Matt Canada is Holding Back the Steelers Offense - by Sharp Football Analysis

I actually think he could - and it could have to do with getting DJ back. He opens things up, which can open others up.

Great Randino wrote:

I actually think he could - and it could have to do with getting DJ back.   He opens things up, which can open others up.

Here is the problem as I see it with with DJ. He is the most polished route runner we have ....but..he drops balls and commits senseless penalties.
The fact is our offensive scheme is predictable and just plain offensive. We can't even determine WHO our #1 WR is for that reason. Our line can't open holes or protect KP.
Tomlin has said that the best get on the field but is Dan Moore Jr. our best LT? I don't think so. Why not plug him in at RT? I don't think he could be any worse than Chuks.

Alex Smith letting folks know how bad Matt Canada is at being OC and play calling...

Vanilla... Matt... Vanilla...

https://steelersnow.com/alex-smith-former-nfl-qb-rips-steelers-matt-canada/

SteelerFreak58 wrote:

Alex Smith letting folks know how bad Matt Canada is at being OC and play calling...

Vanilla... Matt... Vanilla...

https://steelersnow.com/alex-smith-former-nfl-qb-rips-steelers-matt-canada/

I think he's right about this offense being archaic. Us fans are put in a catch 22 as far as this season because:
We can hope the shitshow continues insuring Canada's exit after the season or hope the defense can bail us out again and again so we possibly make the one and done playoffs knowing that could save his job.

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“I think the better question is what’s not wrong with this offense. I mean, it’s that bad,” Smith said. “It’s about as vanilla as it gets. They’re the anti-Miami Dolphins. They think that shifts, motions, and disguises are illegal. I mean, what you see is what you get. It’s so plain.”

this is what baffles me. watch any of Canada's college games film and it is nothing like the dog shit we see from him now. he was known for probably excessive motions and shifts. the only thing i see now that i saw in all the film i watched was alot of jet sweeps which seemed to be more successful on the collegiate level.
i wouldnt rule out tomlin being the one telling him to tone down the presnap theatrics.

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

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“I think the better question is what’s not wrong with this offense. I mean, it’s that bad,” Smith said. “It’s about as vanilla as it gets. They’re the anti-Miami Dolphins. They think that shifts, motions, and disguises are illegal. I mean, what you see is what you get. It’s so plain.”

this is what baffles me. watch any of Canada's college games film and it is nothing like the dog shit we see from him now. he was known for probably excessive motions and shifts. the only thing i see now that i saw in all the film i watched was alot of jet sweeps which seemed to be more successful on the collegiate level.
i wouldnt rule out tomlin being the one telling him to tone down the presnap theatrics.

Tomlin probably doesn't want to confuse his year 2 #1 QB draft pick with too much!!!

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Thank you for showing this!

THIS is what I was excited about when Canada came here. Doing things like this. Innovative, unpredictable, and very hard to stop.

WHERE has it gone?

I wish they were running THIS offense instead of....whatever that is on the field. Why aren't we seeing it?

Great Randino wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Thank you for showing this!

THIS is what I was excited about when Canada came here.  Doing things like this.  Innovative, unpredictable, and very hard to stop.

WHERE has it gone?

I wish they were running THIS offense instead of....whatever that is on the field.  Why aren't we seeing it?

same here. i was excited to see what canada was going to bring. this is what he did at every college he coached, so why would he "dumb it down" for the NFL ?
TE's and fullbacks were a big part of his offense. lots of 2 TE sets, yet has been absent in pittsburgh.

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

Great Randino wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Thank you for showing this!

THIS is what I was excited about when Canada came here.  Doing things like this.  Innovative, unpredictable, and very hard to stop.

WHERE has it gone?

I wish they were running THIS offense instead of....whatever that is on the field.  Why aren't we seeing it?

same here. i was excited to see what canada was going to bring. this is what he did at every college he coached, so why would he "dumb it down" for the NFL ?
TE's and fullbacks were a big part of his offense. lots of  2 TE sets, yet has been absent in pittsburgh.

