Mike Tomlin discusses the significance of the Pittsburgh Steelers' failed 4th and goal to Sunday's loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
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00:00 I thought it was significant, obviously, when we didn't win the fourth and
00:05 one in the red area.
00:06 Oftentimes that is our posture, particularly in the first half of football games.
00:12 We need to get seven, no question.
00:16 Don't second guess that there.
00:19 But the combination of that failure and
00:22 the subsequent drive by them really made it a challenge for us.
00:29 Oftentimes we're aggressive in those moments because we realize the field
00:34 positioning component of play.
00:36 And the defense's ability to oftentimes back up our offense in those moments and
00:42 put us right back in the short field.
00:44 But that didn't occur.
00:46 Let's talk about why that didn't occur.
00:48 We gave up, I think, three or four possession downs in that sequence.
00:54 Oftentimes kind of in the interior portions of the field.
00:59 We had Atlanta Roberts go down in the first half of that game.
01:03 We had some adjustments planned to cover at the half.
01:09 Obviously, that sequence occurred prior to the half and
01:13 we weren't as in sync from an adjustment standpoint as we would like.
01:16 Adjusting to the loss of Atlanta and we were limited there.
01:19 We're limited from a communication standpoint,
01:21 from a schematic standpoint, and we felt that.
01:25 Their tie-in was significant.
01:27 The interior portions of the field were significant.
01:30 We felt like we were able to calm it down some after giving up
01:35 an ability to communicate and make some adjustments at the half.
01:38 But as it pertained to that sequence of events, the damage was done.
01:42 We're talking about a 14 point swing right there, if you will,
01:46 in terms of how those plays unfolded.