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I think these issues go hand and hand. Kenny is inefficient because the design across the board is poor and the offense is stagnate because the QB play is bad. I personally think it's easier in this situation to change the scheme
@@idawg7332 he just played one season of football (17 games) recently. I would like see him with a better OC or allow him more control of making adjustments.
The thing is that not even Ben could be successful with Canada. Kenny was drafted into this hell hole, so he doesn't know how to successfully get out of it. It doesn't help either that the designed plays go completely against his strengths (Using his feet to create opportunities). His play style is very similar to Mahomes b/c we saw that at Pitt, but these dumbass curl routes and 1st down runs by Najee kill every opportunity we have to gain momentum.
It’s been deeply frustrating as a Steelers fan to watch the misuse of the talent on hand. I am a visual person. Thanks for helping to explain why I am so frustrated.
I wouldn't say I'm a Kenny Pickett believer. To me, his body of work just isn't big enough. However, Matt Canada is a football terrorist on the level of Brandon Staley, Joe Lombardi, and Josh McDaniels. Arrest that man, throw him in football prison, and for Christ's sakes, get the Steelers an offensive coordinator who LOOKS like he knows a damn thing about how to run an offense.
This channel usually (understandably) breaks down the best offenses in football and how their tactics can make them unstoppable at times. Its nice to see a breakdown of what it looks like when things dont work to give a fuller picture of offensive tactics.
One of my biggest concerns about the offense in general for the Steelers is that they look the same with Pickett in his first 16/17 games as the team did with the corpse of Ben.
Ben at least was a seasoned vet who had good pocket presence and could at least handle the burden of Canada. Kenny is being thrown in the fire and isn’t playing that well. I doubt any quarterback besides Mahomes could save this offense
The hard part about calling plays is the scouting phase, watching film and figuring out answers to problems and how to take advantage of looks defenses use. The fact Canada keeps struggling with imo the easy part the design phase is mind boggling. I may not be an NFL coach but damn play design is easy even with how limited you are at the high school level.
@@williamhermann6635 Compared to scouting film yes. Play design follows very simple principles how you combine, spacing, timing, and alignment is relatively easy as opposed to watching film to understand how a defense works. This isnt even a controversial statement just a fact to anyone who has been a playcaller. Add: Anyone can draw plays but they only become effective if you understand defensive structures which is the problem with Canada he clearly does not, and even the plays he dials up often dont make sense. He frequently has route combos that dont clearly define Pickett's reads as they arent spaced out enough.
@@williamhermann6635 I don't like to be this guy but, yeah, it is pretty easy. Like the guy you replied to said, trying to figure out the plays is the hard part. Once you understand what a defense is doing, it's just finding ways to get your recievers open and away from the defenders. I was the the assistant oc for my high school (I know it's different from the NFL), and I usually came up with the plays bc our OC was pretty bad at his job. 90% of the time, a reciever would be open. It's no different in the NFL. Everybody is better, so the gap doesn't change. Canada doesn't even deserve to be a high school OC. He hasn't had success in college (27-49 record) and definitely has been the worst oc in the NFL for 3 years.
@@williamhermann6635 Because they don't have relatives or fathers who already have influence working in the pros. You can't tell me Klint Kubiak who was OC of the VIkings in 2021 got a staff job because he's super talented and everyone in the league recognized his hard work.
HUGE STEELER FAN HERE , I’ve watched heard & seen different versions of this Canada problem & now I’m convinced he needs to never be employed in the NFL at any capacity again ever.
You explained this better than anyone else. People usually want to say that "The play calling doesn't excuse Kenny's poor choices!", but it is so difficult for a qb to figure out how to make a play work when your oc isn't even trying to do his job. I don't think that even Mahomes could do well in our offense. When Kenny is able to create his own plays, we score. That happens every time. Us fans are not saying fire Canada just because we don't like his play calling, it's because he literally neutralizes the offenses ability to do anything.
Canada is bad for sure but Pickett in a vaccum isn't really that good. He has played 18 career games now and has yet looked very good from start to finish. That's concerning considering he's 25 years old and was deemed pro ready
Nobody is pro ready with no support. Canada's terrible scheme has him running scared. Yes, you can ruin a qbs potential by constantly putting him in bad situations.
I mean David Carr then whose a first round pick for the Texans in 2002 was deemed pro ready. But there was no way he was ready to be passing behind a non-existent O-line for 4 seasons and eat sacks at a blistering rate. These athletes are also human so there was no way he was mentally the same player after having his confidence shot for so long.
The trademark of the team in recent years is even if their offense struggles, the defense makes opposing offenses play very ugly. And as long as its a 1 score game in the 4th, the Steelers play amps up then and can steal victories from the clutches of defeat.
Tomlin is to blame for hiring Canada, then promoting him, then being too proud to admit both were mistakes, then being too cowardly to fire him. MIKE, YOU ARE FAST LOSING WHAT GOODWILL YOU HAVE LEFT FROM STEELER NATION. FIRE 🔥 CANADA 🇨🇦
Nice breakdown of the problems in the offense. But I blame Canada for this reason all players have weaknesses when your the coach you need to identify his weaknesses and scheme to hide them in your design of the offense and play calling. He does nothing to keep the defense off balance to make it easy for Kenny to read the defense. I think Matt is stubborn in the fact he wants to prove his offense is good enough and the players need to adjust rather than fitting your offense to the players you have. The routes in his offense is for QB’s who have a strong arm that makes quick decisions that’s not Kenny. Put Kenny in a offense like the 49ers or KC you’ll see a different Kenny. Even though Ben was old he couldn’t navigate that offense until he was handed the keys calling his plays to me it’s mostly Canada he needs to go.
