{"id":287129,"date":"2023-09-10T23:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287129"},"modified":"2023-09-10T23:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:35:40","slug":"steelers-hc-mile-tomlin-on-worst-home-loss-of-his-career-we-got-kicked-in-the-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/nfl\/steelers-hc-mile-tomlin-on-worst-home-loss-of-his-career-we-got-kicked-in-the-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers HC Mile Tomlin on worst home loss of his career: &#x27;We got kicked in the teeth&#x27;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the goodwill and optimism provided by a perfect preseason vanished for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the harsh reality of their regular-season opener.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Pickett and the Steelers offense, which had stoked expectations after scoring on each of their preseason drives, were rag-dolled in a Week 1 home loss to the San Francisco 49ers, 30-7 &#8212; the most lopsided home defeat in the Mike Tomlin era.<\/p>\n<p>While the 49ers emerged looking every bit like an NFC Super Bowl contender, the Steelers limped away from Acrisure Stadium looking like preseason pretenders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We accept responsibility obviously for the outcome,&#8221; Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said after the game, via the team website. &#8220;We compliment those guys on the quality of work that they did. We absorb the negativity that comes with how we performed today, and we go back to work. We&#8217;ve got to prepare them better. They&#8217;ve got to play better. That&#8217;s just the reality of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got kicked in the teeth today in a lot of ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a lot of ways, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers defense allowed Christian McCaffrey to ramble for 152 yards on the ground, CMC&#8217;s highest total as a 49er and since Week 5 of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers offense was truly woeful to the tune of 239 yards of total offense (a paltry 3.9 yards per play). Pittsburgh fell behind, 20-0, in the first half and got shut out in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Just as great as Pickett and Co. looked weeks earlier, they looked unwell on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t win enough possession downs to be competitive,&#8221; Tomlin said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t start games 0-5 on third down and think you&#8217;re going to have the type of day that you desire. You&#8217;ve got to win the weighty downs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              2023 NFL season, Week 1: Notable injuries, news from Sunday&#x27;s games            <\/li>\n<li>              2023 NFL season, Week 1: What We Learned from Sunday&#x27;s games            <\/li>\n<li>              Bengals WR Ja&#x2019;Marr Chase after blowout loss to Browns: &#x2018;We just lost to some elves&#x2019;            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pittsburgh was 5-for-15 on third downs in the game with Pickett throwing a pair of interceptions (along with a touchdown to Pat Freiermuth\ufeff). Over his last eight games of 2022, Pickett had just one pick.<\/p>\n<p>Tomlin, who&#8217;s helmed the Steelers since 2007, had just two home losses of 15-plus points in his tenure prior to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Week 1 was a wake-up call for the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Disappointing day for us,&#8221; Tomlin said. &#8220;Not how we wanted to perform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/steelers-hc-mile-tomlin-on-worst-home-loss-of-his-career-we-got-kicked-in-the-te\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the goodwill and optimism provided by a perfect preseason vanished for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the harsh reality of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steelers HC Mile Tomlin on worst home loss of his career: &#x27;We got kicked in the teeth&#x27; 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