There were too many drops today. Dyami Brown's drop in the endzone didn't end up hurting as they scored the next play, but was by far the most egregious. McCaffrey dropping a pass on the side line. Ertz dropping a wide open first down pass in the red zone, and as much as Charles Davis wanted to credit the defender on the throw to Brown on the last drive, it was in and out of Brown's hands before the defender contacted him. Not only would that have been a first down, but would have put them in FG range with a chance to win if they can't move the ball.
As for Daniels, his accuracy has definitely been affected by the rib injury. He has been a little off the past few games on some throws. Balls that used to hit receivers in stride are just a little behind. The receivers today made some catches on those throws, but for the most part were not helping him. He also was pressured a lot more than we've seen this year. Watt was mostly silent today (I think he only made one play on the last drive), but others were able to put pressure on Daniels and that had some impact. Lastly, he did not run as much today as he had. Some of that is credit to the Pittsburgh D. And overall that may be a good thing as he won't be putting himself in harms way, but it does take away some of his effectiveness as a weapon.
On the defense, I thought they were mostly fine today. The two things that frustrated me (beyond the Newton play at the end), was after getting a 10 point lead, the defense let the Steelers go right down the field and score. Plays of 26 and 34 yards hurt on that drive. But even holding the Steelers to a FG would have been huge in that situation from a momentum standpoint. Instead, they give up a TD and it showed the Steelers they were still in the game. And then the TD to Williams at the end. How do St Juste, Whitt, Quinn, anyone else who is in charge, not know that Mike Williams doesn't know the playbook at the point. He's probably only going to have a jump ball thrown to him. You cannot let him get behind you in that situation. And it wasn't like St Juste was playing press coverage. He was off the line and still let Williams run right by him.
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