Fitzpatrick, Edmunds, Haden, and Sutton have a very high snap count, but the rest of Pittsburgh's secondary usage is interesting as well since James Pierre, Tre Norwood and Arthur Maulet have each been on the field between 127 and 221 snaps.Terrell Edmunds is just behind him at 385 and Joe Schobert (342), Joe Haden (329), Cameron Sutton (327), and Cameron Heyward (314) are the others to have logged more than 273 snaps. Minkah Fitzpatrick is the only defender to play all 395. Pittsburgh's defense has been on the field for 395 plays this year.Pittsburgh's defense has taken the ball away just five times this year.Johnson has played in five games this year and has received at least a 30% target share in four of those contests, including 32% of the targets last week against Seattle. In his last four games, Johnson has caught 29 passes for 340 yards.That is in stark contrast to the first three games of the 2021 season. However, in each of the past three games, Roethlisberger's average depth of target has exceeded 7.0. Jackson's average depth of target is at 10.1. Lamar Jackson is the only quarterback over 10. Andy Dalton is the lowest at 4.2 and Matt Ryan is next at 6.2. Roethlisberger's 6.9 average intended air yards is deeper downfield than only six qualifying quarterbacks.Najee Harris has more targets in the passing game than any running back in the NFL.There are four quarterbacks, Jameis Winston (3.07), Lamar Jackson (3.07), Zach Wilson (3.08), and Trey Lance (3.12), that hold it for over three seconds. For contrast, Andy Dalton is next at 2.46, followed by Tom Brady at 2.53. Of qualifying quarterbacks, this is the quickest in the NFL. Ben Roethlisberger is getting the ball out of his hands, on average, in 2.36 seconds.Pittsburgh also is snapping the football per minute of playing time at the 22nd fastest pace in the league. They are holding the football for two seconds more per game (30:01) than their defense is on the field for (29.59). Excluding overtime, the Steelers rank 16th in time of possession.But the Steelers offense is converting on 42.5% of their third down tries, which ranks 11th in the NFL. The Steelers offense is snapping the ball on third downs 13.3 times per game.Pittsburgh is in 12 Personnel on 14% of their snaps. Five offenses (Baltimore, Buffalo, Minnesota, San Francisco, and Washington) use 12 at a lower percentage of the time than the Steelers. Pittsburgh's 79% usage of 11 Personnel is the third highest in the league behind Washington and the Rams.
Just 12 teams allow fewer on a per-game basis. The Steelers allow just 2.0 sacks per game.Every other AFC North team ranks in the top 11 in the league. Detroit, Washington and both New York teams are the only offenses that are worse. The Steelers offense is averaging just 2.3 points scored in the first quarter of games.The Steelers running game averages 81.2 yards per game, which ranks 29th in the league, while their passing attack ranks 17th averaging 242.7 yards per contest through the air. On a yards per game basis, Pittsburgh's offense ranks 25th in the NFL, averaging 323.8 yards per game.Pittsburgh's defense allows 5.6 yards per play, which ranks 15th. Only the Texans, Lions, Dolphins, Jets, and Bears are worse. The Steelers offense averages 5.1 yards per play.
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