{"id":688997,"date":"2026-05-23T07:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T07:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:02:14","slug":"nfl-analyst-cant-believe-he-finally-wants-to-watch-the-steelers-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688997\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Analyst Can’t Believe He Finally Wants ‘To Watch The Steelers Offense’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On offense, the Pittsburgh Steelers have found things difficult in recent years. It has drawn the ire of many, including The Athletic\u2019s Derrik Klassen, who\u2019s criticized the unit plenty<\/a>. However, after some of the moves this offseason, Klassen does finally see some reasons for optimism.<\/p>\n

\u201cI genuinely can\u2019t believe I kind of want to watch the Steelers offense\u2026 Last year, you could not convince me that there was a world where it would be fun or good. Like, all they had was DK Metcalf,\u201d Klassen said Tuesday on his Athletic Football Show<\/a>. \u201cNow, there are at least other pass catchers there, and there\u2019s some amount of new\u2026 You can convince me to watch it this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things were certainly ugly at times last year. The offensive line had some question marks, and it got off to a pretty brutal start with Aaron Rodgers being sacked seven times over the first two weeks. The Steelers\u2019 tight end room was a jumbled mess too often, and there simply wasn\u2019t much for Rodgers to work with out wide.<\/p>\n

However, the Steelers have continued to invest in the line. While we still don\u2019t know what it will look like, there are more reasons for optimism up there. Rodgers will also be operating an offense he\u2019s very familiar with under Mike McCarthy. And out wide, Klassen is especially confident in Michael Pittman Jr.\u2019s ability to impact the Steelers offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Michael Pittman\u2019s really good in the one to 10 [yards]. And that\u2019s all Rodgers wants to do,\u201d Klassen said. \u201cLiterally any of the routes where a guy has to sit in zone. Stick routes, spot routes, running to the right spot on drags\u2026 Did they have a guy like that last year?\u201d<\/p>\n

Klassen is right that Pittsburgh didn\u2019t have a player with Pittman\u2019s skill set last year. The Steelers tried it with DK Metcalf at times, but defenses were able to pay him far too much attention. Neither Calvin Austin III nor Roman Wilson were able to be in the right spot enough for Rodgers\u2019 liking. And while the Steelers tried to stick Adam Thielen in that role late in the year, he couldn\u2019t make a sizeable impact either.<\/p>\n

Pittman can do those things very well. His ability to play smart and get in the right spots helped him produce with lackluster quarterback play throughout his time in Indianapolis. And he\u2019s not alone, either. Germie Bernard isn\u2019t the same exact type of receiver, but he has a lot of similar traits. At the very least, Rodgers has an upgraded receiving corps to work with.<\/p>\n

Whether or not the Steelers are actually dangerous offensively, we\u2019ll have to see. Klassen isn\u2019t sure he\u2019s that confident<\/a> in the unit yet. But he is impressed with some of the talent the Steelers collected on their offense.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On offense, the Pittsburgh Steelers have found things difficult in recent years. It has drawn the ire of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[626,64,63,283066,5352,593,85,336377],"class_list":["post-688997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-derrik-klassen","tag-michael-pittman-jr","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-the-athletic-football-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}