The Pittsburgh Steelers got the needed win to improve their record to 3-6 against the depleted New Orleans Saints. Lots of encouraging things we were hoping for coming off the bye week in the 20-10 victory, dominating in turnovers and explosive plays (8-0), time of possession (+17), first downs (28-10), rushing yards on both sides of the ball (217 on offense, 29 allowed on defense), and penalties (only three to New Orleans’ 10). In this article I will provide data from Pro Football Focus and takeaways from watching the film.
Let’s start with the offense:

PFF’s highest graded offensive player was tackle Dan Moore (88.