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Jason Mackey's sports chat: 01.09.25
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Chuck in MD.
12:49
A lot of people are blaming Russ for the offensive offense.  I believe it is the approach and ,[
Soory...hit send. Appears there is no real scheme or plan on offense, and never causing any confusion for the opposing defenses.
Jason Mackey
12:54
You're good. Had to run upstairs myself. ... I'm not blaming any one person. It's never one person. I know that's an unsexy answer. But there's not enough WR depth (Khan). Tomlin wants to avoid turnovers rather than playing to win. I don't think Arthur Smith has schemed things up as well as he could within that. Russ has not made the best decisions. You get my point.
PrinceBob.
12:54
What will become of Jason Delay?
Jason Mackey
12:56
Sadly, I could see Delay being stuck at Triple-A again, which is crazy. He's a major league caliber backup, in my opinion. He's not going to hit much, but whatever. He can handle himself just fine defensively. But the Pirates have to see what they have in Endy and Henry.
Guest
12:57
The Steelers last 5 playoff games have been blowout losses with most of them being over by halftime. (The loss to the Jags not as close as the final score) Why would this Saturday be any different?
Jason Mackey
12:57
I mean, Vegas has the Steelers as a 10-point underdog, no? The only counter-arguement I'd give is that games with the Ravens -- outside of this last one -- are always close.
Wayward
12:57
Jason, I understand the concerns about how the Steelers have/haven't finished the last several years and people want Tomlin out but shouldn't we take a look around the league and see that there are a handful of successful coaches and the rest of the league is just a turnstile of HC's.
Jason Mackey
12:59
I think both can be true, Wayward. Yeah, it's been a turnstile. I think owners and GMs are way too reactionary. I also don't think that means Tomlin should get to coach as long as he wants when it doesn't seem to be working. If they win Saturday, I'm OK with bringing him back. If they don't, I don't know how you DON'T consider serious change. And that's a different discussion for me than the Patriots firing Jerod Mayo after one season.
1:00
OK, folks. That does it for this week. Thanks so much for chatting. Always enjoy these. I also appreciate the feedback on the chat/mailbag schedule. Enjoy the game Saturday. We'll do a mailbag next week, so if you have questions, hit me up at jmackey@post-gazette.com. Thanks!
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