AFC North · 2019

Pittsburgh Steelers

Record

8-8

Net EPA

-0.031est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

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

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play-0.136
Success rate38.5%
EPA / dropback-0.061
EPA / rush-0.257
Explosive rate7.4%
CPOE-1.51
Third-down rate34.3%
Red-zone TD rate50.2%
Points / drive1.35
Turnover rate3.1%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed-0.122
Success rate allowed40.1%
EPA / dropback allowed-0.076
EPA / rush allowed-0.187
Explosive rate allowed7.4%
Pressure rate (proxy)26.1%
Sack rate8.6%
Points / drive allowed1.42

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape-0.136 · 5th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)-0.122 · 8th %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

-1.3 vs line

Home

5-3

Away

4-4

As favorite

4-5

As dog

5-2

O/U

4-12

-4.9 vs total

Roster

102 players

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

Quarterbacks6

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Mason Rudolph	QB	24	6'5" 235	1	Oklahoma State	RES
5	Paxton Lynch	QB	25	6'7" 244	3	Memphis	ACT
5	Taryn Christion	QB	22	6'2" 225	R	South Dakota State	CUT
6	J.T. Barrett	QB	24	6'2" 225	1	Ohio State	DEV
6	Devlin Hodges	QB	23	6'1" 210	R	Samford	ACT
7	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	37	6'5" 240	15	Miami, O.	RES

Backs & receivers30

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
10	Ryan Switzer	WR	26	5'8" 185	2	North Carolina	RES
13	James Washington	WR	23	5'11" 213	1	Oklahoma State	ACT
15	Trey Griffey	WR	—	6'3" 192	2	Arizona	CUT
17	Eli Rogers	WR	—	5'10" 187	4	Louisville	CUT
17	Deon Cain	WR	23	6'2" 202	1	Clemson	ACT
18	Diontae Johnson	WR	23	5'10" 181	R	Toledo	ACT
19	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	24	6'1" 215	2	Southern California	ACT
24	Benny Snell	RB	21	5'10" 223	R	Kentucky	ACT
30	James Conner	RB	24	6'1" 233	2	Pittsburgh	INA
33	Trey Edmunds	RB	26	6'2" 223	2	Maryland	ACT
34	Darrin Hall	RB	24	6'0" 225	R	Pittsburgh	CUT
35	Travon McMillian	RB	—	6'0" 209	R	Colorado	CUT
38	Jaylen Samuels	RB	23	6'0" 225	1	North Carolina State	ACT
39	Malik Williams	RB	—	6'3" 221	1	Louisville	CUT
40	Ralph Webb	RB	26	5'10" 200	1	Vanderbilt	DEV
40	Kerrith Whyte	RB	24	5'10" 204	R	Florida Atlantic	ACT
45	Roosevelt Nix	RB	27	5'11" 248	5	Kent State	RES
46	Micky Crum	TE	—	6'4" 258	R	Louisville	CUT
49	Christian Scotland-Williamson	TE	26	6'9" 274	4	No College	DEV
80	Johnny Holton	WR	28	6'3" 190	3	Cincinnati	ACT
81	Quadree Henderson	WR	24	5'8" 192	1	Pittsburgh	DEV
81	Zach Gentry	TE	24	6'8" 265	R	Michigan	INA
82	Amara Darboh	WR	25	6'2" 219	2	Michigan	INA
83	Brandon Reilly	WR	—	6'2" 200	2	Nebraska	CUT
84	Jamal Custis	WR	25	6'5" 213	R	Syracuse	DEV
85	Xavier Grimble	TE	28	6'4" 261	5	Southern California	CUT
87	Kevin Rader	TE	24	6'4" 250	1	Youngstown State	DEV
88	Nick Vannett	TE	26	6'6" 261	3	Ohio State	ACT
88	Trevor Wood	TE	—	6'6" 265	R	Texas A&M	CUT
89	Vance McDonald	TE	29	6'4" 267	6	Rice	ACT

Offensive line13

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
53	Maurkice Pouncey	OL	30	6'4" 304	9	Florida	INA
60	J.C. Hassenauer	OL	25	6'2" 295	1	Alabama	ACT
64	Damian Prince	OL	—	6'3" 320	R	Maryland	CUT
66	David DeCastro	OL	29	6'5" 316	7	Stanford	ACT
67	B.J. Finney	OL	29	6'4" 318	4	Kansas State	ACT
68	Garrett Brumfield	OL	—	6'4" 302	R	LSU	CUT
71	Matt Feiler	OL	27	6'6" 330	5	Bloomsburg	ACT
72	Zach Banner	OL	27	6'8" 358	2	Southern California	ACT
73	Ramon Foster	OL	33	6'5" 328	10	Tennessee	ACT
75	Christian DiLauro	OL	26	6'6" 300	1	Illinois	DEV
76	Chukwuma Okorafor	OL	22	6'6" 320	1	Western Michigan	INA
77	Derwin Gray	OL	24	6'4" 320	R	Maryland	DEV
78	Alejandro Villanueva	OL	32	6'9" 320	5	Army	ACT

