Pickett orders Steelers to ‘study more’ after reduction to Eagles

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles mentor Nick Sirianni is familiar with Steelers enthusiasts often get around an opposing stadium and offer you a slice of Pittsburgh with hundreds of waves of their Awful Towels.

Sirianni scanned the Linc and spotted several of the ubiquitous rally towels. He gave credit to Eagles admirers who had very considerably locked out their intrastate rivals from snapping up tickets.

Neglect the towels.

About the only issue horrible in Philly was, properly, the Steelers.

Kenny Pickett experienced passes picked off, acquired sacked, failed to toss a touchdown pass and struggled all match. The finish end result Sunday was the Eagles defeat the Steelers 35-13 to continue being undefeated.

A rookie quarterback, Pickett place the Steelers (2-6) on discover: Time to hit the playbook.

“Guys need to know what they’re performing,” Pickett stated. “We have to have to research much more. I don’t think we research sufficient as a team. There’s way also a lot of penalties, which we can management. It’s all mental. There’s really no excuse for that to come about.”

Pickett as soon as famously backed out of his dedication to perform at Temple and resolved to play his collegiate job across the condition at Pitt. That intended he missed out on playing at the Linc, the shared house of the Eagles (7-) and Owls.

No question, Pickett wished he could have skipped this one particular, much too.

Pickett has started out 4 straight video games following changing Mitch Trubisky at halftime of the Steelers’ 24-20 decline to the Jets on Oct. 2. The No. 20 in general decide, Pickett has shown assure at occasions, but has professional rising pains. Ball protection has been an issue.

Pickett was strip-sacked late in the video game by Jason Hargrove, leading to a Philadelphia landing.

“When you’re going 14 plays, 16 plays, something’s likely to take place quicker or later,” Pickett stated.

In this case, it wasn’t touchdowns: Pickett completed 25 of 38 for 191 yards with one interception.

“We all weren’t good sufficient currently. I’ll just assess it in that way,” coach Mike Tomlin reported. “He’s a young male obtaining an chance to participate in and all that. I’m just not in that frame of intellect proper now. I’m likely to evaluate what transpired from a collective point of view.”

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Large receiver Chase Claypool threw a 1-lawn pass to fullback Derek Watt on a trick engage in in the initially quarter for Pittsburgh’s only landing.

Anything else went improper for the Steelers: No receiver topped 57 yards, no functioning back had a lot more than 50 yards and the Steelers were being whistled for 9 penalties for 60 yards.

“A man dropping a ball or missing a block or I miss out on a toss, the actual physical things, you can pat just about every other on the again and say we’ll go get them future time,” Pickett mentioned. “You can set up with that. But the things you can not place up with is the mental blunders and that needs to get set.”

The Steelers entered the sport 31st in details, 30th in overall offense and around the base of the league in yards for each move try and yards per rushing try. Pittsburgh remains without a 20-yard rush and has just one completion above 40 yards this season.

“We have to have much more explosive performs,” Pickett claimed.

Offensive coordinator Matt Canada remains on the warm seat following one more dismal outing. Tomlin declined to discuss any probable changes to the coaching team as the Steelers head into a bye week.

“We’re 2-6, men. I’m not going to respond to that issue each week,” Tomlin explained. “I’m open to undertaking regardless of what is essential for us to get superior. That’s just how it is. We’re critically fully commited to profitable and remaining superior and that’s just a element of it.”

Even even worse, A.J. Brown taunted defenders Minkah Fitzpatrick and Ahkello Witherspoon immediately after they failed to break up the wide receiver’s 3rd landing pass of the to start with 50 %. Witherspoon, his 1st sport back again due to the fact a 7 days 3 hamstring harm, was benched in the next half for James Pierre.

“We’re not positioning ourselves to get online games. We didn’t today,” Tomlin explained. “We’ve received to possess that. Some fundamental matters, we’re slipping quick.”

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