We will bounce back and be better

[cbully]

I know this is not what the majority wants to hear right now but after losing in that way, how can we not? I think a humiliating L can bring a new level out of a team. 

That said, there are three things we need to learn from this game.

-First, RR being a defensively minded coach cannot at all remain relaxed. He has to make changes.

-Secondly, RR has to prep better on short weeks.

-Lastly have "NO MERCY!" The best teams (Pats/Saints/Rams/Steelers) are what they are because they take advantage of EVERY opportunity and NEVER let up. Having it done to you should be a learning lessing. 

All this boils down to the coaching addressing it's personal flaws not necessarily "what happened" from the L. 

Prep better, be better. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

We can only hope this is the case.

[Still Brooklyn]

Of course we will. We'll win 10 or 11 games still. But it does show you (like in the Super Bowl) what we still have issues with. Not to mention we probably can't outscore the Saints, we'll have to beat them with our defense. So yeah, who and where we play in the Playoffs is key and we better hope we don't play a defensively strong team if we can slide into the SB. Probably not our year, guys. But yes ... we're still winning 10 or 11.

[Khyber53]

Last night was actually a very good thing for this team.

We took a loss, an embarrassing one on national TV and we had every single weakness of our team exposed. Here's why that is a good thing:

Every single weakness was exposed. Offense, defense, special teams. Good coaches will look at what happened, understand how we got beat each time and fix those problems. They will then call players on their effort, re-educate them on what their jobs are and also tune their own game plans.

On offense, a good coach and good players showed us exactly where our line breaks down and how vulnerable it is to a 3-4 defense (and we have always been vulnerable to that since around 1995). We also were shown how misdirection doesn't work as well against a 3-4 as it does against a 4-3 (notice Norv's success in the NFC vs AFC throughout his career). And notice how the Steelers used that reverse play against us early? They'd been practicing it on offense so their defense would be ready for us. That's next level coaching and Tomlin has been terribly underappreciated in the last couple of years.

Defensively, they had studied our team and knew exactly which matchups would work and how to exploit each weakness for each of our defenders. They even figured out that if Luke stayed in pursuit mode all game, he could not be at the point of attack. They bogged down our DEs knowing they would put little effort in, which allowed them to roll back the edges in the run game or chip away at our DEs and keep them out of Ben's way. And our vertical defense was terrible. 

That's a lot to digest and get fixed, but we have 10 days, not to reinvent, but to tune up, refresh and re-dedicate. 

We'll know a lot more about this team by the third quarter in Detroit next week. I think we'll see a team that wants to fight back.

 

[Peppers90 NC]

This loss will test our fortitude. As Cam said, something to learn from. One thing has not change in the team's entire existence, we do not handle success or high expectations very well.

[LegioX]

Not holding my breath.

[RumHam]

Here comes the stage 5 of grief posts. I personally think this loss ruins our season b/c everyone has seen what to do now, plus the league is against us.

[Immortal]

we will bounce back but we will not be better lol

 

were hanging on from a thread being decent. One injury and were cracked. We saw the loss of Eric Reid in the secondary. Good QBs eat Gauldan and Adams up. Our O line will absolutely crack under constant pressure if we get behind. 

[New York Panther]

4 minutes ago, RumHam said:

Here comes the stage 5 of grief posts. I personally think this loss ruins our season b/c everyone has seen what to do now, plus the league is against us.

Stage 5 grief

 check

League has given us unfavorable calls

check 

Ruins our season because teams know how to beat us now

Eh, teams already knew this was how to beat us. This team will learn more from this loss than anything

 

[Peppers90 NC]

1 hour ago, RumHam said:

Here comes the stage 5 of grief posts. I personally think this loss ruins our season b/c everyone has seen what to do now, plus the league is against us.

Yea it’s so easy to duplicate what the Steelers did. I mean Ben, AB, JuJu, Conner they all are so easy to match. That gauntlet of Stafford, Jones, Golladay and Johnson will do exactly the same things.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Nuts said:

Stafford and a high powered Lions offense. 

Russell Wilson.

Matty Ice and Julio Jones. 

Tampa’s offense.

oh wait, Drew Brees twice!

 

YES IT CAN GET WORSE.

If Steelers could drop 52 on us so could AInts which could be 60 or more.

[Wolfpack352]

Yes we will!!!  Oh wait?!  This isn't the Patriots forum?!

[cbully]

On 11/9/2018 at 2:23 PM, Mr. Nuts said:

Steelers isnt a great team. Theyre an average team. Just now started to win couple games. And we got whupped by them. Wait till we play the Saints

average?  

[subie]

Sad but so true. i just hope we have a back to back winning season.