DK's Double Shot of Steelers: Still strong, right?

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It's been a bummer of a week in the Steelers' orbit, but bear in mind they're still in a superb position.
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[@DKPS_Steelers]

Reminding everyone: No additional shows until next Monday! Happy Thanksgiving to all! -

[@LittleBitofCoin]

Totally agree - happy thanksgiving DK and steelers nation! Lets go Bengals hunting!

[@louv4437]

Happy thanksgiving all! Wish you all the best!

[@carlosestadt3313]

Happy Thanksgiving DK hope you have a Great time with your family ❤

[@terrywbreedlove]

It was a Tomlin Trap game ;) I bet they come out on fire this weekend.

[@davidhidalgo5662]

Happy Thanksgiving enjoy your time with family!

[@randywagner2073]

Have a Fan-tastic, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Thank you for what you bring to us fans, DK Pittsburgh Sports!

[@marcderogatis8513]

Happy Thanksgiving Dk !!!

[@frankmancuso9908]

Another BIG test coming Sunday... but in the meantime, DK, you and Dali enjoy your family!

[@hoge3115]

Let's call Mr. LeBeau to see if Tomlin can borrow LeBeau's zone blitz!!!

[@1rollermo]

So many of us take it so personal when the Steelers lose.. Misdirected blame...

[@victorsimmons5776]

We need to play DK like every game is a playoff game to get to the Superbowl such is our journey but it's doable

[@louv4437]

DK if the Steelers lose to the Bengals and I feel Burrow is going to tear this D apart, they better beat the Browns because it maybe hard to get another win after that. Another Tomlin 9-8 special??

[@dhunter1133]

I didn't take the loss hard, but then, I wasn't taking this year's team too seriously, either. At best they are a dark horse contender who'd have to get hot at the right time and have a lot of things break their way. The belief hasn't changed.

[@RobertMRyder]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[@daanenstrachanphd6096]

Good afternoon everyone. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[@AFL67pitt]

What everyone needs to remember in all 3 loses we came back in the 4th quarter to take the lead before we lost nobody absolutely beat us badly

[@MrHall-zw5xo]

This has to be a statement game. I’m expecting dominance on both sides of the ball this game and the games to continue. Can we got 4-0 before Christmas or at least 3-1 please prove me wrong on my 10-7 season.

[@larryshearer6527]

I see Boz kicking some field goals… ugh

[@saldomino1639]

Happy Gobble day Dan ! Hopefully we will put the Cleveland game behind us !

[@crm5143]

Blitz Burrow!!! Long passes take time. Enough of these 3rd and +10 conversions.

[@JonHays-q3c]

Hands up gave us a lot of deflections and pics.

[@hoge3115]

Seems anytime the Steelers defense gets to the QB somebody (JPJ) tugged on a receiver's jersey.

[@thoreljorel6595]

41 Pittsburgh, 23 bengals

[@DavidGrindstaf-fe5be]

They. Will. Loose. 34. 9

[@richdurbin6146]

After that ninth win DK gets to do a show on his favorite pseudo record. 😅

[@mikedoyle2023]

It was ALWAYS going to take 2 years to rebuild the O-line to 'average'. This is year 1.

[@koreycain7263]

Bracket Chase n hope TH doesn’t eat you alive, Jackson might have decent chance on TH😮

[@popamalu2882]

Honestly.. those flags jpj get per game won't hurt us much if the offense can play ball but settling for 3 way too often is what's hurting the defense because they cant play freely

[@chrisdavis1301]

Let’s stay on the j1Q for a second. Maybe his reduced role is to help with his durability issues he had in past seasons? Just a thought…It just feels like our offense could me explosive if we got him involved.

[@CodyHJ]

Can’t say this without being chastised (also now we have Elliot): DK, do you think the Steelers should have drafted Brian Branch instead of JPJ?

[@colink563]

If they are serious as a contender, as the organization still believes, you absolutely have to win this game. As Washington has shown, when you are not a legit team you quickly start dropping games against real competition.

[@colink563]

Additionally, "stars" like TJ and Minkah need to exist. Watt has been nothing, but terrible for three weeks. Surprisingly the oldest of the bunch, Heyward has been the most consistent and successful on that defense, with Queen a close second.