Canada loves those curls/hitches/comebacks, the Steelers run those routes more then just about anyone in the league, which makes them easy to read. The lack of versatility in those routes doesn’t help em either, even with whatever motion Canada does end up using. Just not good or creative play design
Could be talking out of my ass here, but I’m pretty sure Kennys accuracy metrics are far better than it seems. Yea there were some ugly misses earlier in the season, but those have smoothed out. The biggest issue is he gets no help in processing from his OC. Its like he isn’t being told where to look and what to key for each play
Hey Thinking Football can you do a video on my Jags? Like I know we are no where near the worst team in the league but our playcalling and execution has been freaking insulting to my eyes. Especially in that Saints game. Do you think you can do analysis on why are offense just can't execute?
I definetly think that Kenny Pickett needs to clean up the misses on gimmie throws, however I am curious how much of the missing throws is a result of a lack of confidence in the offense (and himself) as a whole. No one plays their best when they can't expect anything to go right out there. He always seems to look good in clutch situations, I would really like to see how Kenny Pickett looks with a new OC.
Your very good at breaking down this info and making it easy to understand. Thanks for the depth of knowledge. Thanks to you and the team for the videos
The point is a good OC can raise the floor of the offense at least and have something seamless and consistent work so they at least convert early downs and have ways to bypass 3rd and short. While working with a QBs limited skill to some degree. Hell Mike Petzing has the Cardinals offense scoring more points and getting more yards per game than the Steelers. ANd he's doing with Josh Dobbs, James COnner, some undrafted RB, Hollywood Brown and a 3rd round tall WR.
The offense has talent and we know Kenny can be good. Look at Canadas track record and resume before the steelers and it will tell you everything you need to know. First OC job 2013 fired after two years at NC State, OC at Pitt 2016 only one year, OC at LSU 2017 only one year then let go again, OC at Mayland 2018 for only one year fired again. Takes a year off football then steelers pick him up for the qb coach in 2020. Canadas not the problem, whoever hired him is
Kenny’s lack of accurate is not in his draft profile. Bro please. Per draft profile, Kenny Pickett Scouting Report By Charlie Campbell Strengths: Accurate passer Tremendous pocket composure Excellent decision maker Most of issues are a lack of trust and not have the correct information from the OC. The OC is responsible for teaching the QB how to read the play vs coverage. The real Kenny showed up in the 4th quarter vs the Ravens. He had more trust and was able to make adjustments to play calls. You can blame him on the play, but I am sure the OC to him to move to that hash mark. He didn’t do it on his own. Maybe the kicker want that ball place on that hash.. The illegal formation was called by the OC. As JT O’Sullivan stated I have no idea what they are telling him but he is not be coached accordingly to what most OC teach. Kenny is the right guy. I trust scouting reports and he is a very accurate QB.
Defenses love going up against the Steelers. They see the Steelers as an easy offense to dominate. And they aren’t wrong. Pickett isn’t accurate, is afraid to hang in the pocket long enough to see his routes play out, and one more thing that no one talks about is his inability to pump fake because of his small hands. He can’t fake out d backs like other QBs who simply just pump fake to get a safety to bite. It’s a crucial part of qb play and Pickett isn’t physically able to do it.
Same with the Patriots. I know they eked out a win vs the Bills but that doesn't change that Mac Jones sees the biggest percentage of Cover 1 in this season so far.
Yeah as much I feel Kenny is part of the issue, I think Canada handicapping the whole offense (not just the passing) is egregious. Like at least one dimensional offense designers like Greg Roman can get the run game to excel. But Canada can't even explore play action or somehow make the run game more efficient to maybe blend it in with the pass.
Thank you for also calling Kenny out on his shortcomings because the reality is CANADA IS THE STEELERS OC FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 12 GAMES. So the next person to take center stage is Kenny. He has to trust his o line (even as horrendous as they are) because i have witnessed many plays just this season with OPEN receivers and Kenny isn’t executing the pass.
Kenny isn't a good pocket passer. Canadas stale play calling doesn't help. I never saw Kenny read progressions, loves wheel routes, and can't consistently hit Pickens on deep routes or backshoulders
When none of it makes sense and he's always scrambling for his life, he's just too flustered in general on the rare occasion when the play gets someone open. It's like putting someone in a workplace with no training and being shocked they make mistakes.
@@alexm2889 the game vs the ravens exposed him. Lamar was under pressure every play. Watt and the Steelers defense played amazing. Yet Lamar Jackson, stayed calm in the pocket never bailing but stepping up and making subtle movements. Meanwhile..Kenny sees a flash of color or a pocket collapse he’s leaving the pocket. Huge red flag for your hopeful future qb to not play calm in the pocket and look more like a scrambling qb than Lamar Jackson who allegedly can’t throw. What makes it bad bout Kenny is he shows flashes of good plays for every 9 bad plays and lack of basic qb play like taking the easy throws nd scanning progressions
@@killaB215 thank you for that comment. My point is that it doesn’t matter what OC comes to Pittsburgh if Kenny’s pocket presence doesn’t improve we need to move on from him next year and draft another QB simple as that. Look at how comfortable CJ Stroud in his 4th Career start looked against the Best Pass Rusher in the League. Didn’t throw any interceptions or take a sack. KP hasn’t looked liked that once in his career.
Inconsistency with pass pro, running game, schematic issues, QB issues, etc. I am a steeler fan and it sucks how this roster has taken a huge step back. To be fair, if our front office would’ve addressed the offensive line much earlier, the running game would be a crutch that KP can lean on. However, since thats not the case its just a bunch of nonsensical things going on. Not valuing the trenches will have qb’s not trusting the system.
Wait a minute. A fellow falcon fan either this is new info or I forgot either way. What’s your thoughts on Ridder, any saving him? Banger as always on the vid💪
You should do a video on the Hail Mary becoming obsolete (because of blitz more players than blockers) and the stupid defense structure of all backs lining in front of the first down line on 3rd and long
Although it’s not binary as “Motion=defensive scheme solved” it’s still befuddling how teams don’t utilize it to its fullest, especially if u gotta young QB. Aint the point of development to aid in easier designs and ideas to help them learn 💀
I disagree with Pickett having bad accuracy. He started out slow but he’s thrown a pretty good ball since like week two. In terms of actually missed throws, the only one I can think of was one where he was pressured on the run and missed Austin. He’s actually always been known for his accuracy, especially outside the pocket.
