At this point, there is so much finger-pointing going in when it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers, that it is getting hard to keep up. The Steelers offense has been brutal to watch this season but the reasons why it is this way and we’ve talked about all of them. But if you listen to running back Najee Harris, it’s about the players and people need to stop blaming the coaches.
Harris got defensive as he wrapped up his media time on Wednesday going to bat for the coaches. According to Harris, no one should be looking at the coaches as an outlet for why the offense has struggled so much.
Buy Steelers TicketsMore Najee Harris: "It has nothing to do with coaches. It's just players. We have to play better. You know what I mean? We can't just keep looking at the coaches as an outlet." https://t.co/ymC1oPnzPS
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) October 4, 2023
Spoiler alert: Harris isn’t wrong. We can nitpick playcalling all we want but this team has played flat and lifeless for the majority of this season. And not just on offense. Quarterback Mitch Trubisky said the team needs to play with more heart and this is exactly what Harris is talking about.
Giving up on plays and letting bad plays carry over into the next play is something the coaches aren’t responsible for. These are highly paid grown men. They shouldn’t need coaches to convince them why it’s important to play hard every play.
