Today I wanted to take a look at air yards and yards after the catch (YAC) for NFL defenses in the passing game, with the goal of seeing how the Pittsburgh Steelers have stacked up. From a total passing yards perspective, Pittsburgh has allowed 3,606 yards on the season which ranks 21st on the season. Let’s get right to it, starting with completed and intended air yards allowed through week 17 to begin to gain context for how these yards have come:
Right away we can see the Steelers are at the bottom of the league in air yards allowed, with a completed air yards number of 7.