Arthur Smith

well Tomlin has a mediocre mind just like the Rooney’s

 

LoL. How little people actually know. LoL

 

Another brilliant reply from a nothing.

 

Wow!!!!
Someone with a brain. Thank You.
The other dim bulbs, Hey we can't keep the D off the Qb, but let's run all deep patterns anyway. LoL

 

There is another way to run deeper routes with a poor OL - QB mobility. Unfortunately, the Steelers have hitched their wagon to a series of immobile old QBs.

 

We are talking running plays for the Qb we have.

 

Maybe not all deep patterns but they need to figure out a better passing game than they used against the Patriots.

 

The "passing game" major aim is to not turn the ball over and has been for years, that's why they keep hammering run run then throw to the sidelines...

God knows how years into this failed philosophy and being an old school - physical running team backed up by a great defense etc - and they're still banging their heads against a brick wall with it.

Nothing can work with this o-lone but no-one is ever held accounatble for it's constant failures, evenb though we know where the failures lie.


I AM CONVINCED BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL THESE PLAYERS CANNOT BE THIS BAD SO CONSISTENTLY.

 

That means so much to me coming from you

 

I’ll take that as a no since this made no sense either

 

Fact checking your statement:



Sure looks like it's even between pass and run on early downs. Your perception isn't reality.

 

I don't know why Smith is so highly regarded by commentators. He had two good seasons in 2019 and 2020 as OC at the Titans riding prime Derrick Henry and a decent O-line. Then he goes to Atlanta and stinks up the joint and gets fired after three seasons, largely because the offense sucked, and then the Steelers hire him as OC.

 

How many of those pass was a screen or thing like that in the early down?

 

Not so interested in how many, but rather what is the result.

 

4-5 yards per pass attempt isn't an efficient play, especially when it's second down and 10, but the Steelers call this play (or a running play) way too often on those downs.

The Steelers need to dropback more often... 9 of Rodgers' 16 completions in Week 3 were before the blue line(LOS)...Just to look at post 57 on this page

 

Well... Haley's offense sucked when he was HC for the Chiefs, and Steelers hired him. I actually liked the Haley offense with the Killer B's. Only gripe was.... wish Haley would have kept the pedal on the gas when Bell and Brown were having big games. We needed more points, especially after Shazier went down.

 

Smith if better then Canada, but only slightly better. Horrible play calling last year and continues to run on 1st down with a tight formation into a stacked line. Our blocks better in space and our backs are better in space then trying to bully run into a stacked line.

 

Haley should've kept his mouth can't be telling the franchise QB Ben to STFU on the sideline.

 

Tomlin's only chance at success, hope everyone else becomes as bad a head coach as you. Can he pull it off?

 

What is the Steelers record in one score games? Like 1000-10? Yeah....but they have bad fundamentals. Ok.

Do some of you watch other NFL teams play outside of Steelers games? Because these posts don't make it seem like you do.

 

Sure. But it needs to be acknowledged WHY things are happening like they do for the past handful of seasons. I get tired of it all being "coaching" and " bad OL" when I watch other teams week in and week out have poor play calls and leaky OL's bailed out by the QB doing some magician crap to make the play work. Then the Steelers internet fawns over the "coaching" on the other sideline.

Not saying that is what you were doing, but that it is a maddening trend across Steelers related sites. There are no statues back there succeeding wildly in some 4D chess offensive scheme behind a brick wall of an offensive line. There just isn't.

 

I'm assuming you mean they should throw downfield more often? Nice in theory. Bad for a 41 yr old QB with a leaky sieve of an OL.

It's the run game that needs fixed. Not the passing game:

 

The thought occurs to me that Smith is 'hiding' this offense until the division games come up. WR routes have been simplistic. No in-breaking routes against NE. TEs not running many routes.

I'm looking at the Browns game in two weeks for an offensive breakout. We'll see.