With the bye and the midway point of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season, we’ll revisit our weekly defensive charting and pull out the numbers on the season. Going through personnel groupings, blitz rates, target numbers, all the things we’ve tracked over the years to be able to compare and contrast.
– Excluding no plays and kneeldowns, the Steelers’ defense has been on the field for 529 snaps. They’re on pace for 1123 this season. Still a lot but the good news is after the first month, they were on pace for 1258 snaps and averaging 74 per game, skewed by the Week One overtime win against the Cincinnati Bengals.