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Steelers’ Arthur Smith: Preseason Results Can ‘Distort Your Reality’

The rollout of new Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith’s offense has not gone well so far. The team has only scored 15 points through the first two games, most of it with third-stringers. But looks can be deceiving when it comes to evaluating preseason results, Smith warned on Tuesday.

“If you look at the history of the preseason as you’re mixing and matching, it is more about individual evaluation”, Smith said about the Steelers’ offensive production, via transcript provided by the team’s media department. “We’ve got a unique situation with the quarterbacks, … [and] that evaluation is more important”.