Bro I agree with you all of what u said in the video as a steelers fan we have been dealing with this Canada dude for some time now and it seems to me that it's a combo of KP and Canada however I'm more than willing to be patient with KP over Canada. I just believe that as long they are both together it won't get any better
Pickett has shown that he’s got that clutch gene that can’t be taught. Accuracy can be improved with training and a better O line would limit KP’s trust problems. Canada on the other hand contributes nothing to this team.
I’m sure this video is driving the Pickett apologists insane! All we heard all offseason was “Just wait till Kenny has a full camp with the 1’s.” He got it, and virtually looks identical to last season. Pickett has got to find a way to sustain drives. He hasn’t been benched yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Then again, I was shocked when he came out for the second half against Baltimore. If that horrible first half didn’t get him benched maybe nothing will.
Canada choosing to run on a 1st and 5 in a non clock related situation is absolutely bottoming out. The only other play caller who has gone worse in the deep end was Byron Leftwich last season running on 1st and 2 on a penalty gimme. This is when you know that the offense absolutely has zero direction and teeth to it.
Day 3 of asking my favorite football channel to make a video on the curious case of kirk cousins, a QB who gets top 5 stats but is not a top 5 qb at all and can't beat good teams.
Cousins is an interesting one - He's a good QB with arm talent and accuracy to hit every spot, and goes through his progressions with good regularity. His faults to me are against more complex blitzing teams where he can struggle with protection checks or trap coverages - but you have to play at a good level to be being fooled by that - also when he does get hit in the pocket, he's a major fumbler of the ball - and losing the turnover battle is so important Football is also a team sport, more than any, and as important as a QB is, they probably only account for 30/40% of the result of the team - He's currently playing really well, but Brian Flores is literally blitzing every other down because he doesn't have the corners to play a real defense Or take for example the Seahawks Vikings game in 2020 - this game always sticks in my mind because Cousins drove them all the way down - got them to 4th and 1, killed the pass play to a run, and Alexander Mattison had a WIDE THE FUCK OPEN gap, and then just ran into the back of his Oline - sometimes, like life, you can do everything in football, and it still doesn't come out in your favour.
steelers need to hire an experienced nfl O coord. these last two years will be referred to as the lost years. lost years in Kenny Picketts career and development.
Steelers Center & Offensive play concepts are the problem with giving defense tells as to what play is coming so they cheat their assignments. And with Mason Coke regressing, Kenny can’t step up in the pocket. New center needed immediately
You know Kenny is completing over 70% of his passes in the 4th quarter. It shows who he is once he get comfortable and I suspect as time goes on, this will be the person we see for 4 quarters. As I stated accuracy was never the issue with Kenny. I
I’m no Steelers fan but there are several things wrong here. The obvious Canada, Kenny isn’t who Steeler fans thought he is, mike tomlin needs to go because it’s the same thing every year, and ownership
Pickett may be struggling some. However, you see every 2 minute drill late in games what he can do when he calls his own plays, Audibles, and gets to be free from Canada in the no huddle.
Honestly as a Steelers fan, it pains me to say keeping Canada is the move. If Pickett can start playing better, we could be in a good spot offensively. It just opens up more
Need one of these about Pete Carmichael. He’s been statistically worse than Canada in most ways but one thing they have in common is that they both have finally started modernizing with things like motion, but for whatever reason neither use it during important plays and situations. Pete has the benefit of having coached alongside Sean Payton for 15 years and having Brees for the same time period. I’m not gonna call for his head like other fans around the league but he needs to improve or understand that he needs a new situation
I think Carmichael is just along for the ride with an equally inept HC in Dennis Allen. Hell when you got hardcore 'Aints fans telling you that Allen as a HC can improve, you tell the moment that can start is if he cares to change his staff. That includes Carmichael who sorta gets by on offense with big receiver games from Olave or Shahid.
Question: is the offensive line weak, or is Najee Harris the second coming of Trent Richardson? Harris has never averaged 4 per carry in his career. I could understand if the holes weren't there, but you would think he has the talent to make more plays, right?
The thing is we are expecting him to run when its so clearly obvious we are running. if the recivers bunch on the right, its a run, the texans and raiders game is a prime example of that. Najee not only is not getting holes, but it being forced to run when theres no lead blocker and 7 guys in the box. In year 1, najee was a volume back, and received alot because big ben couldnt throw 40 yards, so he dumped alot to najee. but now hes not getting nearly as many receptions and is being forced to run when we clearly should motion out of the play. now najee isnt perfect, he doesnt have good vision and hes not particular fast and that hurts him more
@@christianlong5152 Warren looks like he's on fast forward compared to Najee. It's kind of baffling how slow he has looked for long stretches the last year and a half, and he's not breaking nearly enough tackles to make up for it
@@jaedynstjuste1708 I know, he's close to 4, but there's a psychological judgment involved if a runner doesn't average 4 yards per carry. It might be an Alabama thing. Saban gets the best OL prospects in the country, so RBs with less than stellar natural gifts can excel, but when they get to the NFL, they're stymied by world-class defenses up against poor offensive linemen.
Matt Canada has no business coaching in the NFL. None. He doesn't understand what an NFL offense is and is incapable of adjusting when things don't go the way hi imagined they would. Having said this, let's not forget that when he was promoted to OC, people were happy about it because it meant kicking out randy fichtner. Tomlin cannot be allowed to hire the coordinators anymore. He literally let's anyone do it as long as they're already working for the steelers. He's so afraid to bring someone from the outside that will challenge him that he keeps pushing assistant coaches into a job they're not capable of doing. We keep pouring it on Canada, and rightly so, but terrel Austin isn't any better. The D can't stot run, can't cover wide receivers and depends on minkah to be a strong s, free s and linebacker at the same time. If it weren't for tj watt being a generational talent, we'd see just how bad the defensive side of the ball is too. Mike Tomlin is wasting a lot of young talent just by fostering mediocrity at every level.
