Last year, we talked about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ play-action struggles. Especially under Justin Fields, who struggled to sell it. Aaron Rodgers has one of the NFL’s all-time great fakes, and yet the Steelers’ play-action has been weak. It’s not fooling anyone.
And it’s one reason why Pittsburgh’s passing game is struggling to create big plays. Play-action is a great way to generate them, especially for offenses like Pittsburgh that isn’t naturally teeming with talent like the Cincinnati Bengals. Get the defense to bite, step up, and throw behind.
That’s not happening.
Per info provided by our Clayton Eckert, the Steelers have just a 5.