Film study: ARE THEY DEAD? What went WRONG for the Pittsburgh Steelers vs……..
Hail Mary slingfest put on by Trubisky at the end of the first half that didn’t end there. His best throw was arguably when he finally stepped up in the pocket and hit Johnson on a route that was timed well.
The questions surrounding Trubisky being a starting NFL quarterback was answered by the player, the announcers, and the fans as a resounding “no,” but head coach Mike Tomlin didn’t have his coordinators switch to Mason Rudolph until after a decision was made to not allow Boswell attempt a field goal inside the domed stadium and the Steelers were looking at a two-touchdowns to win situation in the final minutes of the game.
Who made what play calls? Why not allow a field goal try? Why wait to have Rudolph attempt to give the offense a different approach?
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Defensively, Pittsburgh was run on again and again for a huge amount of time on the game clock and big chunks of yardage with no success in stopping it. What happened? Where were the adjustments?
The outcries of a fanbase at its breaking point was at a fever pitch following the game. It’s hard to validate suggestions that the Steelers “tank” the rest of the season for a better spot in the 2024 NFL Draft because the team is already in the middle of the pack in selection order and unlikely to gain much better of a spot if they did lose their remaining games. It is becoming harder to not see that many questions have gone unanswered for long enough this season, though, to not honestly make some of the same inquiries.
Pittsburgh does not look to have enough in the tank to navigate their way back into contention this season. Time, injuries, indecision, hindsight; it all very well may have caught up to them.