Canada has 2021 and 2022 to prove his worth as an NFL OC. He failed miserably. Tomlin decides to keep in for 2023 anyway. Therefore, the problem is not Canada.....it's Tomlin. I supported Tomlin for years, but his time is up and it's time for a new General. The organization is fractured and I think it's because of Tomlin.
Way too harsh on Pickett, 49ers was his worst game accuracy wise, everything else before that was pretty good. This offense has the same problems it had with Big Ben in it. Any Qb would look bad in this concept, also you have to understand the trickle down effect, Canada runs the same 4 concepts and calls plays repeatedly, if in the earlier parts in the game the play didn’t work, ur not trusting it later. Also his 1st couple reads are different from other offenses, he’s clearly being taught to do things one way that’s ass backwards💯
Trying to establish and run and getting the ball out quickly should be the focus. Give Pickett easy reads and throws. Sticks, outs, drags, flats, mesh, picks, something simple. Steelers want to run these PA plays when they cant make teams respect the run. Then these long developing plays with a shotty line. Ball needs to be ran and out of Picketts hands quickly.
Honestly, if you have followed Canada throughout his career, a lot of this doesn't look like his offense at all. A lot of cool run and play-action concepts are missing. He's not an OC who just uses pro spread or straight up spread pass. So no, he's never been a mcvay/shanahan motion type of schemer. But he does a lot of misdirection w/ play action and motions to help the run game to open up the pass game. This is just shocking. Is it Sullivan, Tomlin or even Fichtner's old scheme coming into play?? As for Pickett - yeah - thought he was a bad pick. I have family in Pittsburgh - everyone there actually likes Pickett as he's a charismatic personality, but he wasn't a big recruit out of HS, had luck with a top OMind in Whipple his last yr in college and definitely shouldn't have been a top pick. More of a developmental into a solid starter or good backup. And he's not even that yet...
When the Steelers went from Fichtner to Canada they scored 6 ppg fewer. So Kenny would probably put up 24 ppg with a proper OC- probably just outside a top 10 offense. Also this OL sucks.
The Steelers offense looks atrocious. Even today (Oct 22), they have been lucky to win four games. The scheme is really predictable. Najee Harris hasn't lived up to expectations, and the o-line depth & injuries have made running the ball difficult. Their RB depth isn't really there either. They become pass dependent, and injuries hurt them there too. If Diontae Johnson is healthy, they look to him. When Pat Friermuth is healthy, same. It's funny how the problem, according to fans not too long ago, was an injured/slower Big Ben. That isn't an excuse anymore, and neither is the crap job that Canada does. But the Steelers won't do anything to make coaching changes, because that's not what they're known for. As long as Tomlin is the lead man, Canada stays, and so does the silly stuff we've seen in recent weeks. Pittsburgh will win thanks to the strength of their defense, or in spite of the awful scheme on offense.
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KP is too old
And has proven he can't handle an NFL Offense
Worst it's against some of the weakest NFL teams
This all highlights how a bad OC can utterly ruin a young QB.
The ol “I can’t hear you” trick from Pickett saved the Ravens game 😭 get Canada out
All he did was set the O Line protection with a “RANDY” call which tells the o line to slide right
@jaedynstjuste1708 hes a kp8 / University of pitt fanboy
Heard he also signaled Pickens and changed his route.@@jaedynstjuste1708
@@jaedynstjuste1708 He adjusted his route. the "Ok" signal he waved was a route change.
Ben was known to have "selective hearing", especially late in games. It's not always a bad thing, and given this offense I encourage it!
I think these issues go hand and hand. Kenny is inefficient because the design across the board is poor and the offense is stagnate because the QB play is bad. I personally think it's easier in this situation to change the scheme
i agree here, i dont trust in kenny too much but canada isnt helping him either
The most important point is that no qb would do well in this scheme. It's not Kenny until we see him get a chance to grow under a real OC.
Kenny is only in his second year he needs time to develop and that can’t happen when his oc’s scheming sucks
@@idawg7332 he just played one season of football (17 games) recently. I would like see him with a better OC or allow him more control of making adjustments.
The thing is that not even Ben could be successful with Canada. Kenny was drafted into this hell hole, so he doesn't know how to successfully get out of it. It doesn't help either that the designed plays go completely against his strengths (Using his feet to create opportunities). His play style is very similar to Mahomes b/c we saw that at Pitt, but these dumbass curl routes and 1st down runs by Najee kill every opportunity we have to gain momentum.
It’s been deeply frustrating as a Steelers fan to watch the misuse of the talent on hand.
I am a visual person. Thanks for helping to explain why I am so frustrated.
I wouldn't say I'm a Kenny Pickett believer. To me, his body of work just isn't big enough. However, Matt Canada is a football terrorist on the level of Brandon Staley, Joe Lombardi, and Josh McDaniels. Arrest that man, throw him in football prison, and for Christ's sakes, get the Steelers an offensive coordinator who LOOKS like he knows a damn thing about how to run an offense.
This channel usually (understandably) breaks down the best offenses in football and how their tactics can make them unstoppable at times. Its nice to see a breakdown of what it looks like when things dont work to give a fuller picture of offensive tactics.
One of my biggest concerns about the offense in general for the Steelers is that they look the same with Pickett in his first 16/17 games as the team did with the corpse of Ben.
I’d argue they looked way better with Big Ben
@@legoman-87 definitely, the offence has gotten worse every season ever since matt canada was promoted to oc
Ben at least was a seasoned vet who had good pocket presence and could at least handle the burden of Canada. Kenny is being thrown in the fire and isn’t playing that well. I doubt any quarterback besides Mahomes could save this offense
@@grottyband8052 Ben also had audible abilities and the experience to do it well.
Exactly. We were told he needed a mobile qb, but in reality ben had plenty left in the tank... If he had had a real OC.
