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Pittsburgh Steelers Team Stats 2019 Pittsburgh Steelers Stats

8-8, 2nd AFC North

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6:00 pm GMT, 12/29

The Steelers were a big disappointment last season, with most of the headlines being about their internal drama. It’s not often we say a 9-6-1 record is a disappointment, but considering their talent level, it absolutely is. Things already started on a bad note last year when Le’veon Bell held out, something that ended up lasting the entire season. It only got worse after a poor start that saw them go 1-2-1. Things looked to be on the rise after a 6-game winning streak, but they then finished 2-4 to miss the playoffs. That stretch to end the season was marked by confusing losses to non-playoff teams and highlighted by a major dispute between star receiver Antonio Brown and starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. It got so bad that Brown decided to sit out the final game. Brown and Bell are now gone, and the Steelers appear to be moving on with Big Ben leading the way. They’ll have several issues they need to address heading into the season, and here are the biggest.

Home Record: 5-3 Away Record: 3-5 Conference Record: 6-6 Division Record: 3-3
Bye Week: 7 Head Coach: Mike Tomlin Offensive Coordinator: Randy Fichtner Defensive Coordinator: Keith Butler
Special Teams: Danny Smith Owner: Art Rooney II and family Stadium: Heinz Field Surface: Grass
City: Pittsburgh Offensive Scheme: 3WR Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Steelers Team Stats

Team Ratings Offense Stats Defense Stats
Overall Offense Defense SP Teams FPTS Off Plays TOP PTS YDS Pass Yds Pass TD Rush Yds Rush TD RZ TD OV TD PTS Allow YDS Allow Pass Yds Allow Pass TD Allow Rush Yds Allow Rush TD Allow RZ TD Allow OV TD Allow TOP Allow
86
79
93
83
839
937
29:51
289
4428
2981
18
1447
7
14
29
303
4866
3113
23
1753
7
23
32
31:26

Steelers Team Rankings

Team Rankings Offense Rankings Defense Rankings
Overall Offense Defense SP Teams FPTS Off Plays TOP PTS YDS Pass Yds Pass TD Rush Yds Rush TD RZ TD OV TD PTS Allow YDS Allow Pass Yds Allow Pass TD Allow Rush Yds Allow Rush TD Allow RZ TD Allow OV TD Allow TOP Allow
5
27
5
10
31
31
23
27
30
31
28
29
29
32
28
5
5
3
13
14
1
5
6
23

