Pittsburgh Steelers Media Conference

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Shane Steichen

Visitors Postgame Press Conference


Steelers - 27, Colts - 20

SHANE STEICHEN: No injuries to report. Just looking at the game, obviously hard to win when you turn it over like we did. Credit to the Steelers and their defense and what they did.

Obviously could have been better for our guys today moving the football up and down the field, but I thought the fight obviously at the end -- there at the end our guys were fighting like crazy. There was no quit in the guys, so I like that.

We'll have a look at things tomorrow, get it cleaned up, and get ready for Atlanta.

Q. Did they do anything differently than they showed over the course of the year?

SHANE STEICHEN: They did a few little things. Credit to them, they did good on defense.

Q. How do you explain the offensive line just not winning more?

SHANE STEICHEN: I've got a lot of things on our offensive line. Like I said, give credit to Pittsburgh. I think they did some good things. We'll get it cleaned up and get ready for Atlanta.

Q. How do you think Daniel Jones performed today? He was under pressure a lot.

SHANE STEICHEN: I think he did good. The interceptions, you look at the interceptions, you look at the stat line, two of them were tipped balls. We're at two-minute, trying to get chunks during the soft defense. We're trying to chuck it down the field.

I think just the one where the guy dropped out underneath it, made a good play with Wilson there. I thought that was good. Besides those things, I thought he did well.

Q. Is it hard to get JT going in a game like that, changing possessions so much?

SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, could I have got some more carries in there for him, probably. I thought they did some good things, stopped the run early. Got some two, three yard carries and whatnot, then we got it going a little bit. Then obviously had the turnovers, and that stopped some drives. We'll always look at those things and go from there.

Q. Seemed like they had the middle of the field pretty muddy. Did that stand out to you at all?

SHANE STEICHEN: A little bit. I thought they did some good things. Like I said, credit to them. They played good on defense today.

Q. I assume I know the answer to this, but did anything happen today that changed how you see this offense, which has performed obviously very well?

SHANE STEICHEN: Not at all. I think when you take away the takeaways, we'll be moving the ball down the field and scoring a lot of points again. I have a ton of faith in our offense.

Q. Were there concerns with Michael Pittman? Looks like he came up a little wobbly after one of the late hits?

SHANE STEICHEN: No, he's good. He's tough as nails. He gets hit hard all the time and pops right back up.

Q. JT did get hit quite a bit in the backfield today. Is that just kind of a result of that defensive line having a good day, do you think?

SHANE STEICHEN: Just little things we've got to clean up there. Obviously we'll go get them cleaned up tomorrow. Our O-line has been playing great all year. I have a lot of faith in those guys.

Q. You mentioned you saw a lot of fight out of this team in the game. You guys have so rarely given up sacks or turnovers throughout the start of this season. How do you feel like this team responded in a game that's been so uncharacteristic from the rest of them they played this year?

SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, like I said, I think they responded the right way, obviously being down at halftime and then fighting back and obviously with the turnovers and everything that happened, just the grittiness there at the end to get the 20 points there at the end and try to get another onside and throw a Hail Mary there, our guys were fighting all the way to the end.

Q. Matt Goncalves played today. Obviously a lot of emotions out there today. How much respect do you have for him to go out there and throw one out there?

SHANE STEICHEN: Ton of respect for Matt. Like I said earlier, losing your dad is always hard, but like he said, my dad would want me to play today. He showed up for his team. He's obviously played a lot of games on this field. So obviously a lot of respect for him for sure.

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