The Pittsburgh Steelers have a bottom-10 passing offense at the moment, managing just 195 yards per game. That’s rapidly trending in the wrong direction with an average of just 167.5 over the last two games. Dan Orlovsky says this may become the new normal for the Steelers now that defenses have figured them out.
“The Chargers came out and said, ‘Hey, on third down, we’re gonna double-team DK Metcalf and double-team Pat Freiermuth and you got no one else to throw the football to,'” Orlovsky said Thursday via ESPN’s Get Up. “And that’s their reality. And unless somebody steps forward outside of those two players in their pass game, the defenses that are smart and well-coached are gonna sit there and say, ‘We’re gonna dare somebody else to beat us.