How do you fix our Red Zone Offense ?

If I were the coach, here is what I would do......
Run and pass out of a power formation using play action in the red zone with TE go route spaced with a TE/WR on the edge and one TE/WR in the back of the end zone. I would love to see run and passes out of a power formation and little more smash mouth type of play. You may get a 1 on 1 man if the defense out of a power formation where the defense has to stack the line. I really think a play action boot leg out of a power formation would be very successful as well.

if you don't want to go the power route, maybe they need some creating play calling to spice things up. shovel pass, cross routes, screens (WR or conventional). How about a TE screen with Washington on the edge, tell me how that would be stopped. Maybe have a gadget play with fields line up as a receiver and do a reverse with the option to pass. Take these new concepts and plays and go live one day with the best defense in the league and see how it works with this extra time after thursday's game.

I really believe the success of the offense is always dictated by line play and that doesn't change in the red zone. I would love to see the attitude of "we are going to run in the A gap announcement to the defense, stop us" mentality. then smash them in the mouth. It is sad that we have not seen this style of play for a long time.

I think having counter plays can be very successful. for example. TE screen on edge with washington until they commit LB's to stop it and then run draw with harrison out of same formation with fake to the play that is killing them. Same concept as play action.

My 2 cents for what it is worth.

 

if we score from outside the red zone we won't have to worry about it.

 

I don't think we can blame Russ. Not that he can't have anything to do with it, but this has been a Steelers problem for several years, way before anyone even thought Russ would be in the picture. It's not a new problem this year.

 

Apparently there is an Arthur Smith interview where he hints at the Steelers using Justin Fields near the goal-line this week against Cleveland.

 

I am pretty sure in Matt Canada's offense, the plan on 3rd in 2 is to throw a quick pass 4 yards behind the line of scrimmage.

 

Also terrible but at least that is somewhat a bubble screen even if it never worked. The play to Jefferson was literally a hard out to the sidelines 2 yards short of the first down.