Reaction: Steelers Hire Arthur Smith As Offensive Coordinator

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6 ай бұрын

Reacting to the news of the Pittsburgh Steelers hiring Arthur Smith to be the team's next offensive coordinator. #Steelers #ArthurSmith #NFL
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@paultimate14 6 ай бұрын

"Whelmed" was the exact word I thought of too.

@jagmd 6 ай бұрын

I am in the underwhelmed camp

@selaxlife7621 6 ай бұрын

That backdrop is the same face I made when I heard the news. Well played Alex... well played.

@IsaacHarvison-mt5xt 6 ай бұрын

I like this hire he was scapegoat for Atlanta failures

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

@@IsaacHarvison-mt5xt As OC in TEN, he had the same "offense isn't built for comebacks" just like Canada, and it died quickly in 2019 AFCC game and 2020 WC game vs Balt.

@dakotasmith9824 6 ай бұрын

@@mc1993 you mean when they were a top 10 scoring offense the league? Scoring 25 points per game and 30 points per game. That's the offense you are comparing Canada to?

@prettyneatperformance 6 ай бұрын

I won't judge the move without seeing in game action. One thing down, now onto the draft! Exciting times!

@bassplayer8815 6 ай бұрын

Can't wait for the draft aswell

@AlimTetramorph 6 ай бұрын

Whelmed is exactly how I felt. Not excited, but not upset either. Hopefully it goes well.

@steelphantom9105 6 ай бұрын

We will see but I’am keeping my expectations low.

@thestormofwar 6 ай бұрын

So sorry Steelers fam. ☹️

@AddyRothTV 5 ай бұрын

We got a proven OC that schemes West coast offense. What do we feel sorry about?

@funinlv32 6 ай бұрын

One of the top Play Action offenses in the league something the Steelers have been lacking severely for years..Steelers were bottom 4 in the league in PA ATT.

@Justin_Watson23 6 ай бұрын

This is a good point. I'm just worried how effective PA is gonna be when this personnel, both RBs, OL, TEs, etc have been atrocious at blocking & reading zone schemes. I pray that was just an issue that started with & compounded due to Mason Cole, who looked like he had no idea what his zone progression was in terms of double teams, who came off & when to the backer, & etc.

@funinlv32 6 ай бұрын

to start with could be pretty certain that the Center position will be addressed. What a nightmare its been. I would wish that Oline Meyer and TE coach Roberts were replaced but Im not holding my breath.@@Justin_Watson23

@lgwalljr.5878 6 ай бұрын

They should have gone harder at Bienemy .

@waterinthedesert81 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree 💯

@TheBlackThumper 6 ай бұрын

This was definitely Art Rooney hire

@AB-iw4kw 6 ай бұрын

Youre right. The Steelers tried to incorporate more of a zone blocking scheme early in the season and it failed miserably.

@514140mgk 6 ай бұрын

The run blocking schemes fail when defenses do not respect the throwing accuracy of the QB. (they did not respect a pass from Kenny over 10 yards) Those defenses need to get burnt deep a couple of times to open up the run game. Mason proved what can happen when you have a balance offense.

@jamy8575 6 ай бұрын

NOW on to MORE important items------- SIGN Rudolph!

@sergiobravo3747 6 ай бұрын

The game is moving towards heavy passing offense & west coast.. We are moving in the opposite way 🤦‍♂️

@Apollocreed2076 6 ай бұрын

Everything is cyclical. The scheme ultimately has to fit the personnel, unless there's a complete overhaul. Neither Joe B nor Lamar J will be our QB1 next year.

@bspradley 6 ай бұрын

I am good with this hire. He is an outside hire and someone that will improve on what we do well. He will be ready to go from the start. Just my opinion.

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

what we do well? I assume you mean run. Well, we were near the bottom of the league in redzone & goal-to-go efficiency relying heavily on our run game...that thing, we do well. Remember all the turnover on downs and FGs? Our run game only improved in-between the 20's. outside of Washington, we don't have the OLine or the TE's for that thing.

