Post Game Thread - Pats @ Steelers

[Viper652]

Not sure what to think. Gonna be many cliff articles. But there have been many since 2014.

If he was 10 years younger they would just say he's going through a funk.

 

[Gronkowski123]

Josh Gordon ain't that guy. 1 catch lol...

 

[UFGatorPat]

Are you serious right now ? The defense held the Steelers to 3 points in the last 3 quarters and scored two INTs.

The offense is just completely broken to the point where I am not sure we will even see another RZ TD thrown this regular season. This was the same ****ty performance as the second half against Miami where they scored only 6 points.

And this game could have gone on another 2 quarters and I am not confident this team would score once in the redzone. The Brady INT didnt help but the issues are way more fundamental than that.

The consistent shot plays from second down on in the redzone are pretty much all you need to look at in terms of how helpless the offensive staff, Brady and the other players are.

Where is White in the slot? Where is Dorsett? We have some other damn options. I’ve been a big Josh fan but this has been a bad season for him. I don’t know who else I’d rather have.

 

[Jlaff]

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.

We can't be sure we're in the playoffs now.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Are you serious right now ? The defense held the Steelers to 3 points in the last 3 quarters and scored two INTs.

The offense is just completely broken to the point where I am not sure we will even see another RZ TD thrown this regular season. This was the same ****ty performance as the second half against Miami where they scored only 6 points.

And this game could have gone on another 2 quarters and I am not confident this team would score once in the redzone. The Brady INT didnt help but the issues are way more fundamental than that.

The consistent shot plays from second down on in the redzone are pretty much all you need to look at in terms of how helpless the offensive staff, Brady and the other players are.

The RZ offense is the worst in years

 

[sambam94]

I know many here are saying they aren't that good but come on. How come Pats Nation isn't up and arms against a blatant screw job by the refs. Every time they got new the end zone they called holding which never happens. You can't overcome that 10 yard loss that close. When Pats nation stops backing its team against a crooked NFL this run is done.

Shame on some of you.

People need to make some noise about that crap.

I hear you, ref can call a hold inside the 20 any time and basically stop a TD drive. Way too arbitrary

 

[festy1986]

I still have faith in Brady, just not the protection.

Two weeks he could of taken a sack and saved 3 points In each situation.

And two weeks he has flat out decided not to.

So ya, that's on him.

 

[203Pat]

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 don’t get it. One game he stands in the pocket and makes a throw knowing he’s gonna get crushed then the next few games he looks like this. Jittery, falling away, and lobbing off his back foot. Physically I don’t see a big difference but mentally he is making bad mistakes and not being decisive.

 

[mcmurtry86]

The deterioration of this offense is astonishing.

Not really. It was highly predictable. The team replaced Amendola and Cooks with garbage and bought big on Edelman and Gronk being prime versions of themselves instead of declining versions of themselves

The off-season plan was to hope Kenny Britt, Jordan Matthews and Phil Dorsett would amount to something and Gronk would find the fountain of youth

It was a bad plan. The money they saved on Amendola went to Clayborn and Shelton who are trash. Their entire draft is a flop.

Belichick had a terrible offseason and it’s killing the team. Not much hope going forward given the holes all over the roster and lack of money to spend

 

[RobertWeathers]

We can't be sure we're in the playoffs now.

How do the Patriots miss the playoffs?

 

[long distance]

Apart from run D and 3rd downs on both sides of the ball . RZ passing offence esp. to the end zone seem to be the real challenge for January..

 

[Kontradiction]

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

Sounds like the kind of posts Steelers fans would make after getting their asses whipped by the Pats. The refs weren’t good by any means but let’s not pretend like this team didn’t suck a fat one on both sides of the ball today.

 

[Pessimistic Pete]

Jimmy G was both the reason for the Brady rebirth (via lighting a fire under his ass) and now the gradual decline (via Bill wanting to keep Jimmy over him and forever ruining that solid bond)

 

[DaBronxPats14]

Why wasn't Gordon used? This is exactly why we got him.

 

[luuked]

Both sides of the ball sucked hard. The talent just isn’t where it has been recently.

What the hell are you smoking ?

The defense played overall a C+/B- game. The offense was a straight F. To talk about as if both had similarly bad performances just makes you look silly.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

17 Pitt points. I was critical of the D but they did their job enough for a W. Gave the ball back to the O with enough time.
This one's on the offense.

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[DaBruinz]

Look.

Steelers are **** on defense and brady always destroys them.

So the fact that they went basically an entire game without a td is further evidence that offensively this team isn't very good.

That was embarrassing and the pats deserve the hate coming their way this week and the entire off season.

How many drives were killed by the ridiculous calls by the refs? At least 3 of them.. Can't win when you have to be the refs AND the other team..

 

[mcmurtry86]

I don’t get it. One game he stands in the pocket and makes a throw knowing he’s gonna get crushed then the next few games he looks like this. Jittery, falling away, and lobbing off his back foot. Physically I don’t see a big difference but mentally he is making bad mistakes and not being decisive.

He doesn’t have guys who can get quick separation. That simple

His receiving talent is awful relative to where it’s been recently and it shows.

 

[TheRainMaker]

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

The holding call on Malcolm Brown was the worst. How could you possibly call holding on a DL? That’s an oxymoron.