But after two offensive touchdowns in two games, one of which included 10 minutes of overtime, quarterback Mitch Trubisky knows what the Steelers are doing on offense is being questioned.

“Everybody’s got an idea of what the offense should or could be,” Trubisky acknowledged following the Steelers’ 17-14 loss to the Patriots this afternoon in the home opener at Acrisure Stadium.

“Everybody” in this instance includes those playing offense for the Steelers.

“I mean, everybody wants the ball in their hands,” Trubisky confirmed. “I want the ball in my hands.

“We got a bunch of talent. We just have to figure out what works best for us going forward.”

Trubisky’s postgame remarks stressed accountability (“I just need to play better”) and the need to stay the course two games into a 17-game regular season.

“We have to come together as a collective unit, everyone has to keep buying in,” Trubisky continued. “We’re a young offense and we’re still growing in this thing together. The best thing you can do at this time is just continue to buy into the plan, whatever it is, do you job to the best of your ability.

“When everybody is saying ‘call this play’ or ‘call that play’ it makes it tough just for everybody to do their jobs. I think everybody just needs to worry about their job then we’ll just keep growing and going in the right direction together.

“You just gotta tell guys to buy in, be patient and just focus on your job. That’s what you gotta do as a leader, just keep guys on track. If everybody just does their job, we’ll be a lot better as an offense.”

Trubisky completed 21 of 33 passes for 168 yards with one touchdown and one interception against the Patriots.

He led a nine-play, 75-yard drive that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Pat Freiermuth and a completion to wide receiver Diontae Johnson for a two-point conversion that brought the Steelers to within 17-14 with 14:58 left in the fourth quarter.

But the Steelers’ next two possessions ended with passes to running back Najee Harris on third downs that failed to move the chains.

The first resulted in a 2-yard completion on third-and-8 from the Steelers’ 13-yard line.

“We’re gonna have to look at that one,” Trubisky said. “They had ‘Cover 0’ (no safety deep), that was my hot throw, the corner did a good job having eyes, he came off on it and made the tackle.

“We just gotta have better answers when they show us that type of look.”

The second was a lob to Harris down the sideline on third-and-2 from the Steelers’ 28 with 6:47 left in regulation.

Harris tried to go up over linebacker Matthew Judon but was unable to make the catch.

The Steelers punted the ball back to the Patriots and never got it back.

“I tried to give him a chance,” Trubisky said. “It was slightly under-thrown. He did a good job of going up and trying to make a play on it.

“I’d like to lead him downfield a little bit more and hit him on the run. I tried to buy some time. I was probably fading a little too much in the pocket to my right to buy him some time. I could have just got out a little sooner and threw it downfield so he could make a play on it. That one was on me.”