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Alex Kozora

@Alex_Kozora

Dec 22, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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A short thread on watching a Steelers' offense that made me very, very sad Sunday. In a word: dysfunctional. Couple of clips. #Steelers

The Ben chest pass. Half the offense doesn't fire off the ball in time. Snap may have been early. Harris gets too wide so Roethlisberger tries to chest-pass it. "Luckily" ruled incomplete.

Fun fact. Canada had the balls to call this again in the 2nd half. It lost five yards.

Gap run turns into a mosh pit. Turner can't get around, the middle is just a mess and there's no lane for Najee Harris. Dead on the snap.

Pistol (yay) followed up by the world's worst RPO. Both DTs split the double-team. McCloud not open on the slant. Maybe Ben should've hit Diontae on the slant but he just gets destroyed.

Failed RB screen #1

Failed RB screen #2

Najee ducks away from the football. Maybe his brain telling him don't catch it so Zach Cunningham doesn't try to break every bone in his body. Would've have a free shot to lit him up.

Hey, a screen that could work! Blockers out in space for Chase Claypool. This could be a big pl...and he drops it.

Ben with the "Lord give me strength" look to the sky

Trying to better sell playaction with the false key guard pull. But Turner can't explode and trying to reach Bud Dupree is asking a lot. Roethlisberger sacked before he can even turn around.

I could show another half-dozen but now I'm sad and you probably are too.

This offense is bad.

Last last thing. These are seven plays. They only ran 45. So 15.5% of them were just dead in the water or had fatal errors (like Claypool's drop). Almost 1/5 of the offense just completely crapped the bed.

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