Steelers Team Offensive Stats

Opponent Vegas Total Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Redzone Turnovers Penalties
Wk TEAM DEF RNK Spread ML O/U TOP PTS Q1 PTS Q2 PTS Q3 PTS Q4 PTS PLAYS YDS YDS/PLAY ATT YDS YDS/ATT TD ATT YDS/ATT COMP YDS/COMP YDS TD RZ ATT RZ TD RZ % TOV INT FUML PEN YDS
1 NE
16
 		5.5 200 49.5 27:27 3 0 0 3 0 61 308 5 13 32 2.5 0 47 5.9 27 10.2 276 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 6 54
2 SEA
3
 		-4 -215 47.5 24:14 26 0 10 3 13 51 261 5.1 16 81 5.1 1 34 5.3 20 9 180 2 4 3 75% 1 1 0 5 78
3 SF
9
 		6.5 242 44 23:43 20 6 0 7 7 51 239 4.7 22 79 3.6 0 27 5.9 14 11.4 160 2 1 0 0% 2 1 1 6 42
4 CIN
1
 		-3.6 -192 46.2 29:46 28 0 10 14 3 58 335 6.1 26 68 2.7 1 32 8.9 28 10.1 267 2 2 1 51.4% 1 0 1 4 38
5 BAL
7
 		3 151 44 25:34 23 7 6 7 3 51 269 5.3 19 77 4.1 1 31 6.2 21 9.1 192 1 4 1 25% 2 1 1 11 76
6 LAC
6
 		6 239 42.5 34:50 24 14 7 3 0 56 256 4.6 36 124 3.4 1 20 6.6 15 8.8 132 1 3 1 33.3% 1 1 0 6 45
8 MIA
2
 		-13.5 -747 43.5 35:18 27 0 10 7 10 67 394 5.9 29 158 5.4 1 36 6.6 20 11.8 236 2 2 1 50% 1 1 0 9 70
9 IND
3
 		-1.5 -125 39.1 29:28 26 3 10 7 6 60 271 4.4 25 89 3.5 0 35 5.1 26 6.9 181 1 4 1 24.8% 2 1 1 5 69
10 LAR
11
 		4.5 188 43 31:40 17 7 7 0 3 68 273 4 27 42 1.6 0 38 6.1 22 10.5 231 1 2 1 50% 2 0 2 13 107
11 CLE
15
 		3 133 41.5 26:40 7 0 0 7 0 64 236 3.7 16 58 3.6 0 44 4 23 7.7 178 1 1 1 100% 4 4 0 6 41
12 CIN
3
 		-9.6 -419 59.2 34:40 26 0 3 7 6 109 541 12.8 61 254 10.8 0 43 10.6 21 22.1 286 3 10 0 0% 3 3 0 16 123
13 CLE
9
 		1 101 40 27:54 20 0 10 7 3 54 323 6 32 124 3.9 1 21 9.5 14 14.2 199 1 3 1 33.3% 1 1 0 10 65
14 ARI
7
 		-2 -135 43.5 31:54 23 10 3 7 3 57 275 4.8 35 140 4 0 19 7.1 16 8.4 135 1 4 1 25% 2 0 2 4 20
15 BUF
12
 		-1.5 -120 37 27:40 10 0 3 7 0 56 229 4.1 14 51 3.6 0 38 4.7 23 7.7 178 1 2 1 50% 5 4 1 6 30
16 NYJ
12
 		-3 -187 36.5 31:32 10 0 10 0 0 66 260 3.9 25 75 3 0 37 5 25 7.4 185 1 1 0 0% 2 2 0 4 34
17 BAL
12
 		-1.5 -129 35 20:33 10 0 7 3 0 50 168 3.4 23 91 4 1 25 3.1 9 8.6 77 0 2 1 50% 2 0 2 6 47

Steelers Team Defensive Stats

Opponent Total Offense Allowed Rushing Allowed Passing Allowed Redzone Allowed Opp Turnovers Opp Penalties
Wk TEAM OFF RNK TOF PTS Q1 PTS Q2 PTS Q3 PTS Q4 PTS PLAYS YDS YDS/PLAY ATT YDS YDS/ATT TD ATT YDS/ATT COMP YDS/COMP YDS TD ATT TD % TOV INT FUML PEN YDS
1 NE
1
 		32:33 33 7 13 10 3 67 465 6.9 29 99 3.4 0 37 9.9 25 14.6 366 3 3 0 0% 0 0 0 7 55
2 SEA
2
 		35:46 28 0 7 14 7 72 425 5.9 33 151 4.6 1 35 7.8 29 9.4 274 3 2 2 100% 2 0 2 10 93
3 SF
5
 		36:17 24 0 3 14 7 73 436 6 40 168 4.2 2 32 8.4 23 11.7 268 1 6 3 50% 5 2 3 5 71
4 CIN
16
 		30:14 3 3 0 0 0 66 180 2.8 20 75 4 0 38 3 22 5.2 105 0 3 0 0% 2 1 1 8 62
5 BAL
4
 		39:00 26 10 7 0 6 73 277 3.8 40 138 3.4 1 28 5 19 7.3 139 1 4 2 50% 3 3 0 11 92
6 LAC
8
 		25:55 17 0 0 0 17 59 348 5.9 14 32 2.3 0 44 7.2 26 12.2 316 2 3 2 66.7% 3 2 1 8 74
8 MIA
13
 		24:42 14 14 0 0 0 57 230 4 19 60 3.2 0 34 5 21 8.1 170 2 2 2 100% 4 2 2 5 45
9 IND
5
 		30:32 24 3 13 2 6 64 325 4.9 29 138 4.7 0 31 6 21 8.8 187 3 4 3 74.3% 3 1 2 7 88
10 LAR
15
 		28:20 12 7 0 3 2 69 306 4.4 23 88 3.8 0 42 5.2 22 9.9 218 0 1 0 0% 4 3 1 10 95
11 CLE
7
 		33:56 21 7 7 0 7 68 293 4.3 35 104 3 1 32 5.9 17 11.1 189 2 3 3 100% 0 0 0 8 121
12 CIN
11
 		25:20 16 0 7 3 0 82 390 12.3 34 138 10.5 0 42 15.6 19 21.1 253 3 5 3 80% 5 0 5 11 126
13 CLE
14
 		32:60 13 3 7 0 3 63 279 4.4 24 106 4.4 0 34 5.1 18 9.6 173 1 3 1 33.3% 2 1 1 5 34
14 ARI
8
 		28:60 17 0 10 0 7 57 236 4.1 22 71 3.2 0 30 5.5 20 8.2 165 2 3 1 33.3% 3 3 0 7 75
15 BUF
8
 		32:20 17 0 7 0 10 64 261 4.1 38 130 3.4 1 25 5.2 13 10.1 131 1 3 2 66.7% 2 1 1 8 70
16 NYJ
11
 		28:28 16 7 3 3 3 60 259 4.3 32 85 2.7 0 26 6.7 16 10.9 174 1 1 0 0% 1 0 1 3 30
17 BAL
2
 		39:27 28 6 10 0 12 68 304 4.5 44 223 5.1 1 21 3.9 11 7.4 81 0 3 1 33.3% 2 1 1 6 35