The hard part about calling plays is the scouting phase, watching film and figuring out answers to problems and how to take advantage of looks defenses use. The fact Canada keeps struggling with imo the easy part the design phase is mind boggling. I may not be an NFL coach but damn play design is easy even with how limited you are at the high school level.
Lol what a ridiculous comment. NFL play design is easy? Please tell me this is satire.
@@williamhermann6635 Compared to scouting film yes. Play design follows very simple principles how you combine, spacing, timing, and alignment is relatively easy as opposed to watching film to understand how a defense works. This isnt even a controversial statement just a fact to anyone who has been a playcaller.
Add: Anyone can draw plays but they only become effective if you understand defensive structures which is the problem with Canada he clearly does not, and even the plays he dials up often dont make sense. He frequently has route combos that dont clearly define Pickett's reads as they arent spaced out enough.
@@williamhermann6635 I don't like to be this guy but, yeah, it is pretty easy. Like the guy you replied to said, trying to figure out the plays is the hard part. Once you understand what a defense is doing, it's just finding ways to get your recievers open and away from the defenders. I was the the assistant oc for my high school (I know it's different from the NFL), and I usually came up with the plays bc our OC was pretty bad at his job. 90% of the time, a reciever would be open. It's no different in the NFL. Everybody is better, so the gap doesn't change. Canada doesn't even deserve to be a high school OC. He hasn't had success in college (27-49 record) and definitely has been the worst oc in the NFL for 3 years.
@@mrfrostwing If its so easy, then why arent you guys offensive coordinators for an NFL team?
@@williamhermann6635 Because they don't have relatives or fathers who already have influence working in the pros. You can't tell me Klint Kubiak who was OC of the VIkings in 2021 got a staff job because he's super talented and everyone in the league recognized his hard work.
HUGE STEELER FAN HERE , I’ve watched heard & seen different versions of this Canada problem & now I’m convinced he needs to never be employed in the NFL at any capacity again ever.
You explained this better than anyone else. People usually want to say that "The play calling doesn't excuse Kenny's poor choices!", but it is so difficult for a qb to figure out how to make a play work when your oc isn't even trying to do his job. I don't think that even Mahomes could do well in our offense. When Kenny is able to create his own plays, we score. That happens every time. Us fans are not saying fire Canada just because we don't like his play calling, it's because he literally neutralizes the offenses ability to do anything.
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_stares deep into space_ I just want it to stop.
Ha I feel the same way. It's like Tomlin is actively hurting each everyone one of us each week.
Canada is bad for sure but Pickett in a vaccum isn't really that good. He has played 18 career games now and has yet looked very good from start to finish. That's concerning considering he's 25 years old and was deemed pro ready
Nobody is pro ready with no support. Canada's terrible scheme has him running scared. Yes, you can ruin a qbs potential by constantly putting him in bad situations.
@@alexm2889he never had much potential to begin with
I mean David Carr then whose a first round pick for the Texans in 2002 was deemed pro ready. But there was no way he was ready to be passing behind a non-existent O-line for 4 seasons and eat sacks at a blistering rate. These athletes are also human so there was no way he was mentally the same player after having his confidence shot for so long.
How this team is over .500 is a mystery
Playing against bad teams and having a high scoring defense
The trademark of the team in recent years is even if their offense struggles, the defense makes opposing offenses play very ugly. And as long as its a 1 score game in the 4th, the Steelers play amps up then and can steal victories from the clutches of defeat.
Mike tomlin
Ravens and browns aren’t bad team
If you are enabling the Raiders defense to have highlight plays, you shouldn’t be starting, or coaching, in the NFL.
I mean, Crosby is good.
Tomlin is to blame for hiring Canada, then promoting him, then being too proud to admit both were mistakes, then being too cowardly to fire him. MIKE, YOU ARE FAST LOSING WHAT GOODWILL YOU HAVE LEFT FROM STEELER NATION.
FIRE 🔥 CANADA 🇨🇦
I disagree. I love Tomlin. Never had a losing season. Agree that Canada is not a good fit for Steelers though.
Nice breakdown of the problems in the offense. But I blame Canada for this reason all players have weaknesses when your the coach you need to identify his weaknesses and scheme to hide them in your design of the offense and play calling. He does nothing to keep the defense off balance to make it easy for Kenny to read the defense. I think Matt is stubborn in the fact he wants to prove his offense is good enough and the players need to adjust rather than fitting your offense to the players you have. The routes in his offense is for QB’s who have a strong arm that makes quick decisions that’s not Kenny. Put Kenny in a offense like the 49ers or KC you’ll see a different Kenny. Even though Ben was old he couldn’t navigate that offense until he was handed the keys calling his plays to me it’s mostly Canada he needs to go.
The twitter thing was so funny 😭
hey bro keep up the solid content. i learn a lot from your videos, respect
I think it may be possible to solve both issues by taking on Big Ben as steelers OC. It's an almost poetic answer to the Steelers woes
I would like this a lot
Canada loves those curls/hitches/comebacks, the Steelers run those routes more then just about anyone in the league, which makes them easy to read. The lack of versatility in those routes doesn’t help em either, even with whatever motion Canada does end up using. Just not good or creative play design
I don't understand what's happening at 6:40. Chuks is covered, by 95 is he not?
Awesome breakdown! That’s a QB who’s lost his confidence. He’s so scared to throw a pic.
Blame starts with the Rooneys down to the OC. Picket is who he has always been. Leadership overrated his talent.
♫♫♫ Blame Canada 🇨🇦 ♫♫♫
Ironically, he's gonna get Kenny killed
Could be talking out of my ass here, but I’m pretty sure Kennys accuracy metrics are far better than it seems. Yea there were some ugly misses earlier in the season, but those have smoothed out. The biggest issue is he gets no help in processing from his OC. Its like he isn’t being told where to look and what to key for each play
One of my favorite channels!!
