Beaten into apathy

[sick beats]

Were the Steelers beaten into apathy this week? Yes, the signs were there.

Lifeless.

Listless.

Impassioned.

When a team shows such signs, you can be assured that the head coach has lost the team, or never had it to begin with.

Did you see on the sidelines where LuBaea tried to scream at some defenders? They reacted as if they didn't know what it was all about, as if there was no reason for such treatment.

I see those same signs all across the board, which is a direct sign that the coaching staff is FAIL. There is no longer any question about it. I bet downtown Pgh is in a rage. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.

I am also beaten into apathy. I don't even feel like posting.

[Slapstick]

That's, uh, too bad?

[sick beats]

That's, uh, too bad?

Yea, that about all you CAN say. Understood. Vast embarrassment noted.

[feltdizz]

Yea, that about all you CAN say. Understood. Vast embarrassment noted.

you were right about the Cleveland game.

I guess some fans will say the Browns are awesome so we won't admit where our team is right now.

[sick beats]

you were right about the Cleveland game.

I guess some fans will say the Browns are awesome so we won't admit where our team is right now.

The Browns are certainly not awesome, but they are at least decently coached. I don't think we can say the same. Mr. "I will say nothing to no one during the game" just isn't getting it done. He is buddy buddy, so he can't say anything that will make anyone mad. And this is the year we honor Chuck Noll? Define "ironic."

[Slapstick]

Actually, I didn't read the post. I figured that sick beats was talking about the Steelers, but hoped he was talking about himself.

[CoachCuck1]

Art II ruined this team when he became a coach and a QB expert. Instead of overruling Tomlin after 2011? He should have just fired him.

Tomlin lost his team the minute he went along with Rooney backstabbing Arians and made him look like an idiot.

Players see that.

19-19 since.

[sick beats]

Art II ruined this team when he became a coach and a QB expert. Instead of overruling Tomlin after 2011? He should have just fired him.

Tomlin lost his team the minute he went along with Rooney backstabbing Arians and made him look like an idiot.

Players see that.

19-19 since.

Interesting perspective. Could be some truth in it. You obviously can read the body language to conclude the players don't respect Tomlin - maybe the coaches in totality. All signs lead to the players almost being annoyed and surprised by criticism of coaches either when face-to-face or when translated by reporters, such as when writers told players that Tomlin said it was an "undisciplined group." The players collectively shrugged their shoulders or questioned the assertion for its validity, instead of admitting it was true.

[hawaiiansteel]

Worilds: 'The talent is there'

Teresa Varley
Steelers.com

Steelers players believe they have what it takes to become a consistent team.

Steelers players were disappointed, frustrated and some of them still searching for answers as to what is causing the inconsistency this season, but on Monday there was confidence that it’s something that can be turned around and the approach was positive.

-- Linebacker Jason Worilds weighed in, saying the defense needs to quit giving up big plays such as a 51-yard touchdown reception by Browns’ tight end Jordan Cameron.

“One play here or there we can’t afford to have,” said Worilds. “We have been giving up those plays. It’s about alleviating those plays. Two big plays that put them in scoring position or led to putting points on the board, it’s a different game.”

Worilds does believe the answer to the inconsistency is in the locker room, and talent is not the problem.

“The talent is there,” said Worilds. “That is not a question. It’s more so about everybody being accountable and consistent. I think for one reason or another we’ll have a lapse and those lapses will get you beat.”

Worilds said he is anxious to get back on the field Monday night against the Houston Texans at Heinz Field and move forward in a positive manner.

“We want to get that taste out of our mouth,” said Worilds.

-- Cornerback Ike Taylor said it’s tough for him to sit back and watch while he is recovering from a broken forearm, and that putting together a full performance is what is needed most for this team.

“When you’re inconsistent you play good halves, you play good quarters, but you are up and down,” said Taylor. “That’s what you don’t want to be in the NFL. When we get our consistency back we’ll start stacking wins.”

Like Worilds, Taylor believes the talent exists to turn things around and improve on the team’s 3-3 record and make the playoffs, but again consistency is the key.

“That is what you get when you get consistent,” said Taylor of striving for the playoffs. “When you are inconsistent you are going to win one, and lose one.”

-- The Steelers struggles in the red zone continued in the 31-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns, with the offense not being able to get the ball into the end zone on three trips inside the 20-yard line. The Steelers settled for a field goal on their first trip in the red zone, but a botched hold on a field goal attempt and an incompletion on fourth down late in the game thwarted the other efforts.

