Following the Steelers’ last two losses, Mike Tomlin pointed to a particular play or trend from the game that played a significant role in the outcome. But Tomlin didn’t do that following Pittsburgh’s 30-13 loss to the Colts on Saturday. Instead, Tomlin offered a grim assessment of his team following a third straight defeat.
“Let’s be honest, right? We are a fundamentally poor football group right now,” Tomlin said. “We’re playing losing football and I take responsibility for that. By losing football I mean we’re just not doing fundamental things well enough. We’re not.
“We’re turning the ball over, we’re highly penalized, we don’t play good in situations and so, I’m just acknowledging that,” Tomlin continued. “I don’t necessarily have the answers as I we sit here today. If I had the answers we would’ve played differently today. But, I will acknowledge things won’t continue the way that they are. We’re not going to keep doing the same things that we’re doing and expect or hope for a different result. So, we got a seven-day
turnaround — we’ll see what those days hold for us. But, I’m just acknowledging right now that we’re playing losing football, and I own that. Not a good day.”
Tomlin’s assessment of his team is accurate. The Steelers’ offense has failed to score at least 20 points in five consecutive games. The defense is running out of healthy players. The special teams hasn’t been great, either, with Chris Boswell missing either a field goal or an extra point in two of the last three games.
