Scoring and taking care of the football are obviously two critical elements of quarterback play and the outcome of games. Today, I wanted to look at and provide data on new Pittsburgh quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields as passers, looking at touchdown and interceptions, along with former Steeler Kenny Pickett in 2023 for comparison. Included are players with a minimum of 250 regular season drop backs.
Here are the 2023 regular season results:
On the top right, are the quarterbacks that provided the best balance of throwing touchdowns and limiting interceptions, including Wilson. He was one of seven QBs above the mean in each, out of 33 qualifiers.