Fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers are understandably frustrated over the lack of scoring the past few weeks, but is it fixable?
The OC Arthur Smith led-Pittsburgh Steelers offense rank 13th in red zone attempts per game with 3.5 but have one of the worst red zone scoring percentages when accounting for TDs only: a bottom-three percentile team in the NFL at 44.74%. To highlight just how truly bad the Steelers are in the red zone, the Denver Broncos average fewer red zone scoring attempts per game but far surpass the Steelers’ red zone scoring percentage, ranking 11th at 57.50%.
Much of the blame has been placed on Russell Wilson, who has one of the worst red zone completion percentages in the NFL, completing just 34.6% of his passes. Justin Fields has the same number of red zone touchdowns, with four, one fewer interception than Wilson, and a solid 66.7% completion rate.
HC Mike Tomlin hinted that the Pittsburgh Steelers addressed some of these issues in a “bonus” practice of sorts last Tuesday, and fans hope it will be enough when the team takes on the Cincinnati Bengals on December 1st at 1:00 PM EST.
