A solid ten minutes of Sunday’s ESPN NFL Countdown was dedicated to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Predictably, it revolved around the move to fire OC Matt Canada, a franchise first midseason, and if QB Kenny Pickett and this passing offense can figure things out over the next seven games. The consensus was a move was probably needed, especially given the level of frustration rising in that room, but that Pickett no longer has a “shield” in Canada to absorb the worst of the criticism.
“When you turn on the tape, what you were seeing, the dysfunction, the miscommunication. This was not an NFL offense,” said former NFL QB and current analyst Alex Smith.