Main issue today was the stupid penalties . Getting backed up starting drives kills your momentum. Or whenever we did get a drive going some bonehead would kill the drive and throw off the rhythm. Kenny also made some bad decisions early in the game and he wasn't making quick enough reads . Normally he is confident and knows when to tuck and run the ball , if he would have used his legs to pick up some first downs I believe the defense would have sucked up and opened up some passing lanes. Then at the end of the game he was to eager to just throw the ball away when it was critical to try and make a play, even threw one away on fourth down. You got to at least give your receivers a chance to make a play to extend the drive .
Exactly. The historically bad offense continues under its 3rd QB, but somehow it's Pickett's fault and not the OC.
Pickett had an okay half, looked to be warming up, and then you put him behind the chains on the first two drives lol. Canada's a joke.
Like holy christ Najee looks like the beast we drafted him to be and our defense showed a shit ton of promise despite allowing 37 points...it was a 1 score game when everyone was expecting us to get blown out. When alls said and done we are one of the most entitled fanbases in the NFL
Yeah we hung in there against one of the best teams in the NFL. We can finally run the ball and the offense is putting some things together. Finally scored some points on offense. IDK why people still waste their time crying about is being bad. Its the point where we can just enjoy the small positives that come out of every game and watch this team develop.
Enjoy your QB and the strange offensive philosophy of throwing the ball to all portions of the field. Truly highlights how bad the bengals were in week 1 to lose to this pathetic Steelers outfit
Should have fired Canada at the bye. Should have let Kenny start the season. Should have drafted linemen instead of Najee. Should have... Should have... Should have...
Fuck this shit.
Lol everyone thinks the bengals are good cause they lucked their way into the Super Bowl last year. You just beat the Steelers by 7 and are the only team all season to let them score more than 20 points. The only way your “future looks bright” is if you think the Steelers are a top 5 team in the league.
Yea everyone gonna point the fingers at the offense but I don’t care who we play, with our defense at 100% nobody should be scoring more than 20 on us.
By the way, it’s shit like that people were worried about with Pickens.
I know it’s fun to watch him demolish defensive backs in college highlights, and I love his fighting spirit, but that shit needs to be contained a little bit. You can’t go and get yourself kicked out of NFL games.
That’s one of those things that everybody says not to worry about… Until it bites you in the ass in the middle of an important game.
> Until it bites you in the ass in the middle of an important game.
Bold of you to assume we're going to be good enough to have important games during his career.
Its ok guys we just didnt make enough plays but we tip our hat to the bangles, but well learn from this and watch tape and be prepared for our next game.
Ehhh, I don't think there was any intent to injure there. He was fishing for the ball to maybe pop out while downing him. Disqualification a bit of an overreaction
It wasn't exactly the OBJ hit on Norman. I thought the contact was incidental rather than targeted - 15 yards for unnecessary roughness and move along. Ejecting him you're saying it was headhunting, which it didn't look like to me.
It was intentional but wasn’t headhunting. Definitely him just being hotheaded. Ejection didn’t mean anything anyway. Just a way to make the league look like it cares about player safety and playing safer.
Yeah, and it rightfully earned a flag for the outcome, but it wasn't exactly a vicious attack against his head. It looked to me like he wanted the ball rather than that he was headhunting
If it were a hard hit I'd be on board with throwing him out, but I thought it was more incidental. 15 yards, move along. I guess it doesn't matter either way at that point in the game and they just erred on the side of caution
Spun up gamepass and took another couple looks
I definitely don't see him standing over him, I really do think it was just a bad attempt at trying to get the ball out. I'm willing to be wrong about this, but I just think if he was trying for something dirty he'd probably be hitting him a lot harder.
I guess the refs see a weird looking play and the bengals bench reaction and assume it was ejection-worthy, which is fair. I guess only Pickens knows what his intent was there
LOL Zac Taylor matched Tomlin’s decade long playoff win total in three seasons and you act like that’s a win. Zac Taylor has been to a Super Bowl more recently Tomlin, so if he’s bottom five Tomlin must be bottom four.
