Week 8 · 2025–26 season
Steelers
L 25-35 vs Packers · Oct 26, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Steelers fans have moved past anger into open mourning, with Tomlin's tenure now drawing eulogies instead of defenses.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
T.Kraft turned the Steelers defense into a turnstile, racking up chunk after chunk before walking in for a 24-yard touchdown to put it away in the fourth. A.Rodgers connected with R.Wilson for 45 yards early, but the offense couldn't keep pace with whatever J.Love wanted to do. The fanbase is openly questioning Tomlin, the scheme, and the corners — and at 25-35 with no answers, it's hard to argue any of it down.
What fans said
“Team fully quit today. No discipline whatsoever. I could go on and on about how bad this team really is, but who cares?”
u/pauwei▲ 438rage
“I’d rather venture into the unknown than watch another season of this shit.”
u/FakeMarkMadden▲ 243despair
“the game has passed tomlin by. he’s stuck on a defense and offense that worked in 2008.”
u/Matt_Ordazam▲ 220betrayal
“How there can be any Tomlin defenders left is beyond me. No playoff wins in 10 years and nothing to show for anything this year.”
u/ManUtd1994▲ 132betrayal
“The Steelers logo is a circle because we have no corners”
u/pat_pav▲ 231frustration
“FIRE EVERY COACH NOW”
u/Jyingling21▲ 62rage
14 more
“the defense has been a complete, abject failure.”
u/ArthosPrime▲ 62rage
“I'd much prefer that to the constant false faith this team provides followed by the inevitable crash and burn.”
u/GroundbreakingPush90▲ 81despair
“Self destruction adds a new layer of humiliation to the incompetence.”
u/NFL_MVP_Kevin_White▲ 66rage
“AFC North is wide fucking open for the first time in years and this is the effort we get week after week.”
u/FairOpposite6810▲ 118frustration
“My 6-week-old (today!) son doesn’t quite fit in his Steelers gear yet, but we’re wearing it anyway.”
u/Elphaba78▲ 35joy
“He's cooked, everything about him has fallen off and at this point he's surviving off name recognition”
u/KuiShanya▲ 66frustration
“Refs genuinely need to be investigated this is insane”
u/No_Lecture_8049▲ 25rage
“Get me out of this timeline”
u/Waluigi_IRL▲ 37despair
“You’re fucking kidding me!!! Our dude gets wrestled to the ground by two dudes and then held there and it’s Herbig that draws the flag?!?? These reds tonight are the worst I’ve seen all season and that’s saying something.”
u/Jakles74▲ 23rage
“Is it finally time for the Tomlin meat riders to shut the fuck up and go back to their caves?”
u/big_chelo▲ 23rage
“Most of it is straight up bad technique, and that’s on the coaching staff.”
u/nh171995▲ 285frustration
“the inevitable mid season losing streak has officially begun...”
u/Best-Necessary9873▲ 31despair
“Let that be a lesson! Nobody completes 21 passes in a row on this defense NOBODY”
u/wonderfulwilliam▲ 20rage
“The decline is nauseating.”
u/brianlangauthor▲ 28despair