PITTSBURGH — Following the Steelers In the wild overtime win against The, only 17 points were scored off five turnovers. Bengals in Week 1, quarterback Mitch Trubisky Wednesday, he stated that his unit and he must be more aggressive.
Trubisky stated that “when your defense is playing so well and they’re getting turnovers you just want the football to be taken care of.”
With Minkah FitzpatrickSteelers’ game-opening pick-6 accounting for one score, but the Steelers’ offense only added ten points off turnovers due to a field goal or touchdown. All other possessions ended with punts.
Trubisky stated, “When defense gets turnovers we need to convert those into points.” “That is my mentality. That’s my mindset when I get the ball. We need to make it touchdowns, not field goals.
Although the Steelers offense did not commit any turnovers during overtime, they played conservatively and didn’t take many downfield attempts. Tomlin explained that it was deliberate.
He said, “With downfield throwing comes potential for negativity and turning over the ball.”
“Environmentally, it was the structure of how they work that we chose to do what we believed was right to win the game.” It doesn’t have any bearing on how we will function this week.”
Trubisky failed to connect on 2 of 7 attempts that were over 20 yards. According to Next Gen Stats 10.5% of Trubisky’s attempts traveled more then 20 air miles. Trubisky was 21-of-38 for 194 yards, and a touchdown that day. In overtime, he completed two of his longest passes: a 26-yard pass to Pat Freiermuth On a broken play or a one-handed take by Diontae Johnson For a gain of 25 yards. He had missed several throws before, including a deep one. George PickensTrubisky’s ability connect with his receivers is due to his experience in crunch-time.
Trubisky stated, “I have been in overtime situations before and we were just fortunate to get the ball back.” “For our defense, to make a lot of great stops and have the chance to put down (Chris BoswellIn another situation, award the winning field goal. It was thrilling and a lot fun. The experience was certainly worth it.”
Trubisky felt confident in his downfield play, even though his coach tried to limit the potential for turnover.
Trubisky stated that he believed the team took a lot of deep shots in the final game. We just have to hit ’em. It’s my opinion that if you hit them sooner, it opens up the intermediate or short stuff.
You want to connect on them and then they either open up more routes or open up new ones. It also opens up the run game. You will see your strengths and weaknesses, as well as what opportunities you have within your offense, once you have hit those.
Trubisky mentioned a need to improve his timing in order to increase their accuracy on the deep ball and improve their third-down outcomes. The Steelers were just four of fifteen on third down.
He said, “I think timing…from my perspective can be improved — either getting it out sooner or waiting for plays to develop, just to have a lot more guys be in the right place at the right time.” “But, we need to execute and make plays.