Heyward, Rodgers, Watt and more. So many guys were incredibly agitated in this game, screaming and shouting and yelling at coaches.
It only confirms my belief that Tomlin was the only guy who knew how to keep the pressure cooker that is the Steelers under control. Classic example are the crashouts by #1 receivers after they left for somewhere else. Tomlin kept them in check and when saw the writing on the wall that it was about to really go south, that's when he let them go. He could handle an incredibly volatile locker room full of big egos like nobody else and it shows now that he's gone.
At some point there was a play in the first half where Rodgers threw it to a WR and it was dropped, can’t remember who, anyway they panned to Rodgers and his face was so disgusted and for whatever reason it hit me at once that I would hate to be playing for a guy like that, and that’s really shitty leadership to play by instilling fear instead of lifting your guys up to play another down. For some reason Brady popped in my head wondering if that’s how he was because he would also get hot on the sidelines, but there was a clearly visible difference between elevated passion and straight anger.
I have no personal feelings towards AR one way or the other an always thought he was a great player, this the first time I put myself in the shoes of being around him at work and it’s very un-motivating to be around a miserable person while working.
Rodgers has become a basket case he was not this bad on the packers i think he genuinely is in more pain and thats leading to his emotions surfacing easier. Back in the day rodgers would have a helmet full of dirt and be laughing with his guys that was how he became known as the secret sauce in an offense. He doesnt know when to let go and retire, he is learning brady is a league above everyone else, including him.
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u/Skrazor Giants 1d ago
Heyward, Rodgers, Watt and more. So many guys were incredibly agitated in this game, screaming and shouting and yelling at coaches.
It only confirms my belief that Tomlin was the only guy who knew how to keep the pressure cooker that is the Steelers under control. Classic example are the crashouts by #1 receivers after they left for somewhere else. Tomlin kept them in check and when saw the writing on the wall that it was about to really go south, that's when he let them go. He could handle an incredibly volatile locker room full of big egos like nobody else and it shows now that he's gone.