Guess who's bizzack??? Fresh from the Caribbean, reeking of jerk chicken and sweating rum. Let's get right down to business.

I'm seeing all the scuttlebutt regarding one Michael Pettaway Tomlin. Legs is taking damage for his criticisms and I gotta take a step back and keep it a buck and change...there IS something to what he's saying...shit gets stale after a while...in any situation. At the same time...the Steelers roster ain't really all that banging, man. I think both things can be true. Listen, man...there is a world where you don't have a stud QB, your offense looks shitty and you just can't score BUT you don't get absolutely macked by Bailey Zappe. That shit has nothing to do with the roster. That looks like folks are not prepared to play. Now, I know Ryan Clark is not the end-all be all of this discussion, but here's a guy who genuinely loves Mike Tomlin...as a human, not a football coach. These dudes are close, their wives are close, they support each other's kids and kick it at each other's homes. What he's saying here is not terribly different from what Legs is saying.
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/39069624

I dunno what's gonna happen in Pitt...if they freefall through the rest of the season, it might be a wrap. All that said...I'd push Mike McCarthy down an elevator shaft if it meant Mike Tomlin would be the HC of the Cowboys. On to the games, gents:

Sunday Early

Bucs @ Falcons

Lions @ Bears

Colts @ Bengals

Jags @ Browns (Trevor Lawrence IS gonna fight)

Panthers @ Saints (*vomits*)

Texans @ Jets (It was Zach Wilson all along)

Rams @ Ravens

Sunday Late

Vikes @ Raiders

Hawks @ Niners

Bills @ Chiefs (Sean McDumbass is on the verge of fucking around and finding out. They digging up shit to make him look stupid (he actually did that himself, they just kinda assisted. Yall see that shit he said right? Mofo gave the example of the 9/11 terrorists as a unit that communicated well to accomplish a goal. He really used that in a team meeting)

Broncos @ Chargers (Get Brandon the fuck outta here!! (c)Me/DNA

SNF

Eagles @ Cowboys (not much to say, really. You want the division? Here it is)

MNF - Doubleheader

Titans @ Dolphins

Packers @ Giants

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Arthur Smith hasn't won 3 games in a row since he been here. we got 2 starting linemen out, and Mike Evans pretty much has keys to the city of Atlanta. not a recipe for success




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we lost 3 games in a row where we 'had the game won' this season.



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Saints will still win the division 😂

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

former Titans TE Frank Wycheck dies after falling in his home and hitting his head, Saturday morning. He was 52. Shit, man. We just drove by Nissan Stadium on the way home yesterday, passing through Nashville. Life is something. R.I.P.

They arent reaching the upper level of the NFC until they get a new defensive approach

start slow, bad penalties. That's such a stupid, undisciplined thing Anzalone just did.

You guys like the quotes and the vibe of Tomlin. You aren’t thinking clearly.

Tomlin is a defensive HC. We have lost the last 4!games where we played teams who weren2-10.

We lost to Tim fucking Tebow dawg. You don’t want this.

Everyone kept saying once the Cowher players left Tomlin would be exposed. I called these white folks out for their racism and while most of them prolly are, it doesn’t mean they weren’t correct.

We are NEVER prepared vs good teams unless its AFCN teams. Its not because of coaching, its because these are the teams the players are most familiar with.

You don’t want this fam.

You don’t want 9 win seasons to keep the never had a losing season streak alive. The fuck is that streak good for if you aren’t winning playoff games? Just means you are picking in the 20’s every year.

You not want Tomlin to handcuff your offense. Even when we had the Killer B’s we only won a few playoff games and one was against the Bengals with a backup QB and we still needed Joey Porter to draw a penalty after a personal foul AS A COACH to get into FG range.

yall sound spoiled.

I know you want a Superbowl but the fact you actually have hope, even if its falso hope and sarcasm.. you still play well enough to say “just maybe, maybe.. we can win THAT game and get to a SB”

right now the Steelers are in “please, please.. pass for 200 yards” mode right now.

He's legit had to coach the last 5 seasons hiding his QB. Maybe even more. You ride with Kenny Pickett, dude is trash! He's the Dollar Tree version of Alex Smith.

I'm actually rooting for the Steelers to dump Tomlin. I want you ungrateful fans to see how good you had it.



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is that not even 2 seasons ago, he was marching in the streets with a pick in his afro, defending Tomlin against racist white Steeler fans who wanted him gone...now Tomlin ain't shit and he bringing up the fucking Broncos/Steelers game from 2012 or some shit as part of his argument. Make it make sense, Legs.

when we just had a great chance to lock up a playoff spot vs 2 of the worst teams in the NFL

and lost to both at home.

teams are grabbing QB’s off the couch and putting up 300 yards, yet ours always look like SHIT.

done ranting about this shit. Would love to be wrong.

especially when he keeps coming up like shit vs bad teams.

