The Pittsburgh Steelers have been connected to lots of different quarterbacks through potential trades, free agency and the draft early this offseason. That’s to be expected based on the team’s production at quarterback in 2023. But more surprisingly, the media has also linked the Steelers to numerous assistant coaches in staff rumors, including Eric Bieniemy.
Steelers Now’s Alan Saunders argued on February 5 that Bieniemy appears to be the best possible candidate to be Pittsburgh’s new pass game coordinator.
“Once considered the top of the crop of NFL offensive coordinators and a sure-fire head coach prospect, Bieniemy’s star has lost some of its shine after a middling season with the Washington Commanders,” wrote Saunders.
Saunders argued for the Steelers to consider Bieniemy two days after SI.com’s All Steelers’ Noah Strackbein reported that the Steelers were planning to interview candidates for a new offensive assistant role on the team’s coaching staff.
Should the Steelers Hire Eric Bieniemy as Pass Game Coordinator?
Strackbein reported
on February 3 that the Steelers were interviewing Tom Arth, Charles London and Zach Azzani for its offensive coaching staff.
But he certainly has the passing game expertise to help Arthur Smith develop a more-potent unit on that side of the ball. After a lot of talk about the Steelers mining the coaching tree of Kyle Shanahan or Sean McVay, why not go for a former assistant of the guy that’s in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years — especially one with a link to Mike Tomlin?”
