FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS…‘Time keeps on slipping…’

 

Aubrey Bruce

October 5, 2023

 

Time: As allotted, available, or used: “We need more time” • “It would be a waste of time.”

There has been a lot of whooping and hollering, hemming, and hawing about the inept, incompetent, and ineffective Pittsburgh Steelers offense. There doesn’t even seem to be a candle at the end of the tunnel of Pittsburgh’s blasphemous offense.

 

Many critics consider themselves clever when describing the 2023 performance of Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett. Many of them say that the skittish performance of Pickett reminds them of a deer being paralyzed by the glaring headlights of an oncoming vehicle that will soon be transporting it to deer heaven.

 

However, in this case, Pickett is not staring into the headlights of some random and unrecognized vehicle. The headlights that are mesmerizing the Steelers’ second-year QB in the middle of the NFL freeway at the crack of dusk are mounted on the Mack truck disguised as the Steelers’ offense and is being driven directly at him by none other than the Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Coordinator, Matt Canada. Instead of providing a sleek, new millennium-type GPS tool to assist Kenny Pickett in guiding the Steelers to the endzone, Canada seems to have dug up an old, rusty compass that may be transporting the team on an unintended journey to “The Twilight Zone.”

 

“Time as allotted, available, or used: “We need more time” • “It would be a waste of time.”

Currently, the Steelers are ranked 29th in time of possession possessing the ball at 29:06 per game.

In 2022, the Steelers ranked sixth in Time of Possession with an average time of 31:18 per game, an increase of more than 2 minutes from their 2021 T.O.P. and also 2 minutes more than their current 2023 numbers.

Aren’t you tired of the slow, tortoise-like starts of Kenny Pickett and the molasses-based play calling of Matt Canada? They always seem to implement the two-minute drill and the hurry-up offense when time has already passed them by, and they have voided their chance at victory. Remember Sam Wyche?  Wyche introduced the no-huddle, hurry-up offense when he was the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, from 1984-91. The no-huddle offense propelled the Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII in the late ‘80s.

 

The Steelers seem to have lost a normal analysis of time and talent.  Recently, former Steelers castoff QB Josh Dobbs accomplished a major feat by defeating the powerful Dallas Cowboys as a new member of the Arizona Cardinals while filling in for Cardinals starting QB Kyler Murray.  At this point, how many people think that Steelers backup QBs Mason Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky are better athletes than Josh Dobbs?  Does anyone in their right mind think that Josh Dobbs could not step in as a starter until Pickett returns? Heck, in my opinion, it’s a possibility that Pickett might not regain his starting position.  Oh, I forgot. A player can’t lose his starting position due to injury.

What about being replaced because of poor play?  The Steelers should implement the no-huddle offense as their regular offense so that it may keep the opposing defense off balance and to keep the Steelers’ offense sharp and on their toes. The music of the Steve Miller band says, “Time keeps on slippin’ into the future.”

Ladies and gents, we must all be reminded that whoever we are and wherever we are,   “The future for all of us is now.”

 

 

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