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The Play Sheet [VIDEO}: Why the Steelers Fired Matt Canada

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4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Ben Solak breaks down the 2023 Steelers' inept, predictable offense, to help understand why a change was needed at offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh. The rest of the team isn't off the hook, though, with Kenny Pickett missing reads and struggling to find chemistry with his receivers. Could the Steelers back up their winning record and make a playoff run, or will Canada's absence change little for their maligned offense? Watch 'The Play Sheet' on YouTube or Spotify every Wednesday at 8 a.m. PT. Producer: Cory McConnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Howdy. I'm Ben Solect is the play sheet. It's a weekly episode we do on Wednesdays where we break down some film. It's a video pod.

0:10.6

So click on the Spotify app on your phone, watch the video, and enjoy.

0:14.2

The opening script, Matt Canada's been fired. The Steelers are six and four and also terrible.

0:20.2

The fan base has been frustrated with offensive coordinator Matt Canada since the beginning of last season, and this year's been no different.

0:26.5

In fact, the Matt Canada frustration has boiled over to the team, where a kicker Chris Boswell was caught saying to Matt Canada after Canada celebrated a win.

0:33.9

The game will be. celebrated a win.

0:45.4

And then this past Sunday, when the Steelers lost to the Brown scoring only 10 points on offense, running back, Najee Harris had some pretty pointed comments about the state of the

0:49.9

team relative to their record.

0:51.8

Me can do two things.

0:52.6

You can look at the record and say, okay, we're still good right now.

0:55.0

Look at the record and be like, if we keep playing this type of football, how long is that

0:59.0

shit going to last?

1:00.0

Right.

1:01.0

I look at it, like, how long that shit going to last?

1:04.0

Now, the team's frustration with the poor offensive performance under Canada boiled over to the point where earlier on Tuesday this week,

1:11.3

Matt Canada was fired midseason, which like even for as bad as the offense has been, is

1:16.2

shocking.

1:17.0

The Steelers haven't fired a coach midseason since 1941, which was 82 years ago.

1:22.8

That was World War II was going on.

1:26.3

The fact that the Steelers fired a coach midseason when they never, ever, ever do this is a

1:30.8

really important point because it emphasizes that it's not just about the offensive

1:35.2

performance, not just about the fact that the offense wasn't working that well, but critically

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