Worst steelers offense ever?

[polamalubeast]

They are lucky that the Broncos are a total disaster or they would be last in points scored...The only comparaison is maybe the 1998 offense.It was awful in 2019, but at least they were not bad like that in the first 2 months

[lipps83]

As much as I hate saying it, I think going back to Fichtner would be an improvement over Canada.

[polamalubeast]

As much as I hate saying it, I think going back to Fichtner would be an improvement over Canada.

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[Dwinsgames]

I just want to find the part of the playbook that throws passes BEYOND the sticks and isnt the same 1st down runs with a RB averaging 3ypc putting you behind schedule each and every possession and between those two major flaws leads to more 3 and outs than anything else ...

if they do not make a change on the buy week then the whole staff needs to go at seasons end because the conversations should already be happening ( should have happened last year ) but we got sold a bill of goods that the only reason the offense looked that way was because Ben wasnt mobile enough to operate Canads full system ...

WELL news flash

Mitch is Mobile .....

Kenny is Mobile....

why are the results the same , why does the system still suck , sure they are rolling out now but still throwing the same 4 - 8 yard patterns on 80% of the pass attempts and the QBs take the heat for the flawed system that would Make Mahomes look bad

[86WARD]

Don’t forget that Bens arm wasn’t strong enough or confident enough to use the middle of the field. He didn’t have the accuracy to hit the middle routes…that were never there…lol

[polamalubeast]

Don’t forget that Bens arm wasn’t strong enough or confident enough to use the middle of the field. He didn’t have the accuracy to hit the middle routes…that were never there…lol

And that our WR wasn't good enough!

Canada and Fitchner before him (even if it was not that bad) waste of talent that we have...JuJu in KC look like the same player he was with us in 2017 and 2018.Close to 500 yards after 7 games and he has over 10 yards per target and 14 yards per catch.He had under 9 yards per catch in the last 2 years with us!

[dislocatedday]

we got sold a bill of goods that the only reason the offense looked that way was because Ben wasnt mobile enough to operate Canads full system ...

I would guess Canada's full system consists of 10 total plays, and with Ben they scrapped 2 roll-out plays.........so Ben only ran 80% of the offense.

I remember when the Steelers last year went to their "hurry up" offense at times and they moved the ball down the field. They even moved it last night when Picket went no huddle. I also seem to remember Ben describing times where he was drawing up plays in the dirt, and they worked in the game. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the Steelers players are talking amongst themselves about the offense and Canada's game plan/play calling. They have to be as frustrated as the fans are.

[Dwinsgames]

I would guess Canada's full system consists of 10 total plays, and with Ben they scrapped 2 roll-out plays.........so Ben only ran 80% of the offense.

I remember when the Steelers last year went to their "hurry up" offense at times and they moved the ball down the field. They even moved it last night when Picket went no huddle. I also seem to remember Ben describing times where he was drawing up plays in the dirt, and they worked in the game. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the Steelers players are talking amongst themselves about the offense and Canada's game plan/play calling. They have to be as frustrated as the fans are.

probably more so ... as many of them take the blame and their contracts moving forward depend upon results now ... their income depends on results that are not being achieved nor will be as long as Canada is the play caller ...

[Lloydwoodsonjr]

As much as I hate saying it, I think going back to Fichtner would be an improvement over Canada.

This is exactly what I said when Fichtner was let go. The two seasons Fichtner had Ben were both top 5 ever for points scored by a Steelers team while still doing the horizontal dink and dunk BS Tomlin obviously loves so much.

[that1guy]

I would guess Canada's full system consists of 10 total plays, and with Ben they scrapped 2 roll-out plays.........so Ben only ran 80% of the offense.

I remember when the Steelers last year went to their "hurry up" offense at times and they moved the ball down the field. They even moved it last night when Picket went no huddle. I also seem to remember Ben describing times where he was drawing up plays in the dirt, and they worked in the game. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the Steelers players are talking amongst themselves about the offense and Canada's game plan/play calling. They have to be as frustrated as the fans are.

The playcalling is so predictable its maddening. The opposing defense knows that Najee will get the ball on 1st down and run off tackle for precisely 2 yards followed by some stupid gadget play or jet sweep. Pickens will catch anything you throw to him but for some reason he wasn't targeted in the 2nd half.

[86WARD]

And that our WR wasn't good enough!

Canada and Fitchner before him (even if it was not that bad) waste of talent that we have...JuJu in KC look like the same player he was with us in 2017 and 2018.Close to 500 yards after 7 games and he has over 10 yards per target and 14 yards per catch.He had under 9 yards per catch in the last 2 years with us!

