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The first few weeks of the Mitch Trubisky era have not been great for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense. Through 3 games, the offense has only produced 4 touchdowns.
It didn’t stop them from getting a Week 1 win against the Bengals thanks to a dominant performance from the defense where they forced 5 turnovers.
Unfortunately, the defense couldn’t carry the team for the next 2 games. The Steelers would drop those games to the Patriots and Browns.
After the Thursday night loss to the Browns, a report surfaced that Steelers players wanted offensive coordinator Matt Canada fired.
Award winning reporter @JRown32 on @937theFan says the majority of Steelers offensive players want Matt Canada fired.
— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) September 26, 2022
Josh Rowntree later clarified his report and revealed that while nobody is actively calling for his firing, players are unhappy with Canada’s offense.
To clarify this just a bit. No one has publicly come out and said that Canada should be fired. But there's a strong sense that the players are unhappy with the direction of offense, and, if polled, I believe would favor a change. #Steelers @937theFan https://t.co/l5CV0anQuJ
— Josh Rowntree (@JRown32) September 26, 2022
Now Mitch Trubisky has given his thoughts on the Steelers’ offensive coordinator situation.
Mitch Trubisky weighs in on Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive coordinator situation
Steelers QB Mitch Trubisky on shutting out the noise:
"We've got a bunch of great players. We got a bunch of great calls. Matt (Canada) has been calling good games, he's been putting us in good spots. We just gotta go out, make plays for him and for this offense."
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) September 28, 2022
Unfortunately for Matt Canada and the Steelers, making those plays really falls on Trubisky and he just hasn’t lived up to the task so far this season.
That will need to change soon or the Steelers could be looking to make a change at quarterback or offensive coordinator some time this season.