The Pittsburgh Steelers’ running game may have shown improvement in Week Two’s loss against the Seattle Seahawks. But a running theme of the week is “better isn’t good enough.” Averaging just 3.0 YPC as a team with a 44-percent success rate, the ground game must get in gear. Doing so means changing on multiple fronts: the scheme and the individual. One tweak isn’t the cure, but for a team struggling to run the ball, getting the team’s best run-blocking tight end, Darnell Washington, on the field more is a good place for Arthur Smith to start.
Per the charting provided by our Tom Mead, the Steelers have called 39 running plays this season.