@ragin8323 6 ай бұрын

@@mc1993if you hate the team and don't know ball just say that. Lmao

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

@@ragin8323 No, I hate jags who don't know balls. What we do well, didn't get our 2 RB over 100 yards combined until Game 8 vs TEN 157 yds. Only once we faced the bad run game defense ''did we do well" Warren had 2 games over 100 rushing yards. Harris had 2 games over 100 rushing yards. We ranked 28 and 30th in redzone & goal to go efficiency. That means do we score TDs. Higher number is worse. Only when we opened up the passing game with motion routes did it get better. 25th red zone 20th goal2go. Running the ball on 4th down we went 5 of 13 attempts. Passing aggressively we made 4 of 7 fourth down conversions. We have 1 blocking TE in Washington, no Center, a really bad left tackle and an average guard. We rank 14th in attempts, and 19th in yards. Yet we run well? No, go ask mom for a cookie and a glass of milk.

@ragin8323 6 ай бұрын

@@mc1993 You did all that yapping and for what? LOL. We were ranked eigth in rushing yards per game the last 5 games when Canada got fired. Followed by fourth in most rushing touchdowns per game that same stretch. Followed by having the seventh highest leading rusher in Harris. Followed by Harris and Warren being top five in broken tackles with 29 and 27 respectively. Followed by Harris being top five (number four) in explosive (over 20 yards) runs. Stop bringing up RedZone bullshit when our pass game was horrendous all year dunce. Know ball 😂

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

@@ragin8323 For someone who knows ball, they should know there were 7 post Canada game, not 5. Warren's two 100+ rushing games came under Canada. All that blathering you did is pointless, and the reason what we did in-between the 20's is pointless is because Redzone & Goal to Go efficiency matters is since that is what scores touchdowns. You also ignore the back 7 was the weak side of our schedule, and all but New England had terrible defenses against the rush. Even more so the reason we look at RZ/G2G scoring. Opponent D ranked vs the rush and yards/attempt. Cincy 26 yd 30 y/a Arizona 32 yd 29 y/a Patriots 4 yd 1 y/a Colts 24 yd 10 y/a Cincy 26 yd 30 y/a Seattle 31 yd 27 y/a Balt backups 14 yd 25 y/a Under Canada vs Green Bay, Harris had 82 yds 1 TD, Warren had 101 yds 1 TD with "horrendous" passing game...why? GBay's run D ranked 28 in yds and 23 in y/a just like the other terrible run defenses in those last 7 games w/o Canada. New England held Harris 12 for 29 yds, Warren 7 for 11 yds. It is not the terrible passing, as in just the QB, that was the major issue, it was the offensive game plan of ball control passing to short sit routes. Once we used aggressive passing on motion routes, it created 4th QTR Kenny. We opened up aggressive passing vs Cincy where Pickett and Rudolph were near identical statistically. This is why people wanted a QB centric OC. Art Smith is an Art Rooney II pick, and its back to same old same old. However, if the guy actually does call for QB under center play action pass on 1st or 2nd down of a goal to go situation, which we did not do at all for the last half of the season, it will be a plus.

@ronaldhall6488 6 ай бұрын

This is your fault Alex!

@SteelPastor 6 ай бұрын

Come on Mike Munchak!

@zachg5356 6 ай бұрын

That takes this hire from 8 to a 9.5 out of 10

@RackyRocoon 6 ай бұрын

Yeah... maybe he could talk some sense into Tomlin and move Jones to LT... then get Omar and Weidl to draft Mims, plug him in at RT... then get a real C... and we're good to go...

@steelphantom9105 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@zachg5356 It would take it from a 5 to 10 for me if Munchak is hired for o-line coach.

@adamlewis5700 6 ай бұрын

Could be worse and could be better. Was hoping for someone a little more innovative who had success scheming an effective pass game. It’s fine and I’ll try to be open minded and give him a shot.

@AddyRothTV 5 ай бұрын

He led Titans into number 2 offense in 2020

@bennygarr5468 6 ай бұрын

I have never been a fan of that zone run concept😢

@kedst2000 6 ай бұрын

This was a very comfortable and conventional move for the Steelers. I think they needed to do otherwise in order to begin to move this franchise out of the malaise they are stuck in. This is philosophically more of the same. I was hoping for the Kubiaks. Younger guys who come from a successful system where they run and throw the ball effectively. More importantly they have had a big hand in developing Purdy.

