"We talk about running the ball and efficient runs are 4-plus (yards)," Fichtner continued. "If we're gonna throw short and have the opportunity to run long, the short aspect of that has to be caught for 4 and whatever we get after that is bonus. That's just kinda keeping you on schedule.
"I wouldn't say (defenses have) caught onto it; it's just a matter of we gotta make our plays."
That includes becoming more efficient throwing the ball down the field than the Steelers have been, particularly during their just-completed stretch of three games in 12 days.
"Whatever you missed in that little three-week time of walk-through, playing, not playing, games being moved, I think back to just repetition of throwing and catching for our guys, that's not an excuse but if there would have been one area you would have backed off of it would have been potentially throwing the ball down (the field), deep balls," Fichtner said.
That, too, is being addressed in practice in advance of Monday night's visit to Cincinnati.
"Having this week where we actually get back to a semblance of having a real week, we worked on that yesterday, we'll continue today," Fichtner said. "We get a couple more good days of practice (before the Bengals game) so it'll be an area of emphasis.
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