Things couldn't have gone much worse for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their season opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday.
They got completely man handled in the 30-7 blowout and coach Mike Tomlin didn't sugarcoat anything during his postgame press conference, knowing that his team and coaching staff need to be better on all fronts.
"You can't start games 0-5 on third down and think that you're going to have the type of day that you desire," Tomlin said. "You got to win the weighty downs, and it's just more than just identifying that component, man.