[@RelaxedStylesCom]

DK - We expect NOTHING from you tmw! Enjoy the family and holiday. Take a day off 🦃

[@ricklove8588]

He might have struggled in the past with the steelers but we were getting home with the pass rush. We are not getting home and refuse to blitz. Well now you are talking about it. You have to put pressure on Joe. Give him the time you gave Winston he will eat you alive

[@ricklove8588]

J 1Q. Pat is being schemed way more than stats show he is schemed as the 1st read alot more than numbers show. He on 3rd and 4th down and in the red Zone has been the 1st read. In the Browns game he was absolutely wide open for a huge play Russ did not see him. He has not been open in alot of crunch big plays. I thought he was overlooked to but he is being schemed alot. The all 22 shows this they are just playing him well in certain situations

[@lawaune1]

Minkah and TJ are not having Minkah and TJ like seasons and it’s hurting us

[@larryolson8556]

In my opinion we will find out who the 2024 Steelers really are this Sunday. Cause I'm still not sure.

[@hoge3115]

These superior blockers are doing nothing to help Najee and Warren on first and second down so let's start putting in your better receivers and opening stuff up a bit more. Frustrating to see them continue sending Najee into an 11 man box instead of drawing up new formations. Muth's hands are so much better than every other receiver/tight end not named George. Throw to him on 1st down slant from the slot and teams will have to back off a bit opening up the running game. 😡 Even Wyle E Coyote tried to mix things up a little more than the Steelers.

[@1rollermo]

🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

[@ShawnNola]

Saving Muth for what? Like on 3rd and 4 when you need a first down to close the game out?

[@josephriley3325]

You did to

[@AFL67pitt]

The only way to minimize Chase is minimize his chances by sacking Burrow

[@Mostradamus9]

Muth not getting targets is more of a Russ issue

[@koreycain7263]

40% chance we win this 😂

[@popamalu2882]

We're 8-3 and nobody expected that... None of you

[@arthurdanu1809]

Telling Steelers fans their emotions aren't valid or justified is talking down to your audience. Not appreciated. Yes, these Steelers are good. But when you lose a typical "Tomlin Trap Game", which the Cleveland game WAS, especially in the fashion that the team did, too many of us are hit with the "Same Old Steelers" feeling that comes with Mike Tomlin's leadership. For the record, I'm a fan of Mike Tomlin, but the settling for mediocrity is starting to shine more than the aspiring to be great. Basically, the mood is "Let's see", rather than enthusiastically being 'All In". Showing up not ready to play, especially in the first half, is INEXCUSABLE for a division game. We're tired of hearing about, and seeing, that crap!

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

💯

[@alfonzolovelace4965]

For someone who’s never played or coached A professional football game it’s kind of disrespectful to call these coaches out right dumb now we all may have our opinions on some play calls but to simply think these coaches are dumb is really far fetched Dk 🙄Happy Holidays

[@jonathanshoop8554]

Playing football my whole life and dissecting it more than most your right dumb is the wrong word...the right word is un-dynamic

[@popamalu2882]

We're 8-3 nobody expected that . None of you

[@adamchisum2150]

@@popamalu2882We’re the Steelers. We all expected it.

[@adamchisum2150]

What a dumb comment

[@e.n.yjay1925]

Right lol... Disrespectful when guys who never played or were trash when they did talk like they know the game..

[@ghostf779]

Cleveland wasn't unbeatable . But we lost.

[@allenr6687]

This take is mind boggling.. you have said in many episodes how you don't care about statistics but yet dont hesitate to use them to fit the narrative.. They lose Sunday they are in trouble.. There has been glaring holes in this team all year and its about to get worse.. Sure keep glass half full but call yourself a fan not a sports writer.

[@zacward8806]

It's tomlins history. now for the losses to start while tomlin runs into loaded boxes and if we are really lucky maybe we will have to have help to get in the playoffs like the last couple of playoffs "apperance" he's earned that. the steelers lost 5 out of 6 of the last games in Cleveland.wilson throws deep on the sidelines everywhere else hasn't been great.