I was expecting a heavy dose of Maclin with them concentrating on Kelcee.

Was he in the stadium for more than 1 play?...

When we win and Alex Smith sucked, Alex Smith earned the W. When we lose and the defense plays decent, the defense earned the L. It's convenient how that works.

Didn't even care to fact check him. Like I said, my point stands regardless.

This loss was just like the two we suffered to Tennessee and Tampa Bay. The defense didn't look great but ultimately held them to a low point total and the offense just shit the bed.

Inexcusable for a veteran QB with these weapons backed by a supposed HOF coach in year 4 of the system.

Our D did exactly what it needed to.

Our offense, as a whole, did not...

We lost... There was many different variables that led to said loss... weird.

I wouldn't go that far. I mean they did keep the Steelers offense on the field for like what ?? 58 of the 6O mins. in the game ?

Please tell me you are kidding. Giving up six scores and 35 minutes of possession with just a single punt has never, ever been considered good defense.

I love how many ways you dodge the simple fact that the Steelers scored less than 20 points.

As if the Steelers are the Cleveland Browns on offense.
As if yards matter more than points.
As if 35 minutes TOP is considered some insurmountable obstacle.

It was more than enough for this offense, playing with a fully stacked deck to win. The offense played so shitty that it wasn't good enough to win. That's what matters.

Yeah, you give up 18 points and you should win. You don't give up a touchdown and you should win.

But no. The team with the media stars will move on and play the other team with the media stars.

After the Chiefs opening drive TD, they had 6 drives of pure garbage. Punts, fumble or INT.

Chiefs averaged 4 plays per drive during those 6 drives which lasted from after the first drive until the late 4th Q.

The offense couldn't get any TOP going in 6 drives.

100% agree - our D sucked - I don't want anyone mad at me our offense sucked too - this loss was on our coaching - 2 weeks to prepare for this shit and it was at home.

Low-key the most idiotic decision(s) today

Six clock eating scoring drives is not good defense.

It's rather difficult for Justin Houston to rush Roethlisberger when he's being double blocked.

Even harder when he's covering AB instead

This. You wanna know who their O.C. outcoached? It wasn't Bob Sutton. It was Andy Reid. The dink and dunk offenses get panicky when they are not able to have a large number of offensive possessions. Either you are ehind or in a relatively close game based on not allowing your own offense big plays. Pittsburg shortened the game, knowing they could quick strike when needed. Haley has more warts than a Virginia toad but he/or Tomlin decided to go this route and it was genius.

The D was a bend but don't break D all year. Just like yesterday. They didn't get Pitt off the field, but still held them to 18 points. You've got to be able to score more than 18 at home.

I's the division round of the playoffs, There aren't any real rookies at this point.

Held potential the best offense in football to six field goals, and you guys complain..

This is a good point. A large part of the reason Bell didn't destroy us receiving out of the backfield was because they were keeping him in to help contain Houston. Combine that with their effectiveness running the ball and Sutton dropping him back in coverage so much and it's not hard to see why he wasn't much of a factor. It was also his first game time in a month.

Agreed, stevie, but you don't win many NFL Games scoring 16 points, while being Offensively inept for 90% of the game. The D, while hardly sharp at all, kept them out of the endzone. The offense completely shit the bed

Basically...

While i mostly agree, Sutton is still a boob. Having Houston on Brown on the final play was possibly the dumbest move ive seen from this team and buddy, ive seeen it all

absolutely true. The only fault I'd throw at the D is this. This type of KC defense limits the opportunities for the KC offense. This makes each mistake... each drive killing penalty or drop.. all the more crucial.

That's the problem with bend don't break.


It bends when you really need a stop to get the ball back.

Sutton didn't put Houston on Brown. Houston was spying Leveon Bell for the short screen who ended up going into pass pro. He ended up on Brown in zone coverage.

This wasn't an obvious pass situation. It was 3rd and 3. Leveon Bell was shredding us. I was a lot more worried about the run or the screen than I was the pass. Maybe if we had real coverage backers instead of relying on LBs we picked up off the street, we'd have more confidence in our LBs to make the kind of plays we asked Houston to make yesterday.

meh. not good enough. 3rd and 3 you rush your best pass rusher and force Ben into a split second decision.