Kaboly: Kenny Pickett, Steelers’ offense must turn FGs into TDs to keep progressing
New York TimesATLANTA — When you say the Steelers’ offense is taking baby steps, there’s no hyperbole attached to that. The Steelers’ continued inability to turn field goals into touchdowns didn’t hurt them against the Falcons, but there is a time in the not-very-distant future — maybe as early as next week’s game against the Ravens — where it’s going to cost them a game. Fixing the Steelers' ghastly red zone offense Rookie tight end Connor Heyward, who scored Pittsburgh’s only touchdown, added: “We talked about it a lot last week how we got into the red zone a lot and didn’t come away with a touchdown, and you saw that again today. We’ve got to turn those around to six points if we want to go where we want to go.” That’s Football 101 — touchdowns are better than field goals. The only thing left in the progression of this offense from being mediocre to good is scoring touchdowns and not field goals “That’s the next step.
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