It's not the Tomlin way?

Mach1 wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

Great Randino wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Thank you for showing this!

THIS is what I was excited about when Canada came here.  Doing things like this.  Innovative, unpredictable, and very hard to stop.

WHERE has it gone?

I wish they were running THIS offense instead of....whatever that is on the field.  Why aren't we seeing it?

same here. i was excited to see what canada was going to bring. this is what he did at every college he coached, so why would he "dumb it down" for the NFL ?
TE's and fullbacks were a big part of his offense. lots of  2 TE sets, yet has been absent in pittsburgh.

It's not the Tomlin way?

Perhaps.

If you bring in an innovative OC, then clamp him down, then why did you bring him in in the first place?

Great Randino wrote:

Mach1 wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

Great Randino wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Thank you for showing this!

THIS is what I was excited about when Canada came here.  Doing things like this.  Innovative, unpredictable, and very hard to stop.

WHERE has it gone?

I wish they were running THIS offense instead of....whatever that is on the field.  Why aren't we seeing it?

same here. i was excited to see what canada was going to bring. this is what he did at every college he coached, so why would he "dumb it down" for the NFL ?
TE's and fullbacks were a big part of his offense. lots of  2 TE sets, yet has been absent in pittsburgh.

It's not the Tomlin way?

Perhaps.

If you bring in an innovative OC, then clamp him down, then why did you bring him in in the first place?

Same reason you don't let the rookies play when they are out performing the vets JONES, BENTON, PORTER...

Same reason you draft a 3rd round kid to play Center (Kendrick Green) that played it only 4 times in college and expect him to start day 1 in the NFL?!?!?!

Same reason you draft a TE in the second round a few years back and hardly ever use him FRIERMUTH?!?!?!

Same reason you draft another 6'7" monster sized TE this year and never throw to him WASHINGTON?!?!?!

Same reason a former Steeler Guard (Dotson) is excelling at RG for the Rams (his position all 4 years in college) but the Steelers put him at LG and it didn't work out for him?!?!?!

Same reason they took Artie Burns as a #1 man coverage CB in College and made him play 80% zone coverage and couldn't figure out why it didn't work?!?!?!

Same reason you say you want to be a team that runs the ball and yet think you could with guys like Cole, and Okorafor on the Oline?!?!?!

Same reason your 3-4 Defense can't stop the run since Casey Hampton left... hmm wonder why?

Same reason your choices of "versatility" players seem to never pan out because they don't Excell at any one thing but are mediocre everywhere...

Tomlin is the problem in everyone of those issues... he has set this team back in so many ways...

SteelerFreak58 wrote:

Great Randino wrote:

Mach1 wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

Great Randino wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

watch this and compare it to what we see now, and alex smiths comments about thinking shifts and motions are illegal.

Thank you for showing this!

THIS is what I was excited about when Canada came here.  Doing things like this.  Innovative, unpredictable, and very hard to stop.

WHERE has it gone?

I wish they were running THIS offense instead of....whatever that is on the field.  Why aren't we seeing it?

same here. i was excited to see what canada was going to bring. this is what he did at every college he coached, so why would he "dumb it down" for the NFL ?
TE's and fullbacks were a big part of his offense. lots of  2 TE sets, yet has been absent in pittsburgh.

It's not the Tomlin way?

Perhaps.

If you bring in an innovative OC, then clamp him down, then why did you bring him in in the first place?

Same reason you don't let the rookies play when they are out performing the vets JONES, BENTON, PORTER...

Same reason you draft a 3rd round kid to play Center (Kendrick Green) that played it only 4 times in college and expect him to start day 1 in the NFL?!?!?!

Same reason you draft a TE in the second round a few years back and hardly ever use him FRIERMUTH?!?!?!

Same reason you draft another 6'7" monster sized TE this year and never throw to him WASHINGTON?!?!?!

Same reason a former Steeler Guard (Dotson) is excelling at RG for the Rams (his position all 4 years in college) but the Steelers put him at LG and it didn't work out for him?!?!?!

