3 things we learned from Steelers Wild Card loss to the Kansas City Chiefs

The Steelers were outmatched and outcoached against the Chiefs

As I have stated several times, I am a Mike Tomlin supporter; however, I cannot support what I witnessed against the Chiefs.  We literally just played them a few weeks prior, we know what their is on offense, but we still allowed them to ‘chuck’ the ball over the place.

That is squarely on Tomlin and the coaching staff on both sides of the ball.  If we had been able to sustain any drives on offense in the first half, maybe it would have been a one-possession game or an even game heading into halftime, but we scored zero offense points in the first half.

It’s not as if that was an anomaly.  It had been happening all season, yet, somehow, Canada is still the offensive coordinator.  Why?  Why is Tomlin putting up with this offensive scheme that may actually be good on paper, but we play football in the real world.  This ain’t a video game.

Defensively, we looked lost, we looked like we had no idea to whom the ball was going to be thrown and we looked like we just weren’t prepared and that is sad. It’s sad because Tomlin is a better coach than what we witnessed in this playoff game.

I think Tomlin’s downfall this season was placing his trust in an OC who wanted to install a scheme that, again, on paper looked good, but didn’t play well on the field.  If it’s not playing well on the field, change what you’re calling, or better yet, let your future Hall of Fame QB call what he wanted to call.

So onto the offseason we go with thoughts of what could have been for the 2021 season.  I think I know what could have been had we trusted our eyes instead of our hearts.