Congrats Bruce Arians

[feltdizz]

Bruce wasn’t the best OC but he was a vertical guy and got a lot out of our WR’s.

I always felt like the criticism for BA was a bit over the top.

He had his flaws but people hated his bubble screens and empty sets while applauding other teams that did the same damn thing on offense.

[feltdizz]

I'm not going to make Arians more than what he is. With that roster + GOAT you are going to be good. But the reality it wasn't until the latter half of the year when some of the plays Brady wanted in their game started to be used.

Can’t knock a HC for having flexibility. Isn’t Leftwich the OC in Tampa too? My goodness.. smh.

Going to a SB in your first year in Tampa is impressive. I expected a deep run and maybe a trip next year, not the first year. 3 road wins too in the playoffs.

[SteelerOfDeVille]

Trivia question:
What Steeler OC has the lowest scoring average of Ben's ENTIRE career?
1. Wis
2. Arians
3. Haley
4. Fichtner

Considering the context...you know the answer.

Our offense under Arians was a Joke.

Sure we won a SB...carried by a defense that allowed like 13 points a game.

i would guess that scoring has gone up league-wide. rules keep changing to make it easier on offense...

[feltdizz]

yes, very Flaccoish kinda throws in that game.

If he does that 3 times vs KC they will lose by 21.

[feltdizz]

Trivia question:
What Steeler OC has the lowest scoring average of Ben's ENTIRE career?
1. Wis
2. Arians
3. Haley
4. Fichtner

Considering the context...you know the answer.

Our offense under Arians was a Joke.

Sure we won a SB...carried by a defense that allowed like 13 points a game.

when you have a great D you don’t need to score 40 points.

A win is a win. I don’t give a damn about how many points we score over the course of a year, just as long as we score more than the other team in the playoffs.

Stop hating.

[Northern_Blitz]

Bruce wasn’t the best OC but he was a vertical guy and got a lot out of our WR’s.

I always felt like the criticism for BA was a bit over the top.

He had his flaws but people hated his bubble screens and empty sets while applauding other teams that did the same damn thing on offense.

This is probably true for all the OC's we've had with Ben.

There always has to be a fall guy.

[NorthCoast]

Can’t knock a HC for having flexibility. Isn’t Leftwich the OC in Tampa too? My goodness.. smh.

Going to a SB in your first year in Tampa is impressive. I expected a deep run and maybe a trip next year, not the first year. 3 road wins too in the playoffs.

That conference just got a whole lot easier to get there with Brees' retirement.

[feltdizz]

That conference just got a whole lot easier to get there with Brees' retirement.

I doubt that...

Saints are 8-0 without Brees the last 2 years.

Brees not being able to throw downfield really changed how teams defended them down the stretch. His back shoulder pass was the best in football tho.

[feltdizz]

This is probably true for all the OC's we've had with Ben.

There always has to be a fall guy.

yes. There was one guy who HATED BA with a passion. I bet he is livid right now because he kept saying BA needed to move on and swore he would never get a HC job or succeed in the NFL without Ben.

[Northern_Blitz]

yes. There was one guy who HATED BA with a passion. I bet he is livid right now because he kept saying BA needed to move on and swore he would never get a HC job or succeed in the NFL without Ben.

To be fair, all it took was getting Brady

[feltdizz]

To be fair, all it took was getting Brady

No.. making a SB isn’t the definition of success in the NFL.

9-3 as the interim coach for the Colts. A record for wins for an interim coach. He won COTY.

Led Arizona to 11-5 and 13-3 records in 2 of 4 years. I think they even made the NFCCG one year.

and sure, a SB appearance in Tampa with Brady.

[Joel Buchsbaum]

No.. making a SB isn’t the definition of success in the NFL.

9-3 as the interim coach for the Colts. A record for wins for an interim coach. He won COTY.

Led Arizona to 11-5 and 13-3 records in 2 of 4 years. I think they even made the NFCCG one year.

and sure, a SB appearance in Tampa with Brady.

Good stuff. Didn't he win coach of the year too?

[whatever]

No.. making a SB isn’t the definition of success in the NFL.

9-3 as the interim coach for the Colts. A record for wins for an interim coach. He won COTY.

Led Arizona to 11-5 and 13-3 records in 2 of 4 years. I think they even made the NFCCG one year.

and sure, a SB appearance in Tampa with Brady.

And Tomlin ‘retired’ him.
Gotta wonder what the real reason was.

[feltdizz]

Good stuff. Didn't he win coach of the year too?

ha.. thats what COTY means.

[NorthCoast]

Rumor is that Arians lobbied the NFL during last year's scheduling to get a late season bye. And if you remember before their bye Tampa's offense wasn't good. BA calling out Brady, TB miffed. Two losses in row. Enter the bye, they work out their differences, get people healthy (I think Evans was out for a while before) and got rolling once again. The Steelers on the other hand never really recovered from their shifting schedule due to the covid. Not saying this was the cause of the late season slide (cause they had the same problem 2 previous years) but it was a factor.