Today, I wanted to continue learning about new Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. An important element for offenses in today’s NFL is explosive plays (20 yards or more), along with limiting negative plays (zero yards or less). The goal is to see how the Steelers and Smith as a play caller (since 2019) have stacked up league-wide in that span.
Here are explosive versus negative play rates (160 qualifying teams):
What jumps out right away, as it has in several of my similar studies on Smith, is the offenses in Tennessee were extremely strong.