Deep passing is a very important element for the most effective offense in today’s NFL and a facet of the game the Pittsburgh Steelers needed to improve for the 2024 season. In this article, I will provide deep passing stats of 20 yards or more, seeing how the overhauled quarterback room with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields and former Steelers QB Kenny Pickett fared in 2023 among their peers with at least 20 deep pass attempts.
First, here are the quarterbacks’ average depth of target (ADOT) and yards per attempt (YPA) on deep passes, along with number of attempts as their dot sizes:
Here we see the newly acquired QB 1 (as we sit here today), Russell Wilson, tied for the highest 32.