Although it got here with the ugly caveat of a traditionally poor end, the Pittsburgh Steelers had their finest offensive output in years throughout Arthur Smith’s first season as offensive coordinator. The workforce completed sixteenth in factors per sport, and for one transient mid-season second, cracked the highest 10. However given the ending and one-and-done playoff consequence, there’s loads of work left to do. For Smith, the Steelers’ 2025 offense will look a lot nearer to the offense he needs to run.
“I’ve heard that from a number of individuals he just about needed to dial again to what was obtainable to him on the time,” beat author Mark Kaboly mentioned of Smith’s offense on 93.7 The Fan Friday afternoon.
Kaboly doesn’t specify who he’s heard the feedback from. One man is Arthur Smith himself. As we’ve cited a number of instances, Smith made a reference in the course of the draft to not scheming not as many exterior zone runs, his bread and butter, as he would’ve favored final season. He didn’t clarify the difficulty however working backs who didn’t fairly match, coupled with an offensive line used to working completely different schemes, are logical contributing elements.
Pittsburgh spent the offseason making loads of offensive modifications. There’s a brand-new quarterback room, although who will begin stays an excellent query. After letting Najee Harris depart in free company, the Steelers used a third-round draft decide and the workforce’s second choice on Iowa RB Kaleb Johnson, a powerful match for an outdoor zone system.
“I believe they’re no less than extra suited proper now to let Arthur Smith do what he needs to do all of the stuff he needs to do,” Kaboly informed Andrew Fillipponi and Chris Mueller. “The surface zones, a number of the throughout the center stuff.”
It’s honest to imagine any offensive coordinator becoming a member of a non-rebuilding workforce wouldn’t be capable to totally implement his offense on the fly. However even giving Smith that cross, it gained’t be an excuse for his second season as Steelers’ coordinator. Pittsburgh might want to put up higher numbers than a season in the past. Not simply in total factors per sport, however the underlying numbers that produce factors. Higher in short-yardage, higher within the pink zone, and extra chunk performs on the bottom and thru the air to remove the necessity for repeated 10-play drives the place one dropped cross or penalty can wreck momentum.
After all, the brand new faces added to the Steelers’ lineup should all carry out effectively, particularly a younger and growing offensive line. Because the saying goes, it’s not concerning the X’s and the O’s however the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s.
