The Pittsburgh Steelers have been untouchable all-season long. Despite all the postponement of their match against the Baltimore Ravens which was moved from Thanksgiving Day to Wednesday, they still mustered enough to come up with their 11th win in as many games. Even with the big W, head coach Mike Tomlin was seemingly still disappointed with his squad's winning performance.
When asked about why his team had red-zone struggles on their 19-14 win on Thursday night, Tomlin had a fairly straightforward response:
“Us sucking” Tomlin said (via NBC Sports).
Though they came out on top against the visiting Ravens, the Steelers offense did fail to impress as they only scored one touchdown on Thursday which came early in the fourth quarter after wideout JuJu Smith-Schuster caught a short pass from Ben Roethlisberger. Their other only TD came from a Joe Haden pick-6 in the opening quarter.
It would've been easy to put the blame on everything else aside from football but the 48-year old head coach chose to cancel all the noise and focus inward. Per Tomlin, the team has no one to blame but themselves for their subpar performance on Thursday.
“We make no excuses, we seek no comfort,” Tomlin added. “We didn’t play or coach well tonight.”
Tomlin's lack of complacency has been key for the Steelers this season and is probably the reason why Pittsburgh sits at the top of the standings as the only unbeaten team this season. After all the delays with their Week 12 match, they now have less than a week to prepare for their next game against the Washington Football Team.
Look for Tomlin and the rest of these Steelers to bounce back even stronger in search of their 12th straight W.
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