Steelers Special Teams Stats

Opponent Special Teams Special Teams Allowed
Wk TEAM FGM FGA XPM XPA PUNT RET PUNT RET YDS KICK RET KICK RET YDS OPP FGM OPP FGA OPP XPM OPP XPA OPP PUNT RET OPP PUNT RET YDS OPP KICK RET OPP KICK RET YDS
1 NE 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 43 4 4 3 3 2 35 2 35
2 SEA 2 2 2 2 2 12 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 10 2 23
3 SF 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 42 1 1 3 3 5 53 2 48
4 CIN 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 45
5 BAL 3 3 2 2 1 13 3 42 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 46
6 LAC 1 1 3 3 2 14 1 9 1 2 2 2 1 7 4 97
8 MIA 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 25 0 0 2 2 3 35 4 83
9 IND 4 4 2 2 1 0 2 40 1 2 1 2 0 0 5 120
10 LAR 1 1 2 2 4 21 1 20 1 2 1 1 3 21 4 94
11 CLE 0 1 1 1 2 18 2 32 0 2 3 3 3 16 2 50
12 CIN 8 8 3 3 10 34 3 26 3 3 3 3 10 29 10 150
13 CLE 2 2 2 2 2 14 3 72 2 2 1 1 1 5 3 36
14 ARI 3 3 2 2 2 86 2 24 1 1 2 2 1 29 3 68
15 BUF 1 1 1 1 2 20 3 63 1 1 2 2 1 12 2 45
16 NYJ 1 1 1 1 3 40 3 65 3 3 1 1 1 20 2 12
17 BAL 1 1 1 1 2 24 3 32 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 50

Steelers Team Leaders

Passing
Mason Rudolph
Mason Rudolph
ATT: 283
COMP: 176
YDS: 1,765
TD: 13
Rushing
James Conner
James Conner
ATT: 116
YDS: 464
YPG: 46.4
TD: 4
Receiving
James Washington
James Washington
TGT: 80
REC: 44
YDS: 735
TD: 3
Tackles
Devin Bush
Devin Bush
TCKL: 109
SOLO: 72
AST: 37
SCK: 1
Interceptions
Minkah Fitzpatrick
Minkah Fitzpatrick
INT: 5
INT/YDS: 130
PDEF: 9
PDEF/G: 0.56
Field Goals
Chris Boswell
Chris Boswell
FGA: 31
FGM: 29
FG%: 93.5%
XPM: 28

Steelers Quarterback Stats

Player Passing Turnovers Snaps Sacks
Name RTG GP PASS RTG ATT ATT/G COMP COMP/G COMP % Yds/Att Yds/COMP YDS YPG 300+ Long TDs TDs/G INT INT/G FUM FUML # off % # #/G YDS
Mason Rudolph
67
 		10 52.1 283 28.3 176 17.6 62.2% 6.2 10 1,765 176.5 0 76 13 1.3 9 0.9 4 0 534 52% 15 1.5 124
Devlin Hodges
73
 		8 45.9 160 20 100 12.5 62.5% 6.6 10.6 1,063 132.88 0 79 5 0.62 8 1 5 1 385 43% 15 1.88 102
Ben Roethlisberger
84
 		2 66.5 62 31 35 17.5 56.5% 5.7 10 351 175.5 0 45 0 0 1 0.5 1 0 98 78% 2 1 7

