We did make adjustments, it was only 13-7 at the half and we had a good chance to have the lead at the half. We get on that fumbled punt, Queen catches that int, no holding on the Warren td, Wilson doesn't throw into triple coverage taking points off the board. We just kept squandering opportunities, coaching can only do so much, you have to make the plays in front of you. Communication errors happen when you put 3 backups in the game, especially against Reid and Mahomes.
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The big mistake was playing so much zone, Mahomes and Kelce chew that up. KC is way down in air yards/attempt this year, we played them like Tyreek Hill was taking the top off the defense.
Which again goes back to Tomlin’s top priority in every aspect of the game: minimizing negativity.Comment
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We did make adjustments, it was only 13-7 at the half and we had a good chance to have the lead at the half. We get on that fumbled punt, Queen catches that int, no holding on the Warren td, Wilson doesn't throw into triple coverage taking points off the board. We just kept squandering opportunities, coaching can only do so much, you have to make the plays in front of you. Communication errors happen when you put 3 backups in the game, especially against Reid and Mahomes.
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Huh, I didn’t know Austin was a Tampa-2 guy. Did he get that from Detroit or Cincy?
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Again, yes, you need to make the plays and get the turnovers, need to minimize the mistakes and not take foolish penalties. I don't think anyone would argue about those points. But I'm not sure that, even if we took advantage of all the opportunities you mentioned, it would've been enough to win that game--Mahomes was pretty much having his way with his passing attack. And why should coaches be exempt from criticism when they could clearly do better?Comment
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I'm not saying they are exempt from criticism, I'm saying that you need to make plays to win. Coaching doesn't make players make plays, if we make our plays and don't turn the ball over, we win that game. Like I said 13-7 at the half and we had the ball with a chance to take the lead several times. Was it perfect, no, but to act like we had no chance in that game is crazy.
This is a poverty coaching staff.Comment
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This scheme where we don’t cover the best TE in football is just weird.
Teams that struggle all year doing things cure their woes against us.
I said it before and I will say it again. Watt is an amazing player but we aren’t winning against good teams with him. Its time to blow up this expensive defense. It simply can’t win games down the stretch. We can win early when healthy but once teams find their identities they make us look foolish.
BUT, you did notice vs Chiefs there were a lot of passes near the LOS to the left & right. We were playing so soft coverage everywhere plus rushing Watt & Highsmith so there was no coverage or containment to either side. All Mahomes had to do was throw it to his first option immediately after the snap & it was an automatic seven+ yards. That's some horible defensive scheming.
Especially for a head coach that once said WE DEFEND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS!Comment
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I'm not saying they are exempt from criticism, I'm saying that you need to make plays to win. Coaching doesn't make players make plays, if we make our plays and don't turn the ball over, we win that game. Like I said 13-7 at the half and we had the ball with a chance to take the lead several times. Was it perfect, no, but to act like we had no chance in that game is crazy.
Well that doesn' work vs Brady or Mahomes as they rarely make the mistake. And the Chiefs after Mahomes hurt his ankle plus their OL not being good they've been throwing quick passes & abandoning the longer pass because they just don't have the time to throw it deep. But i guess Tomlin doesn't watch film, because him & Austins defensive gameplan looked like something that would be Mahomes & Andy Reeds FIRST CHOICE to play against.
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Who said any of that? Expect the players to make the plays in front of them, that's how you win games. If you turn the ball over, take points off the board, get zero takeaways, and then expect the coaches to win you the game against Reid and Mahomes, now that's idiotic.Comment
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The game plan was to sit back and prevent the big plays that Mahomes and the Chiefs were NOT making all year, and they got picked apart short and over the MOF. Doesn’t seem like there was much preparation at all.Comment
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