Welcome back to Steelers snap counts.
Making the most of it award
About as easy a choice as it gets: New wide receiver Mike Williams played just nine snaps but recorded the game-winning touchdown. He gets the award in his first game as a Steeler.
Steelers Week 11 snap count takeaways
Darnell Washington out-snapped Pat Freiermuth at tight end this week. When the Steelers want to run the ball, the 6’7, 270-plus-pounder is their guy.
Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren once again saw an even split of snaps with 34 apiece. Cordarrelle Patterson recorded eight. The Steelers are utilizing their talented running back room.
George Pickens was unsurprisingly the Steelers’ top receiver in terms of snaps on Sunday. Calvin Austin III saw a decrease from the Steelers’ last game (60%) to this week (45%). Van Jefferson saw just below his usual amount at 68%, with Ben Skowronek and Mike Williams seeing 7% and 12% of offensive snaps, respectively. It’ll be interesting to see how the distribution looks next week, with Williams being more comfortable in the Pittsburgh offense.
Preston Smith played an impressive 37% of defensive snaps despite being on the Steelers for less than a week. He filled in admirably for the injured Alex Highsmith.
Cameron Sutton, also in his first Steelers game this season, saw 31% of the defensive snaps. Beanie Bishop Jr.’s snap percentage dropped from the Steelers’ last game (85% to 56%), but Sutton seemed to largely eat into the snaps vacated by the recently released Terrell Edmunds. Depth defensive back snaps were somewhat down across the board due to the Commanders’ heavy personnel packages.
The change in scheme can also be seen with Elandon Roberts (64% of defensive snaps) leapfrogging Payton Wilson (22%) at inside linebacker in Week 10. It had been trending the opposite direction ahead of the Commanders” game.
Keeanu Benton jumped from 49% of defensive snaps in Week 8 to 85% in Week 10. Cam Heyward also saw a similar jump (67% to 86%).
In their first game back from injured reserve, Ben Skowronek and Tyler Matakevich tied for the team lead in special teams snaps with 23 each.
The Steelers’ offense to defense ratio this week: 75:59.
Now, here’s a full look at the Steelers snap counts for Week 10’s win over the Washington Commanders:
Snap counts via Next Gen Stats.
Offense
Player
Position
Offensive snaps
OS%
Total snaps
Player
Position
Offensive snaps
OS%
Total snaps
Mason McCormick
G
74
99%
78
Russell Wilson
QB
74
99%
74
Zach Frazier
C
74
99%
74
Dan Moore Jr.
T
74
99%
74
Broderick Jones
T
73
97%
77
Isaac Seumalo
G
72
96%
72
George Pickens
WR
59
79%
59
Van Jefferson
WR
51
68%
51
Darnell Washington
TE
48
64%
52
Pat Freiermuth
TE
43
57%
47
Calvin Austin III
WR
34
45%
40
Jaylen Warren
RB
34
45%
40
Najee Harris
RB
34
45%
34
MyCole Pruitt
TE
32
43%
32
Mike Williams
WR
9
12%
9
Connor Heyward
TE
8
11%
31
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
8
11%
14
Ben Skowronek
WR
5
7%
28
Spencer Anderson
T
4
5%
8
Minkah Fitzpatrick
FS
3
4%
67
Calvin Anderson
T
1
1%
1
Defense
Player
Position
Defensive snaps
DS%
Total snaps
Player
Position
Defensive snaps
DS%
Total snaps
Minkah Fitzpatrick
FS
59
100%
67
Patrick Queen
ILB
59
100%
64
Joey Porter Jr.
CB
58
98%
63
T.J. Watt
OLB
52
88%
56
Cameron Heyward
DT
51
86%
58
Keeanu Benton
DT
50
85%
55
Alex Highsmith
OLB
46
78%
50
Donte Jackson
CB
42
71%
47
DeShon Elliott
FS
41
69%
45
Elandon Roberts
ILB
38
64%
49
Larry Ogunjobi
DT
34
58%
39
Beanie Bishop Jr.
CB
33
56%
44
Preston Smith
DE
22
37%
24
Cameron Sutton
CB
18
31%
24
Payton Wilson
ILB
13
22%
36
James Pierre
CB
12
20%
35
Damontae Kazee
SS
12
20%
18
Isaiahh Loudermilk
DE
7
12%
18
Miles Killebrew
SS
1
2%
24
Dean Lowry
DE
1
2%
1
Special Teams
Player
Position
Special teams
ST%
Total snaps
Player
Position
Special teams
ST%
Total snaps
Payton Wilson
ILB
23
72%
36
James Pierre
CB
23
72%
35
Connor Heyward
TE
23
72%
31
Ben Skowronek
WR
23
72%
28
Miles Killebrew
SS
23
72%
24
Mark Robinson
ILB
23
72%
23
Jeremiah Moon
OLB
23
72%
23
Tyler Matakevich
MLB
23
72%
23
Elandon Roberts
ILB
11
34%
49
Beanie Bishop Jr.
CB
11
34%
44
Isaiahh Loudermilk
DE
11
34%
18
Corliss Waitman
P
10
31%
10
Christian Kuntz
LS
10
31%
10
Chris Boswell
K
9
28%
9
Cameron Heyward
DT
7
22%
58
Calvin Austin III
WR
6
19%
40
Jaylen Warren
RB
6
19%
40
Cameron Sutton
CB
6
19%
24
Damontae Kazee
SS
6
19%
18
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
6
19%
14
Minkah Fitzpatrick
FS
5
16%
67
Patrick Queen
ILB
5
16%
64
Joey Porter Jr.
CB
5
16%
63
Keeanu Benton
DT
5
16%
55
Donte Jackson
CB
5
16%
47
Larry Ogunjobi
DT
5
16%
39
Mason McCormick
G
4
13%
78
Broderick Jones
T
4
13%
77
T.J. Watt
OLB
4
13%
56
Darnell Washington
TE
4
13%
52
Alex Highsmith
OLB
4
13%
50
Pat Freiermuth
TE
4
13%
47
DeShon Elliott
FS
4
13%
45
Spencer Anderson
T
4
13%
8
Ryan McCollum
C
4
13%
4
Preston Smith
DE
2
6%
24
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