2024 NFL Offenses Week 1: 3rd Down & Red Zone Conversions

The Pittsburgh Steelers offense was able to display their identity in the opener. Gritty, running the football, and time of possession some key components within that. A layer of the offense that I wanted to look at today is conversion rates, on third down and in the red zone:

At the bottom of the visual, we see Pittsburgh was one of only five teams that failed to convert in the red zone. On top of that, just two red zone trips (T-20th), relying on kicker Chris Boswell to connect on a whopping six field goals, paired with an also stellar day from the defense for the 18-10 victory.

That isn’t sustainable and particularly frustrating given their well above average 47.1 third down conversion…