{"id":10118,"date":"2024-10-08T03:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10118"},"modified":"2024-10-08T03:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:25:59","slug":"video-justin-fields-had-a-troubling-answer-about-the-teams-offensive-identity-and-steelers-fans-should-be-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10118","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Justin Fields Had A Troubling Answer About The Team\u2019s Offensive Identity And Steelers Fans Should Be Worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0scored just 17 points and 222 total yards against the Dallas Cowboys, and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/justin-fields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Fields<\/a>\u00a0could not get anything done all night long.<\/p>\n<p>Fields threw for just 158 yards and only added 27 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh totaled just 3.5 yards per carry on the ground as they failed to eclipse 100 total yards in the game against one of the worst run defenses in the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That is a huge problem.<\/p>\n<p>When asked after the game, Steelers quarterback Justin Fields said that he thinks the offense has an identity, but he was rather unclear about what that was.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think we have an identity. I just don\u2019t know what it is, I never heard necessarily an option for an identity,\u201d Fields said. \u201cI think we ran the ball well today. Like I said, I think we just missed shots and shot ourselves in the foot again. So, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re one of those teams looking for an identity.<\/p>\n<p>I think we know who we are. We\u2019re a team that is predicated on running the football and staying on schedule on first and second down and then executing on third down, but we just didn\u2019t get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ROUGH: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> QB Justin Fields says he believes the team has an identity\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter asks what the identity is, and Fields basically said nothing, and that he\u2019s not able to answer that.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5Pittsburgh Steelers)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEoAbvHGM1\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEoAbvHGM1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1843168438631682206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh ranks near the bottom of the league regarding efficiency, and if it wasn\u2019t for two Dak Prescott interceptions, the team could easily have been blown out.<\/p>\n<p>Before this loss to the Cowboys, there was talk about how Justin Fields had been performing better than Patrick Mahomes so far this year. In one game, all of that talk ended.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-will-justin-fields-keep-starting-job-over-russell-wilson\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will Justin Fields Keep Starting Job Over Russell Wilson?<\/h2>\n<p>Steelers QB Russell Wilson is nearing a return from his calf injury.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/adam-schefter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Schefter<\/a>\u00a0insinuated he could play as early as this week against the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussell has been getting healthier and healthier, and I think he is now at the point where he is healthy enough to play,\u201d Schefter said on the Pat McAfee show.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 quarterback situation will be a point of contention moving forward. Justin Fields has played well enough to keep the job, as he has the team with a 3-2 record.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-4\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container pw-clearfix pw-hide-in-content-out-of-view\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\">\n<p>Fields has played admirably for the Steelers thus far this season,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4362887\/justin-fields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0passing for<\/a>\u00a0961 yards and five touchdowns with only one interception.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, it is just a wait-and-see game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0scored just 17 points and 222 total yards against the Dallas Cowboys, and\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0could not get anything done all night long. 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