rookie contract expires. Just be prepared for him to make some money. He was missed!!! JPJ is good, but he is no Joe Hayden. I’m not sure how this happened, but it seems like we have the expectation that he can just lock down any wide receiver. He’s not there yet. The reason I say this is because when AJ Brown was with the Titans, he wouldn’t do very much but then I started thinking about it. That’s because we had Joe Haeden guarding him. My last and final note/J1Q. Did it seem to you that maybe the defensive players was maybe just trying to save a performance for the Baltimore game? I’m sure you’ve heard worse J1Qs, but it really seemed like they did not want to tackle so maybe these guys are just trying to save everything for the Baltimore game next Saturday. do players really think like that? it seemed like they did not want to tackle. if you go back and listen to Thomas press conference he said numerous of times it was more so the technical things and I agree with him.

[@ismellbs9190]

We totally got dominated in the trenches, both sides of the ball

[@tinyarms609]

Dk, why is Tomlin so reluctant to go to the Fields package? Offensive yardage was probably negative when they finally went to him and he jump started the offense with a big run. Why don’t we mix him in early on or more often?

[@Anthony-dj7ek]

The issue was dan moore and we are missing GP and Roman wilson!

[@lukelefever5398]

3 ads in one video are we serious ?? My lord

[@TheeEgyptianQueen]

Minkah should NO LONGER be considered elite. This is now 2 years in a row that he didn't play with that edge, that flame, that fire in his heart. It's sad to see.

[@tomdavis5475]

Can the Steelers do something other than go 3 and out to start their games? Multiple series against the Eagles felt like the definition of insanity. Same old stuff.

[@vincentnesmith6135]

Our offensive play calling has to be better

[@moparking1714]

DK I agree but, it also show wr2 is a concern you see how the eagles moves with 2 potential 1's our room could not get open. Russ has to really work to get anything off. I believe in Russ but man we need a wr2 to really cook.

[@skunkworksstudios]

Man I get when you talk about he online and how it relates to Najee, but he is just not playing well. When Warren comes in the offense pops more often than not. Najee comes in and it’s 1.5 yds and no dust. He’s a drive killer. Hope he proves me wrong.

[@eliwilson8242]

Tomlin punting was basically waving the white flag

[@lukelefever5398]

Refs vs Steelers clear as day. Tripping when our player fell down and we were close to scoring, and 15 yards for that?! Two flags on us when slay was throwing punches. Lane held tj all game. The foul on Carter was literally mid punt hey they said it was after the fact. I never blame the refs but this was insane

[@jayblue7117]

On the Najee fumble, we only had 6 possessions. We was about to score game tied 20/20. I put most the blame on play calling. There is no need for the pitch out. OC killed us in that drive. Refs horrible and to many penalties for offense

[@benjaminperez7328]

Nah. Dude is a pro. You DO NOT FUMBLE THERE. F**k Nawj.

[@MichaelB-od3xh]

Disagree with your viewpoints here my friend, I think this game shows how far away the Steelers are still compared to the elite teams. The Oline was horrible, secondary stunk again, the coaching by Tomlin and Smith was laughable. How a coach that's been a head coach for 17 years still doesn't know how to manage timeouts is beyond me. If this team even wins 1 playoff game I'll be shocked.

[@me24-79]

These are the facts the media queens won’t talk about because they fear the outcomes!

[@lososcotti926]

Here goes the overreacting dumas… nvm sure buddy

[@TheeEgyptianQueen]

And Hardknocks doesn't help the Steelers. The Eagles coach said that the Steelers in Hardknocks helps them against the Steelers .

[@kentsturgill5945]

​@TheeEgyptianQueen where is this interview, or was it in his post-game presser?? I'd like to watch

[@robotfox1987]

@lososcotti926i do not think it’s an overreaction at all. This is what the steelers do literally every year lol, if we don’t win a playoff game you’ll be like “well we weren’t expected to do much”

[@jackcolgrove1326]

Good analysis, but it didn’t feel that way….hope you’re right….

[@Ahtaht227]

I’m a real fan my guys didn’t play their best and I know Naj is tearing himself apart! I love this team no matter what and I’ll never trash the men that risk their lives and bodies for my ent. Onward and upward man take the wake up call! Darnell needs to be benched though!

[@tiemann55]

Just can’t beat Philly in Philly , just like we can’t beat browns in Cleveland . Not a big deal

[@mickcarter3613]

This eagles team is loaded with talent then add 2 really good offense & defense coordinators against a steelers team without GP

[@michaelandreini5977]

All that matters is this team is in. Offense really didn’t show up, the O-line and run game was shut down. Russ was scrambling, not a good day for them. Eagles are just too good, and without GP and our inability to be creative with run plays and Pats routes it was going to be an uphill battle. We had opportunities from the defense even without Elliot and special teams just didn’t have the ability to take advantage. Maybe a healthy O-line with James and Troy on the depth chart would change things.Momentum was there to take and the offense now needs to buy the other units apology gifts.

[@turkwelsch]

If your assessment is correct that the Steelers are pissed about losing the game to a team that they thought they should have beaten, then it stands to reason that they should beat the ravens as a matter of course! If not then they are not playoff caliber!!😢

[@lindseyessic9593]

22 is Steelers #2 RB

[@benjaminperez7328]

He will be someone else’s problem next year!

