Jack Brickman
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There's some truth to this but it's unknown if those adjustments in the 2nd half were that of coaching or just a fluke of nature when a team is so far down that the other team allow's its intensity to dwindle under the circumstances by simple human nature. I'm not saying we didn't look much improved, because we did, but we also looked like the same team in the first half on those last couple of drives both defensively and offensively.
The Steelers are a middle of the road team at best and we should have taken that momentum to a victory if we are actually the team of the 2nd half rather than the 1st half.
We negated the entire 2nd half by a couple of bad drives on BOTH sides of the ball so therefore there is no positive. That's my take.
I agree with you to some extent. However, it's important to remember that we've got a rookie head coach and the other team has a guy who has coached his team to titles. Even if our coaching staff proves to be really good, there are going to be moments where we fuck things up. I'm not ready to proclaim my faith in this coaching staff just yet, but I thought they did a nice job the second half of running an offense and defense that threw the Steelers off guard. Obviously the ending wasn't ideal, but hopefully we've got something to build on.