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Gerry Dulac's Steelers chat: 09.11.19
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Gerry Dulac
10:38
Ok, kids, we will start our chat in roughly 20 minutes. Take that time to remember the victims of the horrible 9/11 tragedy 18 years ago today
10:54
OK, kids, here we go....
mvandrews7
10:54
Hi Gerry, as bad as we looked on Sunday night I still feel like Tomlin and crew will figure it out. Tomlin always talks about "finding a way to win" early in the season while your team is still trying to define roles and gel together as a unit. "No excuses, no explanations" but I feel like the changes we had over the off season plays a significant role in the slow start in game 1.  I feel like the last couple years we always start kinda slow and later get on a roll. We still have the best QB in the conference. We will be fine. Am I delusional?
Gerry Dulac
10:56
Not at all. One game does not a season make. Even if the Steelers won, I wouldn't use that as a reason to buy your Super Bowl tix. I keep referencing the 2016 season when the Steelers were manhandled and pushed around in a 34-3 loss in Philadelphia that was much worse than this and they still ended up in the AFC Championship game. It's a long season.
Ben
10:56
0 for 4 on and 1 situations Sunday night. Why no qb sneaks? Why not run to the right side behind the pro bowler?
Gerry Dulac
10:57
More important, why no FB??? Especially after the first 2 were stuffed.
Big B
10:57
Why is this team unable to establish a running game?
Gerry Dulac
10:58
Give em time. James Conner was pretty good last year when he made the Pro Bow, as I recall
SIDNEY
10:58
Moncrief was as bad as I've seen as a wr. At least 4-5 drops including a td pass and 2 first downs. Why is he as soft as tissue paper?
Gerry Dulac
10:58
He was not very good.
Eric
10:58
Why was Ben throwing deep balls to Holton? He's lost on the deep ball.
Gerry Dulac
10:59
I guess Holton was going to be the secret weapon. Never heard of a guy who was on the practice squad until the day before the game being a secret weapon.
Tom
10:59
Is it me or does James Washington lack fight for catching contested deep balls? A couple of times he could have laid out and another to break up the not in the end zone not to mention that he can't run a straight line when he does catch one.
Gerry Dulac
10:59
Exactly the opposite. It's you
Big B
10:59
I saw a lot of guys (Washington, Conner, and Juju) taking an easy step out of bounds instead of pushing for more yards along the sideline.  I don't want anyone taking unnecessary damage, especially Juju, but it speaks to lack of toughness and a culture that is fine with being a little better than average.  Reading too much into it?
Gerry Dulac
11:00
I think so, though you left out the guy who does it the most
Russ
11:00
How inexplicable was the Tomlin decision to kick the fg rather than go for it?
Gerry Dulac
11:00
I'm still aghast by it. You're trailing 20-0 in the third quarter against a QB who you know is going to continue to pout up points and you settled for a FG??? I still can't believe it.
Wilson
11:00
Thoughts on the job security of Fichtner, Butler and Tomlin after 1 embarrassing week?
Gerry Dulac
11:01
Unchanged
Dan
11:01
Gerry curious as to the timing to put Holton on the 53, were they worried another team would claim him?
Gerry Dulac
11:01
That one still baffles me. Why the wait?
Wilson
11:01
Will the Steelers go get other help at safety to backup Sean Davis?
Gerry Dulac
11:02
They've been wanting to. But don't be too quick to blame Kam Kelly for the long TD. That was a busted coverage that wasn't his fault.
Jared
11:02
Lack of pass rush by the Steelers or just super quick release by Brady?
Gerry Dulac
11:02
It's Brady
SMF
11:02
Hi Gerry:  Please say it ain't so.  Has the loss of Mike Munchak caused the Steelers to abandon a Ben sneak on 3rd or 4th an1?  It seemed like 2016-2017  again with stupid roll outs fooling no one on critical downs.   This is going to cost them games down the road.
Gerry Dulac
11:03
Ben sneak?? They didn't do that when they had Munch
Kenny
11:03
Who will be the signal caller on D? If they believe in Bush, why not let him run with it? He's the future.
Gerry Dulac
11:03
He will eventually do it all the time
Lauren
11:03
Do you expect a major bounce back vs Seattle realizing that you predicted Pitt to beat ?New
Gerry Dulac
11:04
Shows what I know. But, yes I do.
Jim
11:04
I have been a Steeler fan since the mid-50's and Sundays loss had to be in the top 5 of embarrassing losses I have seen! The obvious question is ;How incompetent is Tomlin and his entire staff? They had all preseason to plan for this game and that's the best they can come up with! I know its only one game but this is hard to fathom!
Gerry Dulac
11:06
I wouldn't put it in the top 5, but it was an embarrassing performance on national TV. The staff is not incompetent, but I will admit their game plan going in, the execution of it, the personnel groupings, the decision making, was not very good.
Courtney
11:06
Is Bud Dupree as lost as it appears? Virtually nothing versus an nfl player make his first ever start without help.
Gerry Dulac
11:06
It should have been a matchup to his advantage and it wasn't
Mike
11:06
Why don't the Steelers use the rub plays N E uses to free up Ju-Ju? I realize Diontae's effort was lacking on the 1 I noticed where he collided with the defender.
Gerry Dulac
11:07
They probably do but, let's face it, it's Edelman and Brady and they run it to perfection. At least, they did against the Steelers
Steeler in Virginia
11:07
So, who is the No. 2 WR on this team? Targets would indicate it is Moncrief, but does that change after his dreadful performance in NE?
Gerry Dulac
11:07
It should.
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