Today, I wanted to look at and provide data on new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields as passers, viewing completed and intended air yards (CAY, IAY), and including former quarterback Kenny Pickett in 2023 for comparison. Plotted are players with a minimum of 225 regular season pass attempts (33 qualifiers).
Here are the results:
On the top right are quarterbacks that pushed the ball downfield more on average, including Fields. On 370 regular season attempts last season (23rd), he had a 5.8 CAY number that ranked 16th, and an 8.5 IAY that postured better at eighth with Chicago.