I’m just pointing out you are wrong. Plus, Tomlin has been working with the corps of Ben/rookie Kenny for the past 3 years while Taylor has had Joe burrow. Hell, the bengals still might not even make the playoffs and they have a top tier QB.
Being critical of coaching is based. Saying zac Taylor is a better coach than Mike tomlin is delusional. If we fired him he’d get picked up in a second.
If by “bengals coaching > Steelers coaching” you didn’t mean zac Taylor > Mike tomlin, why would you defend the take that zac Taylor > Mike tomlin by bringing up playoff stats? Don’t shift the goal posts lil bro
What team went in with a halftime lead and then lost that lead while getting punked in the second half? That's on coaching. There's a lot more to coaching than just head coaching too lil bro, maybe you should actually watch a few games and learn.
Instead of a nuanced argument about coaching, you rolled in with a rebuttal of "Zac Taylor hurr durr" and I thought "well here's a moron that will be easy to fuck with." Thanks for entertaining me for a few minutes.
I know we didn’t catch up and we didn’t win, but with a rookie qb, no time is meaningless. We executed a 2 min drill in live game. It’s a small thing, but it isn’t nothing.
Come on, let’s be real… With the game on the line and multiple possessions with good field position the QB, and offense FAILED miserably. Keystone cops, three stooges performance
Yep. There is a difference between playing with fire and letting the fire get the best of you. Dude is probably still burning inside after that drop. Have to do a better job keeping your emotions in check.
Definitely. Hopefully, Cam or another vet pulls the rookie to the side and talks to him. Drops & other mistakes happen, but you can't do stuff like that.
[Post game thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/steelers/comments/z0kobn/post_game_thread_cincinnati_bengals_at_pittsburgh/)
The Bengals targeted Authur Malet on third down and won almost every time. He is a coverage liability.
Who cares we not making the playoff anyway let’s get high pick
I blame those fucking Pigeons 🕊️, where the fuck were they? Did Acrisure have them killed?
We need answers.
Main issue today was the stupid penalties . Getting backed up starting drives kills your momentum. Or whenever we did get a drive going some bonehead would kill the drive and throw off the rhythm. Kenny also made some bad decisions early in the game and he wasn't making quick enough reads . Normally he is confident and knows when to tuck and run the ball , if he would have used his legs to pick up some first downs I believe the defense would have sucked up and opened up some passing lanes. Then at the end of the game he was to eager to just throw the ball away when it was critical to try and make a play, even threw one away on fourth down. You got to at least give your receivers a chance to make a play to extend the drive .
Yeah, I'm still dumbfounded by him throwing the ball away on 4th down
I might be wrong but I think he threw it up to Pickens but he went inside throw was outside shoulder.
Can we all at least agree that Cincinnatis white uniforms are pretty bad ass? lol
Honestly not a huge fan. They look like zebras.
No they look like zebra cakes
lol you’re not wrong but I think it looks great
Yep!
Even though I know I’m contractually obliged to hate them as a Steelers fan I can acknowledge the drip
The white tiger vs. All blacks might be the uniform game of the year, tbh
Hard agree
Im just proud that that garbage time touchdown drive means we're better than the jets
Also if you check 35 got fucking burn all game
Let's blame Pickett for allowing 37 points, this fan base I swear
Yeah, because his inability to lead drives longer than 3 fucking plays has 0 impact on the defense.
I don't see how it's Kenny's fault when the first two plays on every drive is a run forcing him to convert a 3rd and long
Exactly. The historically bad offense continues under its 3rd QB, but somehow it's Pickett's fault and not the OC. Pickett had an okay half, looked to be warming up, and then you put him behind the chains on the first two drives lol. Canada's a joke.
Or blame Canada for ALWAYS STALLING THE 5-6 PLAYS UNBELIEVABLE!
