The Pittsburgh Steelers finished their first and potentially last season with OC Arthur Smith down in the doldrums. Ending the season with four consecutive games scoring 17 or fewer points, they are limping into the postseason. By year’s end, they ranked 16th in scoring and 23 in yards. While they protected the football for most of the year, they didn’t do anything else well, nor consistently.
Former Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, however, vouched for him, as far as he could. He couched his comments in a series of qualifications, not knowing what he doesn’t know, but gave Smith credit for what he has done with an offense very much in need of work when he took over.