I wanted to continue learning and providing data on new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Today’s goal is to look at his prior tendencies and success in the run game Atlanta, comparing that to his time as offensive coordinator in Tennessee along with Pittsburgh’s recent results, and see what that could mean for the Steelers in 2024.
First, here is a table from my first study – linked above – of Smith’s run types used in 2019-2020 with the Titans, sorted by most attempts:
This quick reminder shows outside zone runs were most utilized by far, and was highly successful from a yardage perspective, especially considering that volume.