Mike Tomlin on Ben Roethlisberger: 'It's his job to win'

[Sword]

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It's Mike Tomlin's job to put him in a position to win. Which, he has not!!
He is a passing QB no matter how you look at it. The pass plays that are called and the balance of them
mostly suck...
How much is passing plays a priority in practices Mike Tomlin? Do you practice Ben like Brady and Manning practice, or
do you focus on running!!!!

He made some mistakes on Sunday but, he didn't look that bad...Dropped balls and small wide receivers!!! Who fault is that?

So, lets piss away 2 time winning SB QB with hand-offs and bubble passes.....

[K Train]

Ben has not been playing well....hes not been throwing well into tight windows, the WRs being "short" have nothing to do with that, hes a professional quarterback for christ sake.

Ben has also not been the offensive genius everyone thinks he is when hes given freedom to call the plays. He is supposed to be the best player on the team, he is going to be vying for a $22 million a year contract...he needs to be better

[Sword]

Ben has not been playing well....hes not been throwing well into tight windows, the WRs being "short" have nothing to do with that, hes a professional quarterback for christ sake.

Ben has also not been the offensive genius everyone thinks he is when hes given freedom to call the plays. He is supposed to be the best player on the team, he is going to be vying for a $22 million a year contract...he needs to be better

Lake of playing well is on the coaches, plays called, practices, etc... period!!!

[7 UP]

I have been a Tomlin supporter, but hes losing me fast. ITS TOMLINS JOB TO WIN GAMES. All Ben can do is what hes told to do. They took the ball completely out of his hands Sunday. A little unfair to put wins and losses on the QB when your trying to run a 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense.

[Shawn]

Ben has been playing poorly. Tomlin an co. have been coaching poorly. About the only thing working IS the running game. I wouldn't lean away from it...I would lean on it.

[Ghost]

Ben has been playing poorly. Tomlin an co. have been coaching poorly. About the only thing working IS the running game. I wouldn't lean away from it...I would lean on it.

Not arguing with you at all but why do you think the running game falls a part in the Redzone? Love Bell and think Blount has been very, very good. But inside the redzone the either go to the shotgun 3 times or run it and don't get the yards. How does it falter so badly in close?

[Shawn]

Not arguing with you at all but why do you think the running game falls a part in the Redzone? Love Bell and think Blount has been very, very good. But inside the redzone the either go to the shotgun 3 times or run it and don't get the yards. How does it falter so badly in close?

That's an easy one because instead of having 6-7 in the box they essentially have 9. Bell needs some space...and crowding those safeties up allows a D to effectively play both run and pass D...without the need for over the top help.

[Steelhere10]

Also the play calling is below standard, and Ben is playing like Sh1+. Haley don't have a clue, I can think of things of the top of my head formation wise to look like a genius compared to him. How about splitting Heath wide ,Brown in the slot ,two back set, etc. It don't take a genius.

[7 UP]

They more than leaned on the run Sunday. They used it exclusively until it was too late. I wouldnt mind leaning on the run either. But it seems we are not calling plays based off situation. We are lacking balance, and there is no identity to this offense. We are calling plays based off what we should have done last week.

[bostonsteeler]

Tomlin's putting it on Ben. The coaching stinks. He should also speak of how hard he himself is taking it.
Otherwise he'll lose his players.
I'd have been happier to hear him say "Ben's taking it hard. It wasn't just Ben who messed up, all of us did, including hte coaches".

[Steelhere10]

Well I guess when he say, we got to coach better or we got to put players in better position etc. That's not what he's saying. He's been saying that all year but I guess it fall in deaf ears. According to some posters.