After all the anticipation, excitement and hype surrounding a young offense in the Steel City entering the 2023 season, that unit came crashing back to Earth in rather violent fashion in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season-opener on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium against the San Francisco 49ers.
Pittsburgh’s offense couldn’t get into gear, struggled to do much of anything with the football outside of a two-minute drive late in the first half, and failed to deliver on all that anticipation, excitement and hype.
It was a massive dud, starting with second-year quarterback Kenny Pickett, one that was really discouraging overall, though it did come against arguably the best defense in football and a legitimate Super Bowl contender in the 49ers.