Hey Thinking Football can you do a video on my Jags? Like I know we are no where near the worst team in the league but our playcalling and execution has been freaking insulting to my eyes. Especially in that Saints game. Do you think you can do analysis on why are offense just can't execute?
I definetly think that Kenny Pickett needs to clean up the misses on gimmie throws, however I am curious how much of the missing throws is a result of a lack of confidence in the offense (and himself) as a whole. No one plays their best when they can't expect anything to go right out there. He always seems to look good in clutch situations, I would really like to see how Kenny Pickett looks with a new OC.
Your very good at breaking down this info and making it easy to understand. Thanks for the depth of knowledge. Thanks to you and the team for the videos
Pickett wasn’t ruined by Canada - he had all these problems at Pitt
The point is a good OC can raise the floor of the offense at least and have something seamless and consistent work so they at least convert early downs and have ways to bypass 3rd and short. While working with a QBs limited skill to some degree. Hell Mike Petzing has the Cardinals offense scoring more points and getting more yards per game than the Steelers. ANd he's doing with Josh Dobbs, James COnner, some undrafted RB, Hollywood Brown and a 3rd round tall WR.
The offense has talent and we know Kenny can be good. Look at Canadas track record and resume before the steelers and it will tell you everything you need to know. First OC job 2013 fired after two years at NC State, OC at Pitt 2016 only one year, OC at LSU 2017 only one year then let go again, OC at Mayland 2018 for only one year fired again. Takes a year off football then steelers pick him up for the qb coach in 2020. Canadas not the problem, whoever hired him is
Kenny’s lack of accurate is not in his draft profile. Bro please. Per draft profile, Kenny Pickett Scouting Report
By Charlie Campbell
Strengths:
Accurate passer
Tremendous pocket composure
Excellent decision maker
Most of issues are a lack of trust and not have the correct information from the OC. The OC is responsible for teaching the QB how to read the play vs coverage. The real Kenny showed up in the 4th quarter vs the Ravens. He had more trust and was able to make adjustments to play calls.
You can blame him on the play, but I am sure the OC to him to move to that hash mark. He didn’t do it on his own. Maybe the kicker want that ball place on that hash.. The illegal formation was called by the OC. As JT O’Sullivan stated I have no idea what they are telling him but he is not be coached accordingly to what most OC teach. Kenny is the right guy. I trust scouting reports and he is a very accurate QB.
Whoever wrote that draft profile is a goddamn idiot
You did good job explaining why KP8 is QB#2
Defenses love going up against the Steelers. They see the Steelers as an easy offense to dominate. And they aren’t wrong. Pickett isn’t accurate, is afraid to hang in the pocket long enough to see his routes play out, and one more thing that no one talks about is his inability to pump fake because of his small hands. He can’t fake out d backs like other QBs who simply just pump fake to get a safety to bite. It’s a crucial part of qb play and Pickett isn’t physically able to do it.
Same with the Patriots. I know they eked out a win vs the Bills but that doesn't change that Mac Jones sees the biggest percentage of Cover 1 in this season so far.
Yeah as much I feel Kenny is part of the issue, I think Canada handicapping the whole offense (not just the passing) is egregious. Like at least one dimensional offense designers like Greg Roman can get the run game to excel. But Canada can't even explore play action or somehow make the run game more efficient to maybe blend it in with the pass.
First time seeing your channel man, loved it. Fire Matt Canada.
Thank you for also calling Kenny out on his shortcomings because the reality is CANADA IS THE STEELERS OC FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 12 GAMES. So the next person to take center stage is Kenny. He has to trust his o line (even as horrendous as they are) because i have witnessed many plays just this season with OPEN receivers and Kenny isn’t executing the pass.
Kenny isn't a good pocket passer. Canadas stale play calling doesn't help. I never saw Kenny read progressions, loves wheel routes, and can't consistently hit Pickens on deep routes or backshoulders
When none of it makes sense and he's always scrambling for his life, he's just too flustered in general on the rare occasion when the play gets someone open. It's like putting someone in a workplace with no training and being shocked they make mistakes.
@@alexm2889 the game vs the ravens exposed him. Lamar was under pressure every play. Watt and the Steelers defense played amazing. Yet Lamar Jackson, stayed calm in the pocket never bailing but stepping up and making subtle movements. Meanwhile..Kenny sees a flash of color or a pocket collapse he’s leaving the pocket. Huge red flag for your hopeful future qb to not play calm in the pocket and look more like a scrambling qb than Lamar Jackson who allegedly can’t throw. What makes it bad bout Kenny is he shows flashes of good plays for every 9 bad plays and lack of basic qb play like taking the easy throws nd scanning progressions
@@killaB215 thank you for that comment. My point is that it doesn’t matter what OC comes to Pittsburgh if Kenny’s pocket presence doesn’t improve we need to move on from him next year and draft another QB simple as that. Look at how comfortable CJ Stroud in his 4th Career start looked against the Best Pass Rusher in the League. Didn’t throw any interceptions or take a sack. KP hasn’t looked liked that once in his career.
Honestly I am more comfortable when we’re on defense at this point
Inconsistency with pass pro, running game, schematic issues, QB issues, etc. I am a steeler fan and it sucks how this roster has taken a huge step back. To be fair, if our front office would’ve addressed the offensive line much earlier, the running game would be a crutch that KP can lean on. However, since thats not the case its just a bunch of nonsensical things going on. Not valuing the trenches will have qb’s not trusting the system.
How can you conceive this I can see this but Steeler brass can't see this😢
Wait a minute. A fellow falcon fan either this is new info or I forgot either way. What’s your thoughts on Ridder, any saving him? Banger as always on the vid💪
The proccesing speed just aint there - and the accuracy is all over the place - hard to see him working out.
bruh its the coaching tho mostly. hes only 10 games in@@ThinkingFootball
@@prapra15777 Nah. Some guys aint it, and Ridder aint it.
@philaccorso it wasn't just the coaching, he's not goos
BIG BEN FOR OC
Thanks for this.
