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Film Room: Why Was The Steelers Offense So Bad On 3rd Down?

25%.

25% isn’t a good number for anything. Not for how much gas is left in your tank, not for that grade you got on your Meteorology test junior year (yes, a real thing that happened to me), and definitely not for your third down offense. Yet that’s where this Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense stands after three games, a historically poor number.

For Sunday at least, why was it was so bad? The offense finished just 3/12, and it honestly felt worse than that. It’s the central part why this offense is failing and multiple players, from Mason Rudolph to David DeCastro, pointed out the obvious and how much they’ve struggled.