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a number of new additions to their coaching staff this offseason Cheap Derwin Gray Jersey , there is still no team in the NFL with fewer dedicated position coaches on their roster heading into 2019. With just 12 coaches responsible for a specific position group on offense, defense and special teams combined, they lag far behind teams like the Philadelphia Eagles who have 11 coaches signed to the offensive side of the ball alone and others like the San Francisco 49ers who have as many as 22 coaches overall. Barring a change of heart in the coming months, Pittsburgh will be one of only four teams without a dedicated quarterbacks next season. Just like the New England Patriots, New York Jets and New York Giants, the Steelers will once again combine the role with the responsibilities of the offensive coordinator for the second year in a row. With just six coaches listed on the team’s official website on offense, Pittsburgh continues to buck a league-wide trend that has seen a number of franchises add several specialist coaches focusing on specific aspects of the game. While the Giants and Green Bay Packers have only seven offensive coaches, the majority of teams in the NFL have eight or nine, with the Eagles and 49ers carrying 11.Comparing Pittsburgh with Philadelphia shows two teams with distinctly different offensive philosophies when it come to their coaching staff.Steelers:Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Randy FichtnerRunning backs – Eddie FaulknerWide receivers – Darryl DrakeTight ends – James DanielOffensive line – Shaun SarrettAssistant offensive line – Adrian KlemmEagles:Offensive coordinator – Mike GrohQuarterbacks – Press TaylorAssistant head coach/Running backs – Duce StaleyWide receivers – Carson WalchTight ends – Justin PeelleOffensive line/Run game coordinator – Jeff StoutlandAssistant offensive line – Roy IstvanOffensive Assistant- GJ KinneOffensive quality control/Assistant quarterbacks – Spencer PhillipsOffensive quality control/Assistant running backs – Trent MilesOffensive quality control/Assistant offensive line – T.J. PaganettiAlong with the Detroit Lions and the Miami Dolphins, the Steelers are the only other team in the league to have just five dedicated position coaches on defense, with most having an average of seven. The Cleveland Browns lead the NFL with nine. If not for the appointment of Teryl Austin to the newly created position of senior defensive assistant/secondary coach Benny Snell Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey , Pittsburgh would be even further behind. Aside from the Dallas Cowboys, who have combined the role of defensive coordinator with defensive line coach, and the Atlanta Falcons where the head coach is also listed as the defensive coordinator, the Steelers are the only other team in the league who have combined the role with another job.Comparing the Steeles with the Browns highlights an obvious difference in the way these two team coach their respective defenses. Steelers:Defensive coordinator/outside linebackers – Keith ButlerDefensive line – Karl DunbarInside linebackers – Jerry OlsavskyDefensive backs – Tom BradleySenior defensive assistant/secondary – Teryl AustinBrowns:Defensive coordinator – Steve WilksDefensive line – Tosh LupoiAssistant defensive line – John ParrellaLinebackers/run game coordinator – Al HolcombSecondary/pass game coordinator – Joe Whitt Jr.Defensive backs – DeWayne WalkerSenior defensive assistant – Chris JonesDefensive quality control – Deuce SchwartzDefensive quality control - Alonso EscalanteWhen it comes to special teams, it should come as no surprise to learn that Pittsburgh is one of only six teams that has elected to have just one coach responsible for this group, while most clubs have two and a handful have three. With no salary cap for coaches, there is no limit to the size of the staff a team can have and it would appear that the Steelers simply favor having less voices involved. It should also be noted that Pittsburgh lists three relatively inexperienced coaching assistants with nonspecific responsibilities on the roster as well.Blaine Stewart works with the offense and is the son of the man that gave Mike Tomlin his first job in coaching, a move he reciprocated with the hiring of Stewart in 2018, while Matt Symmes might be the closest thing the Steelers have to a quarterbacks coach. A graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina working with quarterbacks before arriving in Pittsburgh last year. Former scouting intern Denzel Martin joined the Steelers in 2016 and was made a coaching assistant in 2018. As a former linebacker with the University of Missouri, Martin