And JuJu was off to a very slow start…

[Mojouw]

Pretty solid race to the bottom for this offense and the 1990-91 versions. I haven't looked at the numbers. But Walton's squad didn't score a TD for a month. There was that 1998 Ray Sherman debacle. And I think Gilbride ran a unit into the ground as well.

Seriously, what is Todd Haley up to now? Besides being liquored up?

[stillers4me]

Pretty solid race to the bottom for this offense and the 1990-91 versions. I haven't looked at the numbers. But Walton's squad didn't score a TD for a month. There was that 1998 Ray Sherman debacle. And I think Gilbride ran a unit into the ground as well.

Seriously, what is Todd Haley up to now? Besides being liquored up?

Todd Haley is on Series XM radio and very entertaining.

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[NCSteeler]

comparing this offense to the 89s or 89s when you could actually play defense. nah. apples and oranges this offense exists in a world where the greatest show on turf is just what is expected now.

what I mean is they suck really bad

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[EzraTank]

Bring in Matt Nagy to replace Canada. He's an assistant in KC and they would probably allow him to interview. In a way I really don't care if we go 4-13. We NEED to have a season like that so people finally realize it's NOT okay to continue to accept Tomlin barely scraping above .500 as "success".

[tube517]

Pretty solid race to the bottom for this offense and the 1990-91 versions. I haven't looked at the numbers. But Walton's squad didn't score a TD for a month. There was that 1998 Ray Sherman debacle. And I think Gilbride ran a unit into the ground as well.

Seriously, what is Todd Haley up to now? Besides being liquored up?

At least the 1990 offense scored 30 pts or more 4 times. This sack of shit Canada can't even get his unit to score 17 points without the defense scoring one.

All that talent he had in LSU and finished 70 something out of how many college schools in offense. Turrible.

[DuckHodges]

I was initially against firing Canada mid-season, but to be honest I'm all for it now

[polamalubeast]

[Orion]

i gues some of you arent old enough to remember ron earhardt or joe walton. chuck noll had some real stinker OC's. the difference is chuck got rid of them after 1 season of suck. well chuck or dan got rid of them.

[Steeler-in-west]

Wow, he may be right. I thought we were bad in the 80's but looking back at the stats, we were 9th in ppg in 85, dropped to lower half of the league in 86 and 87, then bounced back up to middle in 88.

Right now were next to last.

We have better offensive personnel now then when did then imo, this has got to start with Canada

[polamalubeast]

The worst rankings for the steelers on offense since 1970 is 28th(on 30 teams) in 1998.Right now they are 31st in points scored.Only the Broncos are worst right now.They are also 30th in yards.They were 25th in 1998.

Yeah this is likely the worst steelers offense in the last 50 years

[DesertSteel]

It’s just bad all over on offense. OC, QB, RB are all terrible. WR group is underachievers. O-line is the least of the evils, but still evil.

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I think Canada gets fired at the bye.

[tube517]

i gues some of you arent old enough to remember ron earhardt or joe walton. chuck noll had some real stinker OC's. the difference is chuck got rid of them after 1 season of suck. well chuck or dan got rid of them.

Erhardt's offense was a power running game which Cowher wanted. He wasn't clueless like Canada is.Conservative yes but not clueless.

[polamalubeast]

Erhardt's offense was a power running game which Cowher wanted. He wasn't clueless like Canada is.Conservative yes but not clueless.

and he had some good years with the Giants under Parcells before that

[steelreserve]

Erhardt's offense was a power running game which Cowher wanted. He wasn't clueless like Canada is.Conservative yes but not clueless.

Yeah, there's a difference between a conservative offense that usually makes a few first downs and at least does some things with ball control and field position, and one that always goes three-and-out and just sucks.

If you run a stupid offense where you try for 4 yards at a time, that means if you have like one bad play or holding penalty out of every 10 plays, that's a punt. We make way more mistakes than one out of 10 plays. That's difficult enough to do when you aren't already setting yourself up for failure.

[Mojouw]

At one point basically the entire league ran some version of Erhardt's offense.

But...yeah...that dude sucked!

[Born2Steel]

Worst, 2nd worst, 10th worst, all I know is it is bad right now. Really bad. And not due to lack of talent and playmakers.

[Craic]

What freaks me out so much more than the 107 points is that 1998 was 24 years ago.

[vasteeler]

What freaks me out so much more than the 107 points is that 1998 was 24 years ago.

[ALLD]

Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.

"Everyone's job is important, but no one is indispensable."

"Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else."

"On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have won half the battle. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field."

"The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, is the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in winning, it's in the doing."

"You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice."

"In order to WIN the game, you must first not LOSE it."

"The single most important thing we had in the Steelers of the '70s was the ability to work together."

– Chuck Noll