A never-ending series of shifts and motions designed to keep a defense off-balance and create splash plays down the field.
Pro Bowl wide receiver Diontae Johnson is averaging a career-worst 9.5 yards per reception.Ī year after trying to find middle ground with Ben Roethlisberger in the veteran's final season, Canada was supposed to be able to fully install the offense, a scheme that helped Pitt average more than 40 points a game while he was working next door in 2016 in the facility the Steelers share with the Panthers. Wide receiver Chase Claypool has just three touchdown receptions since Canada started calling the plays after scoring 11 times as a rookie in 2020. Second-year running back Najee Harris is 35th in the league in rushing, trailing Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen and New Orleans' Swiss Army knife Taysom Hill. And for all the poise rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett has shown in his first six quarters as a starter, Pittsburgh has reached the end zone just twice with the 20th overall pick in the draft under center, both of them short touchdown runs by Pickett in a loss to the New York Jets on Oct.
The next touchdown reception by a Steelers wide receiver will be the team's first of the season.
Pittsburgh is 30th in the league in points heading into Sunday's visit by Tom Brady and Tampa Bay (3-2). “It's what's on tape (that matters),” Tomlin said.Īnd at the moment, what's on tape is nearly as ugly as what's on the scoreboard. While coach Mike Tomlin stressed he still has confidence in Canada, who was promoted from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator in January 2021, he added confidence “means very little.” And the man tasked with putting it all together is under fire. The offense that features one starter over 26 - and that is little-used fullback Derek Watt - is sputtering. That alternate reality probably seems inviting at the moment for the embattled Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator. PITTSBURGH (AP) - Six years ago, near the end of a remarkable season in which he put together a University of Pittsburgh offense that broke school records and pulled off stunning - and high-scoring - upsets of Penn State and Clemson, Matt Canada wasn't exactly joking when he said his long-term goal was to make enough money to open a bar, preferably one with the beach nearby.
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