I’ve been waiting 7 years to shit talk these fucks and he just confirmed what I don’t want to admit.

The last 4 times we played teams who were 2-10 we lost.

Its been 6 years since we won a playoff game.

We’ve been blasted in the last 3 playoff losses giving up 40 ppg.

and you want ME to make it make sense?

I bring up Tebow because that shit is a prime example of how ridiculous our performances have been vs mediocre QB’s at critical times.

I admitted Tomlin has some culpability in this...especially when you get demonstrated on by Bailey Zappe. Ryan Clark agrees. I ain't go hold you, though...I hope we can talk again after year 4 of Dan Lanning or some shit.

i think a parting at the end of the season is best for all parties. Tomlin is still a good coach but they are going to be in no mans land with him.

I appreciate what he did but I’m done defending his shortcomings.

you guys are defending the man, not the performance.

fighting and clawing for 9 wins gets old

and this idea that without Tomlin we will be in purgatory is laughable. Teams survive after they move on from a coach. Given our history I’m pretty sure we can find another young coach who can motivate players.

and they have the 8th-ranked running back, 46th-ranked wide receiver and 10th ranked tight end in yards gained

and now the FG kicker with the best percentage in NFL history is missing 2 in a game. the Falcons just gotta Falcon



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quicker than Zion snatching up a shrimp Po-Boy.

Hasn’t looked pretty all day today. But as I watch this last drive I see a poised and confident QB who is playing like the best in the league imo

Guy is unreal

after missing 7 games due to injury.

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Sutton had his arm extended the whole time on Davis.

Not that it really matters as the Chargers aren’t winning this game regardless.

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Sutton had his arm fully extended against Davis.

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however, apparently Fred Warner punched him in the back of the head when he was on the ground.

i'mma cut him a break on this one.

I can't tell a man to let another man punch him in the head and not react.

cuz DK sort of reverse slammed him but to be fair to DK Warner had made the INT so it's DKs job to tackle him by hook or by crook.

Warner was smart though, when DK grabbed him up, he just let him. The retaliator always gets caught.

and losing

I swear every fucking play feels like a flag is thrown.

can't even celebrate good plays half the time because there is a flag you have to wait on.

we all know it... spend all game allowing DBs being worn as backpacks then calling the weakest DPI late in the game near the endzone (Browns vs Jags).

Maia Chaka excepted, that ref crew can eat the poo poo

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He has been so clutch though

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I JUST told my BiL Dem Boys would be aight if they can just avoid jackass turnovers. And here we go here we go, but they ain’t Domino!

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White boys running the TE space these days and for the foreseeable

To expecting him to light up defenses week in and week out now

https://x.com/coach_yac/status/1733971914547233020?s=46

https://x.com/eastbaychris/status/1733986473547075684?s=46

When he’s out there

Outside zone runs to his side of the field all game/season long

All of his mistakes during the Vikings game took place after he got his bell rung very hard.

but our defense is a joke so i'd just warn you to take that into consideration.

and if they don't, I'm supporting the AFC.
don't care who it is: Dolphins, Chiefs, Ravens...even and especially the BROWNS.

Eagles playing like dogshit
and I can't abide a Crock Purdy ascension nor a Dallas Cowboys meme death.

Mahomes crying and screaming at the refs
Mahones complaining to Josh Allen during the handshake instead of the normal "good game"
Andy Reid complaining at the podium


All that energy should be directed at their dumb teammate for costing them yet another game. He was CLEARLY offsides and this is the team that has consistently gotten flags to help them win games. Bunch of crying hoes.

Mahomes SHOULD be mad , but at the people who gave him bargain bin receivers

A penalty like that is a culture mistake. When you got C+ receivers who you don’t hold especially accountable then things like this will happen. Toney is literally the type of numbskull who Lamar had to put up with every year until this season.

Went on throughout the game and killed too many opportunities for them yesterday

I really think it's just displaced anger for poor receiver play all season

maybe that was his plan to distract from toney

Mf lined up past the ball ffs. Go bark at him not the refs.

Lol

and go on about how the refs shouldn't decide a game, etc...

except when you're the beneficiary lol

they rarely admit when the refs call bullshit their way

hell, I try to make a point to say “that was a shitty call.. BUT I’LL TAKE IT!!!” when my team gets a call that is clearly a bad call. Like that first down vs one team that was clearly short. lol

a certain number of their alumni are just not wired correctly

The poorest man’s Deebo

to this point he seemed universally loved but today there's been a consensus "chill bro" from everyone on podcasts, TV, and radio that I don't remember him experiencing before. The most embarrassing part is that he's so obviously wrong, which works against him and makes him look like a huge sore loser. I keep waiting for the "I lost my cool and Josh Allen deserved better" apology but I'm not sure it's coming.

