Today, I wanted to continue examining the overhauled cornerback position for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The focus of this article will be CB Grayland Arnold, looking at various run defense stats, along with other current Steelers for comparison.
This will pair nicely with several of my other offseason studies, like this 2023 slot coverage study of current Pittsburgh DBs, which included Arnold. The article will include NFL corners with a minimum of 50 run snaps, using data from Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Sports Info Solutions (SIS).
Let’s start with run snaps and average depth of tackle for quantity of plays and yardage comparatively:
Very telling visual here, with Arnold landing below the mean in both data points, particularly the fewest run snaps (51) among the 147 qualifying cornerbacks.