Mitch Trubisky says Pittsburgh Steelers offense needs to be aggressive, have 'killer mindset'

PITTSBURGH — After the Steelers scored only 17 points off five turnovers in the wild overtime win against the Bengals in Week 1, quarterback Mitch Trubisky said Wednesday he and his unit have to be more aggressive.

«When your defense is playing that well, and they're getting turnovers, you just want to take care of the football, but we've got to have that killer mindset, that aggressive mentality to really take teams out of the game and just not allow 'em to keep it close,» Trubisky said.

With Minkah Fitzpatrick's game-opening pick-six accounting for one score, the Steelers' offense only added 10 points off turnovers thanks to a field goal and a touchdown. The rest of those possessions ended in punts.

«When our defense gets turnovers, we need to turn those into points,» Trubisky said. «That's my mindset. And that's what we're thinking about when we get the ball taken away, we've got to turn it into touchdowns and not just field goals.»

The Steelers offense didn't commit any turnovers in the overtime win, but by playing conservatively, they didn't take many downfield shots. That was by design, Tomlin said.

«With downfield throwing comes the potential of negativity and turning the ball over,» he said.

«Environmentally, in the structure of how they function, we did what we thought was appropriate to win the game last week. It has no bearing on how we're going to function this week.»

Trubisky connected on just 2 of 7 attempts of over 20 yards, and according to Next Gen Stats, 10.5% of Trubisky's attempts traveled more than 20 air yards. On the day, Trubisky was 21 of 38 for 194 yards and a touchdown. Two of his longest completions came in overtime: a 26-yard pass to Pat Freiermuth on a broken play and a one-handed grab by