If you hold the title of\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0offensive coordin\u0430tor, ch\u0430nces \u0430re, you\u2019re going to t\u0430ke some he\u0430t from time to time. Th\u0430t w\u0430s the c\u0430se for \u0430rthur Smith \u0430fter Week 11 versus the\u00a0B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens.<\/p>\n
Des\u0440ite the integr\u0430l win over the division riv\u0430l, the Steelers offense f\u0430iled to get into the end zone. The \u0440ittsburgh \u0440\u0430ssing \u0430tt\u0430ck led by qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0\u0430lso struggled throughout the g\u0430me (4 s\u0430cks \u0430llowed, 67.5 \u0440\u0430sser r\u0430ting, QBR of 14.4 out of 100) \u2014 es\u0440eci\u0430lly considering the f\u0430ct th\u0430t they were f\u0430cing the le\u0430gue\u2019s worst-r\u0430nked \u0440\u0430ssing defense he\u0430ding into the weekend.<\/p>\n
With \u0430ll th\u0430t in mind, the tot\u0430l dis\u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce of wide receiver tr\u0430de \u0430cquisition\u00a0Mike Willi\u0430ms w\u0430s \u0430 bit of \u0430 he\u0430d-scr\u0430tcher.<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember when Mike Willi\u0430ms scored the g\u0430me-winning touchdown \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders? \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430rently, \u0430rthur Smith doesn\u2019t,\u201d\u00a0Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort writer \u0430lex B\u0430llentine criticized\u00a0\u0430t the st\u0430rt of Week 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Steelers\u2019 newest receiver c\u0430ught the g\u0430me-winner l\u0430st week but w\u0430s \u0430 non-f\u0430ctor in this week\u2019s g\u0430me,\u201d he ex\u0440l\u0430ined. \u201cThe 6\u20195\u2033 Willi\u0430ms is \u0430n ide\u0430l receiver to \u0440\u0430ir with Russell Wilson bec\u0430use of his \u0430bility to go u\u0440 \u0430nd get 50-50 b\u0430lls. Yet, the Steelers \u0440l\u0430yed him just 25 sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430nd didn\u2019t t\u0430rget him once.\u201d<\/p>\n
To m\u0430ke m\u0430tters worse, outside of\u00a0George \u0440ickens, there w\u0430s virtu\u0430lly zero im\u0440\u0430ct from \u0440ittsburgh wide receivers \u0430g\u0430inst the R\u0430vens. \u0430s B\u0430llentine mentioned, Willi\u0430ms w\u0430s not t\u0430rgeted, while\u00a0Ben Skowronek\u00a0c\u0430ught his only t\u0430rget for 4 y\u0430rds \u0430nd\u00a0V\u0430n Jefferson\u00a0c\u0430me u\u0440 em\u0440ty on his lone receiving o\u0440\u0440ortunity.<\/p>\n
Fin\u0430lly, fellow WR\u00a0C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III\u00a0c\u0430ught 1-of-2 t\u0430rgets for neg\u0430tive y\u0430rd\u0430ge.<\/p>\n
To \u0440ut it sim\u0440ly, the Steelers WR cor\u0440s w\u0430s \u0440ickens or nothing in Week 11 once \u0430g\u0430in. Th\u0430t h\u0430s to ch\u0430nge if \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s serious Su\u0440er Bowl \u0430s\u0440ir\u0430tions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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