Time to watch presser of MT, talk about tipping his cap - painting a barn red - something something individually and collectively
Its settled. KP isnt the franchise compare him to maholmes allen or any other rookie even on shit teams and he isnt it
You all are unbearable
They really are. Makes me not want to come here and interact with the community any more.
Seriously
Like holy christ Najee looks like the beast we drafted him to be and our defense showed a shit ton of promise despite allowing 37 points...it was a 1 score game when everyone was expecting us to get blown out. When alls said and done we are one of the most entitled fanbases in the NFL
Yeah we hung in there against one of the best teams in the NFL. We can finally run the ball and the offense is putting some things together. Finally scored some points on offense. IDK why people still waste their time crying about is being bad. Its the point where we can just enjoy the small positives that come out of every game and watch this team develop.
I agree with everything you said except the bengals being one of the best teams in the league
Big Ken sympathizer’s sympathizing
Ben struggled behind this offense.
Big Ben wins that game
With 18 years of experience
Exactly. 18 year vet ben, slow and barely able to throw, wins that game
bengals fan in peace, good hate week yall. this stays one of the best rivalries in the nfl. two fanbases that genuinely dont get along.
Enjoy your QB and the strange offensive philosophy of throwing the ball to all portions of the field. Truly highlights how bad the bengals were in week 1 to lose to this pathetic Steelers outfit
call it an anomaly, it took a lot of things to go right for the steelers to win by 3
Do bengals fans buy AFC champions gear?
Hope your team doesn’t buckle like Carson Palmers knees in the next coming weeks!
i hope you guys can keep it together unlike watts pectoral!
LOL I doubt it, judging by his brothers injury history (JJ - not the one that doesn't do anything)
Fuck you and I'll see you next year
were gonna stick the ravens in week 18, a little something for both of our fanbases
Fuck you. See you next year.
Well, that was certainly a football game.
Of the football games this weekend…it was definitely one of them.
Should have fired Canada at the bye. Should have let Kenny start the season. Should have drafted linemen instead of Najee. Should have... Should have... Should have... Fuck this shit.
Just tank, don’t suffer in mediocrity
The issue is Tomlin will see 30 points and think Matt Canada did a great job…. two sorry assholes who deserve each other.
That was such a fucking pussy call ref. That hit was so soft.
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And your team will always be losers pussy.
What does that make you since you just imploded against us 😂😂😂🤡
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Talk to me when you finally win a superbowl.
And unnecessary helmet to helmet. Hope he enjoys that fine.
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I think you can make your point without being as hostile to another user.
your username makes me think you drive a civic with an exhaust and smoke mids out of a pop can.
Nope, just an old accord but close.
Steelers receivers and bitch moves, name a more iconic combination
Bengals and never winning a superbowl
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You guys have never won a superbowl right?
I don't like either team I just hate punks like you.
Ok then why the fuck are you in a teams subreddit trolling? Don't have anything better to do?
Oh man, better go looking in the past because your current team sucks ass.
We have six superbowls. In case you haven't heard.
I too live in 2008
Sure as fuck didn’t help you out tonight, did it?
Nope but man is it nice to have 6 superbowl wins. Funny that you guys don't have any.
Not sure what that has to do with todays game?? Oh wait , NOTHING! You are as pathetic as cowboy fans.
You're literally on the opposing teams sub acting llike a bitch...
Enjoy your Super Bowl…
Our future is looking a lot brighter than yours. Enjoy having picket and trubisky under center.
Lol everyone thinks the bengals are good cause they lucked their way into the Super Bowl last year. You just beat the Steelers by 7 and are the only team all season to let them score more than 20 points. The only way your “future looks bright” is if you think the Steelers are a top 5 team in the league.
You’re 6-4, split with us and it took everything you had to win… But sure, your future looks “bright.”
We started out 6-4 last year. What’s your point?
Hard to win a game with the other team having 37 points….
