The Steelers promoted Matt Canada to be the team s offensive coordinator, a development that could bode well for Ben Roethlisberger to return for the 2021 season.
Jeffrey Lurie has an excellent track record hiring ‘unknown’ head coaches
He wasn’t on any head coaching shortlists this year, which is how Jeffrey Lurie likes it.
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On Monday, January 11, the day head coach Doug Pederson was fired by owner Jeffrey Lurie, oddsmakers went to work laying down lines on who would succeed him. A number of big names were among those listed, with some other possibilities sprinkled in, from most likely to least likely.
Here were BetOnline.ag’s odds that day.
Eric Bieniemy 4/1
Rex Ryan 33/1
Aside from the names near the bottom of this list, the names at the top are all the ones with whom you are most familiar. The name you
Pittsburgh Steelers promote Matt Canada to offensive coordinator
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PITTSBURGH The Steelers promoted quarterbacks coach Matt Canada to be the team s offensive coordinator on Monday, the team announced.
Hired in 2019, Canada spent last season as the quarterbacks coach and worked on developing Mason Rudolph and the younger quarterbacks.
Canada interviewed for the position along with former Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson and Los Angeles Chargers quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton. The Steelers announced that they were not renewing offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner s contract after their season ended with a loss to the Browns in the wild-card round.