[@me24-79]

The secondary is a liability still , Tomlin is a joke and Austin is even worst this team again goes limping into the playoffs and gets beat bad again !

[@MorningDew85]

Tackling, Time of possession, etc, we got dog walked, if that’s how we play against contenders then we aren’t contenders yet

[@jayvincent1865]

Stop the lateral runs.. We're not built for it.. Every week we watch these boys. Downhill Downhill Downhill... That's what they're good at.

[@mikeirwin6421]

DK .... sorry......but outside of the run defense, there was nothing positive about this game. Brown and Smith took our secondary to the woodshed. Our run offense was just obsene. Najee's fumble was a killer.

[@NoOneYaKnow666]

With all due respect, I saw not much positive here. The O line is still a problem, the defense could barely even slow them down, other than doing well against Saquon, and the special teams, the most reliable part of the team, was, at best, okay this game. T.J. was T.J., and thats really it. Philly was a measuring stick, and we are woefully short when it comes to hopes of competing for a Championship, in my opinion .Im not saying we're bad, and Im certainly not pretending that Philly isnt a goliath, but theres no reason to expect this season to go any further than maybe a single playoff win. Its improvement, for sure, and I'll happily take it, but I dont see a reason to get my hopes up.

[@alterego5550]

Folks who are really fans should know this team isn't a Superbowl team. There are so many holes in this roster alone. It's an overachieving team, and they are definitely more enjoyable to watch then any Steelers team over the last five yrs. So hopefully you and everyone else can try to enjoy the rest of the season. 🖤💛🖤💛

[@NoOneYaKnow666]

@@alterego5550 Im definitely enjoying it, my friend. But the hype is insane and I just dont see it. And I think we have such a short window to achieve anything before we are right back into rebuild mode.

[@00fuzzleton]

If we clean sweep the ravens then we should sit some of our people each week to give them a chance to gear up on rest since we have this terrible guantlet at the end.

[@tfcollect2690]

I missed this one. I believed the Steelers could win this one. The laundry, the Najee fumble, the O-line p-protection. Defense did did keep Barkely under 100 yards. But. Now, the fumble. I hate that pitch play, cant stand it, I wish A.Smith scratch that play out of the playbook. And lastly. What is it with the sparsely used Mike Williams? I thought we would see him more in this game with GP out. Guess I wrong again.

[@robotfox1987]

They kept barkley under 100 yds but allowed hurts to cook them in the passing game, was really tough to watch

[@elwinvanzile3944]

It's been almost every week we've gotten into a cycle of ultraconservative play calling that only works against the terrible defenses in the first quarter of games. Then if not for a couple of turnovers our defense was about to get tired because they can't get off the field. Who's the stubborn one here, Smith or Tomlin?

[@jt5023]

Enough with Cordarrell Patterson at RB unless Najee & Warren are hurt & how about a deep ball to someone in addition to 5 foot Calvin Austin

[@glassman72]

The pitch outs should be pitched in the trash! We played the refs and the Eagles. Tomlin should have went for it on that 4th down play. We need a true number 2 receiver. And finally, we can't lose the games with turnover and bone head penalties.

2nd in % of running plays but 29th in the NFL running continues to be awful. Offensive play calling continues to set us up for failure.

[@ChrisCash720]

The toss never works. It's the jetsweep of the new era. Everytime they toss I cringe all season long.

[@steelbltz]

Defense was horrid

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Really? We had 2 yards of offense in Q1.

[@plaubelmakina8916]

Our offense would have been happy to take what the Eagles were giving them but the Eagles weren’t giving them anything. No legit WR#2 is killing them and letting DJ go without a plan and willingness to lay out some cash to replace him is coming home to roost.

[@jayvincent1865]

6:00 We can't beat 2 teams at once.. Bad enough playing the (Pigeons).. We're a 0 win team against the Zebras.. No excuses.. Missed tackles.. Pierre being Pierre'ish again..

[@kennethjones5921]

I like both of these guys but coaching really needs to address Queen and Jackson's undisciplined missed tackling. Slow down and make the tackle.

[@michaelestock3593]

Come on guys Eagles have the #1 ranked defense and the fact we were missing our best offensive weapon and some people on defense.

[@robotfox1987]

That’s reason to criticize omar khan, i feel like he should have used that patrick queen money on a wide receiver. The core is just nothing without pickens

[@kevinedmonds6628]

Assuming the Steelers are going to have to create cap space to resign Russell Wilson, they will have to give Najee Harris a lowball offer or none at all. I cannot remember a single memorable play he has ever made OTHER than that atrocious unforced fumble. I don't care he didn't fumble for the entire season up to that point when I can't ever remember him having even ONE 25+ yard run from scrimmage his entire career. Najee belongs in the doghouse for the week and he'd better make up for it in the Ravens game.

[@WanderingWarrior1776]

Have you gone Mental??? Our Secondary couldn't TACKLE a decent Meal. Our OL got dominated. Jalen Hurt had a HUGE amount of time to throw the Ball.