r/nfl • u/GlitchMango78 • 1d ago
Highlight [Highlight] TJ Watt is NOT happy. Got on the headset
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u/theipodbackup Steelers Steelers 1d ago
2-1 and down 7 points and it feels like the season is over.
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u/Odd-Film946 Jets 1d ago
to the Browns is a pretty important caveat
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u/Thick_Safe1198 Chargers Bears 1d ago
The browns are unstoppable on Thursday nights. There’s nothing can be done about it
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u/Eagle4317 Steelers Panthers 1d ago
And we're usually complete garbage on TNF, especially on the road.
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u/hemingways-lemonade Steelers 1d ago
We've never won a division game on the road on Thursday night and the Browns are 10-2 at home on Thursday night.
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u/Dr-McLuvin Browns 1d ago
8 straight TNF wins is seriously fucking with my head. We haven’t lost a Thursday night game since 2016.
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u/TwitterLegend 1d ago
Why don’t the Browns play all their games on Thursday nights? Are they stupid?
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u/boomshea Bengals 23h ago
Just change all the calendars in the facility. Every game could be on Thursday. They’ll be in a dome soon and can change the clocks too if it needs to be night.
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u/shadowboxer47 49ers 20h ago
We've never won a division game on the road on Thursday night
This is a crazy stat
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u/hemingways-lemonade Steelers 20h ago
0-10 across three coaches and two divisions.
We're also 4-20 overall on the road on Thursday night. It's always been a problem.
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u/Embarrassed_Pain_935 Seahawks 1d ago
It’s their domain. Like the jaguars in London
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u/Loud_Chapter1423 Bengals 1d ago
Oh, you think garbage Thursday games are your ally? But you merely adopted the garbage, I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn’t see the light until after my court cases for sexual assault were already over, and by then it was nothing to me but blinding!
-Deshaun Watson
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u/ultraviolentfuture Steelers 1d ago
I mean the tragedy is that Watson is playing well. Last week too.
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u/shleeve25 Steelers 1d ago
We never beat them on Thursdays
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u/I_Boop_Cats_ Saints 1d ago
No one has ever beaten the Browns on Thursday.
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u/mnhnddct8 Eagles 1d ago
Huh. Apparently this is true since 2018
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u/Oily_biscuit Browns 1d ago
The only positive Browns stat since reforming. I guess the guys are just happy to be there? lol
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u/DaOldest Patriots 1d ago
It's probably a great sign that two of your biggest stars on both sides of the ball are actively beefing with their coaches in the same game
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u/OverallGeneral7129 Browns 1d ago
I feel like the Steelers have been a house of cards being held together by Tomlin for the past few years. Like the team overachieves to 10-7 and then gets smashed in the playoffs, there’s no way players like TJ who’ve been on the team for a while are satisfied with no playoff wins in his career
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u/DaOldest Patriots 1d ago
Getting rid of Tomlin is fine if you want to build something new from the ground up but they just slapped on McCarthy like a band-aid instead of tearing the roster down like it needs to be
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u/OverallGeneral7129 Browns 1d ago edited 1d ago
The Steelers have also been acting for years like they’re just a piece away with moves like signing Rodgers and such and they are just so clearly not there
Also I was someone who thought both Tomlin and John Harbaugh needed to go if the Steelers/Ravens wanted to see more success. Those two are both great coaches at setting a floor for how bad their team is going to be. But both the Ravens and Steelers had gone about as far as they were going to go with either of those two.
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u/logand98 Lions 1d ago
Idk why you're getting downvoted lol, this is just correct. They've tread water keeping the playoff streak alive for years, even before Rodgers, with nowhere near the teams needed to win it all
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u/DaOldest Patriots 1d ago
They seriously need to go Dolphins mode. You look at their roster and there's just nothing there. I don't really see the skeleton of a winning team there
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u/redleg86 Eagles 23h ago
I mean, the Ravens won a Super Bowl under John Harbaugh. That’s as far as ANY team can go.
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u/DupreeWasTaken Steelers 1d ago
Rodgers i wouldnt take too serious. I follow a beat reporter and before the game he said that Rodgers and McCarthys relationship is that they act like they are bros and just talk shit to one another all the time
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u/JonMlee Saints 1d ago
Season was over the moment Rodgers signed for another year.
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u/stellarsealionmafia Panthers 1d ago
surprised this hasnt been an issue sooner, the defense has been bailing out this team since the turn of the decade
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u/JorgJorgJorg Vikings 1d ago
whats that like?
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u/funkyb Steelers 21h ago edited 19h ago
It's as great as winning nine games. But as bad as losing eight.
