Disappointing Loss but Don't Overreact...

[Steel Life]

Desperate opponent...
No Woodley or Polamalu...
Lineman out...
RBs out...
Blocked punt leading to TD...
Two dropped INTs on the last two Titan drives...
Potential Game-Winning FG just short...

- all on a short week. Like I said, disappointing (especially the D & still no push in the run game) but not as deflating as Oakland...they'll get better as the season goes on.

[Steelhere10]

This team is not good at all... We could be 1-5 easy, against a some what soft schedule.

[Starlifter]

Respectfully. Excuses don't matter. If this is the quality of our backups there's no way we CAN overreact. Besides, how can anyone justify all the penalties?

[Iron Shiek]

Desperate opponent...
No Woodley or Polamalu...
Lineman out...
RBs out...
Blocked punt leading to TD...
Two dropped INTs on the last two Titan drives...
Potential Game-Winning FG just short...

- all on a short week. Like I said, disappointing (especially the D & still no push in the run game) but not as deflating as Oakland...they'll get better as the season goes on.

We can't keep waiting for players to get healthy and come back. The season will be half over. Completely disagree with you. A competitive playoff team has to win these games. Plus, we didn't have Troy and Woolley for much of last game against Philadelphia , which is a far better team, and we won.

[GSF15]

Coach should have went for it on 4th down instead of try a 54 yard field goal. If not go for it, punt. Why was Harrison in pass coverage on the big play to the tight end? Best pass rusher in coverage? I don't get what the D is doing? Many of the starters are out, no time to get cute with the defensive calls.

[jj28west]

well said SL. Its weird when I am so spoiled that I expect the defense to be dominating and then see Matt Haselbeck pick the D apart like Palmer did.

Desperate opponent...
No Woodley or Polamalu...
Lineman out...
RBs out...
Blocked punt leading to TD...
Two dropped INTs on the last two Titan drives...
Potential Game-Winning FG just short...

- all on a short week. Like I said, disappointing (especially the D & still no push in the run game) but not as deflating as Oakland...they'll get better as the season goes on.

[Iron Shiek]

Coach should have went for it on 4th down instead of try a 54 yard field goal. If not go for it, punt. Why was Harrison in pass coverage on the big play to the tight end? Best pass rusher in coverage? I don't get what the D is doing? Many of the starters are out, no time to get cute with the defensive calls.

This sums up the day right there..

[feltdizz]

No excuses... I thought we were winning before the half until I looked at the score. This team is very creative at making bad teams look good.

The other problem is the injuries... how many Titans were injured tonight? Are we drafting soft lineman? WTF...

[rockonsteel]

Desperate opponent...
No Woodley or Polamalu...
Lineman out...
RBs out...
Blocked punt leading to TD...
Two dropped INTs on the last two Titan drives...
Potential Game-Winning FG just short...

- all on a short week. Like I said, disappointing (especially the D & still no push in the run game) but not as deflating as Oakland...they'll get better as the season goes on.

Two words.....

De Lusional.

This team stinks.

That is all.

Rockon

[feltdizz]

Coach should have went for it on 4th down instead of try a 54 yard field goal. If not go for it, punt. Why was Harrison in pass coverage on the big play to the tight end? Best pass rusher in coverage? I don't get what the D is doing? Many of the starters are out, no time to get cute with the defensive calls.

DL needs to go... how many times are we going to see our defenders confused or out of position on 3rd down?

[Starlifter]

The titans were 1-4 and on a short week too. They were able to overcome. Just more excuses. The steelers only consistent quality this year is to make crap teams look like sb champions.

[DukieBoy]

No excuses... I thought we were winning before the half until I looked at the score. This team is very creative at making bad teams look good.

The other problem is the injuries... how many Titans were injured tonight? Are we drafting soft lineman? WTF...

We drafted Gilbert. He's taken out two OL's, a RB (IIRC), and now himself. He looks out of shape and at a weight beyond hope of any agility.

[rockonsteel]

Coach should have went for it on 4th down instead of try a 54 yard field goal. If not go for it, punt. Why was Harrison in pass coverage on the big play to the tight end? Best pass rusher in coverage? I don't get what the D is doing? Many of the starters are out, no time to get cute with the defensive calls.

What are you in my freaking head? I couldn't agree more. I was literally screaming the exact same things during the game. No way you take that chance putting the Titans at midfield, the way the defense was playing. And to put that kind of faith in Suisham in that spot, is just plain stupid. And that's not hindsight, I was yelling at tv to not try a fg there. This season is headed down the drain fast. The Steelers have become the Bengals, on their way to becoming the Browns if they're not careful.

Rockon

[8467thekraken]

This team used to thrive during adversity.

Now it sees we get bogged down in it.

Almost like the mentallity of the whole defense has changed.

Disturbing and dissapointing.

[AngryAsian]

Don't mean to piss on anyone's cornflakes, but apologists and silver-lining peeps need to check themselves. We've climbed the mountain six times and staken our claim on this league as WORLD CHAMPIONS! Anything other than that or at least a competitive hope of that is an unfulfilled season. We've made Carson "I left my ACL with Kimo" Palmer and Matt "Brokeback" Hasselbeck look like SB MVPs. We suck and we need to get young quick.