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Pittsburgh Steelers — 2021
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Team grade · 2021
32.7
Overall
28 pct
18.8
Offense
16
67.0
Defense
69
39.8
S. Teams
38
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
19
OL
39
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Minkah Fitzpatrick
›
65.8
SS
Terrell Edmunds
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
T.J. Watt
›
LB
15
/ 12
790
97.8
100
2
Cameron Heyward
›
iDL
17
/ 17
1,064
91.9
95
3
Ahkello Witherspoon
›
CB
9
/ 5
388
88.5
96
4
Terrell Edmunds
›
S
17
/ 17
1,226
77.8
87
5
Chris Wormley
›
iDL
15
/ 14
842
71.0
84
6
Minkah Fitzpatrick
›
S
16
/ 16
1,163
65.8
75
7
Chris Boswell
›
K
17
/ 0
157
62.6
68
8
Diontae Johnson
›
WR
16
/ 16
991
49.7
53
9
Robert Spillane
›
low volume
LB
14
/ 10
590
49.2
60
10
Alex Highsmith
›
LB
16
/ 15
911
48.4
50
11
Henry Mondeaux
›
low volume
iDL
15
/ 0
299
47.1
49
12
Zach Gentry
›
low volume
TE
17
/ 7
612
43.0
41
13
Pat Freiermuth
›
TE
16
/ 13
724
41.3
38
14
Montravius Adams
›
low volume
iDL
10
/ 1
304
40.0
42
15
Joe Haden
›
CB
12
/ 9
670
37.9
38
16
Joe Schobert
›
LB
16
/ 15
998
36.5
35
17
Najee Harris
›
RB
17
/ 17
980
35.1
34
18
Cameron Sutton
›
CB
16
/ 16
1,190
33.0
29
19
Chase Claypool
›
WR
15
/ 15
826
32.4
22
20
Mason Rudolph
›
low volume
QB
2
/ 1
97
28.8
26
21
Tre Norwood
›
low volume
S
17
/ 3
590
27.8
22
22
Benny Snell
›
low volume
RB
17
/ 16
436
27.8
19
23
James Pierre
›
CB
17
/ 10
658
26.5
19
24
Devin Bush
›
LB
14
/ 13
822
23.4
11
25
Pressley Harvin III
›
P
15
/ 0
134
18.9
10
26
Ben Roethlisberger
›
QB
16
/ 16
1,076
18.4
12
27
Taco Charlton
›
low volume
EDGE
11
/ 2
227
17.9
3
28
Eric Ebron
›
low volume
TE
8
/ 1
247
17.3
9
29
JuJu Smith-Schuster
›
low volume
WR
5
/ 3
223
17.0
6
30
Arthur Maulet
›
low volume
CB
16
/ 3
542
14.3
5
31
Isaiahh Loudermilk
›
low volume
EDGE
15
/ 2
331
11.3
0
32
James Washington
›
low volume
WR
15
/ 5
483
9.9
5
33
Ray-Ray McCloud
›
WR
16
/ 10
699
6.7
2
34
Chukwuma Okorafor
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,146
—
—
35
Dan Moore Jr.