You should do a video on the Hail Mary becoming obsolete (because of blitz more players than blockers) and the stupid defense structure of all backs lining in front of the first down line on 3rd and long
Thinking Football guy has a soothing voice.
Y'all seeing Matt Canada, imagine if it's Matt America
Can you do a review on our new offensive coordinator?
Although it’s not binary as “Motion=defensive scheme solved” it’s still befuddling how teams don’t utilize it to its fullest, especially if u gotta young QB. Aint the point of development to aid in easier designs and ideas to help them learn 💀
Dawg that quad hitch play is actually wild omlllllllll how can you actually call that
Can them both. it's obvious the team is not good w/ either performances. Make it official and plug in a new regime.
I disagree with Pickett having bad accuracy. He started out slow but he’s thrown a pretty good ball since like week two. In terms of actually missed throws, the only one I can think of was one where he was pressured on the run and missed Austin. He’s actually always been known for his accuracy, especially outside the pocket.
Bro I agree with you all of what u said in the video as a steelers fan we have been dealing with this Canada dude for some time now and it seems to me that it's a combo of KP and Canada however I'm more than willing to be patient with KP over Canada. I just believe that as long they are both together it won't get any better
Pickett has shown that he’s got that clutch gene that can’t be taught. Accuracy can be improved with training and a better O line would limit KP’s trust problems. Canada on the other hand contributes nothing to this team.
I’m sure this video is driving the Pickett apologists insane! All we heard all offseason was “Just wait till Kenny has a full camp with the 1’s.” He got it, and virtually looks identical to last season. Pickett has got to find a way to sustain drives. He hasn’t been benched yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Then again, I was shocked when he came out for the second half against Baltimore. If that horrible first half didn’t get him benched maybe nothing will.
Small hands/small stature might necessitate higher torque/force from Pickett… so less accuracy? new coordinator and qb probably needed.
I feel like we don’t even any one step or three step slants in our playbook
Very good video!!
🇨🇦 gets his play calling from John Madden Football. 😐
Got a sub from me today, love your commentary bro. Keep it up 💪🏾
Do one on New Orleans offense
Canada choosing to run on a 1st and 5 in a non clock related situation is absolutely bottoming out. The only other play caller who has gone worse in the deep end was Byron Leftwich last season running on 1st and 2 on a penalty gimme. This is when you know that the offense absolutely has zero direction and teeth to it.
Please do a review on Pete Carmichael and Derek carr
Its a really tough situation and I don't think we'll really see big improvement from Kenny unless the offense makes some big changes
Pittsburgh's favorite song right now, Blame Canada.
Day 3 of asking my favorite football channel to make a video on the curious case of kirk cousins, a QB who gets top 5 stats but is not a top 5 qb at all and can't beat good teams.
Cousins is an interesting one - He's a good QB with arm talent and accuracy to hit every spot, and goes through his progressions with good regularity.
His faults to me are against more complex blitzing teams where he can struggle with protection checks or trap coverages - but you have to play at a good level to be being fooled by that - also when he does get hit in the pocket, he's a major fumbler of the ball - and losing the turnover battle is so important
Football is also a team sport, more than any, and as important as a QB is, they probably only account for 30/40% of the result of the team - He's currently playing really well, but Brian Flores is literally blitzing every other down because he doesn't have the corners to play a real defense
Or take for example the Seahawks Vikings game in 2020 - this game always sticks in my mind because Cousins drove them all the way down - got them to 4th and 1, killed the pass play to a run, and Alexander Mattison had a WIDE THE FUCK OPEN gap, and then just ran into the back of his Oline - sometimes, like life, you can do everything in football, and it still doesn't come out in your favour.
steelers need to hire an experienced nfl O coord. these last two years will be referred to as the lost years. lost years in Kenny Picketts career and development.
everyone was to blame
Steelers Center & Offensive play concepts are the problem with giving defense tells as to what play is coming so they cheat their assignments. And with Mason Coke regressing, Kenny can’t step up in the pocket. New center needed immediately
Let’s hope for a new coordinator and qb next year
You know Kenny is completing over 70% of his passes in the 4th quarter. It shows who he is once he get comfortable and I suspect as time goes on, this will be the person we see for 4 quarters. As I stated accuracy was never the issue with Kenny. I
Yes, accuracy absolutely is an issue - that's why he got benched
Be wary of quarter by quarter statistics, the same size is often too small
I’m no Steelers fan but there are several things wrong here. The obvious Canada, Kenny isn’t who Steeler fans thought he is, mike tomlin needs to go because it’s the same thing every year, and ownership
The Steelers could win the super 5 years in a row and bro would still not be excited if he’s still there
Yoooo, why you had to do my Falcons like that in the first few seconds 😂😂😂😂 but its facts though
10:30 you can tell how Pickens didn’t understand how that ball wasn’t thrown to him
Pickett may be struggling some. However, you see every 2 minute drill late in games what he can do when he calls his own plays, Audibles, and gets to be free from Canada in the no huddle.
Cant wait for the new dynamic duo of Russell Wilson and Arthur Smith do this season
It was worth the wait I would say.
Its not that hes doesnt trust, he doesnt know.... whats going on on the field.
Honestly as a Steelers fan, it pains me to say keeping Canada is the move. If Pickett can start playing better, we could be in a good spot offensively. It just opens up more
Need one of these about Pete Carmichael. He’s been statistically worse than Canada in most ways but one thing they have in common is that they both have finally started modernizing with things like motion, but for whatever reason neither use it during important plays and situations. Pete has the benefit of having coached alongside Sean Payton for 15 years and having Brees for the same time period. I’m not gonna call for his head like other fans around the league but he needs to improve or understand that he needs a new situation
I think Carmichael is just along for the ride with an equally inept HC in Dennis Allen. Hell when you got hardcore 'Aints fans telling you that Allen as a HC can improve, you tell the moment that can start is if he cares to change his staff. That includes Carmichael who sorta gets by on offense with big receiver games from Olave or Shahid.
