Steelers 2023-2024 Season Thread

Postby **Troy Loney** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:30 am

Their 7-4 record was fraudulent. They were never that good. Baltimore and Cleveland handed them games earlier in the year. They probably should have lost to GB too.

The luck they had in close games was never sustainable. An at or near .500 team is who they are.
I'm told they're in the top 9 of teams, tho.

I remember that. You were like, “wow, the ILB depth is shockingly thin, an injury there is likely to have a massive impact and turn the unit as a whole to ****”.

Yeah, it was definitely that, and not just bland complaining

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:24 am

It's wild how a team could lose their QB and all their middle linebackers and then both safeties and lose games

Postby **skullman80** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:40 am

Excuses out in full force I see. Other teams also are also playing with backup or third string qbs and also dealing with injuries to key players…yet they find ways to score more that 15 points a game.

Injuries obvious matter but the Steelers are way closer to a .500 team than the inflated record they had earlier in the year.

Postby **skullman80** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:51 am

The defense made enough splash plays to cover up for the offense in a few games this year. Once they lost some guys and were on the field even more they couldn’t cover up for the offense anymore and all those close games that went the Steelers way tipped the other direction.

Everyone was slobbering over the offense after the Cincinnati game for some reason. They showed the slightest signs of life against one of the poorer defenses in the league (especially against the run). All of a sudden the offense was going to be magically better….then they reverted back to the norm which was trash.

The Steelers were never a good team this year they were average at best cause the defense kept the offense afloat. Their record now is basically who they really are.

Postby **skullman80** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:52 am

I don’t even know why I care so much to type all that out lol. Watch the 49ers lose to the Cardinals today for my ranting.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:33 pm

Excuses out in full force I see. Other teams also are also playing with backup or third string qbs and also dealing with injuries to key players…yet they find ways to score more that 15 points a game.

Injuries obvious matter but the Steelers are way closer to a .500 team than the inflated record they had earlier in the year.

Kind of like how the 49’ers looked terrible with Samuel out.

Yeah, everyone deals with injury, some injuries are more impactful than others.

I also like all these imagined memories about what we were saying about the Steelers. They were 7-4 and better than the other mediocre teams in the league.

So, yokes on all our faces, guess what, they are not better than the other bad teams in the league.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:47 pm

It's not an excuse, they still should have beaten Arizona and New England, and possibly Indy. But it's just a different team now than the one a month ago, if you're gonna say I told you so

Postby **Ad@m** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:33 pm

Postby **King Colby** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:43 pm

Needed all that time to dig up a rule that they could apply to benefit belichick

Postby **Ad@m** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:46 pm

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:22 pm

Mason Rudolph to start against the Bengals

Postby **dodint** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:23 pm

*skip*

Postby **skullman80** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:24 pm

I mean can't be worse than Mitch.

Rudolph vs Browning.... Merry Christmas!

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:26 pm

This is reaching late September pirates games levels of despair

Which raises the question: bad baseball is better than no baseball. But is bad football better than no football

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:37 pm

Judging by the activity in this thread since September, yes.

Postby **King Colby** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:50 pm

Kenny Rudolph
Mason trubisky
Mitchell Pickett

Take your pick

Postby **nocera** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:54 pm

This is reaching late September pirates games levels of despair

Which raises the question: bad baseball is better than no baseball. But is bad football better than no football

Yeah, sports are fun.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:01 pm

This is reaching late September pirates games levels of despair

Which raises the question: bad baseball is better than no baseball. But is bad football better than no football

no

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:06 pm

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I assume you guys don't have a fond memory of Mendenhall...so you can watch him get torched for being racist on Twitter if you want...

Postby **nocera** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:12 pm

"You fumbled this post like a Super Bowl carry." is a decide response to that.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:31 pm

Absurd if true.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:34 pm

Is anyone getting suspended for letting tj watt play

Postby **dodint** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:34 pm

They should suspend Minshew as well.

Postby **King Colby** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:43 pm

In Rashard 911hall's defense, replacing the Pro Bowl with the Race Bowl might actually make people watch