The former Steelers running back was among several Panthers fired.
Duce Staley, the Carolina Panthers’ assistant head coach and running backs coach, has been sacked. Carolina has relieved head coach Frank Reich of his duties.
Interim head coach Chris Tabor, according to Ian Rapoport, made the decision to remove Staley and quarterbacks coach Josh McCown.
Staley joined the Panthers’ coaching staff this season after working in Detroit since 2021. Prior to joining the Lions, he worked for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2011 to 20.
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Maybe Matt Canada was to blame for the Steelers’ misfortunes after all…
The Steelers offense looked reborn anew in the immediate wake of Canada’s termination.
The Steelers defeated the loathsome and Burrow-less Bengals on Sunday, pushing their overall record to 7-4 and further solidifying their status among that weird second or third-tier of teams that will probably sneak into the postseason but who no one regards as a legitimate contender. So what! Another version of this lede could say something like “The Steelers won a visually unappealing game in which they failed to eclipse the 20-point mark,” which is as evergreen as anything when it comes to describing the 2023 iteration of the Steelers.
Ah, but that does not quite tell the whole story about the tides that changed and paradigms that shifted (or that seemed to change or seemed to shift) in that game. Chiefly, that for the first time since 2020, the Steelers accumulated 400-plus yards of total offense. Think of all that’s unfolded since then: multiple global conflicts, ebbing and flowing COVID-19 waves caused by variants that stretch deep into the Greek alphabet, the most contentious election cycle in history, the release of the PlayStation 5, and of course — fifty-eight regular-season games for the Pittsburgh Steelers. All to bear witness to an outcome that was such a regular occurrence during the prime Ben Roethlisberger years that a mere 375-yard day would have players sitting around their lockers post-game looking crestfallen and wondering where exactly things went wrong.
Correlation does not necessarily imply causation, but the fact that the Steelers terminated their offense’s architect and then immediately moved the ball with greater ease and efficiency than they have at any point in the last three years cannot be wholly coincidental. Here, for instance, is quarterback Kenny Pickett’s passing chart from the Steelers’ Week 11 loss in Cleveland:
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