Back to the Pittsburgh Steelers Newsfeed

Steelers Rank Last In First Down Conversion Rate Through Two Weeks

This should come as no surprise to anyone who has watched the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first two games, but the Pittsburgh offense has the lowest first down conversion rate in the NFL, and also the lowest conversion percentage on second down, per PFF’s “Moving The Chains” chart. It tracks how often NFL teams convert to a new set of downs and also breaks down how often they do it on what down.

Some interesting numbers here in the weekly "moving the chains" chart:

Jaguars are consistently moving the ball on first down.