AFC North · 2016

Pittsburgh Steelers

Record

11-5

Seed

Net EPA

+0.111est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.085
Success rate46.0%
EPA / dropback+0.164
EPA / rush-0.043
Explosive rate10.8%
CPOE+1.74
Third-down rate41.9%
Red-zone TD rate64.0%
Points / drive2.24
Turnover rate1.7%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed+0.014
Success rate allowed43.1%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.056
EPA / rush allowed-0.067
Explosive rate allowed7.8%
Pressure rate (proxy)18.6%
Sack rate5.6%
Points / drive allowed1.72

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.085 · 78th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)+0.014 · 48th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

Offense
Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

9-7

+0.5 vs line

Home

4-4

Away

5-3

As favorite

9-6

As dog

0-1

O/U

6-10

-2.2 vs total

Roster

108 players

53 active. Skill players link through to their fantasy page.

Quarterbacks5

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
3	Landry Jones	QB	27	6'4" 225	3	Oklahoma	ACT
5	Bruce Gradkowski	QB	33	6'1" 217	—	—	CUT
7	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	34	6'5" 240	12	Miami, O.	ACT
7	Bryn Renner	QB	—	6'3" 225	—	—	CUT
18	Zach Mettenberger	QB	25	6'5" 224	—	—	ACT

Backs & receivers30

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
10	Martavis Bryant	WR	26	6'4" 211	2	Clemson	SUS
11	Markus Wheaton	WR	25	5'11" 189	3	Oregon State	RES
14	Sammie Coates	WR	23	6'1" 212	1	Auburn	ACT
15	DeMarcus Ayers	WR	22	5'10" 190	R	Houston	ACT
16	Issac Blakeney	WR	—	6'6" 225	—	—	CUT
17	Eli Rogers	WR	25	5'10" 187	1	Louisville	ACT
18	Levi Norwood	WR	—	6'0" 197	—	—	CUT
19	Shakim Phillips	WR	—	6'2" 204	—	—	CUT
26	Le'Veon Bell	RB	24	6'1" 225	3	Michigan State	ACT
30	Cameron Stingily	RB	—	6'1" 235	—	—	CUT
33	Fitzgerald Toussaint	RB	26	5'9" 204	2	Michigan	ACT
34	DeAngelo Williams	RB	33	5'9" 207	—	Memphis	ACT
39	Christian Powell	RB	—	6'0" 235	—	—	CUT
45	Roosevelt Nix	RB	24	5'11" 248	2	Kent State	ACT
49	Michael Cooper	TE	—	6'5" 257	—	—	CUT
49	Mandel Dixon	TE	—	6'2" 240	—	—	CUT
81	Jesse James	TE	22	6'7" 261	1	Penn State	ACT
82	David Johnson	TE	29	6'2" 260	7	Arkansas State	ACT
83	Cobi Hamilton	WR	27	6'2" 197	3	Arkansas	ACT
83	Canaan Severin	WR	23	6'2" 205	R	Virginia	RES
84	Antonio Brown	WR	28	5'10" 181	6	Central Michigan	ACT
85	Xavier Grimble	TE	25	6'4" 261	2	Southern California	ACT
87	Paul Lang	TE	—	6'5" 260	—	—	CUT
88	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	29	6'2" 210	7	Maryland	ACT
89	Ladarius Green	TE	26	6'6" 240	—	Louisiana-Lafayette	ACT
—	Gus Johnson	RB	23	5'10" 215	—	—	DEV
—	Dreamius Smith	RB	25	5'11" 225	—	—	CUT
—	Karlos Williams	RB	23	6'1" 230	—	—	NWT
—	Brandon Brown-Dukes	RB	24	5'8" 200	R	Mercyhurst	DEV
—	Marcus Tucker	WR	24	5'10" 190	R	Northern Michigan	DEV

Offensive line18

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
53	Maurkice Pouncey	OL	27	6'4" 304	6	Florida	ACT
61	Valerian Ume-Ezeoke	OL	23	6'3" 295	—	—	RES
64	Cole Manhart	OL	25	6'4" 298	—	—	RES
64	Shahbaz Ahmed	OL	—	6'2" 303	—	—	CUT
65	Jerald Hawkins	OL	24	6'6" 305	R	Louisiana State	RES
66	David DeCastro	OL	26	6'5" 316	4	Stanford	ACT
67	B.J. Finney	OL	26	6'4" 318	1	Kansas State	ACT
67	Antoine Everett	OL	—	6'3" 325	—	—	CUT
68	Ryan Harris	OL	31	6'5" 302	—	—	RES
69	Brian Mihalik	OL	24	6'9" 302	1	Boston College	ACT
69	Wade Hansen	OL	—	6'5" 295	—	—	CUT
71	Matt Feiler	OL	24	6'6" 330	2	Bloomsburg	DEV
72	Cody Wallace	OL	33	6'4" 296	—	Texas A&M	RES
73	Ramon Foster	OL	30	6'5" 328	7	Tennessee	ACT
74	Chris Hubbard	OL	25	6'4" 295	3	Alabama-Birmingham	ACT
77	Marcus Gilbert	OL	28	6'6" 330	5	Florida	ACT
78	Alejandro Villanueva	OL	29	6'9" 320	2	Army	ACT
—	Keavon Milton	OL	26	6'4" 320	3	Louisiana-Monroe	DEV