Steelers Running Back Stats

Player Rushing Receiving Totals (Rush + Rec) Snaps Turnovers
Name RTG GP ATT ATT/G YDS/ATT YDS YPG Long 100+ TD TD/G TGTS TGTS/G REC RPG YDS YPR YPG Long 100+ TD TD/G TCH TCH % YDS YPG ATT/G + TGT/G # Off % FUM FUML
James Conner
84
 		10 116 11.6 4 464 46.4 25 1 4 0.4 38 3.8 34 3.4 251 7.4 25.1 26 0 3 0.3 150 17% 715 71.5 15.4 335 33% 1 1
Benny Snell Jr.
76
 		13 108 8.31 3.9 426 32.77 23 0 2 0.15 4 0.31 3 0.23 23 7.7 1.77 14 0 0 0 111 12% 449 34.54 8.62 171 17% 1 1
Jaylen Samuels
65
 		14 66 4.71 2.7 175 12.5 13 0 1 0.07 57 4.07 47 3.36 305 6.5 21.79 27 0 1 0.07 113 12% 480 34.29 8.79 370 36% 1 1
Kerrith Whyte Jr.
77
 		6 24 4 5.1 122 20.33 21 0 0 0 1 0.17 1 0.17 9 9 1.5 9 0 0 0 26 3% 131 21.83 4.17 41 7% 0 0
Trey Edmunds
60
 		11 22 2 4.2 92 8.36 45 0 0 0 7 0.64 6 0.55 48 8 4.36 11 0 0 0 28 3% 140 12.73 2.64 95 13% 0 0
Tony Brooks-James
74
 		3 8 2.67 0.9 7 2.33 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1% 7 2.33 2.67 15 7% 0 0
Roosevelt Nix
79
 		3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.67 4 2 1.33 4 0 0 0 2 0% 4 1.33 1 35 3% 0 0

Steelers Wide Receiver Stats

Player Receiving Totals (Rec + Rush) Snaps Turnovers
Name RTG GP TM Pass TGTS TGT % TGTS/G Rec Rec % RPG Yds YPR YPG Long 100+ TD TD/G TCH TCH % ATT/G + TGT/G YDS YPG # Off % FUM FUML
James Washington
74
 		15 510 80 15.7% 5.33 44 55% 2.93 735 16.7 49 79 1 3 0.2 44 5% 5.33 735 49 650 64% 1 1
Diontae Johnson
71
 		16 510 92 18% 5.75 59 64% 3.69 680 11.5 42.5 45 0 5 0.31 63 7% 6 721 45.06 667 66% 5 2
JuJu Smith-Schuster
89
 		12 510 71 13.9% 5.92 42 59% 3.5 552 13.1 46 76 1 3 0.25 42 5% 5.92 552 46 582 57% 1 1
Deon Cain
65
 		13 510 20 3.9% 1.54 9 45% 0.69 124 13.8 9.54 35 0 0 0 9 1% 1.54 124 9.54 308 32% 0 0
Tevin Jones
69
 		5 510 10 2% 2 4 40% 0.8 61 15.2 12.2 28 0 0 0 4 0% 2 61 12.2 150 46% 0 0
Ryan Switzer
76
 		9 510 11 2.2% 1.22 8 73% 0.89 27 3.4 3 8 0 0 0 8 1% 1.22 27 3 81 8% 1 0
Johnny Holton
62
 		15 510 15 2.9% 1 3 20% 0.2 21 7 1.4 18 0 0 0 4 0% 1.07 30 2 272 28% 0 0

