To get an idea of how simplified the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense was in its first year without QB Ben Roethlisberger, the offense didn’t even have hot routes. And that’s not hyperbole. It’s what TE Pat Freiermuth revealed during last week’s live show of Ben Roethlisberger’s Footbahlin’ podcast, noting the offense lacked the checks they had under Roethlisberger.
Freiermuth served as one of Roethlisberger’s guests on a special live show and was asked how the offense changed going from Roethlisberger to Mitch Trubisky and Kenny Pickett.
“I tell Kenny this all the time. It’s so different because we didn’t have hots.