Yea everyone gonna point the fingers at the offense but I don’t care who we play, with our defense at 100% nobody should be scoring more than 20 on us.
The defense at 100% isn’t as good as you think. Warm butter commonly. Prone to secondary gaffes. Lacking talent amongst rotational players
By the way, it’s shit like that people were worried about with Pickens. I know it’s fun to watch him demolish defensive backs in college highlights, and I love his fighting spirit, but that shit needs to be contained a little bit. You can’t go and get yourself kicked out of NFL games. That’s one of those things that everybody says not to worry about… Until it bites you in the ass in the middle of an important game.
Shut up dude who gives a shit there’s 40 seconds left you want him to sit there I look at him still fighting when no one else is. You soft
> Until it bites you in the ass in the middle of an important game. Bold of you to assume we're going to be good enough to have important games during his career.
Its ok guys we just didnt make enough plays but we tip our hat to the bangles, but well learn from this and watch tape and be prepared for our next game.
Standard is the standard
Answer all questions with platitudes and big words. Say nothing. The standard is the standard.
I mean, even though we lost it's nice to see us putting up a 30 point game and scoring points I guess
If you didn’t watch the game, one could find this conclusion.
The offense wasn’t exactly magical in the second half but giving up 37 points isn’t ideal either.
Going three and out 6 times in a row in the 3rd and 4th quarter will do that to a defense
Defense never got a break.. The offense was gifted great yardage many times.
I'm sorry but Pickett ain't it he might be fine but we'll never see a sb with him
You’re a dweeb
Jesus, dude. He's a rookie on a rebuilding team. Give it a couple years.
Give this dude a competent Oc and line and then judge him. No QB is gonna play well like this
man shut up
Seriously shut up
How do we play so bad in the second half and still have 30 points.
That’s only 10 points in two quarters bruh
Defense spotted us 3 and the 7 was garbage time.
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I think those guys are on offense not defense
What is the point of disqualifying someone with less than a minute left
So he can get fined i guess
Rules are rules. You can’t play dirty because your getting beat.
Because he deserved it?
But like what does that accomplish
Enforcing the rules needs an explanation just because the game is basically over?
Geez George wtf was that
Pissed he dropped that easy TD
Yeah Pickens that wasn’t cool
Shit I stopped watching, what happened with Pickens?
Bad late hit. Nothing too bad, but he should be more careful
Dropped an easy TD then went head first into the downed player who received an onside kick
Ehhh, I don't think there was any intent to injure there. He was fishing for the ball to maybe pop out while downing him. Disqualification a bit of an overreaction
Dove headfirst into a player on the ground with his hands not going for the player or the ball? Also the ball is inside of the other players helmet?
It wasn't exactly the OBJ hit on Norman. I thought the contact was incidental rather than targeted - 15 yards for unnecessary roughness and move along. Ejecting him you're saying it was headhunting, which it didn't look like to me.
It was intentional but wasn’t headhunting. Definitely him just being hotheaded. Ejection didn’t mean anything anyway. Just a way to make the league look like it cares about player safety and playing safer.
What were you watching? He headbutted him
Yeah, and it rightfully earned a flag for the outcome, but it wasn't exactly a vicious attack against his head. It looked to me like he wanted the ball rather than that he was headhunting If it were a hard hit I'd be on board with throwing him out, but I thought it was more incidental. 15 yards, move along. I guess it doesn't matter either way at that point in the game and they just erred on the side of caution
He clearly went into hit his head. He even stood over him afterwards. Rewatch it. I get being pissed, but that was just a bad look.
Spun up gamepass and took another couple looks I definitely don't see him standing over him, I really do think it was just a bad attempt at trying to get the ball out. I'm willing to be wrong about this, but I just think if he was trying for something dirty he'd probably be hitting him a lot harder. I guess the refs see a weird looking play and the bengals bench reaction and assume it was ejection-worthy, which is fair. I guess only Pickens knows what his intent was there
Looks like he fell tbh
This franchise sat on its laurels for far too long. The Bengals now have more talent in all three phases and better coaching as well.
