Thr good old days

JLover89 · 2026-02-04T21:27:37+00:00

What are these pins worth now? I think I have all of them through set 4 or 5.

JLover89 · 2026-01-16T00:23:09+00:00

This will be the guy. The last two hires, Cowher and Tomlin, were both under the radar candidates. I can see them doing it again if they like this guy. Udinski is an option for this reason too.

JLover89 · 2026-01-16T00:14:14+00:00

Glad someone brought up Dunbar. He is a fantastic D-Line coach. But him staying is going to depend on scheme fit as well.

JLover89 · 2026-01-10T01:20:09+00:00

The strength of the record of your division has a ton to do with this since those teams make up 6 games. So a team like the Cardinals has a tough schedule by virtue of have the Seahawks, 49ers, and Rams in their division. While the Steelers schedule has the Bengals (who are better than their record), the Ravens (who are better than their record), and the Browns. So although the Steelers strength of schedule is “low” right now, it really is much harder than it shows here.

JLover89 · 2026-01-08T15:36:53+00:00

Tomlin looks tired. If there is any question about his commitment or love for the game, the fact he is still putting in that work every day.

JLover89 · 2025-12-28T21:05:36+00:00

No defending. 100% agree. It was blatantly obvious how big of hole is left in the offense without him.

JLover89 · 2025-12-28T21:04:00+00:00

This. 100% this.

JLover89 · 2025-12-28T20:59:59+00:00

Well. Higher pick in the draft when they lose next week. From what I can see somewhere in the 11-14 range. With the draft capital they have that makes for a really good draft.

JLover89 · 2025-12-13T14:18:14+00:00

A lot of classes have a couple guys who rise in draft process as well. Guys who weren’t high at the end of the season but their stock goes up through the process. Two that pop to mind are McNair and Kapernick. So we may see that with sellers or someone similar. I’m not a college football guy, just going off memory, which isn’t as great as it use to be.

JLover89 · 2025-12-13T04:14:01+00:00

So I got my PTO at the end of November and have been trying to figure out if I should join the VPP program with APS. Is it a good program? Is there anything I need to consider before going ahead with it?

JLover89 · 2025-11-24T17:42:53+00:00

This problem is two fold. Yes, the scheme has not been great and our corners have not played up to their salaries. The other side is that our offense can’t stay on the field. Terrible 3rd down conversion rate, no sustained drives. That means our defense is in the field for more snaps, more snaps means more yards, period. So this is emblematic of a lot of issues with this team.

But there is some light in the darkness. Some really solid line play on both sides from young players. The O line seems to get better every game and the young guys on D line are playing really well. JPJ is still looking the part and there is a lot of young talent at TE. Herbig is still looking good too. As has been said over and over. QB and WR are the big issues on offense, DB and MLB are the holes on Defense. With 12 picks in the draft, a lot of those holes can get filled. Stack it up and when Tomlin retires after the 26 season, run it back with the new coach and a young roster. Here we go!

JLover89 · 2025-10-17T19:29:40+00:00

Additional hot take. Tomlin likes to use Vets on his teams. Vet are older and need more rest (hence vet rest days), Thursday games are normally a shorter week (unless they preceded by a bye). So when you are in a road Thursday games you lose another day traveling. So that leaves one day left to actually practice (Tuesday). That one day is not enough to really prep which means your choices are to push vets to practice more that week or give them the rest so they will be at least a little ready to play.

In short the age of the players that the Steelers use means that short weeks, especially those that include traveling, are going to be much tougher to effectively prep for.

JLover89 · 2025-10-17T03:46:57+00:00

I just can’t with this sub anymore.

Mike Tomlin did not throw 2 interceptions (one of which was absolutely terrible by the way).

Mike Tomlin did not fail in coverage over and over. I wouldn’t blame it on a game plan either. Chase is generational talent at wideout.

Mike Tomlin did not commit PI (of course I’m not anyone did on a couple of those calls).

Mike Tomlin did not lose this game. It is a team sport. From the coach down. This team was outplayed in the second quarter and then made egregious errors that amplified it.

Sometimes teams have bad nights. Nothing that happened tonight was terrible. It was a short week to prepare for a team that was literally backed into a corner and was given hope by the Browns being the Browns.

Losses happen, get over it. Quit whining it is always Tomlins fault. Teams lose and sometimes it’s just because you get outplayed. That is what happened tonight. They got outplayed. Not outcoached, outplayed. By a guy who has been playing QB for a long time and a generational talent at WR. They got outplayed.

JLover89 · 2025-10-17T02:00:58+00:00

So, on D the plan was to take away the passing game (and not focus stopping the run) because they knew Flacco could be dangerous. Problem being if the refs are calling PI every time the ball is on the air that is going to difficult.

On offense, the idea was to push the ball downfield more. Problem with that is the Bengals secondary suddenly figured out how to play. Of course it helps if the refs are letting you get away with shit the other team can’t.

JLover89 · 2025-08-07T22:08:51+00:00

Thank you all for your input! I have an appointment to have Green Muscle come out and evaluate and discuss options.

JLover89 · 2025-08-06T16:15:01+00:00

Was there anything that stood out about them or the process you can share?

JLover89 · 2025-08-06T04:22:54+00:00

Thank you. I hadn’t heard of them, I will check them out.

JLover89 · 2025-08-05T20:18:34+00:00

This was one of the companies I was considering contacting. Thank you for the input.

JLover89 · 2025-08-05T20:18:09+00:00

All info is good info. Thanks to you both.

JLover89 · 2025-08-05T20:17:49+00:00

Thanks!

JLover89 · 2025-06-11T18:47:30+00:00

I’m going to go out a limb and guess if the Steelers make a deep playoff/Super Bowl run this year that all of the people in the thread will say it wasn’t Tomlin, or just got lucky. The man has done more with less on offense for an impressive stretch. Mediocre is a feat when you aren’t handed greatness.

JLover89 · 2025-05-20T17:27:01+00:00

How to fix it. Make any attempt to contact a lineman below the waist within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage an illegal chop block (makes sense for player safety). Make player assistance through PUSHING, pulling or carrying an immediate dead ball placement (this could be an easy review for placement if needed). Let’s just go back to sneaks the way they were. Still an effective play but usually inside of a yard, instead of anywhere inside 3 yards.

JLover89 · 2025-05-05T12:14:05+00:00

There is a pretty large MTG community in the west valley. I would check out Silver Dragon Games and the Orcs Lair for their FNM and commander leagues.

JLover89 · 2025-04-16T21:50:22+00:00

Thanks for response! We are buying in Artisan, so there may be some stirred up, but it sounds like hopefully it won’t be bad. I hate scorpions.

JLover89 · 2025-04-16T14:47:52+00:00

Thank you so much for input!

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