AFC North · 2017

Pittsburgh Steelers

Record

13-3

Seed

Net EPA

+0.104est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

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

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.076
Success rate46.0%
EPA / dropback+0.177
EPA / rush-0.085
Explosive rate9.4%
CPOE+3.69
Third-down rate43.8%
Red-zone TD rate57.6%
Points / drive2.22
Turnover rate1.8%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed-0.040
Success rate allowed41.1%
EPA / dropback allowed-0.023
EPA / rush allowed-0.067
Explosive rate allowed9.1%
Pressure rate (proxy)26.5%
Sack rate9.3%
Points / drive allowed1.60

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.076 · 85th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)-0.040 · 40th %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

7-9

+0.3 vs line

Home

3-5

Away

4-4

As favorite

6-8

As dog

1-1

O/U

6-10

+0.6 vs total

Roster

84 players

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

Quarterbacks4

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
3	Landry Jones	QB	28	6'4" 225	4	Oklahoma	ACT
5	Joshua Dobbs	QB	22	6'3" 216	R	Tennessee	ACT
7	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	35	6'5" 240	13	Miami, O.	ACT
8	Bart Houston	QB	—	6'4" 235	R	Wisconsin	CUT

Backs & receivers21

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
10	Martavis Bryant	WR	27	6'4" 211	3	Clemson	ACT
11	Justin Hunter	WR	26	6'4" 203	4	Tennessee	ACT
13	Justin Thomas	WR	23	5'11" 179	R	Georgia Tech	DEV
16	Marcus Tucker	WR	25	5'10" 190	1	Northern Michigan	DEV
17	Eli Rogers	WR	26	5'10" 187	2	Louisville	ACT
19	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	22	6'1" 215	R	Southern California	ACT
26	Le'Veon Bell	RB	25	6'1" 225	4	Michigan State	ACT
30	James Conner	RB	22	6'1" 233	R	Pittsburgh	RES
33	Fitzgerald Toussaint	RB	27	5'9" 204	3	Michigan	ACT
34	Knile Davis	RB	—	5'11" 227	4	Arkansas	CUT
38	Stevan Ridley	RB	28	5'11" 220	6	LSU	ACT
39	Terrell Watson	RB	24	6'1" 240	2	Azusa Pacific	DEV
45	Roosevelt Nix	RB	25	5'11" 248	3	Kent State	ACT
80	Jake McGee	TE	27	6'5" 252	1	Florida	DEV
81	Jesse James	TE	23	6'7" 261	2	Penn State	ACT
82	David Johnson	TE	—	6'2" 260	8	Arkansas State	CUT
84	Antonio Brown	WR	29	5'10" 181	7	Central Michigan	ACT
85	Xavier Grimble	TE	26	6'4" 261	3	Southern California	ACT
87	Phazahn Odom	TE	—	6'8" 251	R	Fordham	CUT
88	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	30	6'2" 210	8	Maryland	ACT
89	Vance McDonald	TE	27	6'4" 267	4	Rice	ACT

Offensive line13

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
53	Maurkice Pouncey	OL	28	6'4" 304	7	Florida	ACT
61	Kyle Friend	OL	23	6'2" 305	1	Temple	DEV
62	Mike Matthews	OL	23	6'2" 300	1	Texas A&M	RES
65	Jerald Hawkins	OL	25	6'6" 305	1	Louisiana State	ACT
66	David DeCastro	OL	27	6'5" 316	5	Stanford	ACT
67	B.J. Finney	OL	27	6'4" 318	2	Kansas State	ACT
71	Matt Feiler	OL	25	6'6" 330	3	Bloomsburg	ACT
72	Ruben Carter	OL	—	6'4" 312	1	Toledo	CUT
73	Ramon Foster	OL	31	6'5" 328	8	Tennessee	ACT
74	Chris Hubbard	OL	26	6'4" 295	4	Alabama-Birmingham	ACT
76	Keavon Milton	OL	—	6'4" 320	4	Louisiana-Monroe	CUT
77	Marcus Gilbert	OL	29	6'6" 330	6	Florida	ACT
78	Alejandro Villanueva	OL	30	6'9" 320	3	Army	ACT

