09-12-2022, 01:45 PM
(09-12-2022, 12:58 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: In sport psychology, close victories or defeats create the Most exhilaration or anguish.
If you are an ex athlete and have lost close matches or games, you probably still feel the anguish.
When a player or a fan tries to assign blame, they are essentially trying to control what just happened. Imagine with the players are going through. Reporters stated that. Joe Burrow sat in a locker room by himself long after everyone else left. He was probably rehashing replaying every mistake that was made.
A lot had to go wrong for the Cincinnati Bengals to lose the game against the Steelers yesterday. Not just for the turnovers but little things bad calls, bad coaching calls, injuries to the long snapper and wide receivers. A lot had to go wrong for the Bengals to lose a very razor sharp close game.
That Steeler team is not going to win many games this year. They look like a team that will have their first losing season under their coach. But the NFL is so talented that even bad teams can win when the stars are in alignment. That's what happened yesterday.
The team was sloppy uninspiring and uncharacteristic from last year. And while the fans are probably suffering from an existential crisis, questioning their faith in the team coaching staff and the front office. From what I know of the players fortitude, this will make them a more determined and humbled.
'Stars were aligned' sounds a bit too fatalistic for me ... when in fact there were plenty of clues in the build up that it could play out as it did and you have to give Steelers credit unfortunately too.
We all heard they were going hard in practice to start fast while we relied heavily on the Rams practice scrimmage, their best playmakers on D turned up (Watt, Fitz, Heyward), they were super cautious in playcalling on offense ( i remember only one time when Trubiskey even vaguely took a risky throw) and they made the plays on special teams when we were exposed.
Most annoying thing is that we started in a way (empty set, throwing) on the first series which played right into their hands and lead to an unnecessary mistake and us trailing right from the get go
