Grading the Steelers offense and defense in home playoff loss to Texans

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What were the initial thoughts on the Steelers' playoff performance?

Joe 0:00

It's not time for talk. You know, we agreed that we'll meet tomorrow and go from there. But, you know, when you're in just a single elimination tournament, man, it's not a whole lot to talk about. You win or you go home.

Unknown 0:15

All right, Limits. Let's do a very, very... bad report card kind of like the ones i used to have at amherst junior high school i've got some students in here from franklin regional this nice man uh in the pit shirt is a is a stealer fan can you turn the mic on there sir can you turn his mic on talk into that mic uh right here yeah turn his mic on limits would you yeah he's good what's your name my name is nathan how old are you nathan i am 17 do you have any conscious memory of the stealers winning a playoff game No, I do not. Neither does anybody else your age. If our first conscious memories are at five years old limits, we have people heading off to college who don't remember the Steelers winning a playoff game.

Unknown 1:02

But everything's okay, and Tomlin gets to make the call, and they're better than the mean, and the Jets would love to be the Steelers. Thank you, sir, and good luck with your career.

Pomp 1:11

Thank you.

Unknown 1:11

See you, buddy. They're having fun in here. They're filming the show. We have a volleyball player in our midst. We have a couple of other people. Wonderful limits. Do you remember when you were this age? Of course, it was just last year.

Pomp 1:25

I do, because I remember being a podcast editor for my student newspaper. Yeah. And I remember when I was a senior in high school, I job shadowed here. Did you? And I sat in the producer's booth with Matt Cole. Falsy. Yeah. Chris Mack brought me in. Wait, did you ever tell me that story? I might have. And I think you and Ron came in afterwards. Ron didn't say hello to you, I imagine. He did not. He, of course, did not remember my name. And I said hello to you, and it was really cool.

Unknown 1:55

That is cool.

Pomp 1:56

Yeah.

Unknown 1:56

And I wish these guys all the luck in the world.

Pomp 1:58

I job shadowed. It was like a Monday, but I was supposed to go on Friday. I showed up on the wrong day. So I called Chris and I was like, Hey Chris, I'm here. And I'd known him for like a year or so through Baldwin. Yeah. And he was like, Oh, okay. I thought you were coming on Friday. And I was in my car at like four 30 in the morning, panicking saying, Oh no, Oh no, Oh no. But he was like, yeah, come on in. And it was awesome. It was a great experience.

Unknown 2:25

That's cool. Well, you know what wasn't a great experience? You at the Steeler game last night. Was it empty? When did the place empty out?

Pomp 2:32

About three and a half minutes left. After the pick six, it was very bleak. There was basically no one left.

Unknown 2:38

How vitriolic was the general vibe there in the crowd?

Pomp 2:43

Angry. It was, I think, because people were just so quick to rush to the exits. You didn't hear, like, a mass exodus of boos. And I didn't hear the Fire Tomlin chants from where I was sitting. But we've heard from multiple people that they did exist in various sections. So, maybe I was just in... Because I was behind the Texans bench. Maybe that side of the stadium just isn't as loud and isn't as... You know, maybe they're a little bit more cautious with their words. I don't know. But it was not... At first, it was a great atmosphere, Joe. Yeah, it was. A playoff crowd.

Unknown 3:17

It was great.

Pomp 3:18

It sounded like a college game.

Unknown 3:19

Yeah.

Pomp 3:20

Because college games, I think, are so much louder than NFL games. NFL playoff games are loud. This is my first experience at a playoff game.

Unknown 3:25

People were fired up, and it's been a while. And they got let down in unprecedented fashion with the worst home loss in the history of the franchise ever. To me, this can't go on if I were running things, but I'm not. I don't know who is. I guess Mike Tomlin. All right, let's follow along with Ray Fittipaldo's report card. Are you ready for this, O Limitless Wonder? Let's dive into it, Joe. Quarterback gets an F, 17 for 33, 146 yards, no touchdowns, the fewest points ever for an Aaron Rodgers quarterbacked offense in a playoff game. Do you agree with Ray Fittipaldo, an F for that?

Pomp 4:01

Yeah, I do. Of course, the turnovers late cost them.