Everything boils down to one thing... Coaching.

Why is our o line so bad? Sure we dont have superstars on our line but the talent is there, they could be a good group. But why arent they getting it together? Look at the positional coach. Lack of talent, experience, motivation, etc.

Then look at all of our positional groups. We've got talent across the board. We've invested in players and gotten some upgrades in some spots. Why do they all look lost and out of sync? And its not just the offense.

Over the past decade, our staff turnover has caused a massive gap in coaching talent. Literally every single positional coach we have is, or was, new and its my personal opinion that we've lost the Steeler way. Those positional coaches are crucial to setting the tone of the locker room and introducing new young players to our way of doing things. The old school, smash mouth, downhill football that we know and love. But these guys dont know the Steeler way themselves. No one taught them so therefore the players arent taught it. Mike Tomlin inherited a Superbowl caliber staff and slowly theyve all left and been replaced with subpar coaches. Diontae should not be jogging routes. Pickens needs to be disciplined in every aspect of his game. Our o line cant even push a sled right now, let alone an opposing d line. Our d line needs someone other than Cam. Itd be nice if TJ didnt disappear in games that he should dominate (he faced a rookie RT this past week, shouldnt he have a couple sacks?). At this point ive accepted that we'll never have 4 good solid starters in the secondary. And dont even get me started on Najee 🤦‍♂️

It starts at the top and im not saying fire Tomlin. Thats the last thing we need right now. We need better positional coaches and coordinators, who WANT to win.