Middle of the Field

Appears to be verboten again this year....

and even when they attempt to pass there, they are not getting much out of it:

 

They've been allergic forever in the middle of the field...No excuses with 3 TEs now...

 

Apparently our defenders are allergic to that part of the field as well

 

I guess I was suckered in by all the preseason hype over how the most awesomest TEs in the NFL will take over Acrisure.

 

31%
42% of the Steelers team targets have gone to wide receivers, only Arizona is lower. 31% have gone to tight ends, only two offenses are higher. 27% have gone to running backs, only two offenses are higher.

 

You say it’s verboten then you show a graphic showing they actually are doing it

They are right near average

There are 11 teams doing less

 

See my note above

 

With the three TEs they have they should be far above average.

 

This post was about middle of the field.

 

A lot of times they are being left in to help the OL
, and PIs won't show up either like the big PI we got going to Washington last week.

 

This is the correct answer. For example, last game Muth ran routes on only about 25% of his snaps. Smith ran routes on less than half his snaps. And Washington? Fagettaboutit....

 

is that the only place the TE's can catch balls?

 

Seems like the more successful teams use middle of field. KC comes to mind.

 

Did you actually look at and understand the graph prior to commenting?

 

No. That's the only place they don't catch balls.

 

Getting nostalgic for Ben to AB on quick slants with huge YAC gains.

 

I didn't look at graph.

 

i wish they still had Derek Watt. That guy could block and catch dumpoff passes out in the flat