Defensive front23

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
41	Farrington Huguenin	LB	25	6'4" 268	1	Kentucky	DEV
44	Tyler Matakevich	LB	26	6'1" 235	1	Temple	ACT
46	Matt Galambos	LB	22	6'1" 239	R	Pittsburgh	CUT
48	Bud Dupree	LB	24	6'4" 269	2	Kentucky	ACT
49	Austin Gearing	LB	—	6'5" 257	R	Miami (Ohio)	CUT
50	Ryan Shazier	LB	26	6'1" 230	3	Ohio State	RES
51	Sean Spence	LB	27	5'11" 231	5	Miami (Fla.)	ACT
54	L.J. Fort	LB	27	6'0" 232	5	Northern Iowa	ACT
55	Arthur Moats	LB	29	6'0" 246	7	James Madison	ACT
56	Anthony Chickillo	LB	26	6'3" 255	2	Miami	ACT
57	Keith Kelsey	LB	22	6'0" 233	R	Louisville	DEV
64	Christian Brown	DL	—	6'3" 295	R	West Virginia	CUT
65	Lavon Hooks	DL	25	6'3" 312	2	Mississippi	DEV
69	Roy Philon	DL	—	6'3" 291	3	Louisville	CUT
79	Javon Hargrave	DL	24	6'2" 305	1	South Carolina State	ACT
90	T.J. Watt	LB	24	6'4" 252	R	Wisconsin	ACT
91	Stephon Tuitt	DL	24	6'6" 303	3	Notre Dame	ACT
93	Dan McCullers	DL	25	6'7" 352	3	Tennessee	ACT
94	Tyson Alualu	DL	30	6'3" 304	7	California	ACT
96	L.T. Walton	DL	25	6'5" 305	2	Central Michigan	ACT
97	Cameron Heyward	DL	28	6'5" 295	6	Ohio State	ACT
98	Vince Williams	LB	29	6'1" 233	4	Florida State	ACT
99	Keion Adams	LB	22	6'2" 245	R	Western Michigan	RES

Secondary20

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
20	Robert Golden	DB	28	5'11" 202	5	Arizona	ACT
21	Joe Haden	DB	28	5'11" 195	7	Florida	ACT
22	William Gay	DB	32	5'10" 187	10	Louisville	ACT
23	Mike Mitchell	DB	30	6'1" 221	8	Ohio U.	ACT
24	Coty Sensabaugh	DB	30	5'11" 187	5	Clemson	ACT
25	Artie Burns	DB	22	6'0" 197	1	Miami	ACT
27	J.J. Wilcox	DB	26	6'0" 212	4	Georgia Southern	ACT
28	Sean Davis	DB	25	6'1" 202	1	Maryland	ACT
29	Brian Allen	DB	25	6'3" 215	R	Utah	ACT
30	Daimion Stafford	DB	—	6'1" 218	4	Nebraska	CUT
30	Malik Golden	DB	24	6'0" 205	R	Penn State	CUT
31	Mike Hilton	DB	23	5'9" 184	1	Mississippi	ACT
33	JaCorey Shepherd	DB	—	5'11" 199	2	Kansas	CUT
34	Cameron Sutton	DB	22	5'11" 188	R	Tennessee	ACT
37	Jordan Dangerfield	DB	28	5'11" 199	4	Towson	DEV
38	Dashaun Phillips	DB	26	5'11" 186	3	Tarleton State	DEV
38	Greg Ducre	DB	25	5'10" 183	3	Washington	RES
39	Terrish Webb	DB	—	5'10" 190	R	Pittsburgh	CUT
42	Jacob Hagen	DB	25	6'3" 205	2	Liberty	ACT
—	Antonio Crawford	DB	23	5'10" 185	R	West Virginia	RES

Specialists3

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
4	Jordan Berry	P	26	6'5" 195	2	Eastern Kentucky	ACT
9	Chris Boswell	K	26	6'2" 185	3	Rice	ACT
57	Kameron Canaday	LS	25	6'4" 245	1	Portland State	ACT

Schedule

17 games

Pittsburgh Steelers schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Browns	W 21-18	-10	+0.011
2	vs Vikings	W 26-9	-8.5	+0.073
3	@ Bears	L 17-23	-7	-0.033
4	@ Ravens	W 26-9	-3.5	+0.073
5	vs Jaguars	L 9-30	-7.5	-0.282
6	@ Chiefs	W 19-13	+3.5	+0.188
7	vs Bengals	W 29-14	-4	+0.084
8	@ Lions	W 20-15	-3	+0.050
10	@ Colts	W 20-17	-10.5	-0.002
11	vs Titans	W 40-17	-7	+0.155
12	vs Packers	W 31-28	-14	+0.120
13	@ Bengals	W 23-20	-4.5	+0.170
14	vs Ravens	W 39-38	-6	+0.267
15	vs Patriots	L 24-27	+2.5	+0.139
16	@ Texans	W 34-6	-8	+0.265
17	vs Browns	W 28-24	-5	-0.059
DIV	vs Jaguars	L 42-45	-7	+0.145