Even before Sunday night’s postgame press conference in which Mike Tomlin seemed open to making any and all changes to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ secondary, the team shook up its snap count at cornerback. Though the results weren’t any better against Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers, Darius Slay saw his first real reduction in snaps on the season.
Per our charting, Slay played just 32 of 64 defensive snaps—exactly 50 percent. This is a stark contrast to how he was used in the first six games, taking the field for virtually every rep he was healthy for (it was routine for him to miss a few snaps per game with a minor injury).