Steelers at the End of the 1st Half

[PantherNation123]

Down by 17 at the end of the 1st half with 31 seconds to go, Tomlin decided to try and get points.  Lo and behold, after a screen play and a pass interference call, the Steelers got a FG.

Rivera consistently just mails it in before the half often with close to 2 minutes left.  It's truly sickening to watch and that conservative mentality has to be deflating for the players too.

Also, prayers out to Shazier... hope he's OK after what looked like a potentially devastating injury

EDIT:  Steelers ended up winning by 3....

[CarolinaSamurai]

21 minutes ago, PantherNation123 said:

Down by 17 at the end of the 1st half with 31 seconds to go, Tomlin decided to try and get points.  Lo and behold, after a screen play and a pass interference call, the Steelers got a FG.

Rivera consistently just mails it in before the half often with close to 2 minutes left.  It's truly sickening to watch and that conservative mentality has to be deflating for the players too.

Also, prayers out to Shazier... hope he's OK after what looked like a potentially devastating injury

What boggles my mind is how can Ron do that clearly showing he doesn't trust this offense yet think Shula is a good OC? If you don't trust it then it's not good RON

[BIGH2001]

What exactly gave you guys any indication that we would have moved into field goal range at the end of the half yesterday? It was like pulling teeth just to pick up a damn first down.  

[PantherNation123]

6 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

What exactly gave you guys any indication that we would have moved into field goal range at the end of the half yesterday? It was like pulling teeth just to pick up a damn first down.  

The Steelers had 0 points before their FG.  We had been moving the ball reasonably well.  Looks like you would fit in well with Rivera's conservatism though.  That's what you call playing not to lose, not to WIN, buddy.

[TheRumGone]

Shazier might be paralyzed and I’m not saying that lightly. That was really bad and fuging scary. Never seen anything like that.

[LinvilleGorge]

And now the Steelers are driving for the win. 

[luke nukem]

gotta love the fact that they are gunna win this game 20-23.

[luke nukem]

man. All I want for X mas is a coach with balls.

[PantherNation123]

10 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

And now the Steelers are driving for the win. 

Yep, that end of the half drive gave them momentum (in addition to the 3 points)... It's honestly baffling that Rivera still makes these type of cowardly decisions.  I don't think OVERALL he is a bad coach, but decision making in-game, he is one of the all-time worst, and that isn't an exaggeration. 

[cookinbrak]

1 hour ago, BIGH2001 said:

What exactly gave you guys any indication that we would have moved into field goal range at the end of the half yesterday? It was like pulling teeth just to pick up a damn first down.  

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try.

[LinvilleGorge]

You're playing Drew Brees and the Saints in their dome. They're gonna get theirs, you better make sure you get yours. You can't afford to be taking possessions for granted.

[Fox007]

And they won 23-20....All time great franchise and then.....the Panthers....psh.

[Snake]

Rivera was a good coach for about one season and only because he was on the hot seat. After the SB win he has been trash and even worse than previous years. It's why our team is soft. 

[dave-o]

I didnt want to start a new thread so I will say it here....   I loved seeing Burfict get un-cleated !!!