Steelers Tight End Stats

Player Receiving Snaps Turnovers
Name RTG GP TM Pass TGTS TGT % TGTS/G Rec Rec % RPG Yds YPR YPG Long 100+ TD TD/G # Off % FUM FUML
Vance McDonald
84
 		14 510 55 10.8% 3.93 38 69% 2.71 273 7.2 19.5 22 0 3 0.21 703 69% 1 0
Nick Vannett
77
 		16 510 22 4.3% 1.38 17 77% 1.06 166 9.8 10.38 18 0 0 0 483 46% 0 0
Zach Gentry
73
 		4 510 1 0.2% 0.25 1 100% 0.25 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 50 5% 0 0
Xavier Grimble
71
 		3 510 3 0.6% 1 1 33% 0.33 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 60 25% 0 0

Steelers Field Goal Kicker Stats

Player Field Goals Extra Points Points
Name RTG GP FGM FGA LONG FG (0-19) FG (20-29) FG (30-39) FG (40-49) FG (50+) FGM/G FGA/G FG% XPM XPA XP/G XP% PTS PTS/G
Chris Boswell
80
 		16 29 31 51 1 11 7 9 1 1.81 1.94 93.5% 28 28 1.75 100%

Steelers Punter Stats

Player Punts
Name GP Punts Punts/G Punt Avg Net Punt Avg IN 20 Touchbacks Long
Jordan Berry 16 74 4.62 45.5 0 24 4 69

Steelers Defensive Player Stats

Player Tackles Sacks Fumbles Interceptions Snaps
Name POS RTG GP TCKL TCKL/G SOLO SOLO/G AST AST/G TFL SCK SCK/G SCK YDS QBH PASS DEF Pass Def/G FF FR F RET YDS F TD INT INT/G INT YDS INT TD # DEF %
Joe Haden CB
86
 		16 65 4.06 59 3.69 6 0.38 3 0 0 0 0 17 1.06 1 1 3 0 5 0.31 19 0 1,079 98%
Minkah Fitzpatrick FS
79
 		16 69 4.31 44 2.75 25 1.56 1 0 0 0 1 9 0.56 2 3 79 1 5 0.31 130 1 1,070 98%
Terrell Edmunds SS
75
 		16 105 6.56 71 4.44 34 2.12 4 0 0 0 2 3 0.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,060 96%
Steven Nelson CB
75
 		15 61 4.07 52 3.47 9 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.47 0 1 0 0 1 0.07 33 0 1,035 94%
Bud Dupree OLB
72
 		16 66 4.25 48 3.06 18 1.19 18.5 11.5 0.72 57 16 2 0.19 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 91%
TJ Watt OLB
83
 		16 55 3.44 35 2.19 20 1.25 20 14.5 0.91 109 35 8 0.44 8 4 0 0 2 0.12 7 0 957 87%
Devin Bush ILB
74
 		16 108 6.81 72 4.5 36 2.31 10 1 0.06 9 2 4 0.25 1 4 20 1 2 0.12 6 0 908 82%
Cameron Heyward DT
84
 		16 82 5.19 51 3.19 31 2 14 9 0.56 56 22 6 0.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 890 81%
Mark Barron ILB
70
 		15 81 5.47 58 3.87 23 1.6 5 3 0.2 21 4 3 0.2 0 1 17 0 1 0.07 0 0 768 70%
Javon Hargrave NT
78
 		16 60 3.75 36 2.19 24 1.56 5 4 0.25 31.5 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 696 63%
Mike Hilton CB
78
 		16 65 4.06 53 3.25 12 0.81 6.5 1.5 0.09 10 5 11 0.69 1 1 0 0 1 0.06 1 0 691 63%
Tyson Alualu DE
70
 		16 41 2.56 21 1.31 20 1.25 5 1 0.06 8 3 2 0.12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 441 40%
Vince Williams ILB
74
 		14 55 3.93 28 2 27 1.93 7 2.5 0.18 18 9 1 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 404 37%
Stephon Tuitt DE
84
 		6 22 3.67 18 3 4 0.67 6.5 3.5 0.58 21.5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 282 64%
Cameron Sutton CB
71
 		16 16 1 13 0.81 3 0.19 2 1 0.06 1 1 5 0.31 0 0 0 0 1 0.06 26 0 271 25%
Anthony Chickillo OLB
64
 		11 19 1.73 10 0.82 9 0.91 0.5 0.5 0.05 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 13%
Daniel McCullers NT
70
 		16 8 0.5 3 0.19 5 0.31 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 12%
Kameron Kelly FS
66
 		14 21 1.5 17 1.21 4 0.29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.07 0 0 0 0 1 0.07 10 0 132 14%
Isaiah Buggs DT
70
 		9 3 0.33 2 0.22 1 0.11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 7%
Artie Burns CB
73
 		10 8 0.8 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 6%
Olasunkanmi Adeniyi OLB
69
 		16 8 0.5 5 0.31 3 0.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 6%
Sean Davis FS
71
 		1 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 37%
Tuzar Skipper OLB
6 3 0.5 1 0.17 2 0.33 0.5 0.5 0.08 5.5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 5%
Tyler Matakevich ILB
62
 		16 18 1.12 16 1 2 0.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2%
Ulysees Gilbert III ILB
77
 		4 5 1.25 3 0.75 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2%
Jayrone Elliott OLB
68
 		4 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4%
Jordan Dangerfield SS
71
 		16 12 0.81 6 0.38 6 0.44 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1%
Robert Spillane ILB
67
 		8 11 1.38 8 1 3 0.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
Justin Layne CB
76
 		10 3 0.3 3 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Marcus Allen FS
68
 		1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%