Mahomes tantrum/dogshit receivers/Taylor Swift noise...they're just all around off right now. You can't rule them out in the postseason because of the quarterback but right now they're a wreck.

this is the first season I think Mahommes feels that pressure of it slipping away due to salary cap impact and shit WR’s.

complaining to Josh Allen was pretty funny. I know they're cool but what do you expect him to say?

by the time the presser came around I think he assumed all the talking heads and public would take his side just based on most of us are frustrated with officiating, especially if they're calling back a great play. That he's a passionate competitor, etc.. I'm not saying he spent much time thinking about it. More that it was just given.

Instead he just looked like a spoiled brat and it's gonna go down as one of the memorable sports tantrums ever, but it's more its just gonna become a meme than any real hit to his rep

Tired of seeing DeVito’s goofy ass family. Fuck outta here with all that.

Put Tyrod in.

Might as well start the guy who can get you a higher draft pick.

This isn’t the NBA.

Get to 7 or so wins and be respectable, IMO, and try to build on it next year. First month of this season was a perfect storm of everything going wrong. A veteran QB with these young WR’s that we need to pop like Hyatt and Robinson, would be better for their development anyway IMO.

If they lose out and the Pats win 2 more games. Assuming the Giants don’t want a QB, being in the 2nd would give me them a lot of leverage for a trade to a team that needs a QB. I would tank and get the highest pick possible.

It didn’t help.

Finally had a good season last year - can’t completely fall on your face this year IMO. I’d rather be respectable and continue to learn to win and fully get rid of the bullshit loser culture that’s been there for too long.

Go use some other franchise for your 15 minutes. Go to the scrubby ass Jets or something. Fuck outta here with that.

sorry, just saw them kick the game winner.

I didn’t think he had it in him. Happy to be wrong.

Tyrod is still better though.

More athletic or easier to root for? Sure..

but IMO Tyrod has always been like Josh Dobbs. He is an “almost” or “if he just made a few more plays” type of QB.

one of those guys who can get you close but just doesn’t win close games at a high clip.

I think he’s a guy you can win games with, but he’s not going to put the team on his back.

DeVito is getting all the attention because of the sideshow stuff, but the Giants defense is carrying them lately. Credit to him for avoiding turnovers though and he definitely played a great 4th quarter against the Packers.

I think the difference is Tyrod wouldn’t take all these sacks. DeVito eats the ball and kills drives with sacks way too often.

epic collapse.

The fuck do they have Tyreek returning kicks but off the field on the last drive?

Here comes the Levis love again now, but he outplayed Tua and deserves praise for this win. I didn’t think he would be this good.

>epic collapse.
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>The fuck do they have Tyreek returning kicks but off the field
>on the last drive?
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>Here comes the Levis love again now, but he outplayed Tua and
>deserves praise for this win. I didn’t think he would be
>this good.

I'm still hoping the Steelers somehow steal Malik Willis

now that Levis is their QB.

Steelers GM: Hey, we have a bag of dildos.

Titans GM: He's yours.


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the guys starting in the league right now

he could be a Cam Newton/Hurts type because he has an arm. You just have to get him going with a few runs first and give him some easy ass throws to gain confidence.

He isn’t a Cam or Hurts, let me make that clear.

His short game is trash but I think play action over the top could be his bread and butter

that's a bad loss sure, especially given it was at home and what was at stake

but still no one else in the AFC has the firepower they have. If you consider who the five best offensive players in the AFC playoffs are, you'd obviously go 1. Mahomes and 2. Lamar ... but after that? Dolphins may round out the rest of the top five with their skill guys.

And Miami could still very well sew up homefield, and the SB this year even is in a dome. And I'm pretty sure their coach is an transformational offensive genius ala Walsh/Gibbs/Holmgren/Reid/Payton/McVay.

People who are casting the Dolphins out right now are forgetting how inexperienced they are. This is the first year they've been able to keep Tua upright for a full season (looking for wood to knock on), and just McDaniel's second year at the helm. A loss like last night is one of the growing pains that come with young coaches and young teams - McVay the boy wonder got SPANKED by Bill in the most boring Super Bowl of all time, and The Niners took their lumps with inconsistent QB play before this year finding their diamond in the rough in Purdy.

I'm still bullish on the Dolphins, their roster, and their coach overall.

To me I think last night is more a testament to Vrabel and Levis than it is an indictment of the Fins.

the problem with this team is they haven't beat anyone good. That fire power rarely shows up vs good teams.

a testament to Levis and Vrabel? This isn't a good TN team.

at some point this team has to beat someone legit. We will see in the next 4 games. Don't be surprised if they go 1-3. It's a brutal stretch.

