If you are anything like me, you grew a little frustrated last season with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ approach when they got the ball back at the end of the first half. Oftentimes, they would kneel on the ball and kill the clock to go to halftime.
I went back through each of the Steelers’ 17 regular-season games in 2023 and counted the number of times they took a knee to kill the clock before heading into the half.
Below is a chart of each of those instances, including the time remaining on the clock, the score in the game, and their decision.