Steelers snap counts show which depth players got the chance to make their mark in Week 17

With a home playoff game in the wild card round locked down and a bye week out of the picture, the Pittsburgh Steelers left a lot of their best players at home, Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey, Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt, Terrell Edmunds, Chris Boswell and Joe Haden (COVID-19) wouldn’t play the season finale in Cleveland. That gave a lot of players opportunity to get some more snaps in a real NFL game, playing a desperate opponent who was playing to make the playoffs.

The snap counts tell the tale of the opportunity they got.

Offense

Kevin Dotson made his second start in a row, played his 4th complete game of the season, and 6th game in which he played over half the snaps.