When things go as haywire as they did in Sunday's 30-7 loss to the 49ers, the game plan tends to go out of the window along with them.
Such was the case for Mike Tomlin and his staff, though it flew to the wayside perhaps quicker than normal with respect to the game flow. The Steelers' first five possessions resulted in four punts and a Kenny Pickett interception, while the 49ers scored 20 points to the tune of two touchdowns and two field goals during the same timeframe.
That forced the Steelers out of what they wanted to do in a totality.