Post-Game Thread Game 6 Final Score: Titans 24-Steelers 27

Pitt played bad, always trying to give us the ball, but we played worse, couldn't stop a 3rd down play for 3 quarters. It was a moral victory, but our 3rd down defense isn't beating anyone without miracles. I rate their play 6 out of 10 and our play 5 out of 10. Neither team was good, which would merit at least a 7 out of 10. When the announcers say Butler is our best db and that we can't afford to lose him, we are not an elite team by any means. An elite team easily handles Pitt the way they played, a mediocre team barely loses.

 

Special Teams let us down today big time.

1. Raymond dropping that KO return
2. Allowing that massive PR before the half
3. The Kern dropped snap (no that wasn't a fake punt)
4. Of course, the missed FG to end the game.

 

I will keep this kicker. I believe a good team doesn't put their kicker in that situation, and Tanny almost threw a td. I think he should have just threw shorter to a more open receiver. He still had 30 seconds or so.
Get a 1st and a more manageable play call for a td, not a fg.

 

But like I said in the SB.

The 2 plays that really cost us the game is not recovering that Connor fumble on their first long 10 min drive. Had we recovered that, I truly believe it swings the game in our favor.

Next play is that awful throw by Tanny before the half on 3rd and 5.. If we convert that, we at least go into to half at 17-7 or better, instead of being down 24-7.

 

Steelers went 23 games without an opening drive TD.. That's a super crazy stat, yet they broke it against us on a 10 min drive that should've been stalled 3 times.. Such a frustrating game.

 

I'm not sure home and away stats mean anything this year.

But our 3rd down defense is so frustrating to watch. At this point, teams should kneel on 1st and 2nd down to get to 3rd down on us.

 

Bad play calls on the last drive. Defense sucks. 3rd down defense is laughable.

 

Yeah because QB’s don’t have to hold the ball because our secondary is Swiss cheese.

 

Arthur smith made a terrible call by not running it to Henry on that last drive when tanny threw it away