One of the reasons the Pittsburgh Steelers had success in the second-half of last season was reducing penalties. After averaging 6.3 penalties per game over the first eight games of the 2022 season, they reduced that number to 4.7 per game in their final nine games, of which they went 7-2 in. Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis broke down the good and bad of how penalties impacted the Steelers, and that finding was one of several “good” findings of how the Steelers managed penalties last season.
For a team that didn’t throw the ball a lot, the Steelers managed to rank in the top-five of passing play penalties.