Are you crazy, bro ?: Lots of heat on Mike Tomlin, Art Rooney II, Big Ben, Pens fans, pirate expectations

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This week “U mad, my brother?” turns out badly for Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and owner Art Rooney II.

Penguin fans take a little slap. We get a reality check of Pirates 2021. There is an in-depth look at Cold War-era Europe. And I’m calling one of my TribLive colleagues.

Because he deserves it!

I’ll come back to sports in a moment. But I have to start with this tweet which personally drove me crazy. It comes from my fellow TribLive Chris Adamski.

No, Chris. We shouldn’t be having a conversation about white chocolate. Already!

In fact, let’s never talk about it again. Let’s act as if this does not exist. Let me live in a world where I can claim that white chocolate was not sent from heaven as a way to strike us down for all of our sins.

I see white chocolate, and I have the same reaction as when the Steelers go five wide in third and one from the goal line.

Why should I eat something that tastes like a six-pack plastic holder and has the texture of my grandma’s seashell hand soap?

White chocolate is an abomination. It is a crime against humanity. This is the dessert equivalent of what happened when all of those animals came back to life in the “Pet Cemetery”. It is ungodly and unnatural.

It’s bad. And it is badly mixed. I don’t like white chocolate mochas. I don’t like white chocolate chips in cookies. It even ruins the raspberry cheesecake as a drizzled topping.

How to spoil a raspberry cheesecake ?! But it is. It does!

White chocolate makes me so angry, I watch this bunny, and I just start looking for a milk chocolate owl coming down from the sky and snatching it from your hands to take it to a suitable end.

It is the only “white chocolate” that I like.

So, Chris, no! No, I say! And don’t dare choose me in this year’s Secret Santa Society. I have a feeling I know what I’m going to have.

OKAY. Let us come back to much less important elements.

RJ has a bone to choose from with Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and owner Art Rooney II. Come to think of it, how many bones are there in the human body? I think it’s 206, right? That’s pretty much where RJ is.

“So many things are wrong! Where do I start? He wants Ben to come back? WHY??

Seriously, Rooney REALLY believed Tomlin had the Steelers ready? Yeah, the turnovers weren’t his fault, but the planning of the game and the preparation of your defense sure are !!

Yunz fans (that’s how it was spelled until the yuppies moved in) know Tomlin just folded the stretch, Mr. Rooney. Guess he had them prepared for Washington and Cincy too?

Tomlin is the “Berlin Wall”. It collapses on an annual basis.“

Well I would say the Berlin Wall collapsed in a specific year. It would be 1989. And, technically, it was early November.

And, as we all know, Tomlin’s teams are waiting until December to collapse.

Hey ho! Try the veal. Tip your waitress.

But, yeah, about you, it took four years for the physical wall to erode, break, and tear down.

Wait a minute, how long has it been since the Steelers won a playoff game? Hmm. RJ, yinz might be on to something.

Truly,

A yuppie who moved in.

Brad would also like a word or two on Tomlin and Big Ben.

“Ben thinks he’s still elite. He is not. I believe the second half of the season is the real Ben.

So the Steelers stayed with him for at least another year. Mike (Tomlin) doesn’t think there is a problem or at least he’s not responsible for it. He seems helpless. These two people always tell the media, “I have to do better. We must do better.

And when it matters. They don’t do better. How is “better” obtained if nothing is changed?“

Brad, I think you’re basically right. And I will deepen your point of view.

My biggest concern is that “Ben in the second half” was pretty close to the same guy in the first half. But the team played better around him. And opponents didn’t believe what they were watching on the film.

The racing game was better at the start. Wide receivers were better at the start. The offensive line was better at the start. The defenses didn’t know how to handle Chase Claypool. The receptors did not have as many drops. The Steelers defense scooped the ball more often and created more negative plays.

And I still think the teams on the other side took about 10 weeks to figure out the short passing game. And when they did, the Steelers had no response except once in the second half against the Indianapolis Colts.

Don’t be fooled by the big offensive numbers against the Cleveland Browns in the playoff game. This team was playing a preemptive defense in the second quarter.

Basically, the last six weeks of the season were like having a giant bite of white chocolate.

Have I already expressed my opinions on white chocolate? Oh, did I?

Well.

Kurt disagrees with CBSSports.com’s mock draft of the Steelers trading to select Alabama quarterback Mac Jones.

Yeah. That was basically my thought too, Kurt.

Here’s what suddenly interests me now, after Wednesday’s news. If the Steelers really keep Roethlisberger for another year, what happens to backup quarterback Mason Rudolph? His contract also ended after next year.

Since they have Dwayne Haskins, are they trading Rudolph for a pick? Do they let both quarterbacks work after 2021 and then write a pair or do they sign one and write one in 2022?

Hmm. It sounds like Monday’s column to me.

“Mike Mc.” don’t think Penguins fans are able to see the forest through the trees.

“Fans of pens are delusional, it’s like talking about taking over Marc-André Fleury. How would the pens do exactly that? The closet is empty, (draft) choice and perspective and they may or may not get a No.1 for Kris Letang. Fans of pens haven’t been in this position since the year 2002 and it shows.“

Well, Mike, they should be better informed. Do you remember 2015? They were woefully close to missing the playoffs by then and a sudden rebuild around the core was needed.

Fortunately, that happened and it resulted in a few more Stanley Cups. But now they’re stuck in the middle.

And yes, Fleury’s stuff is crazy because he’s been awesome. The Vegas Golden Knights are in contention. And the penguins have little to offer in return. So this deal would never materialize. I think the upcoming decision on how to make up for the loss of Jason Zucker is a huge indicator of how Brian Burke and Ron Hextall view their own desire to chase another playoff series.

Finally, Rick answered a question posed while I was on WPXI’s “Final Word” on Sunday night. “Are the Pirates going above or below the estimated 59.5 wins in Las Vegas?”

Yes, that is where we are with baseball in Pittsburgh. When you predict “only” 99 losses. And that makes you a cheeky optimist.

Wow!

What’s next at PNC Park? White chocolate pierogies?

Tim Benz is a writer for Tribune-Review. You can contact Tim at [email protected] or via Twitter. All tweets could be reposted. All emails are subject to publication, unless otherwise specified.

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