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Kade Bell named Pitt’s new offensive coordinator
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pitt has named its new offensive coordinator for the Panthers’ football team.
The team announced the hiring of Kade Bell on Sunday, who comes to Pittsburgh after leading the Western Carolina offense for the past three years.
Bell, who will also serve as the team’s quarterbacks coach, was referred to as ‘one of college football’s most dynamic and aggressive offensive minds’ by head coach Pat Narduzzi.
“Kade’s offensive approach—relentlessly fast and aggressive—is everything a defensive coordinator hates to face and the type of system our players will absolutely love,” Narduzzi said. “He’s an incredibly creative play caller who is widely regarded as one of the brightest young coaches in the country. Beyond ‘Xs and Os,’ Kade understands and greatly values relationship-building with his players and fellow coaches. On and off the field, Kade Bell will make us better.”
The Western Carolina offense, run by Bell, average over 500 yards per game last season, ranking first in all of the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision.
Western Carolina also ranked third in the FCS in passing offense with 321 yards per game and fourth in the FCS in scoring with 37 points per game.
In the 52 games that Bell was in charge of the offense for at Western Carolina, the team had more than 500 yards on 31 different occasions.
Bell’s hiring as offensive coordinator comes in the wake of the team’s firing of Frank Cignetti, Jr., who led the offense for two seasons.
This year, the Panthers finished the season 3-9, which was their worst record since going 2-9 in 1998.
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Steelers Secondary Surpasses Ravens?
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PITTSBURGH — After a mixed year for the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary, it looks as if they are turning their image around this offseason.
The Steelers had just one bright spot in the secondary last season, with Joey Porter Jr. having a superb rookie year. Porter Jr. allowed the lowest completion percentage allowed of any eligible cornerback in the league, finishing the season as a member of the PFWA All-Rookie Team.
After having the second worst passing and rushing defenses in the AFC North, with the Bengals worse in both categories ,the Steelers will look to improve markedly in the coming season.
Daniel Jeremiah, an analyst and insider for NFL Network, believes that the Steelers secondary has a chance to be the best in their division.
Jeremiah’s list was Steelers, Browns, Bengals and then the Ravens.
“Number one, Minkah. Just steady, reliable, the leadership, the production,” he said on his Move The Sticks podcast in which they ranked each division’s secondary groups. “Everything about him I love. I think Joey Porter Jr. is on a rocket ship. I really do. I had a chance to go out and see them in training camp last year…had nothing to do with his dad. This guy just gets it. He looks like a Steeler. He plays like a Steeler. He’s going to be really, really good.”
Jeremiah credits safety Minkah Fitzpatrick as well as Porter Jr. with putting the Steelers atop his list for the AFC North secondary groups. Fitzpatrick will be coming off an injury-shortened season in which he played 10 of a possible 18 games.
The rest of the secondary group is comprised of Donte Jackson, DeShon Elliot, Cam Sutton, Damontae Kazee and Miles Killebrew. Adding in a comeback from injury as well as a player in just his second year, it seems as if the Steelers might not have the best secondary in their division.
When you consider the Browns, who have Denzel Ward, Greg Newsome, Grant Delpit and Juan Thornhill, it seems as if they remain the clear favorite in terms of AFC North secondary groups.
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11 families displaced after apartment fire in McCandless
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Multiple families displaced after fire tears through McCandless apartment building
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