Look, I get it. It is really easy to blame all the offensive woes of the Pittsburgh Steelers on offensive coordinator Matt Canada. His culpability in this fiasco is undeniable. However, we cannot lay all of this at his feet without acknowledging the role quarterback Kenny Pickett is playing in all this.
Through two games, Pickett is not playing like the quarterback we saw in the second half of the 2022 season. Not like the quarterback who was perfect in the 2023 preseason and not like the quarterback the Steelers drafted. He looks far more like the quarterback from the first half of the 2022 season when Pickett couldn’t hit water if jumped into the ocean.
Meanwhile, the Steelers defense is stepping up. Last week, despite some struggles against the run, we saw the tandem of Alex Highsmith and T.J. Watt dominate the pass rush.
But this isn’t sustainable week after week and unless the offense can start to pull its weight, does head coach Mike Tomlin owe it to the defense to make a change at quarterback in hopes of sparking the offense?
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