Pittsburgh led the LEAGUE in rushing during Mularkey's FIRST YEAR!

[Michael82]

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040114/3058523.asp

Putting the natural skepticism aside, there's a lot to like about Mularkey. He did some laudable things in his three years as the Steelers' offensive coordinator. In his first season, Pittsburgh led the NFL in rushing and reached the AFC title game. Mularkey got Kordell Stewart to play the best football of his career.

In his second season, however briefly, he turned Tommy Maddox into a star. Mularkey got 1,300-yard receiving seasons out of Hines Ward and Plaxico Burress. The Steelers came within an eyelash of reaching the AFC title game again, scoring 31 points at Tennessee in an OT loss.

So the man knows how to run an offense.

[Michael82]

There's a stat for all of you that think he's going to be another Gilbride.

[Jan Reimers]

I like his use of the running game, but the truly incredible part is that he got decent seasons from both Stewart and Maddox.

In either case, that's like teaching a pig to sing.

[Michael82]

Originally posted by Jan Reimers
I like his use of the running game, but the truly incredible part is that he got decent seasons from both Stewart and Maddox.

In either case, that's like teaching a pig to sing.

I know! It makes me wonder what he can do with Bledsoe.

[cordog]

He ran the ball 57% of the time that first year in Pitt. Thats pretty incredible. It goes to show when Bettis was producing he was getting a lot of carries. He was injured for quite a few games that year and they still ran with Fumatu MaFala