Commenters split over whether the line was accountability or excuse
3 Sep 22 12:29 AM · 2d ago · 5 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 3
Reddit commenters debated whether McVay's joke represented him owning the earlier loss in hindsight or was simply a way of deflecting blame for the poor Week 1 performance, with some also noting the unusual demands of the international travel schedule.
“That was the right thing to say in the moment. Listing and immediately saying "they didn't deserve this, we're better, blame the travel" would have been insane. A week removed he can own it and it doesn't come across as sour grapes or being a bad loser.”
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That comes next year, post draft when you hand a top prospect qb again. "They should have tanked right after ben retired!... wait they had the 1st qb off the board... THEY SHOULD HAVE TANKED ONCE THEY KNEW PICKETT SUCKED!" Who would the steelers have drafted with a top 5 pick in 2024? Williams, Daniels, Maye, Nix, Penix, McCarthy?
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Nope. If the Steelers offense looks the way it has these first two weeks we are hands down the worst team in the league. Statistically we are the worst in Yards per play right now. Our defense is solid but it cannot win games alone. We only beat Atlanta because cooper rush is atrocious
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Gotta weigh the cost of 4-7 days of lost time for training and jet lag adjustment both ways vs the value of 1 game. Thats why mlb schedules their overseas games 2 weeks before the season’s official start to not screw over the teams that have to play overseas.
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If they go that far again they should do it like the mlb where overseas games take place a couple weeks before the season starts. I think the staff just thought the one game wasn’t worth sacrificing half a week both ways of training time to adjust to jet lag.
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That was the right thing to say in the moment. Listing and immediately saying “they didn’t deserve this, we’re better, blame the travel” would have been insane. A week removed he can own it and it doesn’t come across as sour grapes or being a bad loser.
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meh, easy excuse, but Ill need more than the rams beating up on the giants without their QB to accept that week 2 was the truth. staffords throws were not on the mark, the WRs were making a lot of acrobatic catches to keep things moving.
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It's shocking how few Americans travel IN the country. The amount of people I've met that have never left their own State is mindboggling. And truly mindblowing meeting people that have never left their city of birth.
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Also the waking up at 3am local time to play a game at 10am just feels wrong. I get trying to stay on your own Timezone but it would be weird sitting around in a hotel in the dark all day
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Sometimes Aaron Donald just reminds people why he is Aaron Donald... Giants had no gameplan for Aaron Donald blowing up their offensive line every play.
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I’m just tired of the same old failures. I’m not a pitchfork guy but at some point it just gets old.
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Europe is different than se Asia. 6 hour difference is different than an 18 hour difference.
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What's the deal with airline food, especially when you go to Austrailia for a football game?
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He made a George Costanza exit, when he starts to leave after making everyone laugh.
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Isn't this the exact opposite of owning a loss? This is making an excuse for losing.
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