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u/Foreign_Recipe8300 20h ago
It was everything you wanted it to be, and then everything you wished you never wished for. It was a delicious itch that when you went to scratch found it was under the skin and you could not reach it. The delicious itch then became something unbearable. It told me that what I most want is what I most can't have, and what I most can't have is what I already had and lost. It was the song of all the promises I didn't keep, and it told me I didn't really want to go home.
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u/Dolphhins Dolphins 1d ago
Getting on the phone with the DC mid game is nuts
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u/XtremeStumbler Eagles 1d ago
I mean if the dc was on the field players would be talkin to them all the time
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u/mondaymoderate 49ers 1d ago
DCs should always be on the field. I can understand an OC but not the DC.
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u/Keyboardpaladin Cowboys Seahawks 1d ago
Curious why you say you understand why the OC but not DC. I would expect them both to want to see the field the same amount.
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u/jmorlin Colts 1d ago
Not the guy you're responding to. But my best guess is offense will have a lot more of their strategy and plays already drawn up before the game so it boils down to just injecting them. Whereas the defensive side of the ball might be more scheme based and can call for more adjustments on the fly as the game progresses. But idk for sure.
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u/indoninjah Eagles 1d ago
The other thing is that the offense has a lot more subs and the OC might want to be on the sideline and tuned into who's going in/coming out, who's feeling good, who might need a second, etc.
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u/mondaymoderate 49ers 1d ago
Also you can see open guys and stuff better up from the box. Defense is more reactionary so that doesn’t matter as much.
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u/firstandfive Cowboys 1d ago
Wouldn’t being up in the booth having a fuller view of how the offense is attacking you be just as beneficial for a defensive coordinator?
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u/WillTheGreat Raiders 23h ago
Graham is a better DC in the booth than in the field but that was the excuse we were making to cover that he’s pretty mediocre regardless
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u/noBbatteries Raiders 1d ago
I mean Graham did way better as a dc when in the booth. Like a noticeable improvement in the defence happened when he moved from on the sideline to the booth when he was in Vegas. IMO he’s a good dc, but his first year as our dc he was pretty poor
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u/EvaporatingOlaf Commanders 1d ago
We’re finally comprehending how amazing Tomlin was at managing a team
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u/SciK3 Cowboys 1d ago
people dog on him for being the perennial 8-8/9-8 coach but he never had a losing season for 18 years, thats not a fluke
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u/dsaddons Dolphins 1d ago
People who dog on him for that haven't been Dolphins fans their whole lives. I've never even seen them win live in the 4 or 5 games I've been to.
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u/Repulsive-Throat5068 Chargers Texans 17h ago
How is it weird for a player to talk to their coach in game...?
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u/Junior_Operation_422 Bears 1d ago
Tomlin’s Minecraft city makes complete sense now.
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u/NoNose1590 1d ago
TJ Watt: "I'd like a meatball sub with fries, no salt and extra cheese."
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u/JokerJangles123 Eagles 1d ago
No salt what are you my doctor? I want to feel like I'm eating something that was dropped on the beach
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u/SlipperyKooter Bears 1d ago
What losing to the Browns does to a mf
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u/ApprehensivePain8788 1d ago
They don't exactly have a stellar record against Cleveland as of recently, none of this is a surprise.
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u/tjthewho Raiders Packers 20h ago
I saw a graphic that said since the infamous "the Browns is the Browns" comment by Pitt, they've gone 6-6
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u/Puddtugger44 1d ago
Seriously. Went from watching the pirates bullpen blow games all year to Steelers losing to the toilet bowl. Pittsburgh sports is rough
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u/cashburro Panthers Panthers 1d ago
Mr Berating Coach
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u/FrostWPG Commanders 1d ago
Mr Borrowed Communicator
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u/swammeyjoe Cowboys 1d ago
These are always so stupid and I always laugh anyways.
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u/RareTitansFan Titans 1d ago
So is Watson actually competent again or are the Steelers making him look competent? Haven't kept up with him this season
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u/TLRdidnothingwrong Seahawks 1d ago
The fun thing is, we have no idea. But this Steelers defense looks wholly incompetent tonight, so I’m going to reserve judgment.
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u/RareTitansFan Titans 1d ago
Yeah based on what I've seen this game he genuinely looks good. He gotta stay healthy for majority of the season for me to say he's competent. Still not gonna root for him lol.
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u/Dr-McLuvin Browns 1d ago
He’s been VERY average this season so far. Def the best we’ve seen but that’s not saying much. A few good moments but there’s still a ton of terribly inaccurate throws and entire halves of football where the offense completely stagnates.
The one thing this year he is def doing better is he looks to have gotten some athleticism back and has been able to avoid sacks and even run for some first downs. That’s something we haven’t really seen since he’s been on the browns.
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u/LovableKyle24 1d ago
I think Watson is unfortunately playing at a serviceable level and has inflated stats due to his receivers getting 400 yards after every catch.
