Steelers' Matt Canada says CBS 'misinterpreted' his words about the offense
In case you missed it, Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada seemingly stepped in it before the Houston game as revealed by the CBS broadcast crew. Apparently taking a shot as his teams' roster construction, Canada said he didn't think Pittsburgh could come back when they got behind in games. According to him, however, that was […]
In case you missed it, Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada seemingly stepped in it before the Houston game as revealed by the CBS broadcast crew.
Apparently taking a shot as his teams' roster construction, Canada said he didn't think Pittsburgh could come back when they got behind in games.
According to him, however, that was a big misinterpretation:
'That Is An Unbelievable Misinterpretation Of A Conversation'
"I'm glad you asked that question because obviously, Angela [Steelers PR Coordinator] preps me on things. So, that is an unbelievable misinterpretation of a conversation," Canada told reporters when asked about the comments.
"I firmly believe we're built to come from behind," Canada added. "I firmly believed with three minutes to go in the third quarter we were still going to win the game and we would get a stop and we would go down and get the ball to Pat (Freiermuth) or GP (George Pickens) or Allen (Robinson) and make a big play and make it a two-score game. Obviously, if we score there — which we didn't — it's a two-score game. It's completely different. Go out and get a stop we can still run our plan that we were planning on running with runs and play-actions and those types of things as the game's wearing on. Then it's a one-score game and then you're there. When you're down three scores it changes how you're going to go about that process. This is talking back to the opener. That's the bottom line. That was all that was said. I stood up here every time and said whatever it is. I've not placed any blame anywhere but me. I said every time I believe 1000% in our players and our coaches. If I've not been clear about that, I think I have been clear about that."
Well, I don't know about you, but these comments didn't add much in terms of clarity or make me feel much better about Canada's original statement. Instead, it comes off as a case of he said, she said, only adding drama and headache to an already mind-numbingly bad offense.
And as dreadful as the on-field product has been, the off the field noise is starting to seep into the lockerroom, whether it be about Canada's comments, his coaching ability, or even his social media use.
So I won't call for anyone's job, but man are things seemingly getting harder to swallow by the day in Pittsburgh.
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