The scene outside EverBank Field two hours before kickoff Sunday. Mostly Steelers fans. — DEJAN KOVACEVIC
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Getting ready for kickoff …
Game: Steelers (2-2) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (0-4), 1:02 p.m., EverBank Field
TV, radio: CBS (national), 102.5 WDVE
Online: Game Center / Multimedia / Official media notes
UPDATE 11:35 a.m.: The Steelers’ inactives are QB Landry Jones, WR Martavis Bryant, CB Ike Taylor, LB Ryan Shazier, OL Wesley Johnson, NT Daniel McCullers, G Chris Hubbard. Best news of the morning: G Ramon Foster is active and will start. He was out on the field here just a bit ago warming up and looked fine.
Living vicariously through you, once again, DK. I hope you are having the same beautiful weather in JAX as we are having in Orlando today. Should hopefully promote great on-field communication and execution.
Tackle someone! Cover someone! Block someone! Catch the damn ball! Feed Heath! Get to the QB! Do Something!!!!
Or, I can just read this and laugh.
That is “doing something”
just win baby!
1. Who will get first dumb penalty?
2. Which O line member will suck this week?
3. Will we get a sack or interception?
4. Will we open with a 3 and out as Haley’s scripts and Red Zone suck.
5. Will Ziggy play like a Worlids beater today?
Well. We will see if the Black & Gold can take of the hapless Jags. Not planning on watching, may listen for a bit. Will be at the pumpkin patch with the kiddos – beautiful fall say here.
Later all.
Randy in RVA.
I have always felt that if you see an inevitable train wreck coming, you might as well speed it up so you can get past it. I think I’d like to see an end to the Tomlin/Haley (but not LeBeau) Era. Time to move on. A loss to the Jags might speed things up. Just sayin.
Stuart
Curious, Stu. How does LeBeau escape?
With him, its not about the schemes IMHO but talent level from recent drafts. I think Tomlin has had a lot of input on the draft. Not sure about the GM, but he did draft better with a different coach.
Stu
Aren’t the schemes too complicated for the younger Steelers? Which is why they can’t get on the field and look lost when they do manage to get on the field.
I think the Steelers will roll today.
I thought they would last week.
Didn’t we all?
Mercy.
So if the Steelers lose today, how hot is Tomlins seat?
Ice cold. I think he’ll get another year.
He shouldn’t.
When will McCullers “get a helmet?” There are no all-pros playing in front of him, quite the contrary.
Another Sunday, and one of the two teams will reek. Hope it’s not us this time.
What would a first drive be without a bubble screen!
Special team penalty–AGAIN, every week. And, remember this coach is another one of Tomlin’s buddies that got ran out of Washington.
umm…do you think other teams know that a bubble screen is coming by now?
I can hear snoop dogg now…
Ugh, no passes downfield yet, why?
I hate the bubble screen with the heat of a thousand suns
I hate it when the Steelers run it 4 times in the first half and none of them produce anything…
Don’t have the game here. Is this another week of pathos?
Does pathos mean stinks?
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Hi Rev.
Yeah. Pathetic. Hi AW.
DK’s tweet about 1st and goal at the 5 sums it up.
Fire Haley along with Tomlin!
Ground and Pound! No running plays from the 4? Bell averages 5 yards a pop. 3 ridiculous pass plays. WTH?
See Haley, Todd.
You got Blount. You get Bell. Amazed that they went “finesse” there. 8-8 mentality.
See Haley, Todd.
Fire Haley, Todd.
See, letting garbage team hang around, gain confidence.
Like last week we are watching 2 of the worst teams in the league.
Cortez! Holy smokes!
Cortez has actually played well today….
Seconded.
God bless Ben.
His Monday mornings getting out of bed have got to be unimaginable these last few years.
Over last 5+ qtrs out scored by winless teams. How bad is this team?
No excuse for Beachum to get beat like that…
Thank goodness for the Red Zone channel – I can watch something that resembles good football. The definition of insanity – Steelers+Tomlin
Bizarre but true: They have a giant screen in one corner here that shows Red Zone constantly. It’s a real distraction.
Well, this is what you will get with Tomlin, Haley, and LeBeau.
Offense is a mess, Defense is a mess, and no accountability.
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To even be struggling with this Jacksonville team is just pathetic.
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But, I guess its a bright spot we keep drafting LB’s.
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Just get a win!
Have we targeted Heath over the middle yet? He was money last week.
Finally
Heath really hasn’t been open much.
Sooo…shouldnt that mean there’s room downfield? Oh ya, o-line would have to be block for more than a second. Maybe more running room then…although on huge dvr delay right now…catching up.
From the writing on the wall category:
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Chances munchak replaces todd mid season?
Better idea – Munchak replaces Tomlin mid season – or sooner…
Net 26 yards on the punt, yea…
Now, of course, they’ll run on third and goal from the half yard line and it’ll get stuffed.
