166

[Coryea]

That's how many yards we had yesterday, included in there is 58 rushing yards vs the worst rush defense in the NFL(heading into the game), and 3 total yards in the 3rd quarter.
Also 166 yards total, Matt Canada never had that low of a total.

 

[insaniti]

The jumbo package doesn't work anymore. It doesn't matter how much mass you put out there, teams know a run is coming and stack the box and run blitz. And since we don't throw to the middle of the field, PA isn't going to do anything...

 

[Sarge]

Man, that sucks. I stopped torturing myself with stats like that. I found myself laughing multiple times during the game yesterday. It was therapeutic.

 

[TDX27]

The jumbo package doesn't work anymore. It doesn't matter how much mass you put out there, teams know a run is coming and stack the box and run blitz. And since we don't throw to the middle of the field, PA isn't going to do anything...

I'm not sure how often they used the jumbo package on 1st downs. The few times I did look, they did not have the jumbo package as they had done a few weeks ago. That should have been their base O package most of the game, but why stick with something that works.

 

[steelhurt]

Consider this and they just mention it on the Fan. Tomlin in his last 17 games is 6-11. Ouch!
Also, on the 166 total yards, 60 or more of those yards came on their last possession when they drove down the field in garbage time in the 4th quarter. They got stopped on the Bills 11 yard line after not being able to pick up a yard for a first down. Garbage time yards when the game was already decided.

 

[SteelerFan448]

On the other side of the ball:



We know Tomlin's issues with the offense, but this is Arthur Smith's passing attack. There isn't high volume of receptions to the best playmakers on the offense.

2021
Pitts 66 for 1,026 1 TD
Gage 66 for 770 4 TDs
Patterson 52 for 548 5 TDs
Zaccheaus 31 for 406 3 TDs
Ridley 31 for 281 2 TDs
Davis 44 for 259 1 TD

2022
London 72 for 866 4 TDs
Zaccheaus 40 for 533 3 TDs
Pitts 28 for 356 2 TDs
Byrd 13 for 268 2 TDs
Pruitt 16 for 150 4 TDs
Allgeier 16 for 139 1 TD

2023
London 69 for 905 2 TDs
Pitts 53 for 667 3 TDs
Smith 50 for 582 3 TDs
Robinson 58 for 487 4 TDs
Hollins 18 for 251
Hodge 14 for 232

2024
Freiermuth 65 for 653 7 TDs
Pickens 59 for 900 3 TDs
Warren 38 for 310
Austin 36 for 548 4 TDs
Harris 36 for 283
Jefferson 24 for 276

2025
Metcalf 45 for 605 5 TDs
Gainwell 44 for 259 yards 2 TDs
Smith 30 for 190 yards 2 TDs
Warren 27 for 228 1 TD
Freiermuth 26 for 298 4 TDs
Austin 26 for 278 2 TDs

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

Rodgers not being able to go under center did not help. he shouldn't have been playing.

 

[Drink IRON City]

Rodgers not being able to go under center did not help. he shouldn't have been playing.

A coaching decision.



Salute the nation

 

[SteelerFan448]

Rodgers not being able to go under center did not help. he shouldn't have been playing.

My big question is why did a healthy Mason Rudolph line up in the pistol?

 

[Coryea]

Rodgers not being able to go under center did not help. he shouldn't have been playing.

They don't go under center much when he's healthy, they are near the bottom of the NFL is % of QB under center and % of play fakes, again this is Conservative Mike's offense, remember everyone bitching about Ben, saying he's holding the Canada offense back because he refuses to go under center or play fake because he doesn't want to turn his back to the D??? Well Ben isn't here and neither is Canada, any guess who the one person that is still here is?

 

[FAB802]

My big question is why did a healthy Mason Rudolph line up in the pistol?

It gave him an extra second to decide which defender to throw the ball to. Brilliant.

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

They don't go under center much when he's healthy, they are near the bottom of the NFL is % of QB under center and % of play fakes, again this is Conservative Mike's offense, remember everyone bitching about Ben, saying he's holding the Canada offense back because he refuses to go under center or play fake because he doesn't want to turn his back to the D??? Well Ben isn't here and neither is Canada, any guess who the one person that is still here is?

This was taken directly from Rodgers own words after the game.

 

[Coryea]

This was taken directly from Rodgers own words after the game.

That's fine, but when he was healthy they still don't do that

 

[stillwright]

My big question is why did a healthy Mason Rudolph line up in the pistol?

I was wondering that myself and said something about it in the game day thread I believe.

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

That's fine, but when he was healthy they still don't do that

They have, not enough but they absolutely have.

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

I was wondering that myself and said something about it in the game day thread I believe.

My guess is because of Rodgers lack of ability to take a snap under center the whole game plan was geared to shotgun and it was too much for them to change during the game apparently.

 

[bkwheat28]

My big question is why did a healthy Mason Rudolph line up in the pistol?

What, and blink? C’mon man. Cut your eyelids off!

 

[Stainless]

We should probably have three offensive coordinators, one for the left side of the field, one for the right side of the field and one for the middle of the field. OK, maybe just two offensive coordinators.

 

[Coryea]

They have, not enough but they absolutely have.

They are at the bottom of the NFL in both, so yeah they've done it, but every other team does it more than them, which is why a healthy Mason didn't go under Center, Tomlin doesn't want that.

 

[topseed]

Consider this and they just mention it on the Fan. Tomlin in his last 17 games is 6-11. Ouch!
Also, on the 166 total yards, 60 or more of those yards came on their last possession when they drove down the field in garbage time in the 4th quarter. They got stopped on the Bills 11 yard line after not being able to pick up a yard for a first down. Garbage time yards when the game was already decided.

And 90 total yards after 3 quarters. 11 of those came at the end of the half, when they had 40 seconds left on 2nd-and-4 on their own 19, ran it up the middle, and headed for the locker room.

Bad youth football teams put up more yardage than that, and they play 8-minute quarters.

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

They are at the bottom of the NFL in both, so yeah they've done it, but every other team does it more than them, which is why a healthy Mason didn't go under Center, Tomlin doesn't want that.

Can you post a link to this? I can't find it.

 

[steelcan58]

Arthur Smith is nothing more than a hack, which fits perfectly with Tomlin's legacy of assistant coaches. Smith's reputation was built around running an offense that featured Derrick Henry in his prime days. A monkey could have done that.

 

[Coryea]

Can you post a link to this? I can't find it.

I'll have to look, one of the hosts on the Fan had it on their twitter a couple weeks ago.

 

[insaniti]

On the Pat McAfee show today, they showed the differential stats from the game, and the Bills were +191 in rushing yards, the largest rushing differential in a Steelers game since 1955.

Tone Digz ripped into the Steelers as pretty much everyone on this board has, but he brought up something that seems SO long ago...we went 32 consecutive games without allowing a 100 yard rusher. And now we're setting records in the opposite direction

 

[SteelerInLebanon]

I'll have to look, one of the hosts on the Fan had it on their twitter a couple weeks ago.

I tried to find it with no luck. Until this last game I sure thought we were running far more than we had been the last few years, but that is certainly just my non-charted impression.