2019 Week 1 Dropped Passes Report

I wish I had better news for you, but this week’s drop report—the first of the season—was a doozy. My final tally for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the New England Patriots was five total drops, plus two additional passes that should have been caught, but which I did not charge as drops because of the defensive play.

These were, as you’ll see below, the end zone pass to Donte Moncrief broken up by Jason McCourty and a fourth-quarter pass to Diontae Johnson that was dislodged by Johnathan Jones.

Interestingly enough, the Steelers didn’t have a ball security issue until the end of the first half, but that first one was a big one.

On fourth and one from near midfield just after the two-minute…