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Arthur Smith Breakdown: How Did The Steelers’ Personnel Change?

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a full year with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith at the helm. We’ve already looked at the goals he and the offense achieved – and the ones that failed.

Today, we’ll look at the Steelers’ offense from a usage perspective. Changing from Matt Canada to Smith meant a radically different philosophy and construction of the offense from a personnel standpoint. Using data collected via our Clayton Eckert, here’s the shift in personnel groupings from 2021 through 2024.

Here’s the numbers:

And here’s the key takeaways:

– As expected, the Steelers’ use of 11 personnel (three wide receiver sets) fell.