If there’s one thing that’s been consistently missing from the Pittsburgh Steelers passing game this season, in addition to receivers sometimes not catching passes that are on target, it’s deep completions down the field. Will that change in the final three games of the season and on the heels of the Steelers losing back-to-back games? According to Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner on Thursday, it sounds like a more concerted effort to push the football down the field will be made starting on Monday night against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Well, maybe because there hasn’t been as many allocated to it, practice time,” Fichtner explained on Thursday when asked why more intermediate to deep shots haven’t happened and why they are not consistently completed when they are attempted.