This can certainly throw off any offensive coordinator’s best laid plans, but anyone who watched the Week 1 game couldn’t help but think to themselves how this looked like a newer version of the old offense. To be fair, it is just one week, and the Steelers had to come from behind to win the football game. Through all of 2020, Roethlisberger averaged 7.1 air yards/attempt, 10th shortest among all QBs.”įans of the black and gold expected something new when Matt Canada took over the offense for Randy Fichtner, but are we just seeing more of the same? Despite throwing into a tight window at a high rate, Roethlisberger continued his tendency to throw short passes, averaging 5.7 air yards/attempt, tied for 4th shortest in Week 1. He was the 2nd most aggressive passer, throwing into a tight window on 31.3% of his passes. Coincidentally, Big Ben’s average time to throw in the 2020 regular season was 2.3 sec, the quickest among all QBs.
“Ben Roethlisberger was the quickest to throw at 2.3 sec. Last season Ben Roethlisberger was near the bottom of the league in everyone’s favorite new statistic “air yards”.įor those who track these statistics, like ESPN’s NextGen Stats, the Steelers Week 1 win over the Buffalo Bills was eerily similar to the same type of statistics Roethlisberger put up last season. They didn’t pass the ball extremely well.īut if there was one thing they did well, it was throw the ball quickly, and short. It was last season when the Steelers sported a shiny undefeated record, but failed to do anything exceptionally well. Despite starting 11-0 to the 2020 regular season, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense would like to keep last year in the past.
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