Mike Tomlin Hid Ireland Journey Schedule From Pittsburgh Steelers Gamers

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the New England Patriots in Week 3 to enhance their report to 2-1. The crew should now transfer on rapidly as they are going to journey throughout the Atlantic Ocean to Dublin, Ireland for a world contest towards the Minnesota Vikings.

The subsequent week is a whirlwind of a schedule for the Steelers, however the gamers did not study in regards to the precise particulars after their most up-to-date victory. SI’s Albert Breer spoke with Pittsburgh edge rusher T.J. Watt following their win over the Patriots. Watt defined that his head coach, Mike Tomlin, hid the crew’s journey schedule for the upcoming days till after their recreation towards the Patriots. Watt informed Breer that Tomlin did this to maintain deal with Week 3 and the duty at hand.

“In an effort to keep the players’ focus where it needed to be, Watt said that Tomlin kept the schedule for the trip away from them the past couple of weeks,” Breer wrote. “As such, the 31-year-old joked that his goal now is “first and foremost, learning the schedule.” After that, there’ll be plenty left to address.”

It appears that technique and reasoning labored out for Tomlin and the Steelers. The crew gained a vital recreation towards the Patriots. It was a recreation they simply might have ignored in anticipation of the Vikings and their worldwide matchup.

The downside, nevertheless, is now the crew has a tense week of journey forward. The crew will fly out of Pittsburgh later this week, which means they are going to have little or no time to acclimate earlier than taking up the Vikings. For most of the gamers on the Steelers roster, that is the primary time they are going to head abroad for an NFL recreation.

The final time the Steelers performed internationally was in 2013 towards, shock, the Minnesota Vikings. The two groups met within the United Kingdom, and the Vikings smashed the Steelers. Only one present participant on the Pittsburgh roster performed in that recreation, and that’s defensive sort out and captain Cam Heyward.

The crew hopes to avenge that 2013 loss this coming week in Dublin. The Steelers enter with a 2-1 report after they edged out the Patriots. The Vikings additionally enter 2-1, contemporary off an absolute stomping of the Steelers’ rivals, the Cincinnati Bengals. Despite shedding their beginning quarterback, the Vikings have a protection that is recorded a number of sacks in each recreation thus far. They current one other intense problem for the Steelers as they attempt to proceed constructing in 2025.

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