Well, you probably never dreamed you’d see your Pittsburgh Steelers winless through their first four games of a season but it’s now official. The last time it happened was 1968. The Steelers were still four years from the Immaculate Reception….
In a game where the offense was finally not the problem, the Steelers fell 34-27 in London to Minnesota who picked up their first win of the season.
The Steelers didn’t go down without a fight as the final play of the game saw Ben Roethlisberger sacked in the Red Zone. We can argue whether he should have thrown the ball away or should have run but we can all agree he has little time to make those decisions.
The defense, which held strong the first three weeks was the weakest link in the loss. Missed tackles, which were once so rare for a Dick LeBeau defense are becoming the norm. There different Steelers missed tackles on Adrian Peterson on his 60 yard run in the first half including Ike Taylor and LaMarr Woodley.
Cortez Allen was victimized by the Matt Cassel all day which we should have not been surprised by considering his history and small amount of playing time this season. If you are wondering if he was really the better choice over Keenan Lewis the answer is yes because he was a lot cheaper.
The offense saw glimmers of hope for now and the future in Le’Veon Bell who rushed for two scores but the offensive line continues to be nothing short of an abomination. Mike Adams is just bad. There is now other way to put it. He is fundentally flawed and has shown little improvement. Even despite limited snaps in his young career the future doesn’t look much better for him.
This Steelers team is not a good one folks. I didn’t see things this bad but I could clearly see the chinks in the armor when I suggested they’d go 8-8.
At this point there are no answers. Firing coaches isn’t going to do anything for this season and there is very little in the way of personnel moves that can help.
Strap yourselves in Steeler Nation. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Marc Uhlmann writes for and co-owns www.steelcityblitz.com. Follow him on Twitter @steeldad and follow the website at @SCBlitz. He can be heard Mondays on Trib-Live Radio at 4pm ET talking Steelers.
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Colbert talked last year of cutting players & letting FA’s walk, reasoning they were from an 8-8 team. What will his EXCUSES be this season? Colbert doesn’t deserve the chance to fix the mess he’s created with this roster… His drafts have been Bust after Bust Reach after Reach. There is absolutely NO REASON to be sentimental about any aging player after all this is a “Business” so says every Free Agent using his hardline neg tactic. Its clear that players like Clark, Keisel, Ike & Troy are all but done & whether they think they can play somewhere else SO BE IT. Franco finished his career in Seattle. NOBODY should be safe Including Lebeau, but i doubt the Rooney’s have the balls to push him into “Retirement” like they did with Arians. Colbert has been GM sense 2000 13 yrs His overpaying of Timmons Woodley & others have put this team further in trouble by leaving NO CAP SPACE for depth players etc. & when you miss on players early in the draft rounds This is what you get. Luckily the NFL you can turn your fortunes around faster then the other 3 pro sports, IF you make shrewd SMART moves.
This is just sad. Last week, I had some hope that we could turn things around against the Vikings…nope. Everyone in the team needs to be held accountable, but they already said they would, right? Well, I don’t see it. We are just a bad team. We. Just. Suck. Ass. *sigh*
I still love my team: here we go, Steelers, here………………………………………………………………………..
Mario Lopez hit it on the head 100%