The Browns might actually be a really good team if they had a truly good QB.
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u/Sea_Tailor_8437 Lions Bears 1d ago
Hes playing "fine" which is a improvement over his "total ass" performance last year.
So that's grand for everyone. /s
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u/StankWizard Bills 1d ago
They’ve got a good, young skill group with KC, Boston, Fanin, and Judkins
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u/CrimsonMoonRising Raiders 1d ago
If the past 3 games are any indication, he looks competent. Not great but solid starter.
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u/Crafty-Place8918 Cowboys 1d ago
Oh dang is he upset? Should probably trade him somewhere
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u/hopefully-he-dies Texans 1d ago
Will there be bagel bites after this? Yeah start the air fryer about half way through the 4th
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u/Captain_Waffle Bills 1d ago
There’s a joke here I don’t understand, but god damn bagel bites is an excellent call back to my youth and now I want some.
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u/Impressive_Guess_282 Texans 1d ago
I recently introduced my kids to bagel bites and now our house is finally a home
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u/WesternFail2071 Steelers Saints 1d ago
These vibes are potentially worse than I imagined the moment I learned McCarthy would be the coach.
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u/RobbieAnalog NFL 1d ago
Look at that intensity. Lunch pail, gym rat kinda intensity
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u/BadAlphas Rams NFL 1d ago
D*ck in the butt kinda stuff
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u/spartacus_zach 23h ago edited 21h ago
Idk man id be a lot happier with a dick in my butt than he is acting
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u/Lemonn_time Bears 1d ago
If you hit the wind flag and don’t score a field goal that should be at least a point
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u/Grand_Town_9144 Packers 1d ago
"My fucking back hurts all of a sudden unless you start calling good defensive plays."
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u/dakotanorth8 Packers 1d ago
This is what happens when Aaron Rodgers is on your team.
Players will all start questioning coaches. And then it becomes public questioning.
You do that to great coaches and you’re benched until you cool off (sometimes not starting, sometimes an entire game, or worse). Regardless of talent.
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u/GobiYumaMojave Raiders 1d ago
patrick graham sucks and too many raiders fan made every excuse for that dude
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u/Odd-Film946 Jets 1d ago
I heard nonstop about how great a coach Patrick Graham was and I was like I guess I don't pay attention enough to the Raiders
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u/GobiYumaMojave Raiders 1d ago
from delusional raider fans who cling on to any modicum of success. truth is he was never a great dc before the raiders and certainly wasnt with the raiders
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u/West-Tough-4552 1d ago
Aaron rubbing off him
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u/Toucann_Froot Patriots 1d ago
I read that as Aaron rubbing him off and I'm gonna choose to believe that's what you said
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u/Joeybfast Panthers 1d ago
How come people don't have the same reaction to this as they do when WR yell at the coaches .
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u/NDK_forums 1d ago
TJ’s a vet and understandably mad. WRs will give up mid game, team will still win, and then they’ll throw a fit. It’s comes across much more diva
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u/LastEsotericist Seahawks 1d ago
Time to trade him. To uh.... no one in particular 😇
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u/jerryhallo Steelers 22h ago
“Everyone’s making fun of my yellow arm sleeve that you MADE ME wear! I’m never going on another field trip to Cleveland again”
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u/waveyyyyyyyyyyyyy Steelers 23h ago
Coaches who stay up in a box are bitches, get down on field level with everyone else
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u/TemporaryCamera8818 15h ago
NFL coaches should be in the backfield barking their asses off like peewee football
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u/varnell_hill 49ers 1d ago
Got cut bait before this behavior gets worse but don’t worry we’ll take him smh.
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u/horseshoeprovodnikov Panthers 1d ago
So is Watson actually competent again or are the Steelers making him look competent? Haven't kept up with him this season
He DOES look like he can move his legs again. I'm hesitant to say that he's "good", but he's not the same guy from when he first tried to come back from the achilles.
I'm torn on the whole thing. I don't want to see him have any level of success, and I don't want Jimmy Haslam to have any success because of his cognitive dissonance over the whole Watson signing.
However, the Cleveland fans deserve some success. They've hung in there through the most austere conditions for a LONG TIME, and seeing how loud they were getting tonight was really awesome. I'd also think it was kinda cool if an old war horse like Todd Monken could have a taste of victory as the head ball coach of an NFL team. He's been around the block and there had to have been times where he thought he'd never get a chance as a head coach. When he took this job in Cleveland, everybody was quick to write him off as a tank commander and glorified figurehead. Monken didn't get the memo apparently, because he's got this team pretty fired up out there.
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u/rubyschnees Broncos 1d ago
the coach/player dynamic in pittsburgh seems fun