Well whaddya know they actually scored against a bad team. Mercy. As stated above I feel the following should be on the proverbial “hot seat” – Tomlin and Haley.
Have they even blitzed Bortles? Looked like only 3 or 4 guys rushing each play.
Worilds has gone after QB more often than not. But outright blitzing, no.
You mean Worilds is still on the team??
He just seems too comfortable out there.
It’s amazing what can happen when you quit running the bubble screen, actually pound the ball between the tackles, and run play action around the goal line…..
Where, oh where, have my Steelers gone?? PATHETIC so far. (Yes: See “Haley, Todd” and “Tomlin, Mike”).
So, besides Cortez Allen’s INT, is he still getting beat out there? Can’t watch today.
Finally….a Lance Moore sighting! But then the dumb penalty….uggghhhh
And, second penalty of game os special teams!!!!
Kelvin Beachum has struggled at LT this season so far…
I see the team has a corrected it’s issue with taking undisciplined penalties. Ugh.
Ridiculous…another wasted drive….once again playing down to the opposition….and where’s that vaunted no-huddle offense??
Maybe they aren’t playing down.
And now Jacksonville finds some running room…
Eight more penalties today….
Jacksonville has 6 Rookies on the field right now
This team has a long way to go. Struggling against another perennial bottom dweller. Haley makes my skin crawl, like Snoop says, fire that bum.
They are what they are.
A weak D.
A HOF QB that Haley cannot seem to make use of, despite a starcWR and a couple of strong RBs, and Miller.
I’m with Snoop on that score.
Curious what Snoop has to say about Tomlin, or is he off limits to Snoop’s criticism?
I’m starting to think 8-8 might be optimistic for the Steelers.
Come on. First they a team that could have had 70+ points come in and beat them last week. Now they are making JAC’s D look like the 85 Bears. Embarrassing.
Way optimistic at this rate. God help the D vs a strong offense.
So much for that Dri Archer speed…
Another wasted pick. Don’t draft scat backs when their are so many holes at other positions.
yes,
another midget that is useless.
Just like Tomlin.
Well done AB!
Ben and AB just have that connection…wow!
Wow. Like 8 pump fakes.
Great catch by Justin Brown though…
Are they getting this done with good play calling, or just individual great-ness?
Suspect the latter.
Justin Brown….who knew?? Guess Lance is back in the dog house…
You can’t make this up.
LOL…
Unbelievable….o-line just got run over on that play….
I suppose the Steelers are running the ball too well to continue to call running plays on running friendly down.
Or play action
Who???
Tomlin was going to correct the penalties–he is yelling at them but Lance Moore yelled right back. He has lost this team and it started last year.
I was thinking that, as well. He was getting it as much as he was giving it. That’s unacceptable. There should only be one dog in charge.
Hence why he hasn’t been on the field since….
No, he’s still in the game.
i actually thought I saw signs of him losing the team 2 years ago. Bad losses to Oakland, Tennessee and Cleveland.
I can’t believe he didn’t drop that…because that’s what I expect anymore.
Well…at least the defense has shown up today…
I thought our D backs were taught to knock down the ball – not catch it
Looks like the Steelers will still have to go out and acquire a quality LT…sorry Kelvin Beachum…you are not it….
Beachum was never supposed to be a LT. He’s undersized to begin with. He was given the spot simply because Mike Adams failed miserably. Sadly poor drafting is the norm these days.
The secondary has actually played the best of all positions today….
You’re right.
Oy.
Agreed, but with a grain of salt because Jax is awful in the passing game.
That was a terrible spot.
It’s a one score game Peeps.
Vs the dregs of the league.
Yeesh.
Another underachieving performance by this offense yet again….
TB 31- NO 20….and we were upset about the game last week…
Diesel Man!!!
Nice play call to Heath.
Would have been welcome a week earlier, no?
Stay inbounds AB!!
I’m happy about the win, but still plenty of ugly to fix.
A win is a win.
Not an inspiring performance from this offense today…I do tip my hat to the defense today…better tackling, turnover’s forced, splash plays and a pass rush in big spots….
Difference in the game was veteran QB vs. mistakes of a rookie QB- the Steelers are literally at Jacksonville level without Roethlisberger.
Colts, with a chance to ice the game, turn it over deep in Balt territory. Ugh! But, Balt is 4th & 3. Colts hold, they win.
But, they don’t hold. Balt w new life.
Down go the Ravens!!
Cleveland with a huge comeback today though…another crazy Sunday in the NFL….
Cleveland has a young, bright head coach. He made halftime adjustments against the Steelers and Cleveland was down 28-3 at the half today.
Cleveland has owned the 2 nd half this yr.
Looks like the Bengals will run away with this division. Should go 5-0 against the hapless Pats.
Stay awake to watch what a real coach will so. Put the house on Belicheck!!!!!
Interesting how quickly the line for next week’s game saw a 3-pt swing …. Stillers were favored by 1.5 … now Browns favored by 1.5 based on today’s performances. Buh-bye.