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‘Still JV In Too Many Areas’: Mike Tomlin Has To Praise Punting After Lack Of Positives In Bills Loss

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason performance against the Buffalo Bills was so dismal that Mike Tomlin had to highlight the punting. Outside of the likes of Nick Herbig, that was about the only positive aspect of the game he could muster. Right from the start of his postgame press conference, he made it clear that they gave an unacceptable performance.

“Still not what we’re looking for”, Tomlin said, via the Steelers’ website. “It was better in some areas, but still JV in too many others. An area of improvement, I thought, was net punting. The field position component of play got flipped this time around.