Final Grade: BĪ shanked punt to start the game hurts the otherwise mediocre to solid punting, even with the Steelers continued great punt coverage. Honor Roll: Devin Bush, James Pierre, Cameron Heyward.ĭemerits: Dropped interceptions, early miscommunications, pass rush.
That should be a win in any week of the NFL season. In-spite of all that, it’s hard to criticize a defense that is missing its best player, had a number of players coming back from injury and held their opponent to 16 points. Watt was drafted, but right now they rank in the bottom third of the league, despite entering the week with the NFL sack leader in Alex Highsmith. The Steelers led the NFL in sacks every year since T.J.
You’d like to see some splash plays, or even one from the Steelers defense, but with no interceptions, sacks or fumbles forced, they didn’t deliver there. The Steelers were getting picked apart by Tua Tagovailoa early, but again, settled down and ended up holding the Dolphins scoreless the entire second half. The Dolphins aren’t a run-focused team, and the Steelers gave up more than the Dolphins normally run for, but it didn’t hurt them too much. The Steelers started out giving up chunk plays and points, settled down, and after Cameron Sutton left the game (coincidence?) shut down the Dolphins offense the rest of the game. Honor Roll: George Pickens, Right side of the offensive line, Pat Freiermuthĭemerits: Kenny Pickett’s downfield passing, Najee Harris’s agility and acceleration, Wide receiver leadership. Pickett will be a rookie all season, the receiver room is pretty well set and the Steelers running back situation is going to stay rough until/unless Najee Harris recovers enough to be the explosive back he showed he could be in his rookie season. There isn’t a lot of hope for things to turn around either. Since Ben Roethlisberger had his arm injury, the Steelers run game hasn’t had much success. The run game is the same as it has been all year and isn’t much different than what we saw in 2019. Pickens and Freiermuth also passed Johnson and Claypool for combined yardage, even though the veteran receivers have significantly more targets, and had more targets in this game (18-15). It’s not Antonio Brown territory, but it’s good. Freiermuth and Pickens have a current combined yards per target of 8. Pat Freiermuth and George Pickens ended the game with nice stat lines, but Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool ended with a combined 4.6 yards per target, which brings their combined season numbers down to 5.4 yards per target.
Kenny Pickett threw another three interceptions, giving him seven so far this season, and while he may not be throwing picks as often as rookie Peyton Manning did, it’s still far too often and in these one-score games they are costly. The Steelers had eleven possessions in this game, meaning they also recorded a game with less than 1 point scored per possession. The Steelers ten points is the second lowest total of the season, with only the three-point showing against the Buffalo Bills standing worse. The Steelers recorded their fourth game with fewer than two offensive touchdowns in seven games. Let’s look at how the Steelers played to earn such a result. This time the Steelers lost 16-10 in a game where they outscored their opponent 10-3 after the first quarter. The Steelers now have five games that were settled by less than 8 points, with two wins and three losses in those games. The Steelers followed their surprising win over the Buccaneers in Week 6 with another close loss in Week 7, this time to the Miami Dolphins.
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