Question: is the offensive line weak, or is Najee Harris the second coming of Trent Richardson?
Harris has never averaged 4 per carry in his career. I could understand if the holes weren't there, but you would think he has the talent to make more plays, right?
The thing is we are expecting him to run when its so clearly obvious we are running. if the recivers bunch on the right, its a run, the texans and raiders game is a prime example of that. Najee not only is not getting holes, but it being forced to run when theres no lead blocker and 7 guys in the box. In year 1, najee was a volume back, and received alot because big ben couldnt throw 40 yards, so he dumped alot to najee. but now hes not getting nearly as many receptions and is being forced to run when we clearly should motion out of the play. now najee isnt perfect, he doesnt have good vision and hes not particular fast and that hurts him more
@@christianlong5152 Warren looks like he's on fast forward compared to Najee. It's kind of baffling how slow he has looked for long stretches the last year and a half, and he's not breaking nearly enough tackles to make up for it
Neither. Pat Meyer is a joke of an OL coach.
He averaged 3.9 on 300+ carries his rookie season and 3.8 last season but i agree he isn’t the RB1 for the scheme Canada is running
@@jaedynstjuste1708 I know, he's close to 4, but there's a psychological judgment involved if a runner doesn't average 4 yards per carry. It might be an Alabama thing. Saban gets the best OL prospects in the country, so RBs with less than stellar natural gifts can excel, but when they get to the NFL, they're stymied by world-class defenses up against poor offensive linemen.
Matt Canada has no business coaching in the NFL. None. He doesn't understand what an NFL offense is and is incapable of adjusting when things don't go the way hi imagined they would. Having said this, let's not forget that when he was promoted to OC, people were happy about it because it meant kicking out randy fichtner. Tomlin cannot be allowed to hire the coordinators anymore. He literally let's anyone do it as long as they're already working for the steelers. He's so afraid to bring someone from the outside that will challenge him that he keeps pushing assistant coaches into a job they're not capable of doing. We keep pouring it on Canada, and rightly so, but terrel Austin isn't any better. The D can't stot run, can't cover wide receivers and depends on minkah to be a strong s, free s and linebacker at the same time. If it weren't for tj watt being a generational talent, we'd see just how bad the defensive side of the ball is too. Mike Tomlin is wasting a lot of young talent just by fostering mediocrity at every level.
I think Kenny has the potential to be a solid, if not quite good QB. but he needs a better OC
Brock Purdy has a great OC but didn’t look too hot last week. I still maintain Kenny is better than Brock. I like both but KP8 has more NFL tools.
Can you do this breakdown on the saints and Pete Carmichael
Fuck no, I've watched enough bad offense as it is
Canada has 2021 and 2022 to prove his worth as an NFL OC. He failed miserably. Tomlin decides to keep in for 2023 anyway. Therefore, the problem is not Canada.....it's Tomlin. I supported Tomlin for years, but his time is up and it's time for a new General. The organization is fractured and I think it's because of Tomlin.
Blame? TOMLIN
It's amazing how similar an NFL team is to a college team, Iowa Hawkeyes 😅
Way too harsh on Pickett, 49ers was his worst game accuracy wise, everything else before that was pretty good. This offense has the same problems it had with Big Ben in it. Any Qb would look bad in this concept, also you have to understand the trickle down effect, Canada runs the same 4 concepts and calls plays repeatedly, if in the earlier parts in the game the play didn’t work, ur not trusting it later. Also his 1st couple reads are different from other offenses, he’s clearly being taught to do things one way that’s ass backwards💯
Both Canada and Tomlin need to go
Trying to establish and run and getting the ball out quickly should be the focus. Give Pickett easy reads and throws. Sticks, outs, drags, flats, mesh, picks, something simple. Steelers want to run these PA plays when they cant make teams respect the run. Then these long developing plays with a shotty line. Ball needs to be ran and out of Picketts hands quickly.
U right
Sadly, Steelers mostly promote rather than hire new. So it will probably be more stale offence if he stays or goes.
Honestly, if you have followed Canada throughout his career, a lot of this doesn't look like his offense at all. A lot of cool run and play-action concepts are missing. He's not an OC who just uses pro spread or straight up spread pass. So no, he's never been a mcvay/shanahan motion type of schemer. But he does a lot of misdirection w/ play action and motions to help the run game to open up the pass game. This is just shocking. Is it Sullivan, Tomlin or even Fichtner's old scheme coming into play??
As for Pickett - yeah - thought he was a bad pick. I have family in Pittsburgh - everyone there actually likes Pickett as he's a charismatic personality, but he wasn't a big recruit out of HS, had luck with a top OMind in Whipple his last yr in college and definitely shouldn't have been a top pick. More of a developmental into a solid starter or good backup. And he's not even that yet...
When the Steelers went from Fichtner to Canada they scored 6 ppg fewer. So Kenny would probably put up 24 ppg with a proper OC- probably just outside a top 10 offense. Also this OL sucks.
Can't Pickett send a guy in motion and back at his own volition?
Need to get rid of Pat Meyer too. We have pro bowl linemen coming in and sucking, and 3rd and 4th rounders leaving and succeeding on the OL
Love you Matt canada
The Steelers offense looks atrocious. Even today (Oct 22), they have been lucky to win four games. The scheme is really predictable. Najee Harris hasn't lived up to expectations, and the o-line depth & injuries have made running the ball difficult. Their RB depth isn't really there either.
They become pass dependent, and injuries hurt them there too. If Diontae Johnson is healthy, they look to him. When Pat Friermuth is healthy, same.
It's funny how the problem, according to fans not too long ago, was an injured/slower Big Ben. That isn't an excuse anymore, and neither is the crap job that Canada does.
But the Steelers won't do anything to make coaching changes, because that's not what they're known for. As long as Tomlin is the lead man, Canada stays, and so does the silly stuff we've seen in recent weeks. Pittsburgh will win thanks to the strength of their defense, or in spite of the awful scheme on offense.