I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how the Pittsburgh Steelers might utilize play-action during the 2024 season. That thought led me to want to dig a bit deeper into some related advanced analytics and stats for new quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields.
Our very own Clayton Eckert somewhat addressed this subject in March in his study of the effectiveness of Wilson and Fields with and without play-action. That post, however, was mainly centered around Pro Football Focus grades for both. I, however, wanted to look at some advanced statistics and metrics for the two quarterbacks the last two seasons and here is what I found.