Steelers HC Mike Tomlin won't comment on fans leaving early despite waving the white flag vs. Chiefs
After three straight losses, tensions have reached a boiling point among the Pittsburgh Steelers fanbase. Hoping that this year may finally be different, the Steelers of the past decade seem to still be in full force. So fans have a right to be mad, even if Mike Tomlin doesn't see them: Mike Tomlin doesn't see […]
After three straight losses, tensions have reached a boiling point among the Pittsburgh Steelers fanbase.
Hoping that this year may finally be different, the Steelers of the past decade seem to still be in full force.
So fans have a right to be mad, even if Mike Tomlin doesn't see them:
Mike Tomlin doesn't see fans leaving the stadium early
"To be honest with you, you know my focus is on the field, and I missed that," said Tomlin after the game. The truth is, Steelers fans have a right to be upset. And to make matters worse, the team still had their starters in despite being down 19 points, yet Mike Tomlin and his staff decided to punt as opposed to going for it.
As Nate Burleson said on the call, once you make that decision, you might as well just say that you've given up, that you waved the white flag, and that the game is over. Which it was.
"That sucked to be blunt," said Tomlin after the game. "Not the type of ball we want to play, and really kind of eerily similar [to our] last performance in that we're not doing the fundamental things well enough. We're turning the ball over, we're not getting turnovers, and that hasn't been a recipe for us, but it has been late in this game, maybe not giving yourself a chance, particularly turning the ball over in the red zone. We had balls on the ground, on punt team early. We didn't cover it. We had a ball tipped up in the air. They could have provided our offense to a short field. We didn't catch it. We're not being opportunistic on the defense [or] on the special teams side."
So the Steelers have two games left on their season. A rematch with the Cincinnati Bengals and a playoff game. But given the way the team has performed against the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens, and now Kansas City Chiefs, fans will likely be leaving more games early, if they go at all.
