The Pittsburgh Steelers have overhauled position rooms this offseason, with quarterbacks dominating most of the national headlines. One position that is more under the radar, aside from our coverage on Steelers Depot, is the slot cornerback position.
I have done several studies on defensive backs (DBs) this offseason, and I wanted to provide another angle looking at slot coverage reps last season for the current Steelers secondary. This article will focus on DBs with a minimum of 30 slot snaps and five targets, looking at several coverage stats from Sports Info Solutions (SIS).
Let’s dive in. Here’s 2023 slot coverage snaps and targets for quantity context:
Overall, we see that the majority of current Steelers were below the mean in slot opportunities compared to the 195 qualifying DBs.