Mike Tomlin on Steelers' offensive woes through two weeks: 'We have to get our mojo back'

The Pittsburgh Steelers offense proved to be a preseason mirage as Kenny Pickett and company ground to a halt through two weeks of games that count.

A week after getting steamrolled by the San Francisco 49ers, the Pittsburgh offense was again stuck in the mud Monday night against the Cleveland Browns. The Steelers compiled just nine first downs, 255 total yards, went 4 of 14 on third downs, turned the ball over twice and never threatened to get into the red zone.

Thanks to Alex Highsmith, T.J. Watt, and the Pittsburgh defense, the Steelers still came away with a 26-22 home win.

Head coach Mike Tomlin, however, acknowledged on Tuesday that the offense must be better to stack wins.

"We have to get our mojo back," Tomlin said. "We have to get that mojo that we had in the preseason where we're playing fast and fluid with confidence individually and collectively. We've lost that, to be blunt, in the last several weeks."

The entire operation has been a dud through two weeks. The ground game is 1-yard-and-a-cloud of dust. Pickett has struggled to make the right reads and has thrown too many wayward passes. And once again, Matt Canada's play-calling has been questionable, to put it nicely.

Despite the issues, Tomlin remains confident in the club's process.

"We're not going to have knee-jerk reactions in terms of trying to make wholesale changes in an effort to change that outcome, but we do acknowledge two is a pattern," he said. "We've had two outings that are not up to snuff in that regard. It has our attention as we're preparing for the next one. We're all in this thing together -- we're not assigning blame for anyone. Obviously, it starts with coaching -- we've got to coach better."

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