Defensive front28

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
26	Mark Barron	LB	31	6'2" 230	7	Alabama	ACT
40	JT Jones	DL	—	6'3" 245	2	Miami (Ohio)	CUT
41	Robert Spillane	LB	25	6'1" 229	1	Western Michigan	ACT
44	Tyler Matakevich	LB	28	6'1" 235	3	Temple	ACT
46	Tegray Scales	LB	23	6'0" 227	1	Indiana	CUT
48	Bud Dupree	LB	26	6'4" 269	4	Kentucky	ACT
50	Ryan Shazier	LB	28	6'1" 230	5	Ohio State	PUP
51	Jay Elliott	LB	29	6'3" 240	5	Toledo	CUT
51	Tuzar Skipper	LB	24	6'3" 246	R	Toledo	INA
54	Ulysees Gilbert	LB	22	6'0" 230	R	Akron	RES
55	Devin Bush	LB	21	5'11" 233	R	Michigan	ACT
56	Anthony Chickillo	LB	28	6'3" 255	4	Miami	ACT
61	Conor Sheehy	DL	—	6'4" 295	1	Wisconsin	CUT
64	Winston Craig	DL	—	6'4" 291	2	Richmond	CUT
72	Henry Mondeaux	DL	25	6'4" 280	1	Oregon	DEV
74	Casey Sayles	DL	—	6'3" 289	2	Ohio U.	CUT
79	Javon Hargrave	DL	26	6'2" 305	3	South Carolina State	ACT
90	T.J. Watt	LB	26	6'4" 252	2	Wisconsin	ACT
91	Stephon Tuitt	DL	26	6'6" 303	5	Notre Dame	RES
92	Ola Adeniyi	LB	23	6'1" 248	1	Toledo	ACT
93	Dan McCullers	DL	27	6'7" 352	5	Tennessee	ACT
94	Tyson Alualu	DL	32	6'3" 304	9	California	ACT
95	L.T. Walton	DL	27	6'5" 305	4	Central Michigan	RES
95	Lavon Hooks	DL	27	6'3" 312	4	Mississippi	RES
96	Isaiah Buggs	DL	23	6'3" 295	R	Alabama	ACT
97	Cameron Heyward	DL	30	6'5" 295	8	Ohio State	ACT
98	Vince Williams	LB	31	6'1" 233	6	Florida State	ACT
99	Christian Kuntz	LB	25	6'1" 227	2	Duquesne	CUT

Secondary20

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
20	Cameron Sutton	DB	24	5'11" 188	2	Tennessee	ACT
21	Sean Davis	DB	27	6'1" 202	3	Maryland	RES
22	Steven Nelson	DB	26	5'11" 194	4	Oregon State	ACT
23	Joe Haden	DB	30	5'11" 195	9	Florida	ACT
25	Artie Burns	DB	24	6'0" 197	3	Miami	INA
27	Marcus Allen	DB	23	6'2" 215	1	Penn State	ACT
28	Mike Hilton	DB	25	5'9" 184	3	Mississippi	ACT
29	Kam Kelly	DB	23	6'2" 205	1	San Diego State	CUT
31	Justin Layne	DB	21	6'2" 192	R	Michigan State	ACT
33	Alexander Myres	DB	23	5'11" 192	R	Houston	DEV
34	Tray Matthews	DB	26	6'1" 213	1	Auburn	DEV
34	Terrell Edmunds	DB	22	6'1" 217	1	Virginia Tech	ACT
35	Herb Waters	DB	—	6'2" 194	3	Miami (Fla.)	CUT
35	Trevon Mathis	DB	25	5'10" 186	1	Toledo	CUT
36	Jhavonte Dean	DB	—	6'1" 185	R	Miami (Fla.)	CUT
37	Jordan Dangerfield	DB	30	5'11" 200	6	Towson	ACT
39	Marcelis Branch	DB	—	5'11" 180	2	Robert Morris	CUT
39	Minkah Fitzpatrick	DB	24	6'1" 207	1	Alabama	ACT
41	Dravon Askew-Henry	DB	25	6'0" 202	R	West Virginia	CUT
—	Derrek Thomas	DB	24	6'3" 190	R	Baylor	CUT

Specialists5

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
4	Jordan Berry	P	28	6'5" 195	4	Eastern Kentucky	ACT
8	Ian Berryman	P	—	6'0" 200	R	Western Carolina	CUT
9	Chris Boswell	K	28	6'2" 185	5	Rice	ACT
16	Matthew Wright	K	—	6'0" 179	R	Central Florida	CUT
57	Kameron Canaday	LS	27	6'4" 245	3	Portland State	ACT

Schedule

16 games

Pittsburgh Steelers schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Patriots	L 3-33	+5.5	-0.182
2	vs Seahawks	L 26-28	-4	-0.046
3	@ 49ers	L 20-24	+6	-0.235
4	vs Bengals	W 27-3	-3.5	+0.083
5	vs Ravens	L 23-26	+3.5	-0.100
6	@ Chargers	W 24-17	+6	-0.005
8	vs Dolphins	W 27-14	-14	+0.040
9	vs Colts	W 26-24	-1	-0.137
10	vs Rams	W 17-12	+4	-0.307
11	@ Browns	L 7-21	+3	-0.347
12	@ Bengals	W 16-10	-5.5	-0.043
13	vs Browns	W 20-13	+1	+0.061
14	@ Cardinals	W 23-17	-2.5	-0.001
15	vs Bills	L 10-17	-1	-0.373
16	@ Jets	L 10-16	-3	-0.174
17	@ Ravens	L 10-28	-2	-0.390