@waynehenson1094 6 ай бұрын

I wasn't expecting this. I thought they would take a look at Kubiak, but we'll see.

@514140mgk 6 ай бұрын

Just glad they selected someone that was promoted to HC to Atlanta from Nashville, based on his success as an OC at Nashville.

@steelking22 6 ай бұрын

I was hoping that the Chargers OC and QB coach would have been interviewed, along with Alex Van Pelt.

@jared8308 6 ай бұрын

I would like to be the first guy to congratulate Arthur Smith on being Kenny Picketts newest scapegoat ! Just one thing to remember Arthur, here in Pittsburgh it’s always everyone else’s fault, just not Picketts

@kylesneed406 6 ай бұрын

Just seems like a lateral move when trying to step forward with having a more innovative offense. This guy had Bijan, Kyle Pitts and Drake London that he kept on the shelf. Maybe some personnel additions will follow but for now it's a pretty vanilla hire IMO.

@colten53 6 ай бұрын

This just screams more "we're going to try and run this offense like the 90's" rather than trying to be like the 4 teams that played last weekend

@Gaga4Parma 6 ай бұрын

@@colten53You can't compare his HC performance to his OC performance. He wasn't a great HC obviously but he was a very good OC. He's clearly not HC material. His issues at Atlanta were related to ideas too. They went out and got weapons for a team with no QB...and a bad QB makes Oline, Offense look bad.

@fflanigan 6 ай бұрын

@@colten533 of the 4 teams that played this weekend were in the top 5 in the NFL in rush yards

@iknowsports1137 6 ай бұрын

Titans offense was pretty damn good when he called plays

@kylesneed406 6 ай бұрын

@@iknowsports1137 Derrick Henry can have that effect

@jasonbodine6033 6 ай бұрын

Not a real surprise. Judging by what he did as an OC, it’s seemingly a good, not great, hire. I would’ve preferred that they taken a bit longer to find someone, but I’m willing to see if he can move things along.

@Apollocreed2076 6 ай бұрын

Waiting would risk him going somewhere else. It's possible other candidates' interview schedules or interest didn't match. The sooner the hire, the more time there is to install the offense.

@jagmd 6 ай бұрын

I’d like to say I’m “whelmed”. I’m feeling pretty underwhelmed. “We need a change. Let’s bring someone with the same offensive philosophy we’ve had here for 40 years. Why would we want to do something in line with what the top off are doing these days? That would just be weird.”

@mattnerdy7236 6 ай бұрын

Hey Alex, he did pretty good in Tennessee. The head coaching thing is not that easy. I'm good with the hire, he sounds solid to me. Sounds like this is the guy the Steelers where targeting anyways. Thanks for the video you have a wonderful day!

@DoctorBiobrain 6 ай бұрын

I think the fact that Tannehill was a veteran QB who had his best two seasons under Smith before getting bad again suggests he’s not a QB whisperer but someone who unlocked his potential with the right system. Hopefully he can do that for us.

@ryansmeltzer8232 6 ай бұрын

Tannehill was just as good in Miami before Tennessee. Smith didnt unlock anything for Tannehill

@DoctorBiobrain 6 ай бұрын

@@ryansmeltzer8232 That’s not what his stats show. His QB rating was highest in his two seasons with Smith; mainly due to having so few interceptions but more TD’s. He also had fewer sacks in those two years. Then his QB rating went back down to what it was before. Maybe that’s a coincidence or maybe not.

@carlaauri8461 6 ай бұрын

Sure why not. Let’s keep rolling with 1980’s football, what can go wrong? He just got fired after great talent at Wr, Te and Rb was way underutilized, plus a bad Qb play that never improved. Sounds familiar??? Tomlin last hire.

@julianwahly3372 6 ай бұрын

He was set up to fail in atalnta. I dont put that on him. But when he was OC for the titans they had top ten offenses. AJ brown got paid because of that offense, henry had his best years. He loves play action which we all have been wanting more of. This guy is gonna shine here like he did in tennssee. I do think we need to hire more coaches for better detail on the offense which I feel has been lacking. No salary cap on how many coaches you hire. When cower took over for noll he brought in an allstar staff and we need to get back to that.

