Diontae Johnson expressed frustration with the officiating crew following the Pittsburgh Steelers' loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon.

The wide receiver was especially upset about an offside call on right guard Isaac Seumalo that negated a 55-yard Chris Boswell field goal. Boswell's ensuing attempt after the penalty sailed wide right.

If the field goal stood, it would've cut the Jaguars' lead to three going into the half.

"Refs were just killing us the whole game," Johnson said. "The same refs we had at training camp. I didn't like the refs today. At the end of the day, we can't keep complaining about the refs. Like Coach [Mike Tomlin] say, we can't worry about the refs, whatever. But everybody's different.

"I didn't like the refs today. They must've got paid good today or something, but they blew -- that field goal, that hurt us coming into the half. We needed that."

Johnson also expressed frustration with the inconsistency of roughing the passer calls, including a non-call when Kenny Pickett was knocked to the ground by defensive end Adam Gotsis with 17 seconds remaining in the first half.

"They was calling some stupid stuff," Johnson said. "They should get fined for calling bad, making worse, terrible calls and stuff like that. That's how pissed I am. They cost us the game. I don't care what nobody say. They cost us the game."

Byron Leftwich has inquired with the Pittsburgh Steelers about a possible role, according to a report.

Leftwich won a Super Bowl as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and served as Ben Roethlisbeger's backup in Pittsburgh.

The 43-year-old reached out to the Steelers earlier this season.

Najee Harris doesn't believe the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff is to blame for the team's struggles this season.

Mike Tomlin said this week that the team will not be making any coaching changes "at this juncture" despite calls for offensive coordinator Matt Canada to either be demoted or fired.

"Coaches can only coach. We've got to execute the plays," Harris said.

"We're not trying to point the finger at all. This is not the time to do that. It keeps being a conversation brought up, things that are talked about so much. I can honestly say we're not doing it. It's not the coaches. It has nothing to do with coaches. We have to play better. We can't just keep looking at the coaches as an outlet or whatever is putting out there. ... It's stupid."

Kenny Pickett avoided major injury from the sack that caused him to leave the Pittsburgh Steelers' 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday, according to sources.

Pickett is not expected to miss much, if any, time.

He could push the issue and play Sunday when the Steelers take on the Baltimore Ravens, sources added, but the team also knows it has a bye the following week and could opt to rest him.

If Pickett sits, the Steelers would start Mitch Trubisky.

Kenny Pickett left Sunday's game with a knee injury and Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said the quarterback would need further evaluation.

The Steelers are hopeful that Pickett suffered an MCL sprain and avoided an injury to his ACL, according to reports.

Pickett is still expected to miss time as a result of the injury.