The offense’s inability to sustain drives is killing this team.

We are averaging 55 snaps a game on offense and our time of possession is at or near the bottom. Conversely our defense is averaging just under 70 snaps. The defense has played so many snaps it’s negated any benefit of a bye week. If this continues by the end of the season they’ll have played over 2 whole extra games worth of snaps. The offense must start sustaining drives. They don’t even necessarily have to result in points.just eat clock and give the defense a break.

 

so...
now it's
no points needed?

and also
FYI

There's an Arthur Jones thread here

 

Boy that’s a steelerfan43 comment

 

Both side of the ball deserve the blame for the time of possession

The steelers are last in play per drive on offense(last in time of possession per drive)
31st for the most play per drive on defense(27th in time of possession)

 

Thank you captain obvious

 

Because in your OP,you blame mostly the offense for the poor time of possession when the defense deserve major blame for that too

My stats were time of possession and play per drive if you don't read correctely

 

the mikeyt special, YR after YR after YR....

it sucks, doesn't it?

players change, results are the same.

ROONEY LIKES IT!!!!!

 

Do you think the time just magically disappears? Obviously when the offense can’t sustain drives the defense is the field more. Which in turn leads to them playing more snaps. Which wears them down. Can you figure out without any more help what happens next?

 

Dude go away until you can actually add something of value to a conversation. 10,000 posts of some variation of Tomlin sucks is tired. Seriously go play in some other sandbox

 

The defense are on the field at 6.8 play per drive,31st in the NFL,so they deserve some blame for that too

 

Who the hell is Arthur Jones?

 

Don't let others lead you astray.
His sister Grace and brother Davy are better known outside of the building but

Arthur Jones gets a ton more criticism.

Keep up with the Joneses Heinz

FMR

 

Going with only Metcalf and a collection of guys who should be no more than a No. 3 or No. 4 receiver was always a mistake. I've been saying that since they foolishly traded Pickens.

 

I dont buy into it being scheme problem. We are seeing more use of 2 and 3 personnel across the league. Defenses reacted to wide open passing attacks by using more coverage players on the field. Now offenses are reacting to that change by using more 12 and 13 personnel. That should be our bread and butter. However, we keep shooting ourselves in the foot allowing opposing defenses to keep lighter and faster defenses on the field. We stop killing ourselves and the opponents have to pull those coverage guys off the field which in turn opens up the passing game. On more than one occasion weidl and Kahn have talked about how they envision this team playing football(bully ball).

 

I think maybe Wilson will get there at some point. I think Austin has shown he is no better than a No. 3 and should probably be No. 4. He has the occasional big game, but disappears far too often. He doesn't have great hands, either. He has juggled a few and his Dwight "Hands of" Stone impression against the Chargers was a killer. I was a big defender of Austin. I hoped he could be more, but he is no more than a useful backup.

 

How often are the plays called by smith actually run by Rodgers?