A candidate for a contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers is tight end Pat Freiermuth. My goal today is to use a statistical approach to see how Freiermuth has performed the last three seasons compared to the top-paid players at the position currently via Over The Cap.
First, I wanted to see where Freiermuth stacked up among TEs at an average yearly value of 8 million or more in grades from Pro Football Focus (PFF), viewing their average receiving and run block grades the last three years, along with total snaps over the span as their dot sizes:
Here, we see several familiar names in general among the top-paid TEs along with the top grades as well.