Offensive numbers, notably within the passing recreation, are considerably down throughout the NFL this season resulting from groups taking part in two safeties excessive in protection to stop groups from connecting on deep or out routes.
One staff particularly — the Pittsburgh Steelers — thought it might be considerably improved on that aspect of the soccer this season with the addition of quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, however as an alternative, it’s struggling mightily.
ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky mentioned the Steelers have an “offensive problem,” however that it goes properly past the play of Fields, who’s beginning underneath middle for them proper now.
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They misplaced 20-17 on Sunday to the Dallas Cowboys in a recreation through which it may solely muster 226 whole yards of offense whereas permitting Dallas to amass 445 whole yards of offense.
General, they rank twenty third in whole yards, twenty sixth in factors scored and twenty seventh in passing yards by way of 5 video games.
Orlovsky mentioned that receivers aren’t getting open for Pittsburgh that usually, regardless of the expertise of huge receiver George Pickens, and that they’re having bother coping with man coverages on third-down conditions.
Maybe this falls extra on head coach Mike Tomlin and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith greater than it does on their gamers.
Final season, the Steelers had related rankings on offense, and followers had been calling for Matt Canada to be relieved of his duties because the staff’s offensive coordinator.
Canada was fired in November, and Smith, who had been the Atlanta Falcons’ head coach, was employed.