They won’t go 1-3

Probably go 2-2, maybe 3-1. Definitely winning their division. Better than 40% chance of a first round bye. Idk that’s a great season to me for a 2nd year coach and QB combo.

One turn you’re saying they don’t beat anyone, next turn you’re like but Tennessee isn’t good.ok?

which means Miami looks a bit fraudulent when you look at who they beat vs who they lost to.

where is the confusion? lmao

They lost to Buff, Eagles, KC, TN (which is a bad loss given they were up 14 with 3 minutes left and TN was 4-8).


they beat:
Pats
Denver (they were terrible to start the year)
Carolina
Wash
Jets
Chargers
Giants
Raiders

Denver is the only team with a chance to make the playoffs on that list.

they have to play Jets, Dallas, Ravens and Bills. That is a hard 4 games. Maybe beat the Jets but I think that’s it.

That was a brutal loss

and it kinda proves why some call them paper champions. That 70 point win had folks thinking they were strong as hell and yes, when its rolling they look scary good.

But then you zoom out and its always against really bad teams and they have yet to show this offense can do this vs anyone physical or anyone who knows how to win consistently this year.

I wouldn’t bet on this team. They got that Chargers vibe this year.

that D looked suspect late.

the offense looked lost without Hill. The last possession not even having Hill on the field? What was that about?

As good as McDaniels is drawing up plays he looked clueless in crunch time.

TN tried their best 2 give them the game with 2 turnovers late AND a pick 6 to a DL.

and they still gave it right back.

just look at who they beat vs who they lost to this year. I can't see them making any type of playoff run if they don't show up and deliver vs a team worth a damn.

and why is he dressed like a Shriner on a mushroom trip?
https://x.com/jasrifootball/status/1734732909213368678?s=20

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Eric Bienemy aint making receivers drop passes. He didn't cause Tony to let a ball go right through his hands and turn into a pick 6. He didn't cause MVS to drop a perfectly thrown bomb/easy touchdown. Chiefs don't have a scheme problem, they have a 'nobody can win one on one...and if they do get an opportunity to get a target, they can't catch it' problem.

The shit is gradual. Barry Swtizer won a SB the season after Jimmy Johnson left. I get it, though. You're doing a thing, so go off. We know Eric Bienemy is good. His absence is not the reason the Chiefs have the record they have. We LITERALLY have watched 2 receivers cost them THREE GAMES...right before our eyes. They could be 11-2 right now, easily.

>The shit is gradual. Barry Swtizer won a SB the season after
>Jimmy Johnson left. I get it, though. You're doing a thing,
>so go off. We know Eric Bienemy is good. His absence is not
>the reason the Chiefs have the record they have. We LITERALLY
>have watched 2 receivers cost them THREE GAMES...right before
>our eyes. They could be 11-2 right now, easily.

https://www.newsweek.com/kc-chiefs-may-missing-eric-bieniemy-more-anyone-expected-1851250

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2023/12/14/kansas-city-chiefs-patrick-mahomes-says-eric-bieniemy-set-the-standard-for-accountability/

https://arrowheadaddict.com/posts/why-matt-nagy-deserves-more-blame-than-anyone-else-on-kc-chiefs

just make a Eric Bienemy appreciation post.

..of a coach leaving, where the residual effect/impact wasn't immediate, but still happened.

We all know that Barry didn't do much but manage the situation created by Jerry & Jimmy, yet he's credited with a SB win. His point was that Bieniemy's presence strong enough that his absence is just now starting to truly show.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

>..of a coach leaving, where the residual effect/impact wasn't
>immediate, but still happened.
>
>We all know that Barry didn't do much but manage the situation
>created by Jerry & Jimmy, yet he's credited with a SB win. His
>point was that Bieniemy's presence strong enough that his
>absence is just now starting to truly show.

..unfortunately, the only way to know for sure is to be inside that locker room.

Those film sessions, practice, etc. are crucial to not only strategy, but also the culture.

*Dstl1 has a point: Bieniemy's absence doesn't lead to dropped passes. However, what if the real issue is that those WRs aren't being held accountable to the same standard set while EB was there?

While KC clearly has a talented roster, its not nearly as potent (or consistent/dependable) as it was during Bieniemy's tenure.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

..context is crucial, and we all know that by now (esp online).

Had you led with the same links you eventually posted, I seriously doubt this dialogue plays out in the same manner.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

>..context is crucial, and we all know that by now (esp
>online).
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>Had you led with the same links you eventually posted, I
>seriously doubt this dialogue plays out in the same manner.

I didn’t feel like the Bienemy question was out of left field I had heard talking heads heads on various networks comment on it I didn’t realize folks had such strong feelings but it’s probably just me *shrugs*