Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media on Tuesday to talk about everything that went wrong in last week’s game against the Houston Texans. The Steelers lost 30-6 on Sunday and fell to 2-2 on the season.
It was clear watching these two teams play, there was a stark contrast in terms of effort between the two teams and it was refreshing to hear Tomlin actually acknowledge this to the media.
“Houston played more physical than us and played harder than us,” Tomlin said. This was on full display at the line of scrimmage. The Steelers got bullied on both sides of the football and it was pretty clear at times players gave up far too soon.
This week the Steelers square off against the Baltimore Ravens who are one of the most physical teams in the NFL. They are playing great football and will give the Steelers all they can handle even if they bring their best.
“The physicality component has our attention,” Tomlin said. This is great to hear but let us not act like this is new information. The Steelers coming out flat and getting pushed around is a trend going back to last season and maybe beyond. The notion that these players can simply motivate themselves and be ready to play isn’t true. Tomlin and his staff need to intervene to get this team fired up to play like pros from here on out.
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