With Week 10 within the books, I wished to supply a favourite stat at Steelers Depot: Adjusted Web Yards Per Move Try (ANY/A). ANY/A is Passing yards – Sack Yards + (20 * Passing TD) – (45 * Interceptions)) / (Passes Tried + Instances Sacked).
First, here’s a visible for passing offenses (OANY/A) and defenses (DANY/A):
The Pittsburgh Steelers proceed to land above the imply on each offense and protection, fortunately aiding their robust 7-2 file. Their 6.7 OANY/A ranks twelfth, and a 5.1 DANY/A ties for eighth. Nice to be one of many 9 above the imply, amongst a few of the greatest groups within the NFL.
Comparatively, the final time I checked out ANY/A Stats Week 7: OANY/A (6.6, tenth), DANY/A (5.2, T-ninth). So, each numbers improved barely, however a dip in offensive rank, whereas the protection went up a notch.
Subsequent up for the Pittsburgh are the Baltimore (7-3), who “break” the chart on offense. Their whopping 9.8 OANY/A is over two greater than second-best, with the 49ers and Commanders tied at 7.7.
The Steelers simply got here away with victory on the latter, and face an identical type within the Ravens offense with Lamar Jackson. The familiarity within the division will hopefully be capable to restrict their potent passing assault that has skyrocketed in 2024 greater than most so far.
The flipside for them has been on protection, with a lowly 7.3 DANY/A that ranks twenty ninth, with solely the Cowboys (7.4), Panthers (7.5), and Jaguars (7.6) under them, barely. This group of three have a mixed 8-21 file, placing into context simply how loopy the Ravens unfold is on offense and protection.
Pittsburgh’s remaining schedule can also be fascinating to scope out, and listed below are how the remainder of these groups rank so far: Cleveland (OANY/A-last, DANY/A-Twenty eighth), Cincinnati (OANY/A-fifth, DANY/A-T-Twenty second), Philadelphia (OANY/A-Eleventh, DANY/A-T-second), Kansas Metropolis (OANY/A-Seventeenth, DANY/A-Sixteenth).
The Chiefs are nonetheless unbeaten with 9 wins, the two-time reining Tremendous Bowl Champs, and buck this stat in contrast to most groups with the multitude of how they’ll win. That daunting problem presents itself in Week 17. Essentially the most balanced are the 7-2 Eagles, a difficult Week 15 proposition.
The backloaded divisional video games stay, with Cincinnati boasting a prime 5 offense within the stat, whereas the protection, not a lot. And the Browns are the Browns.
So, the upcoming Steelers challenges pose extra offensive threats that Pittsburgh’s prime ten protection is able to stifle, whereas the offense seemingly may have a neater path on paper general.
Let’s have a look at the weekly outcomes for offenses by quarterback.
Whereas we have now seen a number of enhancements with QB Russell Wilson beginning the final three video games, his ANY/A quantity has down trended, and was under the road final recreation. That quantity landed at 6.03 final week, under the perfect 6.5 mark (blue line). This got here regardless of throwing for 3 passing TDs, greater than any Steelers quarterback since 2021.
That after all is encouraging, and clearly the final word aim to win on the scoreboard. However, Wilson was 14-28 for a lowly 50-percent completion charge, together with throwing his first interception, least passing yards in three begins (197), and took three sacks for 23 misplaced yards (most so far).
Positively issues that have to be cleaned up in opposition to a tricky schedule to hopefully proceed constructing on Pittsburgh’s 4 recreation successful streak.
Listed here are Pittsburgh’s numbers by week:
Fields Week One: 5.32.
Fields Week Two: 5.91.
Fields Week Three: 6.09.
Fields Week 4: 7.95.
Fields Week 5: 5.17.
Fields Week Six: 4.07.
Wilson Week Seven: 10.0.
Wilson Week Eight: 8.72
BYE
Wilson Week Ten: 6.03.
This offers context to my final assertion being cheap, with Wilson posting nice marks in his first two begins. His 10.0 ANY/A in his debut was the fourth-best mark that week, and clearly the place the development returns to. Wilson posted 264 passing yards, two TDs, no INTs, going 16/29 (55.2-percent), taking only one sack (lack of 4) within the 37-15 win versus the Jets.
Week Eight was additionally nice, going 20/28 for season-highs in completion charge (71.4), passing yards (278), but in addition sacks (4). The latter misplaced 19 whole yards, greater than final recreation on one much less sack. No interceptions was additionally on the constructive facet of issues that Wilson hopefully will get again to, and we will see his first two video games of 2024 had been much less unstable than his final. Let’s hope for simply that in opposition to a tricky remaining schedule.
