Your 2021 Steelers Portfolio

Google him. He bounced all over college football, usually staying in a job for 1 or 2 yrs. Half the time, he got fired. Half the time he leveraged a good season to a better job. He was at Pitt (I think) one year, had success and became OC at LSU. And they fired him fairly quickly. Why is he is with the Steelers? Probably, he was looking for a job and someone remembered him fondly at Pitt. You know how recent Stiller job searches go: 1) is the guy from W Pa? 2) does he have other local ties? All other need not apply.

 

Canada can't be any worse than Fichtner

 

I’ve posted this before. I had an old boss who would say thst people who thought things couldnt get worse had limited imaginations. I dont know Canada will be worse, but the local expectation is that he will be ALOT better. Sorry, don’t see it. The defacto OC is still here: Big Ben. And at 39, he ain’t changin for nobody.

 

I didn't think much of Fichtner. But I do think he was a pretty convenient fall guy for last season.

I am guessing the 2021 offense is going to look a lot like the 2020 offense did. Matt Canada is going to have the same limitations that Randy Fichtner did. You have a near 40 year old QB, who doesn't want to get hit, and only wants to operate out of the shotgun. Add in the fact that your O-line is suspect, and I am not even sure Bill Wash could be an effective OC.

 

If Najee gets 20 touches a game the offense will be better, unless the touches are all passes. I am hoping Dotson, Banner, and possibly Green transform the run game. But if Ben is sacked 3 times or more in a game, the old offense will be back in the playbook. The way TJ Watt was getting held last year, our o-line should be fine, if holding calls aren't flagged again.

 

OK, I just did Google him and there has to be something more than what Joe Public fan like myself is privy to.

He gets a gig at LSU...that is getting a huge break.

Big Ben must have pimped him hard. I just hope he won't be Bens lapdog though.

Im usually an "In the front office I trust" type but I assumed he had a lot more actual experience at the pro level and was effective with running some type of offensive philosophy that earned him the position.

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I am taking a wait and see approach. This is his first experience as an NFL OC. The bar wasn't set very high last year. Hopefully he makes a difference.

 

Who's ND?

 

HC Hold
OC Hold
DC Sell
QB Sell

 

https://steelersdepot.com/2021/06/b...tt-canada-have-been-constantly-communicating/

it's not just about canada. we have changed not only OC, but two new ( i think pretty good) o-line coaches, one new TE coach, one new (again i think pretty good) QB coach, a fairly new WR coach. this all has to mesh together. this alone i believe is forcing ben to learn with them and buy into this system. if you read it they are putting in some of what ben likes and some of what canada likes and why not? he is a veteran, franchise QB. he should have some say in the new offense or at least an opinion about it. brady did with BAs offense in tampa. this probably won't be a 1 year install because of all the moving parts. as some players change and the offense evolves and the coaches evolve with it, we will see dividends.

 

Also 2 add 2 this some act like the offense was trash all season last year.
I don't see it.
I know we had a collapse, but it was far from trash.
I can think of a lot of teams that wish their offense ran as well as our be4 the collapse.
If the new OC can bring in New wrinkles, We add a better Running game, and we can avoid a collapse...Well ...I don't see how we won't be better.

 

People who don’t think things could be worse lack imagination.

 

Ben won't be as in charge like he was with Fichtner, with Najee on the team Ben won't be throwing 40-50 times a game.

 

It was reported that Ben was taking snaps from under center at OTAs, well you're guessing wrong then because players have said this is a whole new offense. Fichtner made no adjustments when teams took away their short routes.

 

i disagree. art 2 loves ben. maybe to a fault.