Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney talked to the media on Thursday in his end-of-the-season interview. One of the topics of interest to most fans was why the team chose to keep offensive coordinator Matt Canada after a long season on offense. Rooney made it clear that the relationship between Canada and quarterback Kenny Pickett played a role in why the Steelers didn’t fire Canada at the end of the season.
“With a rookie quarterback, they seem to work well together. They built a good working relationship,” Rooney said. “To start over again with a new offensive coordinator, you could wind up back in the same situation again where the first half of season, you’re breaking in a new coordinator. We felt there was enough there to build on. We wanted to keep that group together.”
