Starkey: Score, Steelers

[zulater]

We could go with Ben Roethlisberger's colorful explanation of the Steelers' offensive struggles: "The sky's the limit for us — we just have to, you know, get on the plane."

Or we could say it in three words: This offense stinks.

Seriously, I'm sick of watching it. The Steelers must be sick of watching it. And if they don't start scoring soon — like Sunday against the turbo-charged Houston Texans — their season won't matter much past Halloween, or around the time Tom Brady visits Heinz Field.

The NFL is a scoring league. The Steelers don't score enough. They have long been dependent on phenomenal defense. Isn't it time the offense stepped up, particularly with the defense looking less than phenomenal?

Did I mention the Steelers don't score enough? They're ranked 26th in points per game and only that high because the defense scored one of their six touchdowns. They have cracked the top 10 in scoring once in coordinator Bruce Arians' five years, tying for ninth in 2007.

That was supposed to change, dramatically, this season. One local columnist (I have no idea who) predicted this would be the highest-scoring team in franchise history.



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[zulater]

>> Arians needs to turn his playbook to the page titled "Bubble Screen to Hines" and light it on fire.





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:chuckle:

[zulater]

If the Steelers are to have any chance to win against the Texans they'll have to ratchet up the scoring a couple notches. Judging by the first 3 games, it's hard to imagine that happening.

[Austin87]

This offense has the potential to be great...it just needs a darn offensive line.

[polamalubeast]

The offense must stop making turnovers and the defense must create turnovers.If they solve problem is, the Steelers will not have problems to score points!..In 2009, the Steelers were also one of the worst team to create turnovers.

Fortunately, the Steelers have 26.8 points per game in the playoffs since 2004!

[polamalubeast]

If the Steelers are to have any chance to win against the Texans they'll have to ratchet up the scoring a couple notches. Judging by the first 3 games, it's hard to imagine that happening.


The defense also need to create turnovers.

The Steelers have -9 right now.

[suitanim]

If we run more, we'll likely score even less.

So Arians needs to: A) Run more B) Score more C) Block better

Okey dokey.