STEELERS QUARTERBACK RUSSELL WILSON HAS LED THE TEAM TO TWO IMPRESSIVE PRIMETIME VICTORIES, INCLUDING THE OCT. 28 MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WIN OVER THE NEW YORK GIANTS. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)
Russell Wilson proved people wrong, including Big Ben
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants played a competitive and exciting game on Monday Night Football. The Steelers prevailed by the score of 26-18, Oct. 27. However, folks continue to become weirder and weirder. I keep hearing questionable sounds coming from the alleys with the rats and the cats. There are screams of horror with the victims yelling: “We need more wide receivers, trade Russell Wilson or Justin Fields to acquire a number two wideout…”
I don’t exactly know where these screams may be originating from. But we can take a good guess once we reach that poorly lit area if we focus on a few of the garbage cans without lids, we will discover the victims…oops, I meant fans that are residing in the immediate vicinity.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers George Pickens, Van Jefferson, Calvin Austin III, and tight-ends Darnell Washington and Pat Freiermuth combined for the majority of the 278 yards that the Steelers gained through the air against the New York Giants defense.
Now please explain this to me. If the Steelers or any other NFL franchise were to retain the services of John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Lance Alworth or any other NFL wide receiver and did not have a quarterback to toss them the rock, they would be the perfect examples of rich players that got paid and laid, while the Steelers or any NFL team that adopted that financial and personnel strategy would have gotten slayed. That would be the perfect example of a strategy for mediocrity. Different strokes for different folks is how I would describe how many folks define the noun, “mediocrity.”
T.J. WATT TO THE RESCUE—HIS STRIP SACK AND FUMBLE RECOVERY SEALED THE 26-18 WIN FOR PITTSBURGH OVER THE GIANTS, OCT. 28.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes mediocre as: 1. The quality or state of being mediocre. (Came to terms with his mediocrity.) In fact, many yinzers misuse the word and incorrectly define Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin as mediocre, at least by the definition provided by the dictionary.
Mike Tomlin has a 17-year streak of greatness as an NFL coach. If there are any people from the sports world that could be defined as “mediocre,” many of the people that cover Mike Tomlin would definitely fit into that category.
In an article posted by Jacob Camenker on December 14, 2023, titled; “Ben Roethlisberger criticizes Mike Tomlins ‘bad coaching’ in Steelers loss to Patriots,” the article quoted Roethlisberger as saying: “Maybe the tradition of the Pittsburgh Steelers is done.” The article also pointed out that: “this isn’t the first time that Roethlisberger has openly criticized his former team. He referred to some of the teams players as ‘coddled’ last season in comments that drew the ire of defensive lineman Cameron Heyward.”
Roethlisberger had the nerve to use the word “coddled.” I don’t know, nor have I seen another NFL or Pittsburgh Steelers player past, or present that has been more entitled or “coddled” than Ben Roethlisberger. Rothlisberger was one of the primary reasons if not the primary reason that two Steelers NFL Pro-Bowlers, LeVeon Bell and Antonio Brown, exited the team prematurely. Out in the then-Heinz Field parking lot, “Big Ben” had separate buses parked and ready to go with all of the players’ and coaches’ names on them, just in case he was forced to throw more than two people under the bus, simultaneously.
Another excerpt from the article quoted Roethlisberger trashing the Steelers coaching staff: “You can’t afford in the second half of games to burn silly timeouts and not to have them late in the game. To me, that’s bad coaching.”
Just a few weeks ago “fly-by-nighter” Roethlisberger was critical of Mike Tomlin’s decision to sit QB Justin Fields and replace him with 35-year-old Russell Wilson. Now the bipolar, schizophrenic, “podcast coach” is all in on Russell Wilson as he has proven everyone to be wrong, except Mike Tomlin.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are poised to enter a new era. Hopefully, there will be no negative conduct issues to distract the team. This new team belongs to Mike Tomlin. No one will be able to say that Tomlin won with Bill Cowher’s players. No one player will be able to vilify his fellow teammates on a whim. That player will no longer be empowered to reject blame for his bad performances and deflect responsibility for the negative outcomes of games, unjustifiably to others. The players from the 2024 squad not only accept responsibility, they welcome it, just like they will welcome hoisting a championship trophy above their heads when they are standing in the winner’s circle.
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