Mike Tomlin on Steelers’ struggles

PITTSBURGH — Within the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ worst loss in additional than three a long time, Mike Tomlin took accountability and owned his staff’s failures on Tuesday.

“We had been a catastrophe in all three phases, and now we have to personal that, beginning with myself and I do,” Tomlin stated. “… When it is that dangerous throughout the board, it begins with me. We need not search consolation, as a result of there’s sufficient blame to go round. We should be solution-oriented.”

After the 38-3 loss to the Buffalo Payments on Sunday dropped his staff to 1-4 with 4 consecutive losses, Tomlin stated he would contemplate making any modifications essential to get the staff entering into the fitting path. The loss to the Payments was the Steelers’ most lopsided defeat of the season.

Even with a quarterback change, the Steelers recorded their lowest scoring output, whereas permitting the Payments to attain 38 factors — essentially the most allowed by the Steelers’ protection this season. The Steelers are averaging 6.1 passing yards per try, second-to-last within the league, and have scored a league-low two passing touchdowns. They’re additionally averaging a paltry 3.9 yards per carry and no runs of greater than 20 yards — one among simply three groups within the league with out one. Defensively, the Steelers are giving up 7.5 yards per cross try and 1,438 passing yards, second-worst within the NFL.

Tuesday, when requested if amongst modifications attainable he would contemplate altering offensive coordinator, play-calling duties or personnel, Tomlin stated whereas he was honest in his phrases after Sunday’s recreation, he wasn’t going to make modifications until they might produce higher outcomes.

“I stay open to it, however I do not intend to alter for the sake of adjusting, to shoot a hostage, if you’ll, or something of that nature,” he stated. “If modifications produce higher outcomes or seemingly produce higher outcomes, or we really feel prefer it places us in place to supply higher outcomes, then I am open to it, actually.”

After the loss in Buffalo, defensive again Arthur Maulet challenged teammates within the locker room, questioning their need and energy. Tomlin stated after watching recreation movie he seen his gamers’ frustration and disappointment within the last minutes of the sport, however he stated he took extra situation together with his staff’s lack of execution than their demeanor. Requested concerning the excessive postgame feelings, Tomlin added he did not have an issue together with his gamers expressing frustration.

“If you’re getting smashed like that, feelings and pissed-off-ness and all of that could be a part of it,” he stated. “You are naive if you happen to assume that it isn’t. We do not like getting smashed. … All of these issues are regular expressions of frustrations, the questioning of need and issues of that nature. That is what opponents do, significantly while you get smashed. I am not gonna learn an excessive amount of into it.”

Whereas Tomlin and the Steelers are aiming for a special consequence within the Week 6 matchup in opposition to Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the coach acknowledged that his staff has big-picture points that may’t be resolved shortly, and he preached unity within the face of adversity.

“We’re not gonna remedy our ills in a single or a few good days or a very good plan or good efficiency for that matter,” he stated. “The state that we’re in, we’re gonna should put our heads down and work exhausting and diligently and keep collectively for an prolonged time frame as we grind our approach again to respectability. I simply assume it is a mindset that all of us have to have understanding the place we’re.”

“They are not fast fixes. It is not gonna be primarily based on one good efficiency or one good plan. And I simply assume as we put together and lean in for this subsequent alternative that we simply say that we’re gonna be working our tails off.

“We did not dig ourselves into this circumstance in someday. We’re not gonna dig ourselves out of this circumstance in someday or one efficiency.”