The Pittsburgh Steelers made it clear this offseason that they wanted to run their offense through the ground game. They invested in their offensive line and hired an offensive coordinator known for his great running scheme. Despite all that, they still haven’t had a great complete game running the ball. Week 4 against the Indianapolis Colts was especially bad. Arthur Smith stated that the Colts had a good plan to slow down the Steelers’ rushing attack.
“They brought more pressure than they had,” Smith said Thursday via Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We weren’t as clean early in the run game.