SirAndrew

They will get smacked around in the AFC North. This Bills team is finesse, and does tend to get bullied. That’s been an issue for several years.

I just don’t see it, Big Ben isn’t good enough to QB a championship anymore. Maybe they have a great defense, but people are going to find ways to outscore the Steelers. Teams that can run the ball, and play hard nosed defense will be able to beat the Steelers. They might be a playoff team, but they aren’t top notch imo. We’re supposed to be top notch. We have the rest of the season to show that, and if we want to win the Lombardi, we’ll need to beat teams who are much better than the Steelers.

I haven’t seen it discussed much, but our receivers didn’t do a great job getting open today either. I’d have watch again to confirm, but I saw some issues with that.

I don’t want to say the sky is falling at all, so I say this hesitantly. I don’t want to hear about how great the Steelers are as an excuse. I didn’t realize the Stillers were considered contenders first of all, and secondly, we are Super Bowl contenders, you shouldn’t be getting bullied by Pittsburgh at home on opening day. Today’s game had the same complexion as the two Chiefs losses last season, that is at least slightly concerning.

His AFC championship game was a disaster, and I’ll never understand why so many don’t want to recognize how often he gets dominated.

You’re correct, and I don’t want to chicken little, but it’s more about the Steelers dominating the second half. The Steelers aren’t that type of good, and I wouldn’t consider them a legitimate contender. The season just begun, and all of our goals are still in sight, but this was the Bills team we saw against the Chiefs and Titans last season. This loss has as much to do with things we need to fix, as it does the greatness of the Steelers imo.

Running sounds great, I used to love Singletary, but I’m no longer convinced we have the guys. Running is worthless if you don’t have a decent back, or a line that can run block. KC has a guy like Edwards Helaire, that’s a huge difference.

There should be a release Haack thread though. I think that’s very reasonable considering his craptastic kicking in Miami.

We already know the defense has soft spots, but we live and die with our offense. Elite offensive teams all have better O line play. People are so enamored with the personalities of our O line guys, they won’t admit how average they are.

Same thing everyone saw in Miami, except Beane.

Our team has stunk today. It’s a long season, and can still be championship caliber. I’m not ready to crown the Steelers because of this, we stunk, no excuses. Also, let’s get a new punter, what did they see in Haack ?

I’d like to see a better first half offensively, but I like seeing how they work through adversity when it’s not all clicking. There will be games like this, and scoring before the end of the half is the type of stuff that separates the winners and losers.

Guys just look rusty, this isn’t all the Steelers vaunted defense.

Flea flicker call on third and one, you better go for it on forth down.

You’ve clearly never worked in the WNY service/tourism industry 😂

Nah, he just aged like a normal QB.

Haack still stinks.

I tend to think there’s more than just the game plan at play here, but I don’t know any more than the next guy. We’ll probably never know the true reason regardless of what they tell us, because McD keeps things in house.

Doesn’t everyone say the traffic flows wonderfully in OP ? I couldn’t resist, but as long as players are at the stadium for game time that’s all we care about.

Could just be part of the game plan, but I also see McD as someone who isn’t afraid to do this type of thing to a second year player who doesn’t meet expectations. What expectations might have been unmet ? I don’t know, but McD sending a player a message wouldn’t shock me.

I want to see what Breida can do with us, so I’m good with Moss being out.

Right, Josh is already at the stage of his career where he’ll run when he needs to, but it’s no longer a vital necessary element of his game. He isn’t Cam Newton in his prime.

Good to see someone keeping Steelers tradition alive.

Goodell supersedes God with the NFL, and he wants Brady.

Brady flag time.