![]() > Passer Rating by Situation (Rank among 33 qualified QBs): vs. ★ Situations where Roethlisberger wins: Against the Blitz, Targeting Receivers Aligned in the Backfield ★ 58% of Roethlisberger’s total passing yards in 2018 came after the catch, the highest share in the NFL ![]() ★ Roethlisberger threw 15% of his passes between the hashes, the highest rate in the NFL > Evaded pressure on 20% of dropbacks when he was under pressure at some point during the play (2nd-highest) ★ Roethlisberger was only pressured on 19% of his dropbacks, the 5th-lowest rate in the league ★ Roethlisberger threw 56% of his passes in less than 2.5 seconds in 2018, the highest rate in the NFL > Roethlisberger: 34.3% comp pct on deep targets to Antonio Brown, 29.2% comp pct on other deep targets since 2016 ★ Allowed 23.3% of deep targets to be completed last season (lowest in NFL) > In 2019, the Patriots return just 3 of those 5 starters along the OL (LG Thuney, RG, Mason, RT Cannon) Patriots Defense > Patriots five primary OL starters missed a combined 12 snaps from Week 12 through the Super Bowl (Week 11 bye) ★ OL Continuity played an important role late in the season and through the Patriots playoff run > The Rams (59%) and the 49ers (53%) ran the highest percentage of snaps from under center last season ★ The Patriots ran 56% of their offense snaps from under center in 2018, 3rd-highest rate in NFL > Gronkowski On-Field: 69.0% Comp Pct|Gronkowski Off-Field: 58.3% (since 2016) Patriots Offense the blitz was more than 10% higher with Gronk on-field than off-field ★ Edelman: 129.2 passer rating when targeted on 3rd down from the slot since 2016 (4th-best in NFL) ★ Edelman: Averaged 3.6 yards of separation from the slot, 3rd-best among slot WRs (min. > White: 131 air yards when aligned “wide” targets this season, 2nd-most by a RB in a season since 2016 Julian Edelman & Co. ★ James White: 2nd-most routes from wide alignment (66) among all RB > Only Derek Carr (2.55 sec), Ben Roethlisberger (2.55), Drew Brees (2.59) & Andy Dalton (2.61) averaged a faster TTT Patriots Running Backs (Sony Michel, James White, James Develin) ★ Brady’s low pressure rate can be attributed in part to getting the ball out fast (2.62 sec, 5th-fastest) ★ Cameron Heyward: T-4th-most pressures among interior DL in 2018 (46) Watt: 3.98 yards of avg separation from the QB in 2018, best among EDGE defenders (min. ★ The Steelers were the only team to rank in the top 3 in pressure rate, sack rate & blitz rate in 2018 > In Week 15 Matchup against the Patriots (last season) the Steelers used 01 personnel only once Steelers Defense ★ No team ran more ‘01’ Personnel (4 WR, 1 TE) than the Steelers in 2018 (69 plays, 7% of all plays) > In Week 15 Matchup against the Patriots (last season) the Steelers used 01 personnel only once ★ Ran 80% of offensive plays out of shotgun in 2018, 4th-most in the NFL > 2019 Preseason: Aligned wide on 72% of 29 total snaps (14% slot, 14% tight) Steelers Offense ★ 2018: Aligned in the slot on 55% of snaps (39% wide), expected to align wide more often without AB > High xYAC indicates Conner was targeted in situations where he had time and space to create yards after the catch JuJu Smith-Schuster ![]() > Conner was expected to gain 9.7 YAC per reception according to our xYAC model, best among 39 RBs (min. ★ As a receiver, Conner was put in a position to succeed relative to the avg expected YAC when targeted > Brown ON-Field: 51.5% of Roethlisberger’s yards from YAC|Brown OFF-Field: 66.6% of yards from YAC James Conner ★ Roethlisberger relied more on YAC to generate yards when Antonio Brown was off the field > Brown ON-Field: 8.8 air yards/attempt (1,779 attempts)|Brown OFF-Field: 6.5 air yards/attempt (120 attempts) ★ Since 2016, on plays without Antonio Brown, Roethlisberger’s air yards per att declined by 2+ yards ★ Averaged the 2nd-quickest average time to throw (2.55 sec) among qualified quarterbacks in 2018 Best of Steelers Notes Ben Roethlisberger ![]()
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