@MahoneLoc 6 ай бұрын

Nobody wants to run the ball more than me, but I’m afraid 14 will not settle for Drake London numbers and we won’t be able to re-sign him. What happened to that TE named Pitts?

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

Sell off Pickens and Freiermuth for draft capital and grab the C & Tackle in the draft.

@brendanbugala8774 6 ай бұрын

I'm up and down with this decision

@jameslee8519 6 ай бұрын

I think they have the personal to fit his style through

@daniel675 6 ай бұрын

This hire feels like ARII hire and not coach T's.

@NedyahFox 6 ай бұрын

Lmao this was most def tomlins hire tomlin should have been fired 7 years ago

@ericwillingham6956 6 ай бұрын

Idiot @@NedyahFox

@alangoddard8152 5 ай бұрын

I think the OC hire was rushed by tomlin because he wanted to get on the scouting trail. He went straight to the senior bowl as soon as the hiring news broke. Part of me wonders if thats why tomlin struggles with staff building, because he’s in a rush this time of year to get into the draft process

@jlamedia744 6 ай бұрын

They better hire a good QB coach because I understand hire when comes to run concepts. But his passing concepts are very conservative, only question I have are we getting Tennessee Titans Arthur Smith

@peterthegunsmith4421 6 ай бұрын

SAME SHIT DIFFERENT DAY

@hoge3115 6 ай бұрын

So frustrated 😞 Needed to interview a minimum of 10 candidates. Terrible decision 😞 6 years of Canada would have been the same. Absolutely depressing. The passing game forced the defenses to lay off a bit opening the running game up. This team has weapons at receiver and TE and this guy is a horrible choice to create new offensive game that we see from truly competitive teams.

@zacheryzimmerman5468 6 ай бұрын

I'd say you're right, but the key to the passing game was the running game. The offense didn't take off until we had a top 5 run game in the back half of the season. Safeties would double-team George Pickens and prevent the deep pass. When you run the ball effectively, the safeties have to respect the run more...so they move up and play the run. Which leaves Pickens or DJ 1 on 1 with no safety help over top. If you just pass with no threat of a run game, defenses will tee off on you with the pass rush.

@hoge3115 6 ай бұрын

@@zacheryzimmerman5468 The Steelers tried running the ball and until Rudolph came in and created a passing game that defenses had to respect, the running game was terrible because defenses put extra guys in the box. It may appear to be a chicken and egg to some people, but how long has everyone complained about Najee being a terrible running back? Kenny and Mitch didn't threaten opponents with their arm like Rudolph. Warren was able to run the ball a bit better but only when the offense spread receivers out wide thinning out the middle of the defense. Canada's offense lacked running and passing plays out of the same formations also making it easy for the defenses to know when to stack the box or not.

@jacobbucheral4003 6 ай бұрын

Horrible hire I don’t understand how the Steelers never learn. The league has grown and changed and here we are trying the same thing that’s failed us the last 8 seasons it’s the legit definition of insanity

@adammurphy5699 6 ай бұрын

George Pickens going to request a trade by week 4 playing for this dude

@johnperkins2174 5 ай бұрын

If we don’t have better game plans and in-game coaching adjustments it won’t be much different than what we’ve seen 😒

@COA5T 6 ай бұрын

I like this hire. Arthur is a good OC. I don't care what he was as a HC, because he is not the HC right now.

@christiancarrazana9534 5 ай бұрын

Chiefly, the question is whether Arthur Smith will abandon gap blocking or minimize it heavily in favor of zone. I don’t think it’s wise; the Steelers are at their best when they run both gap and zone. As such, Smith should continue to run both in a “balanced” approach, which makes sense given our personnel at RB. Gap blocking suits Najee Harris better; he excels running north/south; and he doesn’t have the best vision for zone, particularly for the stretch, i.e., outside zone. But stretch suits Warren perfectly because of his vision and shiftiness. Also, minimizing gap plays doesn’t make any sense given the talent and athleticism we have at guard. And if the Steelers take Jackson Powers-Johnson, the center from Oregon, in the first round in this year‘s draft, they’ll have three pieces in the interior of the OL to pull in both directions. Therefore, to marginalize gap blocking is a mistake.

