Post Game Thread - Pats @ Steelers

[primetime]

Brady's cooked. It's not physical, it's mental. He's sailing passes, throwing off his back foot with nobody near him. He's got the sort of self-preservation that comes with getting old and a good quarterback can't have that. Does anyone feel confident with Brady with the ball in his hands with the game on the line the way we did last year or the year before?

 

[TheRainMaker]

If it weren’t for one broken play early in the game, they may have only had 3 points today.

 

[catent]

Truly awful performance.

Many of which were not legitimate penalties and likely altered the outcome of the game.

The hold called on Cannon when the Pats were down 4 with the ball at the PIT 1, 2nd-and-goal was truly horrendous.

If that is considered a hold, then certainly PIT could have been called for holding more than once during the game, yet they were not.

4-5 weeks of consistently awful officiating, most of which hurt the Pats. Seems like a trend, not a fluke.

 

[scout]

Bad game on offense and defense. Our team is in trouble. Two straight losses and we've been bad on the road...not going to lie, I am worried about this team!!!!

Let's discuss!!!

Thought the defense played good. Brady and Gronk have not been the same this year. The playoffs will be interesting.

 

[Wheelman]

Pats O let the team down with bad drops. A few one sided calls by the refs and missed calls. Terrible game! Should have won that! So disappointing that we won't finish with at least 12 wins again. I'm ****ing pissed off right now, and disappointed.

That being said, I'll still hold out hope for a bye. There's a chance, however small it is.

 

[Jangles]

We suck

Tom still seems to have his arm. But the rest of his game, I don’t know.

No bright spots today

 

[Uptown]

Offense/Penalties lost that game. D couldn’t get off the field on 3rd Down, but only gave up 17 to PIT at home. Need to get back to fundamentals/technique these last 2-3 weeks and play winning AKA NE football. Have a feeling Shelton will make a late season impact. “Should be” supremely motivated.

 

[203Pat]

This team is showing its age. Slow, no spark, and sloppy as hell.

 

[festy1986]

I knew Pittsburgh was going to be tough after they lost 3 straight and lost so many times to NE. They were desperate. The Steelers simply wanted it more.

This team is not sniffing anything close to the super bowl.

No one should be thinking about super bowl aspirations.

They need to think about who on this team is deserving of coming back next year, keeping accolades and emotion out of it.

Basically most the team needs to be overhauled.

 

[Belichick8384]

One more game in the playoffs, big deal.

I remember a time when at this time of the year we were unsure whether or not the Pats would make the playoffs. Count your blessings, folks. Not the end of the world.

 

[PatsGirl2011]

Some of you are super annoying. They lost on the road to a team who was desperate for a win. Last week was a bad loss, but they could have won today despite Pitt being at Heinz and desperate. A bye is still possible, but to say Brady is done because his WRs cant get open or OL sucks is foul. Screw that....

 

[Joey007]

Shaken? They just aren’t that good. We may win a playoff game, we may not.

Look at all the holds/false starts. This team was mentally still seeing ghosts.

 

[upstater1]

Whether those were holds or not, those 2 holding calls killed 2 drives.

 

[RobertWeathers]

This team has a nasty habit of playing to it's competition.

Not giving up but playing WCW is not ideal

 

[DaBruinz]

Bad game on offense and defense. Our team is in trouble. Two straight losses and we've been bad on the road...not going to lie, I am worried about this team!!!!

Let's discuss!!!

It's impossible to be the opposing team AND the Referees. This game was as bad or worse than the Pittsburgh/Seattle SB where Seattle got screwed.

- The DPI on Jackson was BS
- Almost every single holding call they made on the Pats was BS when you consider that the Steelers were doing the same thing.
- the "holding call" on Mason on 2nd to last series when all Mason did was have his arm in the D-lineman's gut. The replay even showed that his arm wasn't around the guy.
- The Defensive Holding on Malcolm Brown on a RUNNING play.. I've yet to find where the applicable rule is in the Rule book.

I watched Antonio Brown hold on numerous running plays and not get called.

Ridiculous all around

 

[Guts]

Brady's cooked. It's not physical, it's mental. He's sailing passes, throwing off his back foot with nobody near him. He's got the sort of self-preservation that comes with getting old and a good quarterback can't have that. Does anyone feel confident with Brady with the ball in his hands with the game on the line the way we did last year or the year before?

I'd still would take him over anybody.
That holding call was a killer it was 2nd and 5 before that

 

[bormio]

Welcome to wild card weekend. Could be the Steelers @ Gillette

 

[PatsFan2]

I am going to get Excited over the next couple of weeks.

 

[Mack Herron]

Brady thrre that last one falling off his back foot and he was never touched. A good pass had the first down.

 

[Haterproof]

Kudos to the Squealers on finally beating us! It took a 100 penalties to do it but congrats nonetheless