Points are something the Pittsburgh Steelers have struggled to score this season, but Mitch Trubisky hopes to change that tonight.
“I’m going to be aggressive,” Trubisky said on Wednesday. “I’m going to take care of the football, and we’ve got to play better as an offense. We’re going against a good defense this week that is well-coached. So, we’ve got to do our job and execute. We want to be an aggressive offense. So whatever that means, taking care of football, we got to find ways to score points. That’s the bottom line.”
While he aims to be more assertive than Kenny Pickett, it could lead to interceptions, something Pickett has not done this season. But since Pickett’s approach hasn’t led to points, Trubisky could be onto something — if his plan doesn’t result in turnovers.
The Patriots have a defense ranked eighth overall, but they’ve gotten there by stuffing the run. New England’s 16th-ranked defense has surrendered 216 yards and 13 touchdowns through the air and has the (tied) third-fewest interceptions with six.
We’ll see if an aggressive approach — something the Steelers have only attempted on opening drives in recent weeks — will be successful enough to squeak out a win.
