I think it’s become obvious at this point to most keen observers that the play-action pass is no longer an integral feature of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense, as it is simply not something that the team runs with great frequency, hovering somewhere around 10 to 15 percent of all dropbacks over the course of the past few years.
But the play-action passing game did seem to be a bit more active on Sunday, and perhaps it’s no coincidence that they saw their highest ratio of passes coming off of play action in the game in which they ran the ball with the most authority.