While Chargers fans are petitioning for the team to move on from Brandon Staley to no avail, other teams in the NFL are making justified coaching changes to improve their chances of winning in 2023.
This includes the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have a better record than the Chargers and a much higher chance of making the playoffs. Pittsburgh didn’t need to scramble and make a coaching change but the team did as it became far too obvious that Matt Canada was holding the offense back. As a result, the Steelers made a change at the offensive coordinator position.
Seeing another team be proactive about its issues was frustrating for Chargers fans, especially when that team is already having more success than the Bolts. But the frustration did not stop there, as Canada’s dismissal also brought back a painful memory that perfectly encapsulates Brandon Staley’s tenure as Chargers head coach.
Matt Canada’s best-ever game was against Brandon Staley’s Chargers defense
Matt Canada will go down as one of the worst offensive coordinators in recent NFL history so it is only fitting that he had his best-ever offensive game against Brandon Staley’s defense and did so with Big Ben on his last legs with perhaps the worst arm we have seen out of a starting quarterback in recent years.
Pittsburgh did all of this while only picking up 300 yards of offense. Granted, a big reason why the Steelers scored so much (and why they scored 24 in the fourth quarter) was because the Chargers’ offense sputtered and gave them a short field. But it is still a testament to just how poor Brandon Staley’s defense is.
Canada was the Steelers’ offensive coordinator for 44 games. The Steelers only scored 30 points once in those 44 games. The Steelers averaged 18.6 points per game in Canada’s offense, which means Staley’s defense allowed Canada’s offense to more than double its average in 2021.
Unfortunately, this has become a pattern for the Chargers under Staley. If a quarterback or offense needs to break out of a rut, the Chargers are the ideal opponent. Jordan Love set a career high in passing yards last week against Staley’s defense.
That will be the case for as long as Staley is the head coach. No matter how confident he tries to appear in press conferences,
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