The Steelers are averaging 29.5 points per game through four games.
One way to nudge that number upward would be to get off to faster starts.
The first four game-opening possessions this season have produced one field goal (at the conclusion of an 11-play, 63-yard march in 5:11 against the Texans), two three-and-outs and a drive against the Eagles that produced one first down and then stalled.
"Well, I'll take scoring every time, and it doesn't have to be those 14-play drives, either," Fichtner said. "We'll take it in one.
"Starting fast is obviously something we talk about. We talk about it openly with our players. The challenge, again, comes back to us. It comes back to a lost-yardage play here, maybe a penalty. It's going to be hard to overcome the third-and-longs. And generally, that is kind of what's happened."
Against the Eagles it was a sack of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger that lost 8 yards on second-and-9 from the Philadelphia 43 that proved too much to overcome initially.
But the offense got it in gear thereafter and scored on its next five possessions while in the process of building a 31-14, third-quarter lead.
"The object is to score, and we would like to score on every series," Fichtner said. "Obviously, the first series is as important as ever, and we would like to score on the first series.
"We're going to keep working on it."
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