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Arthur Smith Takes Heat Off Jaylen Warren In Explanation Over Failed Flea Flicker

The Pittsburgh Steelers had everything rolling offensively for most of their loss last Thursday night. It was working well enough for them to eventually try a flea flicker. The play didn’t work, and based on Rodgers’ words to Warren on the field afterwards, there seemed to be some miscommunication. Arthur Smith spoke about the attempt on Thursday during his weekly press conference.

“It was a package play, and we package a lot of things,” Smith said via a team-provided transcript. “Ultimately, when the other nine are doing one thing, and two guys don’t, you got a miscommunication.