The Pittsburgh Steelers had their first interception leader for a single season since Mel Blount in 1975 last year when S Minkah Fitzpatrick recorded a career-high six. He was tied with multiple other players at that number, which marked a particularly low total to lead for an entire season.
No better statistic illustrates that point than the fact that Baltimore Ravens S Geno Stone just intercepted his sixth pass of the season yesterday. In the ninth game of the year. He still has another eight games to play, to better the number Fitzpatrick recorded in 15 games.
And Stone, you might recall, isn’t even supposed to be a starter for the Ravens, though he has been due to injury.