Steelers Special Teams Stats

Player Kickoffs Punts
NAME RTG FUML TD KICK RET KICK RET AVG KICK RET % PUNT RET PUNT RET AVG PUNT RET %
Diontae Johnson
71
 		5 1 0 0 20 15.5 69%
Ryan Switzer
76
 		1 0 9 1 31% 8 3.22 28%
Benny Snell Jr.
76
 		1 0 1 0.08 3% 0 0
Johnny Holton
62
 		0 0 3 0.2 10% 0 0
Kerrith Whyte Jr.
77
 		0 0 14 2.33 48% 0 0
Tony Brooks-James
74
 		0 0 2 0.67 7% 0 0

How Much Will the Steelers miss Brown and Bell?

Long time mainstays of the franchise Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell officially departed from the team this offseason. While the Steelers do seem to have replacements lined up, whether they can fully fill the void left behind is another story. Both Juju Smith-Schuster and James Conner are great players, but whether they can handle the load is another story. Juju was terrific last year, but as the undisputed WR1 for the Steelers, he’ll be facing more attention and pressure than he has his career. As for Conner, he performed admirably without Bell last year, but he’ll be utilized even more frequently this season. He only rushed 215 time this season, while Bell had 321 attempts his final season on the team. Assuming they try to emulate Bell’s usage with Conner, how well can he adapt to this role? Both are exciting young players, but they’ve never had to deal with attention and pressure like this before. How well they respond could be the x-factor for the Steelers this season.

How Much Does Big Ben Have Left in the Tank?

Ben Roethlisberger is 37 years old, and that raises questions of how much he has left. Yes, Brady is still going strong at 42, but he’s the exception not the expectation. It also doesn’t help that Big Ben has taken so much more hits in his career, thanks to his physical, bruising style of play. Roethlisberger does have several factors going for him, he has a pretty good supporting cast and will be in the same offensive system he’s been with for the past decade. While Big Ben has been solid statistically the past two seasons, there have been games when he’s looked washed. The Steelers do seem to be prepared for his inevitable decline, as they used a second-round pick on a quarterback in the 2018 draft. Whether he can stave it off another season is the big question right now, as the Steelers will likely go as far as he can take them.

Is Mike Tomlin on the Hot Seat?

This is a question that would have seemed laughable as recently as a year ago. But after the disastrous 2018 season, there have been questions about Tomlin’s job security. There were some unflattering pictures painted behind the scenes after Brown’s spat with Roethlisberger, with some even claiming Tomlin lost the team. Whether that was true or not will probably be revealed this year. It’s possible that Brown and Bell were the instigators behind all the team drama last season, but with them gone, we’ll know for sure who was responsible. Tomlin brings a lot to the table, he’s a super bowl winning coach and has been with the team for more than a decade. He’s never finished with a losing record in his head coach career, so history is on his side. Still, it’s hard to ignore the locker room drama, as well as some baffling late game coaching decisions in recent years. This season will likely be an evaluation year for the Steelers management, who will probably decide his future on the team based on this year’s results.
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