Today I wanted to continue learning about new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. An important element for offenses in today’s NFL is explosive plays (20 yards or more), along with limiting negative plays (zero yards or less). The goal is to see how they stacked up league-wide, including former Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett for comparison.
Here are explosive versus negative play rates on QB drop backs (min. of 250), which includes pass attempts, sacks, and scrambles:
The first thing that jumps out to me is Pickett being below the mean in explosive and negative play rates for Pittsburgh in 2023.