The Pittsburgh Steelers’ commitment to Matt Canada is absolutely baffling at this point.
Find someone who loves you as much as the Pittsburgh Steelers love them some Matt Canada.
Pittsburgh’s infatuation with all things Canada is a bit troubling. Like any impressionable teen, it starts out with the rebellious phase soundtrack of Avril Lavigne and Sum 41. Then, they get really into hockey. It’s all fun and good, but once they start making their own poutine in the back of their friend’s van, you know they’ve got issues. Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?
You can say the Steelers are in too deep by trying to present Burger King Hands as filet mignon.
The Steelers are going to live and die by the Matt Canada/Kenny Pickett partnership, no matter what. Pickett-to-Pickens could be Pittsburgh’s sizzling steak, but the Steelers could have had Kellen Moore, Todd Monken or Eric Bieniemy if they would have stayed patient. Even Byron Leftwich would have been seen as an upgrade. So am I still waiting for this world to stop hating?
When Mike Tomlin has his first losing season, he will do what South Park did and Blame Canada!
Pittsburgh Steelers are Going to Pasalacqua over their Matt Canada infatuation
Here we go … again. Infatuation touches Pittsburgh, just when I thought that it would end. Oh, but then again, it seems so much more than that. But I’m not sure exactly what the Steelers are thinking. You can toss and turn at night thinking of their ways of affection, but you’ll find out that it’s not different at all. Will the Steelers throw away past mistakes and contemplate their future?
That’s when we all say, “What the hey?!”
Not even the greenest of Green Days will make you feel good and forget about what the Steelers are doing at the coordinator position. Even if you chill out, pass out and wake up in the mid-afternoon when it all hurts the most, there are no films about ghosts that can save you. The only thing the Steelers can do is hope for Canada to be cool and for Pickett to win 11 games anyway.
Look. Pickett might be a guy. The Fake Slide King is the best Pitt quarterback since native son Dan Marino. Pickett was not too cool for school, as he stayed as long as he possibly could at Pitt. He was too legit to quit. This led him to being the heir apparent to Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, there was a whole lotta Bubby Brister in between Terry Bradshaw and Big Ben.
Overall, we have no idea if the Steelers offense would have been better with someone like Bieniemy, Monken or Moore calling plays. Then again, Bieniemy just won a Super Bowl, Monken just won back-to-back national titles at Georgia with Stetson Bennett IV and Moore upgraded from Dak Prescott to Justin Herbert. And here we are in Pittsburgh having to rely on Canada…
Ultimately, Pickett’s success, or lack thereof, will determine if his former college recruiter has staying power in Pittsburgh. Even if Lamar Jackson leaves the division this offseason, Cincinnati still has Joe Burrow and Cleveland sold its soul to trade for Deshaun Watson. That basically means Pittsburgh is no better than No. 3 in division at quarterback with a ceiling of getting up to No. 2.
To be totally honest, I don’t want to waste my time to become another casualty of the Steel City.