works on defense, but with no specific role attached to his name. And while former defensive line coach John Mitchell remains with the team as the assistant head coach Benny Snell Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey , his duties no longer include coaching players.After the Steelers, the Lions and the Dolphins have the next smallest coaching staff with just 15 dedicated coaches each, but there appears to be little correlation between successful teams and the size of their staff. The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams both had 17 in total last season, with New England traditionally carrying less staff than most around the league, while the 49ers did little with the 22 helping them. That being said, no team will be trying to do more with less coaching help than Pittsburgh in 2019 and some might question how wise that strategy is. Ben Roethlisberger was far from perfect until the fourth quarter, and that was all that mattered for the Pittsburgh Steelers.One week after Roethlisberger had a perfect quarterback rating, he overcame three interceptions and a 16-0 deficit by leading two late scoring drives. He lunged in from the 1 for the winning score with 5 seconds left for a 20-16 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.The Steelers (7-2-1) won their sixth straight and likely ended any playoff hopes for the Jaguars, who eliminated Pittsburgh in the divisional round last year.The Jaguars (3-7) dropped their sixth in a row in a game they controlled until the final five minutes.Leonard Fournette ran for 95 yards and caught two passes for 46 yards that led to the Jaguars’ only touchdown when he launched himself from the 4 and scored for a 16-0 lead with 2:09 left in the third quarter.Roethlisberger, who now has 10 turnovers in his last three games against Jacksonville, took over from there.He got safety Tashaun Gipson Sr. to bite on a pump fake and found Antonio Brown open deep in the middle of the field for a 78-yard touchdown.Still trailing by 10 points with just under six minutes remaining Benny Snell Jersey 2019 , Roethlisberger found tight end Vance McDonald in the back of the end zone to cut the lead to 16-13 with 2:28 remaining.Pittsburgh kicked off and the Jaguars went three-and-out, and then Roethlisberger led a 68-yard drive. He hit JuJu Smith-Schuster on the left sideline for a 35-yard gain to the 27 that at least got the Steelers in field goal position.James Conner, throttled in the running game, dropped a sure touchdown when he got behind linebacker Telvin Smith Sr., turning his eyes to goal line as the ball bounced off his hands. No matter. Roethlisberger hit Brown over the middle to the 2, and after a pair of penalties, Roethlisberger rolled to his right and surged across the line on a 1-yard score that was upheld on review.Roethlisberger was 27 of 47 for 314 yards, 170 of them in the fourth quarter.The Jaguars held the ball nearly twice as long, with 13 rushing plays on a 15-play drive early in the game. But all they managed in the first half were three field goals from Josh Lambo. It was the first time in 33 games the Steelers had been blanked in the first half.Blake Bortles was largely ineffective, throwing for just 104 yards and getting back six times. His biggest gains were to Fournette out of the backfield, and the Steelers stopped Jacksonville cold in the fourth quarter to get enough chances to win.STEELER SACKSPittsburgh came into the game tied for the league lead with 31 sacks and got to Bortles six times. Javon Hargrave and T.J. Watt each had two.Watt now has 17 career sacks Cheap Benny Snell Jersey , the most by a Steelers player in his first two seasons since Keith Willis, who had 15 in 1982 and 1983.RAMSEY SHINESOne week after Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey tweeted after a loss to the Colts that “when I’m gone from here, y’all gone miss me,” he had his best game of the year. Ramsey had two interceptions, none bigger than in the end zone over Brown.With the Steelers trailing 9-0 in the third quarter, Roethlisberger threw to Brown over the middle. Ramsay reached over Brown’s helmet and juggled the ball before pulling it in. He tried to run out of the end zone, stumbled and kept going until he was ruled down by contact.Ramsey also broke across the middle on Brown and made a diving pick, somehow keeping the ball off the turf on a play initially ruled incomplete but overturned on review.RUNNING GAMEJames Conner came into the game with 771 yards rushing, tops in the AFC. He didn’t have much room against Jacksonville, gaining 25 yards on nine attempts.UP NEXTSteelers: On the road against the Denver Broncos next Sunday.Jaguars: At the Buffalo Bills next Sunday.