Mike Tomlin says early mistakes cost the Pittsburgh Steelers in 31-17 loss to the Bills.
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00:00 I compliment Coach McDermott and the Buffalo Bills for victory in a hard-fought game.
00:06 I appreciate the efforts of our guys, and I just told them that, but efforts don't get it done.
00:14 So let's talk tangibly about why we weren't successful.
00:18 We spotted them early in the football game via the turnovers.
00:24 You can't come into an environment like this versus a playoff-caliber team and turn the ball over like that
00:30 and expect to be competitive.
00:33 We spotted them. We fought back in it over the course of the game.
00:39 We cut it to seven and was excited about that.
00:44 Then we gave up a touchdown drive.
00:46 When you get a major penalty within a drive on defense, that's usually going to produce points.
00:51 That was the case. We put them back up by 14, and the rest is academic.
00:57 I'm appreciative of the efforts, but it's not mystical.
01:03 We didn't do what was required to win tonight. We didn't take care of the ball.
01:07 We didn't get the ball from them enough in an environment like this, and thus the score.
01:13 We had a couple of injuries. Joey Porter, Allen Robinson are under concussion protocol.
01:18 Pat Frown, who had an ankle, had limited availability there toward the end of the game.
01:24 Questions?
01:26 Mike, that second turnover, Josh goes 52 yards on that scramble.
01:31 That one was really hurtful.
01:33 No question. But we talked about quarterback mobility and what he is and they are capable of.
01:39 Probably not the story of the game was the mobility, but the turnover component.
01:45 You know, we've got to do better.
01:49 Mike, what kept you from getting a consistent rally offensively?
01:53 Their efforts. They did a really good job of packing the line of scrimmage
01:58 and forcing us to throw the ball more vertically, probably a little bit more vertically than we wanted to.
02:04 We adjusted, we started doing that, and we started moving the football.
02:08 So credit to them.
02:10 Did they do something different with their tight ends or did what you had planned just not work the way you hoped it would?
02:15 You know, we've had our issues with tight end matchups over the second half of the year.
02:19 We adjusted in game, but they made some plays definitively early on.
02:23 Mike, how much did you feel the loss of not having TJ Blatt up there?
02:27 You know, I didn't think about it, to be quite honest with you.
02:29 We knew all week he wasn't playing, and so we prepared with that mindset.
02:33 And so I didn't waste any time thinking about what wasn't at our disposal.
02:37 We had too much at our disposal and too many decisions and considerations to be made to waste time like that.
02:43 How do you think Mason did after throwing that interception?
02:46 I thought he was solid. I thought he was competitive. I thought his confidence was unshakable.
02:50 I thought he displayed the things that he displayed really for the last month or so.
02:55 Anyone?
02:59 Mike, you have a year left on your contract.
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