Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers 2023 season is in the rear view, I wanted to look at third and short deep shots across the NFL. I chose third and four or less and explosive air yards (20 or more) as the parameters. Offenses seemingly have done this more often in today’s NFL, often with the mindset that defenses would play to the chains. The goal is to see how often, and how successful teams were this season in the situation.
First, here are teams third and short deep shot attempts:
Right away we see the Pittsburgh Steelers tied for the most third and short deep shots in the 2023 regular season, with Houston and Carolina at nine attempts.