Today’s slate of juicy Pittsburgh Steelers news and rumors centers around Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth, who revealed on Big Ben Roethlisberger’s “Footbahlin” podcast that Matt Canada’s offense doesn’t use hot routes and gives quarterback Kenny Pickett very little responsibility at the line of scrimmage. Freiermuth’s statements come in direct opposition to what Canada himself told the media during the 2022 NFL season, where he claimed that Pickett had full control of the offense and was allowed to make checks at the line of scrimmage. In other Steelers news, Gerry Dulac says that he expects Head Coach Mike Tomlin to once again get a contract extension at some point during the 2023 NFL offseason. Steelers Talk host Jack Sperry breaks down all the latest surrounding the Black and Gold plus reveal his list of players to look out for at this week’s East-West Shrine Bowl as well as the Reese’s Senior Bowl.

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Matt Canada during the 2022 season on how much freedom Kenny Pickett has within the offense:

“I think that question has come up. Audibles and checks, we have obviously had checks in our offense forever. There's times he goes up there and has to check, run-to-run, pass-to-pass, based on look, based on technique.”

Pat Freiermuth on Ben Roethisberger’s ‘Footbahlin’ podcast talking about Matt Canada’s offense in 2022 that seems to contradict Canada’s earlier statements:

“It’s so different because we didn’t have hots. With you, we’d have a concept, how many times would you look at Tae and just give him one of these (points at head) and we would get a 12-yard completion? We didn’t have that this year. We were looking at the coverage and saying, 'Ok, I know what I’m supposed to do.' It was almost too slow at first, with you we could see cover 0 and you were giving us a ram. So that was the most different.”

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5 players to watch for in the East-West Shrine Bowl this weekend:
- Zay Flowers - Wide Receiver, Boston College
- Carter Warren - Offensive Tackle, Pittsburgh
- Keondre Coburn - Nose Tackle, Texas
- Yasir Abdullah - Outside Linebacker, Louisville
- Mekhi Gardner - Cornerback, LSU

5 players to watch heading into the Reese’s Senior this week:
- Cody Mauch - Offensive Lineman, NDSU
- Isaiah Foskey - Edge Rusher, Notre Dame
- Keeanu Benton - Nose Tackle, Wisconsin
- Nathaniel Dell - Wide Receiver, Houston
- Max Duggan - Quarterback, TCU

What’s a player you’ll be keeping your eye on in this week's East-West Shrine Bowl and Reese’s Senior Bowl?

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