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,145
—
—
36
Trai Turner
›
OL
17
/ 17
1,084
—
—
37
Kendrick Green
›
OL
15
/ 15
977
—
—
38
Kevin Dotson
›
OL
9
/ 8
598
—
—
39
Derrek Tuszka
›
LB
15
/ 5
441
—
—
40
Derek Watt
›
RB
17
/ 17
418
—
—
41
John Leglue
›
OL
6
/ 6
407
—
—
42
Miles Killebrew
›
S
17
/ 17
379
—
—
43
Ulysees Gilbert
›
LB
17
/ 17
373
—
—
44
Marcus Allen
›
LB
16
/ 15
363
—
—
45
Joe Haeg
›
OL
12
/ 3
340
—
—
46
J.C. Hassenauer
›
OL
13
/ 3
327
—
—
47
Justin Layne
›
CB
17
/ 9
273
—
—
48
Kalen Ballage
›
RB
17
/ 0
163
—
—
49
Christian Kuntz
›
LS
17
/ 0
148
—
—
50
B.J. Finney
›
OL
7
/ 1
102
—
—
51
Anthony Miller
›
WR
3
/ 2
95
—
—
52
Kevin Rader
›
TE
6
/ 0
73
—
—
53
Buddy Johnson
›
LB
4
/ 2
65
—
—
54
Tyson Alualu
›
EDGE
2
/ 1
61
—
—
55
Carlos Davis
›
iDL
4
/ 0
58
—
—
56
John Simon
›
EDGE
3
/ 0
56
—
—
57
Cameron Nizialek
›
P
4
/ 1
45
—
—
58
Zach Banner
›
OL
7
/ 0
32
—
—
59
Karl Joseph
›
S
2
/ 0
31
—
—
60
Anthony McFarland
›
RB
2
/ 0
27
—
—
61
Rashaad Coward
›
OL
5
/ 0
24
—
—
62
Josh Lambo
›
K
3
/ 0
20
—
—
63
Daniel Archibong
›
iDL
2
/ 0
19
—
—
64
Trey Edmunds
›
RB
2
/ 0
18
—
—
65
Corliss Waitman
›
P
2
/ 0
16
—
—
66
Delontae Scott
›
EDGE
1
/ 0
9
—
—
67
Khalil Davis
›
iDL
1
/ 0
6
—
—
68
Steven Sims
›
WR
1
/ 0
5
—
—
69
Chaz Green
›
OL
2
/ 0
4
—
—
70
Tegray Scales
›
LB
1
/ 0
4
—
—
71
Tony Brooks-James
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Anthony Johnson
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
Malcolm Pridgeon
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Damion Willis
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Dwayne Haskins
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
Darrius Shepherd
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Marcus Baugh
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Linden Stephens
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Joshua Dobbs
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Kameron Canaday
›
LS
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Tyler Vaughns
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Stephon Tuitt
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Lamont Wade
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Jamar Watson
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Rico Bussey
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Rex Sunahara
›
LS
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Donovan Stiner
›
S
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Sam Sloman
›
K
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
T.J. Carter
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
Nate Gilliam
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
91
Cody White
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
92
DeMarkus Acy
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
93
Jace Sternberger
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
94
Vince Williams
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
95
Demarcus Christmas
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
29
RB
34
TE
38
Defense
EDGE
58
CB
38
LB
34
S
65
iDL
73
Special teams
K
63
P
19
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
77.8
LB
Robert Spillane
›
49.2
LB
Alex Highsmith
›
48.4
LB
Marcus Allen
›
—
LCB
Joe Haden
›
37.9
EDGE
Montravius Adams
›
40.0
iDL
Cameron Heyward
›
91.9
iDL
Henry Mondeaux
›
47.1
EDGE
T.J. Watt
›
97.8
RCB
Cameron Sutton
›
33.0
WR1
Diontae Johnson
›
49.7
OL
38.5
LT
Jr.
LG
Leglue
C
Green
RG
Turner
RT
Okorafor
TE
Pat Freiermuth
›
41.3
WR2
Cody White
›
—
QB
Ben Roethlisberger
›
18.4
RB
Najee Harris
›
35.1
Special teams
K
Chris Boswell
›
62.6
P
Pressley Harvin III
›
18.9
Offense
QB
Ben Roethlisberger
›
18.4
RB
Najee Harris
›
35.1
WR1
Diontae Johnson
›
49.7
WR2
Cody White
›
—
TE
Pat Freiermuth
›
41.3
Offensive line
Team grade
38.5
LT
Jr.
LG
Leglue
C
Green
RG
Turner
RT
Okorafor
Defense
EDGE
Montravius Adams
›
40.0
iDL
Cameron Heyward
›
91.9
iDL
Henry Mondeaux
›
47.1
EDGE
T.J. Watt
›
97.8
LB
Special teams
K
Chris Boswell
›
62.6
P
Pressley Harvin III
›
18.9
Robert Spillane
›
49.2
LB
Alex Highsmith
›
48.4
LB
Marcus Allen
›
—
LCB
Joe Haden
›
37.9
RCB
Cameron Sutton
›
33.0
FS
Minkah Fitzpatrick
›
65.8
SS
Terrell Edmunds
›
77.8