Study: When It Comes To Touchdowns, Expect Arthur Smith To Spread The Love

Arthur SmithUnder new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ passing game aims to find the end zone more than they have. A lot more. While that’s an obvious and hopeful point to make, the distribution of who celebrates in the end zone could look a lot different, too. In Pittsburgh, receiving touchdowns have been concentrated to a select few. Under Smith, those touchdown targets have been distributed to a far wider number of players.

Examining this in a couple of pieces, below is a chart showing the number of different touchdown pass catchers in Smith’s tenure compared to Pittsburgh. For Smith, that includes his 2019 and 2020 time with the Tennessee Titans as offensive…