A) Pickett fumble really hurt. B) Johnson just waited for the ball in end zone instead of coming forward….resulted into a pick. C) Fitzpatrick missed a huge tackle on Allen would killed that drive.
I wish so much that Tomlin would resign and they would hire Vrabel as his replacement. That organization needs a change because it’s become so stagnant.
It looked like it hit his helmet while he was out on that play. Might not have been enough to overturn it had they called it a fumble, but definitely not enough to go the other way.
Correct…when they reviewed it, they are reviewing the entire play. Touching Pat F was the reason it wasn’t overturned, since it was recovered in bounds.
I agree, just get rid of him somehow but it is not happening. This season is kind of classic Mike Tomlin. Lose games you should win, win a couple you were underdogs in, then go on a little run and make the playoffs helped by some luck usually another team imploding. Have to go on the road as a 6 or 7 seed vs one of the best teams and get outclassed because he is totally incapable of springing a upset on the road and simply put he is not that great of a coach
Guessing they could not tell if the ball touched the helmet. With the original call OB, they could not overturn.
And it's a pretty safe assumption after watching the play. The Bills player had control when he was in-bounds...but also looked like it hit Pat F's helmet. To overturn it, the video would have to be clear with all aspects of the play (that it was a catch, that it was a fumble, that no one touched it while OOB, that it was recovered in bounds, etc). There was one aspect to it that was pretty unclear.
I don't understand the rule that makes the ball OOB if touched inbounds with a foot OOB.
It is similar to ‘down by contact’. One interception return was negated because there was a very slight touch while the intercepting player was falling down.
Pittsburgh sports dude Pompiani laughed this off saying that Tomlin felt this wasn’t the appropriate time to discuss this.
I agree with Pompiani. The team was 100% consumed with preparation for the final push and the playoff game. They were just minutes from losing and were gutted. They played really hard but were completely undermanned. They played with the second team QB because the starter that was given to him by the GM wasn't cutting it.
Bo Pelini. Nebraska has not had a 9 win season since firing Bo.
What has Vrabel won? If you take out Tomlin's Super Bowl win, and just look at the last five years Tomlin's Steelers had 48 wins to Vrabel's 45. I've got no problem with Pitt saying they are stale and need to move on but they'd have to hit a home run. The coach's bar would be to make it to the AFC championship game, at least.
Scores went down around the league due to a) QBs getting hurt and b) weather. Regardless, the goal is to win not score points. Najee was a bad draft pick and Pickett isn't much better. All you can do is coach up the guys on the field.
Why do you think they aren't criticizing him?
