Not every problem has a solution. Sometimes things just aren’t possible.
When it comes to football, sometimes players just aren’t good enough or don’t have the skill set in order to overcome certain obstacles. But when a team rolls off 11 straight victories and averages nearly 30 points a game, saying the issue is they just aren’t good enough to score is a difficult argument.
Notice I said difficult, not impossible.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off two straight losses and three games in which the team failed to reach the 20 point threshold. While the Steelers managed to win the first game, a lot in part due to a touchdown scored by the defense, they have not been able to produce the points necessary to exit the field victorious.
While the Steelers did secure a playoff berth on Sunday, their performance over the last several weeks is not indicative of a team which is going to make any kind of noise in the NFL postseason. While the defense is playing strong most of the time, being stuck on the field for far longer than they should in the second half of games is wearing them down. Add on the piling up of injuries and the defense is doing all they can to hold things together for the Steelers.
But what happened to the offense?
This is an extremely difficult question, so much so I’m not going to directly answer it. The only thing helpful in figuring out what is wrong with the Steelers offense comes in figuring out how to fix the Steelers offense. It’s not about pointing fingers. It’s not about who is or isn’t doing what. It’s about fixing the problems regardless of why they have occurred.
So whose job is it to make these fixes?
Mike Tomlin.
