Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s the Steelers’ obviously struggling red zone offense, and how much it’s holding the team back.
The Steelers enter Monday night at 30th in the NFL in touchdown percentage form the red zone, but how much is that really holding the team back?
With their red zone offense struggling the way it is, Pittsburgh is still ranked in the middle of the pack in scoring among NFL offenses. They’re worse in both yards per game and yards per play.
While improving their red zone scoring to the middle of the pack would move Arthur Smith’s unit from having about the 15th-best offense to about the 10th-best offense, it’s not going to make them elite.
Alan breaks it down.
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