One week after there seemed to be progress, after so many things had gone right for the offense, it was back to the beginning. Not just back to the beginning as in the drawing board, but back to the beginning of a regular season characterized by the kind of offense that cannot hold up its end to win consistently in the NFL.
Remember how it began against San Francisco back on Sept. 10, specifically the first series of the first game? It was a third-and-5 from the Steelers 30-yard line, and instead of Kenny Pickett delivering the ball on time and on target to George Pickens, who was breaking into the open down the middle of the field for what shoulda coulda been a touchdown, he was sacked by defensive lineman Drake Jackson.
Against the Jaguars, it
