C Mason Cole says the Pittsburgh Steelers put themselves into "bad situations" too often against Houston Texans.
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00:00 We have these spurts where we look good and we're not doing it soon enough in games.
00:05 We're not functioning efficiently.
00:07 I think we're waiting on splash plays and when we don't get them,
00:11 we're not converting third downs and it's just inefficient bad ball.
00:15 >> When Kenny goes down and Mitch has to step up,
00:17 do you have any conversations with Mitch for that first half?
00:20 >> No, no, I mean, usually just take a couple of snaps.
00:24 Here's cadence cuz they're always just a little different, but no,
00:28 we all got, we know what Mitch can do.
00:30 We got to trust in Mitch whenever he's gotta go in.
00:33 >> You had a chance to talk to Kenny or get any sort of update from him at all
00:36 since he went out?
00:37 >> Yeah, I talked to him, but he's a little banged up and
00:41 we'll see what happens from here.
00:43 >> Mason, when you guys come out in the second half the way you did, and
00:46 now she has those big runs, instead of looking at the stuff that doesn't work,
00:50 what was it that did work?
00:51 What can you guys be doing to get to that point?
00:54 >> Yeah, I think there's times where we run the ball really well and
00:58 then one bad or negative run will scare us away from it.
01:03 And we're behind the chains and we're trying to catch up and
01:07 you get in bad situations.
01:08 So we just have to be more consistent across the board.
01:12 We're just not good enough consistently.
01:14 And it's killing us right now.
01:18 >> Specifically protection wise, three sacks, Texas only had four coming in.
01:22 What were they, did they do anything that caught you guys off guard?
01:25 What kind of take you through?
01:27 >> No, I mean it was, I mean one was a fourth and one.
01:32 He was trying to make a play.
01:35 One was a naked boot that they just got us on.
01:38 No, not surprising.
01:42 Didn't do anything surprising.
01:43 We just in bad situations and teams can tee off and get after the passer.
01:48 >> You guys are lacking production.
01:49 What are the conversations like on the sidelines?
01:52 >> Yeah, I mean, we're always trying to figure it out, right?
01:55 There hasn't been panic.
01:59 We know how good we can be, but just for whatever reason, we're starting slow.
02:02 We're not functioning efficiently.
02:04 We're not doing it consistently well enough.
02:07 And then we have spurts in the second half where we're running the ball really
02:11 well, we're moving the ball down the field, and we're still in the red zone.
02:15 So again, just not good enough.
02:20 The conversations are what they are on the sideline, but
02:23 clearly they didn't help that much.
02:25 >> Roger got thrown into the deep end here.
02:26 As a rookie, what did you see from him and how did he respond to that?
02:30 >> Yeah, I mean, he didn't blink once.
02:33 He was ready for the situation,
02:36 handed it well from just kind of first reaction.
02:40 But that's why he drafted Tackle in the first round.
02:44 You expect him to be ready.