Steelers Looked Like A Dumpster Fire!

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(12-23-2020, 02:58 AM)Bmore Birds Wrote: Can't figure out Tomlin at all despite having an invested interest in his team. Seems like some years they overperform, other years underperform and sometimes it's in a drastic way.

I agree with Dino that they haven't changed too much on offense; the injuries on defense have caught up to them and made the offense work harder. But I disagree that Juju's attention seeking is just a typical 20 something thing and couldn't become/maybe already is a locker room issue. Surprised Tomlin hasn't pulled him aside. 

Bengals players noticed and took exception. Pittsburgh needed that game and the Bengals looked like they wanted it more. Agreed that a lot of media criticism of NFL players is just pushing a narrative and hot takes but that's personally not how I see Juju's logo dancing. 

Ben's body has been beat up bad and his throwing is hard to watch now. Steelers messed up by not investing a higher pick on a QB the last few years and letting him develop. The Bush and Fitzpatrick trades probably squashed that anyway. Now they're in a position where they're not drafting high enough or would have to trade the farm to have a legit shot at drafting a franchise guy. I can't see the Steelers tanking next season either. They construct a team to win every year and have very talented players under contract. They may get stuck in mediocrity.

This is the Browns and Ravens division for the next couple years imo. Steelers have to find their next QB and the Bengals still have a ways to go even with a guy as good as Burrow.

Agree. The Bengals are kind of where the Browns were a couple years ago, starting to acquire and build some talent but lacking a quality HC to get them over the hump.

Not sure Zac Taylor will ever work out, if I were a betting man I'd say no, but the Bengals are stuck with him for at least one more year because their organization doesn't hold itself accountable and admit its mistakes.

The AFC North is a great division this year and I think it will continue to be that way.  Baltimore and Cleveland should be solid for years, and even if Pitt dips the Bengals should get better, so it'll always have 3 solid teams and possibly 4.