Same reason they took Artie Burns as a #1 man coverage CB in College and made him play 80% zone coverage and couldn't figure out why it didn't work?!?!?!

Same reason you say you want to be a team that runs the ball and yet think you could with guys like Cole, and Okorafor on the Oline?!?!?!

Same reason your 3-4 Defense can't stop the run since Casey Hampton left... hmm wonder why?

Same reason your choices of "versatility" players seem to never pan out because they don't Excell at any one thing but are mediocre everywhere...

Tomlin is the problem in everyone of those issues... he has set this team back in so many ways...

PICK PICK PICK. You dare question the standard.

Next draft our #1 needs to be a punter so we can make him our franchise QB.

moore has a pff grade of 41 so far in 2023. that is not good.

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Pick No. 14: Pittsburgh Steelers: OT Broderick Jones. Jones' first NFL start was a success. His 74.8 overall grade and 77.2 run-blocking grade led all Steelers offensive linemen by a wide margin.Oct 10, 2023

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

moore has a pff grade of 41 so far in 2023. that is not good.

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Pick No. 14: Pittsburgh Steelers: OT Broderick Jones. Jones' first NFL start was a success. His 74.8 overall grade and 77.2 run-blocking grade led all Steelers offensive linemen by a wide margin.Oct 10, 2023

Exactly, MoP! So why play him???

i dont put a whole lot of stock in PFF's grading system. i just look at it as a baseline. they would have to know what every players assignment was on every play. i seriously doubt they do.
for example when a QB throws to a spot where the receiver isnt. they dont know if the receiver ran the wrong route, or if the qb fucked up?
neil odonell still to this day gets hate for that interception in the superbowl, yet the receiver ran the wrong route. he put the ball where the receiver was supposed to be.

Great Randino wrote:

Hearing a recent interview, it appears that Canada's days are numbered and he will be gone after the Ravens game, unless we see a major uptick in the offense (nothing to indicate THAT is going to happen though).  So, another week of it...

And I do believe Sullivan will be promoted to interim.  After this season, we'll see what happens.  But no way they bring in an outsider mid-season (unless its Big Ben, which would be something to behold).

well that won't happen now with Mitch at the helm.

Nagy was a genius for getting what he got out of that guy.

Steeler-in-west wrote:

Great Randino wrote:

Hearing a recent interview, it appears that Canada's days are numbered and he will be gone after the Ravens game, unless we see a major uptick in the offense (nothing to indicate THAT is going to happen though).  So, another week of it...

And I do believe Sullivan will be promoted to interim.  After this season, we'll see what happens.  But no way they bring in an outsider mid-season (unless its Big Ben, which would be something to behold).

well that won't happen now with Mitch at the helm.

Nagy was a genius for getting what he got out of that guy.

I don't know why I ever thought that would happen.

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

moore has a pff grade of 41 so far in 2023. that is not good.

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Pick No. 14: Pittsburgh Steelers: OT Broderick Jones. Jones' first NFL start was a success. His 74.8 overall grade and 77.2 run-blocking grade led all Steelers offensive linemen by a wide margin.Oct 10, 2023

Pisses me off that Jones comes in, plays better, and then gets relegated back to the bench... Just stupidity by Tomlin and his staff.

IowaSteeler927 wrote:

Master_Of_Puppets wrote:

moore has a pff grade of 41 so far in 2023. that is not good.

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Pick No. 14: Pittsburgh Steelers: OT Broderick Jones. Jones' first NFL start was a success. His 74.8 overall grade and 77.2 run-blocking grade led all Steelers offensive linemen by a wide margin.Oct 10, 2023

Pisses me off that Jones comes in, plays better, and then gets relegated back to the bench... Just stupidity by Tomlin and his staff.

yep...lets start the mediocre collegiate GUARD we drafted in the 3rd at center no matter how bad he plays , but lets only play the 1st round tackle when our shitty 4th round veteran tackle cant play. makes perfect sense. tomlin plays 5D chess.
stop second guessing the black coach you racist bigot !!!