Arthur Smith's Offense, Part One: The Run Game

[@paulburek7530]

Hey brother, I am a new subscriber, very nice breakdown of A.S. running game...very informative and detailed! This is just what I have been looking for since the new OC hire...Appreciate your time and effort in this upload...

[@aftonforred3685]

Alwaus appreciate Coach Smith's perspective! Thank you

[@Ram-hx9zj]

Keep it up coach! Love it.

[@bizzat5383]

Biggest concern is smith not running any gap schemes at all. We were already really good at it. Hope he incorporates some into his playbook

[@steelermike5219]

I would’ve rather seen more of his offense when he was actually the OC in Tennessee. Anyways I’m excited for this hire. I think he was the best OC on the market the other guys were maybe they’ll be good OCs. Smith has a system that works and our players can take advantage of it and I’m sure there will be some wrinkles added to his system

[@rob6446]

Agreed about his time in Tennessee being a better choice, since that's clearly what got him the job in Atlanta, and IMO what the Steelers were focused on when they hired him

[@brianmcgrath5977]

Truly useful Annalise thanks

[@3fingerheater]

I would love to see more 2 back looks and seeing both Washington and heyward used more in the passing game. Washington’s size needs to be used in the red zone

[@Keengocrazy]

Great breakdown

[@geoffreybenedict2075]

That Wham trap with outside zone aiming was interesting, the reach blocks. . . I just wonder if that is designed to counter something he saw them do against wham or just something funky on the backside to mess with people watching film. . .

[@STEELERWADE]

Great show

[@coreyhatcher8870]

It was Mike Mularkey he worked with I thought... Not Munchak.

[@bushmist]

Both

[@LZ21-]

As a saints fan he’s a good OC he’s just a joke of a HC, but hey maybe if mike retires after learning how mike gos about his biz he could be properly fit for the HC role in pitt. He wasn’t experienced at all when he first went to Atlanta 2 years of being a Oc is nothing.

[@LZ21-]

@SteelerzReignSupremeII might be your only option if mike retires soon, atlanta was just doomed from the start he was forced to use roleplayers like he did because of how bad the defense was during the years he was there, theres only so much pitts can do for u tbh they got misused but once upon a time he was good theres a reason he got interviewed by LAC, Lions, Jets, Jags in 2021

[@timsmith8886]

Hiring Josh McDaniels would have been waaay better for the Steelers offense

[@tylerd1297]

He'll naw at least Arthur Smith uses power run fits better with the steelers. McDaniels has looked like utter shit outside brady

[@timsmith8886]

@@tylerd1297 He was a head coach playa he wasn’t a offensive of coordinator and it seems the same for him after the titans.

[@tylerd1297]

@@timsmith8886 playa before he was a head coach he was OC for the Pats and brought that offense with him to two other teams 🤦‍♀️

[@mpower1969]

Ugh... zone run concepts are awful. Pgh runs best when pulling & trapping in gaps, period. The run game improved 150% the MOMENT B.Jones started & they dialed-up trap & pull plays (which had been missing for years). Zone run concepts are LAME & too easily defended. This is a fact, not an opinion. I will be VERY disappointed if this Smith guy drags our run game BACKWARDS w/ stale/expired zone run garbage... UGH.

[@2kolbe010]

The reason why zone scheme concepts are not liked by you is because we lack the personnel to fully commit to it. However, we should be balanced. By that i mean incorporate both zone and power.

[@mpower1969]

No - i disagree... Zone Run is simply too easy to defend over the course of a game or season - it's predictable & lazy. Pgh went FULL Zone Run concept prior to Canada & drafted a bunch of monsters w/ slow feet - it was an unmitigated disaster.@@2kolbe010

[@steelermike5219]

Washington and muuuuuth about to be put to work 😂

[@mpower1969]

AFCNorth defenses (CIN,CLE,BAL) will feast on these simpleton Zone concepts... this Zone garbage may fly in the NFCSouth (frankly it didn't work down there, either), but it absolutely will not work VS. THREE divisional opponents that are 100% BUILT to stop the run.

[@mikemicksun6469]

I like the run plays but in my opinion Harris does not have the vision or cutting ability to run all of these outside zone plays. He is a downhill one cut and go back. Harris lacks burst to get in and out of holes and cut. Harris stops dead and can’t restart at times. He is best up the middle inside zone or double teams inside. Warren his backup has a nice burst and vision but puts the ball on the ground and after ten plays he will fade. A good complement but is limited. They will need another back. One thats a better fit for this offense and its inside and outside plays. They lost the buffalo game because buffalo stopped the inside run plays of Harris and he could not run outside. Tried it and what a mess.