16In16: #13 – “O, Canada”

 

Our #13 moment of 2016 goes to Offensive Coordinator Matt Canada.  When Day 1 of the Matt Canada era began, it was safe to say many PITT fans did not know what direction the offense was going to go after Jim Chaney left after one year. And I say the Matt Canada era because I didn’t see another one and down offensive coordinator, but I will get into that later.

Coming into the 2016 season, the offense was returning their starting Quarterback and had the backup who played a fair share of snaps transferring out in Chad Voytik.  They were losing their clear #1 Wide Receiver and play-maker in Tyler Boyd and weren’t sure what they had at Running Back with James Conner coming back from a knee injury and hodgkin’s disease.

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