@Panyc333 6 ай бұрын

An improvement over Canada but how much?

@Grimior00 6 ай бұрын

There are High School coaches who would be an improvement over Canada LOL

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

Take a look at his 'fabled Titans playoff resume' vs KC in 2019 and Balt in 2020. I'd say Smith & Canada are identical in outcome.

@chrisb9680 6 ай бұрын

Let’s get a Center first round and put em to work!

@skidbootify 6 ай бұрын

its a wait and see approach for me....we have to get better QB play, we have to get better OL play (getting Jones was a good start but we need more high picks along the line).... I'm curious as to where the Steelers are in regards to the salary cap.

@pyrrhicvictory4115 6 ай бұрын

Not good enough to renew the Sunday ticket...

@paladin1726 6 ай бұрын

See ya!

@alanhuston8792 6 ай бұрын

Still think we should have at least interviewed Darrell Bevell. More experience than Arthur Smith and has been on a coaching staff with Tomlin before. Maybe Tomlin just doesn't like the guy haha.

@alexm2889 6 ай бұрын

the lack of an actual search and not bringing in any other real options or young brilliant offensive minds reallly points to how inept this team is at the higher levels. Tomlin just doesn't know how to do things right. Hopefully he'll be able to use our weapons properly and put kenny in a position for success. Nobody could be worse than Canada. His replacements were good though.

@breakyoneck2 6 ай бұрын

Steelers gotta stop focusing entirely on the bully ball concept, when the players aren’t bullies

@melvinwhitworth1199 6 ай бұрын

That’s why you go get the bullies bro

@Lorddurango 6 ай бұрын

O line needs help at center and tackle but they can address that in the draft and free agency. We have the running backs to effectively run the ball game in game out. This is not a bad hire. While he was OC at Tennessee they had the #11 offense in 2019 and #3 in 2020. He can run an offense, you can't. You're probably a fat fk from pit sitting in your basement thinking you could be an NFL coach 😂😂😂

@fuzzymonkey-qe1xp 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see you tell them that Sally

@breakyoneck2 6 ай бұрын

@@melvinwhitworth1199 that’s literally what they thought they had / what they were doing this last season and look what happened

@Lorddurango 6 ай бұрын

@@breakyoneck2 we had a glorified high school coach calling plays for 12 games?? It was gonna be bad no matter what

@EyesoreJr 6 ай бұрын

I honestly thought the Steelers were going to screw this up by interviewing too many candidates and then loosing half of the pool by taking too long and then having to pick the best of the rest left behind which would be a bunch of ho-hum guys that no one would be thrilled about. Instead, they only interviewed 3 guys quickly and picked Smith. They went completely opposite of what I thought they would do but, got the same outcome. 🙄

@514140mgk 6 ай бұрын

No OC is going to be successful if his QB can't make accurate passes. My biggest interest is more who is going to be our QB and how serious Rooney was when he said he wanted Mason back?

@oscarhoward34 6 ай бұрын

It's the right hire because it's "the hire"

@RunBayou 6 ай бұрын

They guy who couldn't get the ball to Kyle Pitts

@johnmilesko9745 6 ай бұрын

Bring in Mike Munchak!! He’s worked with Arthur Smith before.

@dgregory4178 6 ай бұрын

Please let this happen!

@robertwestover2125 6 ай бұрын

Giving this a C- for now. If Munchak comes with him, a B+. A TE like Pitts was largely ignored in Atl (truly a shame), and I fear a similar situation could happen with Muth and Washington. Hopefully his scheme includes them. Washington was underused in the passing game this year also.

@raycaster4398 6 ай бұрын

VERY underutilized TE room

@joeyjr4006 6 ай бұрын

Alex Q and A ASAP

@ronniesmithpeters9753 5 ай бұрын

I think it's a pretty good hire actually....

