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Steelers Offense in Focus: Matt Canada and the Steelers early season run game

Ben Roethlisberger, when he was asked in the 2020 offseason about Matt Canada’s impact on the offense, stated that Canada was working with the run game. Early in the season that impact was visible, mostly through the use of jet sweeps.

Week 1, first quarter, 7:00. Chase Claypool is the receiver barely visible on the left side of the screen to start.

There’s a lot to this play, we’ll start with Chase Claypool. Watch the defense react to Claypool’s jet motion. The middle linebacker takes a step, but a small one, the cornerback to the right moves outside, and the safety backs up and to the right.