Defensive front29

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
44	Tyler Matakevich	LB	25	6'1" 235	R	Temple	ACT
45	Jermauria Rasco	LB	—	6'3" 252	—	—	CUT
48	Bud Dupree	LB	23	6'4" 269	1	Kentucky	ACT
49	Jordan Zumwalt	LB	—	6'4" 235	—	—	CUT
50	Ryan Shazier	LB	25	6'1" 230	2	Ohio State	ACT
51	Steven Johnson	LB	28	6'1" 237	4	Kansas	RES
54	L.J. Fort	LB	26	6'0" 232	4	Northern Iowa	ACT
55	Arthur Moats	LB	28	6'0" 246	6	James Madison	ACT
56	Anthony Chickillo	LB	25	6'3" 255	1	Miami	ACT
57	Mike Reilly	LB	—	6'4" 240	—	—	CUT
61	DeVaunte Sigler	DL	—	6'3" 290	—	—	CUT
62	Johnny Maxey	DL	24	6'5" 303	R	Mars Hill	ACT
64	Giorgio Newberry	DL	—	6'6" 295	R	Florida State	CUT
65	Lavon Hooks	DL	—	6'3" 312	1	Mississippi	CUT
69	Roy Philon	DL	—	6'3" 291	2	Louisville	CUT
69	Khaynin Mosley-Smith	DL	—	6'0" 304	—	—	CUT
79	Javon Hargrave	DL	23	6'1" 305	R	South Carolina State	ACT
90	Ricardo Mathews	DL	29	6'3" 300	—	Cincinnati	ACT
91	Stephon Tuitt	DL	23	6'6" 303	2	Notre Dame	ACT
92	James Harrison	LB	38	6'0" 242	14	Kent State	ACT
93	Dan McCullers	DL	24	6'7" 352	2	Tennessee	ACT
94	Lawrence Timmons	LB	30	6'1" 234	9	Florida State	ACT
95	Jarvis Jones	LB	28	6'3" 248	3	Georgia	ACT
96	L.T. Walton	DL	24	6'5" 305	1	Central Michigan	ACT
97	Cameron Heyward	DL	27	6'5" 295	5	Ohio State	RES
98	Vince Williams	LB	28	6'1" 233	3	Florida State	ACT
99	Caushaud Lyons	DL	23	6'5" 284	1	Tusculum	DEV
—	Shaquille Riddick	LB	23	6'6" 260	—	—	DEV
—	Kevin Anderson	LB	23	6'4" 244	—	—	RES

Secondary21

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
20	Al-Hajj Shabazz	DB	24	6'0" 200	1	West Chester	ACT
21	Robert Golden	DB	27	5'11" 202	4	Arizona	ACT
22	William Gay	DB	31	5'10" 187	9	Louisville	ACT
23	Mike Mitchell	DB	29	6'1" 221	7	Ohio U.	ACT
24	Justin Gilbert	DB	26	6'0" 202	—	—	ACT
25	Artie Burns	DB	21	6'0" 197	R	Miami	ACT
27	Senquez Golson	DB	23	5'9" 176	1	Mississippi	RES
28	Cortez Allen	DB	29	6'1" 197	—	—	RES
28	Sean Davis	DB	24	6'1" 202	R	Maryland	ACT
29	Shamarko Thomas	DB	25	5'9" 205	3	Syracuse	RES
30	Donald Washington	DB	—	6'1" 197	—	—	CUT
31	Ross Cockrell	DB	25	6'0" 191	2	Duke	ACT
33	Julian Whigham	DB	—	6'1" 187	—	—	CUT
35	Ross Ventrone	DB	—	5'8" 198	—	—	CUT
37	Jordan Dangerfield	DB	27	5'10" 199	3	Towson	ACT
38	Kevin White	DB	—	5'10" 174	—	—	CUT
39	Ray Vinopal	DB	—	5'10" 197	—	—	CUT
40	Montell Garner	DB	—	5'11" 188	—	—	CUT
—	Brandon Dixon	DB	26	5'11" 203	2	Northwest Missouri State	DEV
—	Jacob Hagen	DB	24	6'2" 205	1	Liberty	DEV
—	Mike Hilton	DB	22	5'9" 184	R	Mississippi	DEV

Specialists5

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Will Monday	P	—	6'4" 210	R	Duke	CUT
4	Jordan Berry	P	25	6'5" 195	1	Eastern Kentucky	ACT
9	Chris Boswell	K	25	6'2" 185	2	Rice	ACT
42	Matt Dooley	LS	—	6'4" 242	—	—	CUT
60	Greg Warren	LS	36	6'3" 252	—	North Carolina	ACT

Schedule

19 games

Pittsburgh Steelers schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Commanders	W 38-16	-2.5	+0.315
2	vs Bengals	W 24-16	-3	-0.012
3	@ Eagles	L 3-34	-3.5	-0.216
4	vs Chiefs	W 43-14	-3	+0.375
5	vs Jets	W 31-13	-10	+0.139
6	@ Dolphins	L 15-30	-7.5	-0.085
7	vs Patriots	L 16-27	+7.5	-0.079
9	@ Ravens	L 14-21	-3.5	-0.189
10	vs Cowboys	L 30-35	-3	+0.220
11	@ Browns	W 24-9	-8	+0.132
12	@ Colts	W 28-7	-8	+0.310
13	vs Giants	W 24-14	-7	-0.007
14	@ Bills	W 27-20	-1	+0.070
15	@ Bengals	W 24-20	-3	+0.197
16	vs Ravens	W 31-27	-5.5	+0.206
17	vs Browns	W 27-24	-3.5	+0.046
WC	vs Dolphins	W 30-12	-11	+0.169
DIV	@ Chiefs	W 18-16	+2.5	+0.033
CON	@ Patriots	L 17-36	+5.5	-0.021