@TheHealthInspector 6 ай бұрын

I haven't seen the official announcement yet. Is this actually offical

@Alex_Kozora 6 ай бұрын

Not announced by the team yet. But soon

@RAMSSUCK. 6 ай бұрын

Hire a damn Qb coach and Wr Coach

@fred02495 6 ай бұрын

The hate from the general public gives me hope. FadeThePublic

@itzyaboiaj4829 6 ай бұрын

The reason i dont like this is because of all the things weve heard from Atlanta about him not utilizing the talet and thats been our problem with Canada so we basically just went from a d- in Canada to a d+ with arthur

@alangoddard8152 5 ай бұрын

I wish they would let pat meyer and sullivan go and get munchak and a young pass game coordinator. Didn’t pat meyer get fired by arthur smith? Need an OC with a run heavy scheme and his OL coach to work very closely especially with a shift from power to zone runs incoming

@consumetheliving 6 ай бұрын

With who we have on the team, this makes total sense. We dont have a proven veteran at QB that can learn a complex passing offense. I'm just happy that we might finally see some play action again, which should help Kenny. If this doesnt work out over the next 2 seasons then it might be time to move on from Kenny.

@chardude36m12 6 ай бұрын

Apparently I'm the most optimistic person (outside the Steelers organization) about this hire. I'd be very satisfied with Titans OC Arthur Smith. Would prefer they get him some assistant coaching help though

@WhoTFareyou2 6 ай бұрын

It's been 3 years bro. He literally hasn't had a winning season in his 3 years. How tf are we suppose to be optimistic.

@chardude36m12 6 ай бұрын

@@WhoTFareyou2 He had two years of success with a mid QB in Tennessee. Some guys just can’t handle that HC job

@Gaga4Parma 6 ай бұрын

@@WhoTFareyou2As HC, not OC. You can't compare his time as OC as HC. It's entirely different jobs.

@dg70205 6 ай бұрын

Frank Reich would have been a better fit. Can’t believe they didn’t bring him in for an interview

@rogue7894 6 ай бұрын

He will definitely utilize Washington a LOT more and will cuss you out if you cross him. Ask the Saints coach Dennis Allen. The announcer said, "He said what are you doing?". If you read his lips during the exchange he did not say, "What are you doing?" 🤣

@Yeenz55 6 ай бұрын

What am I missing? Why is munch supposed to be included with this guy?

@sunspot6832 6 ай бұрын

Probably the best fit for whatever Tomlin thinks he needs.

@naguszed 6 ай бұрын

most OC's promote to head coach, so we got the one guy who's a good OC but not a good head coach. well played...

@paulwebendorfer5627 6 ай бұрын

Certainly not a sexy selection, but hopefully effective and more dynamic than what I'm imagining right now.

@joeyjr4006 6 ай бұрын

Well from what I know the Pittsburgh Steelers offense will look completely different now under ART super super happy ###HEREEWEGO####

@Yamdajunkie 6 ай бұрын

Fire Arthur has a nice ring to it

@carrjeep7538 6 ай бұрын

This is a bummer of a hire. I really hope I’m wrong.

@user-mc6xy7xl6f 6 ай бұрын

this is a Tomlin special, run the ball keep the score low and play defense. Nothings changed. Same outcome next year 9 or 10 wins maybe get bounced in wild card game. YAWN

@timbusbee1483 6 ай бұрын

You telling me Jerrod didn't get the job? So we're giving up on Kenny Pickett is what I got from this choice. I know it's early, but I am not looking forward to next year.

@YourFavoriteGamingEnjoyerFan 5 ай бұрын

Jerrod has no OC experience. Thats why they didn’t hire him.

@user-mc6xy7xl6f 6 ай бұрын

this would be a good hire if he can bring Munchack back

@pathutchison7688 6 ай бұрын

I feel like this is pretty weak. Like it’s just the safest choice but won’t really improve us much in any way.

@RushBig0786 6 ай бұрын

Mike Munchak is coming back next

@faustinomontoya1549 6 ай бұрын

Give Mason the keys

@robertdhenderson6825 6 ай бұрын

Can they hire Jard Johnson as QB coach

@Ro_AMC 6 ай бұрын

Well hopefully he does a better job with Najee than he did with Bijan...

