Does bringing in Arthur Smith’s players actually matter in installing his offense with the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Since hiring Arthur Smith as their offensive coordinator, the Pittsburgh Steelers have signed three players whom he coached in Atlanta. That includes WR Van Jefferson, who only spent a short time with him, but also more players with longer tenures. Both TE MyCole Pruitt and RB Cordarrelle Patterson almost entirely overlapped with Smith’s three years as Atlanta Falcons head coach.
You can make sense of most of the signings easily enough. The Steelers severely lacked wide receiver depth, so they brought in a veteran in Jefferson.