A number of players since the end of Sunday’s game have come out and said that the Pittsburgh Steelers did not really change their offense, at all, when Kenny Pickett came into the game at quarterback in the second half. The only thing that changed was the level of execution, not what they were asked to do.
Second-year tight end Pat Freiermuth said the same thing on Monday, the day after the game, commenting on how he felt that they as an offense were able to play more of an attack role in the second half rather than with Mitch Trubisky in the first half despite running the same plays.