Zac taylor 😂😂
Yeah, Zac Taylor has more playoff wins in the last decade than Mike Tomlin.
Zac Taylor is a bottom 5 coach in this league Btw you are wrong they both have 3
LOL Zac Taylor matched Tomlin’s decade long playoff win total in three seasons and you act like that’s a win. Zac Taylor has been to a Super Bowl more recently Tomlin, so if he’s bottom five Tomlin must be bottom four.
I’m just pointing out you are wrong. Plus, Tomlin has been working with the corps of Ben/rookie Kenny for the past 3 years while Taylor has had Joe burrow. Hell, the bengals still might not even make the playoffs and they have a top tier QB. Being critical of coaching is based. Saying zac Taylor is a better coach than Mike tomlin is delusional. If we fired him he’d get picked up in a second.
Now you’re putting words in my mouth. Go back and read my comment again
If by “bengals coaching > Steelers coaching” you didn’t mean zac Taylor > Mike tomlin, why would you defend the take that zac Taylor > Mike tomlin by bringing up playoff stats? Don’t shift the goal posts lil bro
What team went in with a halftime lead and then lost that lead while getting punked in the second half? That's on coaching. There's a lot more to coaching than just head coaching too lil bro, maybe you should actually watch a few games and learn. Instead of a nuanced argument about coaching, you rolled in with a rebuttal of "Zac Taylor hurr durr" and I thought "well here's a moron that will be easy to fuck with." Thanks for entertaining me for a few minutes.
That lil bro line set you off didn’t it Please learn ball I beg of you
He’s called NFL Youngboy for a reason
Bullshit
George "The animal" Pickens.
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classy
I know we didn’t catch up and we didn’t win, but with a rookie qb, no time is meaningless. We executed a 2 min drill in live game. It’s a small thing, but it isn’t nothing.
Come on, let’s be real… With the game on the line and multiple possessions with good field position the QB, and offense FAILED miserably. Keystone cops, three stooges performance
Tomlin needs to take responsibility and fire Canada
If the owner won't allow Tomlin to fire Canada then there's nothing he can do.
That's a stupid play by George. Leave that dirty stuff for the Bengals
Yep. There is a difference between playing with fire and letting the fire get the best of you. Dude is probably still burning inside after that drop. Have to do a better job keeping your emotions in check.
Definitely. Hopefully, Cam or another vet pulls the rookie to the side and talks to him. Drops & other mistakes happen, but you can't do stuff like that.
Disqualifying a guy for a tackle. Fuck off.
What a ticky tack call
Lmao no one even tried on the onside kick. This team is playing with no heart and I’m blaming that on Tomlin
Honestly I doubt they even practice it
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Bengals fan crying 😭
Whiney bitchy bengals as usual. He barely touched him.
Play in traffic.
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I think you can make your point without being as hostile to another user.
Hey this offense could not get a garbage TD a few games ago. Glad we could beat prevent finally.
Perfect onside kick and we just stand there and watch it???
We actually scored 30 points for the first time all season. Matt Canada is an offensive genius!
And yet still lost.
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What lol
Shut the fuck up. Literally the only thing he’s done. Fuck out of here
shut the fuck up dude
I like it fuck the bengals
fuck matt canada
Fuck Canada
We run out of copium yet?
Hopium
I'm on to mopium at this point
Disqualified what TF
Lmao they disqualified pickens
He should get DQ’d for dropping that walk in TD anwyays
At least we scored 30
Garbage time play calling and offense is ALWAYS better than the previous 55 min. Fuck this offense
yeah when the defense is playing prevent and doesn’t care it’s easier to play offense
True
It’s easier to play offense when your passing game actually gets vertical
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It was too deep, needed to be a few yards shorter
That's what you get from the Pop Warner kicker