Pulling a Dave Bryan here with the contextualization articles. Throughout all of this past season, we harped on Ben Roethlisberger and the lack of a vertical Pittsburgh Steelers’ passing game. A total lack of that and a run game were the two driving reasons for the offenses struggles and the team’s December/January collapse.
With some new data, we can put Roethlisberger’s struggles into greater context. Kudos to Johnny Kinsley for doing the legwork and releasing numbers on QB throws of 21+ air yards last season. It should come as no surprise Ben Roethlisberger didn’t fair very well.
IT'S HERE: The 2020-21 Deep Ball Project is finally out.