Inside Conditions: ‘Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’

OH NO…THE COWBOYS’ JALEN TOLBERT CATCHES THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN DALLAS’ 20-17 WIN OVER THE STEELERS, OCT. 6. (PHOTOS BY BRIAN COOK SR.)& Is the Steelers’ offensive coordinator really making a difference? The buzzards on the fence have been crowing about the Steelers offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith, since he arrived in Pittsburgh on the “Midnight Train From (Atlanta) Georgia.” He was the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons for three straight unproductive years.& He exited with a three-year won-loss record of 21-30 after coaching 51 games. After he was let go by the Dirty Birds, the Steelers reeled him in like he was a Georgia catfish hooked by a nice fat piece of dough ball. The reason he was hired by Pittsburgh may have been that no one was overly attentive to his abysmal head coaching record while employed by Atlanta, but were more focused on his success while he was employed as the offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans. In 2019, Smith had Derrick Henry, a future NFL Hall-of-Famer, lined up in the Titans backfield. Henry rushed for 1,540 yards with a 5.1 yard-per-rush average and scored 16 touchdowns. In 2020, Derrick Henry increased those numbers. He rushed 378...