Steelers lose to Baltimore, 16-14; three interceptions thrown
by Aubrey Bruce, For New Pittsburgh Courier
On December 11, 2022, a day of infamy occurred at Acrisure Stadium, the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
No, it was not Halloween or old saints’ day. The clock did not strike twelve nor was Edgar Allen Poe available to read a bedtime story to the Steelers or give them a hot toddy to help them sleep. Plus, the offense of the Pittsburgh Steelers did not need any help sleeping, they were able to accomplish that mighty feat on their own. The Ravens beat the Steelers by the flimsy score of 16-14.
What the hell? Loddy, God darn da! Are you kiddin me?
Excuse number one, the Steelers second-string QB Mitch Trubisky was forced to enter the game cold after starting QB Kenny Pickett suffered a concussion earlier in the game. I don’t care if they dug up a prehistoric neanderthal era quarterback from the ice age and inserted him in the game, Trubisky has no rhyme or reason to throw three picks in less than four complete quarters.
After Trubisky put three picks on a platter and served them up, Tiramisu included, the Lamar Jackson-less Ravens were still only able to muster up 16 points. Couple that effort with the “sleeping beauty” Matt Canada-designed offense, which at times reminds me of an offense like the offensive scheme my grandson offers up on one of his video games.
Oh, before I forget, Mitch Trubisky had this whale of an excuse regarding his putrid performance: “I just wanted to go out there, run the offense. Go out there and be aggressive, maybe overly aggressive at times, which showed up with the turnovers. But it’s great to be back out there with the guys. I appreciate everybody battling all four quarters, a lot of stuff I can do better, but coming off the bench, you just wanted to go (out there and provide) a spark.”
Mitch, it might have been great for you to be back out there, but as far as the Steelers offense was concerned, the usage of the adjective “great” might not be the appropriate adjective to use. Mitch also said that he wanted to: “go [out there and provide] a spark” for the team. Well, the only spark that he provided was for the Baltimore Ravens’ defense. In hindsight, Trubisky may now be viewed, along with others, as an unwilling arsonist that provided the “spark” that burned the Steelers’ playoff hopes to the ground. When you have players that have been replaced because of less-than-stellar performances, when and if an opportunity for redemption becomes available, the splash plays that they imagine they will make may morph into a tsunami of ineptitude and may add credence to the fact why they sit in the second chair. At this juncture in their career, maybe the only chair that they should be sitting comfortably in is their recliner at home, watching games on their plasma TV, hot wings in hand because not everyone is destined for prime time.
Why? Well, because some performers have the ability to turn “prime time” into “crime time.” Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin exhibited far more class than I would’ve been able to display had I been faced with answering post-game inquiries about the performance of the Black and Gold. Tomlin said, “You just can’t turn the ball over, particularly in the nature of this matchup. Usually, the team that turns the ball over in the red area is the team that loses. We turned it over in the red area in this one, so we lost this one.”
Heroic intentions almost always fall short because visions of grandiosity are not grounded in reality. Despite his well-intentioned effort, Mitch Trubisky, the hero, will not be seated in the hallowed halls of Valhalla, drinking wine from a gold chalice while lounging by the pool surrounded by beautiful maidens and mermaids. However, if he is not careful and continues to perform the way that he has, he may find himself on the corner sipping “Thunderbird” out of a paper cup while singing BeeGee’s tunes with the “OGs” in the neighborhood.
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