Subsequent, here’s a visible for whole offenses (OANY/A) and defenses (DANY/A) via seven video games:
Aside from the Week Three 20-10 win in opposition to the Chargers, we will see that Pittsburgh wins and losses have correlated to the DANY/A stat. Their seven wins included their two greatest marks out of the gates, and related marks all through their present 4 recreation successful streak.
The groups solely two losses had been back-to-back in Weeks 4-5 in opposition to Indianapolis (27-24) and Dallas (20-17), shut video games that would have swung the opposite method if the protection was above the perfect blue line (DANY/A
If they’ll do this as a rule the remainder of the best way, it might bode effectively to persevering with to stack wins in opposition to a tricky slate of offenses, and certain be the story if that’s the case. Fingers crossed.
Steelers weekly DANY/A outcomes, and stats breakdowns (TDS allowed are subjective):
Week One vs. ATL: 2.39. QB Kirk Cousins – 16/26 (61.5), 155 cross yards, 1 TD (CB Beanie Bishop Jr.), 2 INTS (CB Donte Jackson, S DeShon Elliott), 2 sacks (ED T.J. Watt, DL Cam Heyward, DL Montravius Adams), 18 sack yards.
Week Two vs. DEN: 3.81. QB Bo Nix – 20/35 (57.1), 246 yards, 0 TD, 2 INTS (CB Cory Trice Jr, S Damontae Kazee), 2 sacks (Watt, ED Alex Highsmith), 15 sack yards.
Week Three vs. LAC: 6.45. QB Justin Herbert (injured) – 12/18, 125 yards, 1 TD (S Minkah Fitzpatrick), 0 INTS, 2 sacks, 16 sack yards.
Week 4 vs. IND: 6.93. QB Joe Flacco – 16/26 (61.5), 168 yards, 2 TDS (Bishop, CB Joey Porter Jr.), 0 INTS, 2 sacks (Heyward, DL Larry Ogunjobi), 14 sack yards.
Week 5 vs. DAL: 6.5. QB Dak Prescott – 29/42 (69.0), 352 yards, 2 TDS (each S DeShon Elliott), 2INTS (Porter, Jackson), 2 sacks (Watt, ED Nick Herbig), 16 sack yards.
Week Six vs. LV: 4.71. QB Aidan O’Connell – 27/40 (67.5), 227 yards, 1 TD (Bishop), 1 INT (Jackson), 1 sack (Heyward), 9 sack yards.
Week Seven vs. NYJ: 4.98. QB Aaron Rodgers – 24/39 (61.5), 276 yards, 1 TD (Fitzpatrick), 2 INTS (each Bishop), 1 sack (Ogunjobi), 7 sack yards.
Week Eight vs. NYG: 4.57. QB Daniel Jones – 24/38 (63.2), 264 yards, 0 TDS, 1 INT (Bishop), 4 sacks (Watt, Highsmith), 27 sack yards.
Week Ten vs. WAS: 4.92. QB Jayden Daniels – 17/34 (50.0), 202 yards, 0 TDS, 0 INTS, 3 sacks (Heyward two, Smith), 20 sack yards.
Beginning with recency, we will see the protection had a powerful day in opposition to Daniels final recreation general. Gave up some yardage, however no TDs and the bottom completion charge allowed to any QB this season is spectacular with how effectively their passing recreation has been doing (T-second greatest OANY/A earlier than the matchup). Second most sacks on the season was a part of making him uncomfortable, however he nonetheless took care of the soccer with no INTs.
The latter has not occurred since Week 4, when it occurred in back-to-back weeks. One thing else that has but to happen is a choose six, and clamoring for that to occur quickly on this takeaway tradition Pittsburgh has created.
Pittsburgh has posted their two highest sack totals the final two video games, with three or extra in every. Right here’s to hoping that development continues, an enormous factor to their hopes of limiting all these robust offenses the remainder of the best way.
Right here’s to hoping Wilson continues to spice up the OANY/A and passing offense, married with the protection being on a roll general, together with this four-game win streak the workforce is on.
To shut, right here’s a desk of the 2024 ANY/A outcomes, sorted by differential with the aim of exhibiting essentially the most balanced groups:
The Pittsburgh Steelers at the moment have a 1.6 ANY/A differential, rating eighth-best within the NFL. What a breath of contemporary air in comparison with final season, when the offenses abysmal play had them in the direction of the underside of those ranks constantly. Right here’s to hoping they proceed to be robust in these phrases, which has aided their robust 7-2 file to this point, which might bode effectively for the final word aim of playoffs and hopefully past.
The robust schedule looms, however they rose to the event in opposition to Washington final recreation, a powerful efficiency that may ideally be a launch pad the remainder of the season.
