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‘We Need To Run The Ball:’ Winter Weather Won’t Impact Steelers’ Offensive Plan

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If the Pittsburgh Steelers were a high-flying passing attack, Sunday’s brutal-looking weather forecast might post a problem. Chilly, windy, snowy, it won’t be a game for the weak of heart. But it’s an outlook that plays well into how the Steelers are currently built. Now a physical and run-oriented outfit, Interim OC Eddie Faulkner says their plans aren’t changed by what the weather man says.

“We have such commitment to the things that we already need to do in the game,” Faulkner said Thursday via a team-provided transcript. “We need to run the ball. So that won’t change from that aspect.