One of my growing obsessions has been the Pittsburgh Steelers’ flirtations with the four-receiver offensive sets over the course of the past few seasons. They have briefly toyed with it in the past, typically breaking it out for specialized purposes and often as it related to an injury at the running back or tight end positions.
With Le’Veon Bell missing the offseason a year ago, however, offensive coordinator Todd Haley seemed to actively use 01 personnel—four receivers and one tight end—during the first couple of games of the regular season as a way to spell the running back.