@bradparks5744 6 ай бұрын

I think it's solid. He's a steeler type coach. Hopefully Munchak comes back and we draft Mims or Latham for RT and either van pran or powers Johnson for C and we'll beat some teams up

@aaroncalderon6928 6 ай бұрын

his run scheme is the exact opposite of what we were doing this past year with great success. Pretty disappointed, but we'll see..

@Justin_Watson23 6 ай бұрын

Another zone guy after 3 interviews?? Isnt the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over? Typical.

@jefftracy3771 6 ай бұрын

Pickett and Rudolph are better than the quarterbacks Smith had in Atlanta. My biggest criticism of the offense this season was that we didn't run play-action enough. I like that they are sticking with building a strong running game. It's better to zag when everyone else zigs.

@mrnst7 6 ай бұрын

All the teams who made deep playoff runs had strong running games. Steelers arent doing anything creative here. Only difference is those teams have younger play calling and get receivers wide open in the middle of the field. Seems like the same similar play style from Steelers, they want to run a lot also but they arent going to be creative about It they are going to run on run plays and pass on pass plays and the defenses just laugh

@wink101 6 ай бұрын

To me, Steelers are doubling down on trying to play close games and lucking their way to 9 or 10 wins.

@elijahwest1520 6 ай бұрын

You must reconstruct the line manly just moving Broderick an finding a new right guard an center bullies

@terrybaber 6 ай бұрын

Typical Pittsburg, not flashy but he does fit and maybe fit very well

@frankfischer1281 6 ай бұрын

A lot of fans aren't gonna be happy! That said, Arthur Smith is almost the perfect OC....with just a few caveats. The Steelers wanted to play 'bully ball', and that is exactly hoe Smith made his OC bones with the Titans, a few years back. He did good enough to get himself a head coaching gig with the Falcons. Since I'm not a Falcons fan, I can't say why it didn't work for him in Atlanta. What I can say is that Ryan Tanahill (who got to Atlanta the same year) went from not very good in Miami to playoff level ball with the Titans. It'll really get interesting in training camp.

@grottyband8052 6 ай бұрын

Dude….are you serious

@erbsplays3869 6 ай бұрын

What I really want to see happen is kind of what we did with GM; pairing Khan with Weidl. If we could get a Shanahan/McVay tree prospect as a pass game coordinator to pair with Arthur Smith then I love it.

@TheStandardIsTheStandard 6 ай бұрын

I guess this ain’t so popular a hire, but I love Arthur Smith - at least based on his temperament in interviews and on the sideline He reminds me of Paul Giamatti from that John Adams movie.

@carlossalas7331 6 ай бұрын

Yinzers will love this for sure. Lol. I like the hire.

@RackyRocoon 6 ай бұрын

Eh... now hire a QB coach and a passing game coordinator. Not exactly doing handstands here... but we'll see...

@carlaryee2736 6 ай бұрын

If we get Justin Fields then I'll be ok with it.

@richstafford1245 6 ай бұрын

Least favorite candidate

@UHSftball54 6 ай бұрын

They just hired a dude who reminded them of the 70s with that mustache.

@mc1993 6 ай бұрын

This was a Rooney hire. Brought in 2 unqualified candidates and Smith, then said take you're pick Mike. Make the 📲 Free George Pickens! *🐐💯 *Free Pat Freiermuth! 🐐💯He's in his contract year and get massive draft capital you need to get the OLine Jackson Powers-Johnson and Joe Alt or the other top Tackle for the Steelers. I want to see GP and Muth go to teams who will use their talent and are in need of talent. I don't want to see their careers get destroyed here in Pittsburgh.

@infinity2z3r07 6 ай бұрын

curiosity got me to compare careers of the falcons benched qb (des ridder) to kp8 oh god. kenny is a statistical downgrade. we are in so much trouble haha

@RunBayou 6 ай бұрын

Because all you need to evaluate a guy is the box score right?

@infinity2z3r07 6 ай бұрын

preferable to the eye test--although kenny doesn't fare much better there either.@@RunBayou

@adammurphy5699 6 ай бұрын

Awful. Just awful, all the interviews and all the potential options to pick a dud. Steelers continue to Steeler