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The offense needs improvement on the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arthur Smith thinks he can help the team overcome its offensive problems. The former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons has already shared some ideas about how he wants to manage Pittsburgh’s offense, which finished the 2023 NFL regular season as one of the least productive in the league.

“Any offense I’ve been a part of, it’s going to be a physical brand,” Smith told Missi Matthews of Steelers.com during his first interview since getting installed as the team’s offensive coordinator.

“You want to win the line of scrimmage, but it’s also about playing to strengths. Obviously, trying to create explosives,” Smith added.

Having that kind of success even though they were remotely an explosive team on offense offers great hope for the Steelers, though, it remains to be seen just how good Smith will be at his new job. Before he became head coach of the Falcons, Smith worked as the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans from 2019 to 2020.

“Want to have a very smart unit, because in the National Football League, it’s going to come down to situational football, which kind of encompasses third-down, two-minute at the end the of the half and games. Obviously, red zone. We have to score points. You’re going to have those four-point swings and create touchdowns.”

In Smith’s final season as head coach of the Falcons, Atlanta was 26th with 18.9 points per game and 26th as well in touchdowns per contest with 1.9.