“We need to figure out a way to turn the field goals into touchdowns,” said receiver Lance Moore, who scored the Steelers only touchdown on a 26-yard reception. “I think we need to execute better. When we get down there we need to be efficient. We need to make sure we are staying ahead of the chains instead of being behind the chains. We have been down there a bunch of times and have gotten penalized for a bunch of different things.

“There are a number of different variables that play into it but we just have to play better.”

[URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Worilds-The-talent-is-there/494c7e10-0d7a-4cb8-b9ed-d518ecea5f3f[/URL]

[JoshBroski]

Worilds: 'The talent is there'

Teresa Varley
Steelers.com

Steelers players believe they have what it takes to become a consistent team.

Steelers players were disappointed, frustrated and some of them still searching for answers as to what is causing the inconsistency this season, but on Monday there was confidence that it’s something that can be turned around and the approach was positive.

-- Linebacker Jason Worilds weighed in, saying the defense needs to quit giving up big plays such as a 51-yard touchdown reception by Browns’ tight end Jordan Cameron.

“One play here or there we can’t afford to have,” said Worilds. “We have been giving up those plays. It’s about alleviating those plays. Two big plays that put them in scoring position or led to putting points on the board, it’s a different game.”

Worilds does believe the answer to the inconsistency is in the locker room, and talent is not the problem.

“The talent is there,” said Worilds. “That is not a question. It’s more so about everybody being accountable and consistent. I think for one reason or another we’ll have a lapse and those lapses will get you beat.”

Worilds said he is anxious to get back on the field Monday night against the Houston Texans at Heinz Field and move forward in a positive manner.

“We want to get that taste out of our mouth,” said Worilds.

-- Cornerback Ike Taylor said it’s tough for him to sit back and watch while he is recovering from a broken forearm, and that putting together a full performance is what is needed most for this team.

“When you’re inconsistent you play good halves, you play good quarters, but you are up and down,” said Taylor. “That’s what you don’t want to be in the NFL. When we get our consistency back we’ll start stacking wins.”

Like Worilds, Taylor believes the talent exists to turn things around and improve on the team’s 3-3 record and make the playoffs, but again consistency is the key.

“That is what you get when you get consistent,” said Taylor of striving for the playoffs. “When you are inconsistent you are going to win one, and lose one.”

-- The Steelers struggles in the red zone continued in the 31-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns, with the offense not being able to get the ball into the end zone on three trips inside the 20-yard line. The Steelers settled for a field goal on their first trip in the red zone, but a botched hold on a field goal attempt and an incompletion on fourth down late in the game thwarted the other efforts.

“We need to figure out a way to turn the field goals into touchdowns,” said receiver Lance Moore, who scored the Steelers only touchdown on a 26-yard reception. “I think we need to execute better. When we get down there we need to be efficient. We need to make sure we are staying ahead of the chains instead of being behind the chains. We have been down there a bunch of times and have gotten penalized for a bunch of different things.

“There are a number of different variables that play into it but we just have to play better.”

[URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Worilds-The-talent-is-there/494c7e10-0d7a-4cb8-b9ed-d518ecea5f3f[/URL]

"The team needs to play better."
"There's things that need to be fixed, and I will fix it."
"We didn't execute very well...these type of things will be addressed."

Sounds like a lot of talking and no action.

[sick beats]

"The team needs to play better."
"There's things that need to be fixed, and I will fix it."
"We didn't execute very well...these type of things will be addressed."

Sounds like a lot of talking and no action.

100% what I was thinking. I guess the players are taking the lead from their head coach: all hot air (words) nothing of substance (actions). Thanks, Jason, for more blather. It means so much. And I got news for EVERYONE. He said they lack consistency????? F--k no, they don't; they are very consistent - consistently sh--y. Consistently awful. Consistently embarrassing. Consistently horrible. Out of 24 quarters of football, 22 quarters are bad football. That seems pretty consistent to me.

[CoachCuck1]

You hire a loser to run your offense? You become one.

The minute that ass "missed" the team flight to Baltimore? That should have been it.

He's been an embarrassment from the minute he walked through the goddamn door.

[tiproast]

Were the Steelers beaten into apathy this week? Yes, the signs were there.

Lifeless.

Listless.

Impassioned.

You just used that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

[Slapstick]

You just used that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

BWAH-HAH-HAH!!!

Dispassionate?

Passive?

Impotent?

Trying to figure it out...

[BradshawsHairdresser]

I would take even just a little bit of "impassioned" from this team at this point...