Welcome back to Steelers snap counts following a Week 17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. It was an ugly loss, but there are still things to learn from the team’s snap counts:
Steelers Week 17 snap count takeaways
Calvin Austin III officially overtook Van Jefferson as the Steelers’ WR2 in terms of snaps, playing 75% of offensive snaps to Jefferson’s 41%. George Pickens, of course, took the top spot with 90% in his return. Mike Williams played 42%, also overtaking Jefferson, with a Steelers season-high in snaps played.
Darnell Washington played just 34% of offensive snaps on Wednesday while Pat Freiermuth played 60%. Both tight ends’ snap counts were down, but Washington’s especially. The Steelers were going with lighter personnel late to try to catch up on the scoreboard.
Max Scharping and Spencer Anderson received some snaps late in relief of Isaac Seumalo and Dan Moore Jr. Mike Tomlin chose to test some of the offensive line reserves in garbage time.
Cordarrelle Patterson saw just one offensive snap on Wednesday. Jaylen Warren (53% of offensive snaps) once again out-snapped Najee Harris (45%).
DeShon Elliott played 93% of defensive snaps in his return; Damontae Kazee sank from 68% last week to 26% against the Chiefs.
Cam Sutton played 71% of defensive snaps on Wednesday. The Steelers preferred the veteran going against Patrick Mahomes, even if the results were less than stellar.
Larry Ogunjobi played just 33% of the defensive snaps in his return. Some of it was likely circumstantial, but he might not have been completely healthy.
Cory Trice Jr. played 74% of defensive snaps to James Pierre’s 31%. The Steelers found who they prefer on the boundary.
With no Preston Smith, here’s how the Steelers divvied up the outside linebacker reps: Alex Highsmith (83% of defensive snaps) T.J. Watt (78%), Nick Herbig (38%), and Jeremiah Moon (9%). The Steelers had Moon on the active roster over Smith due to the former’s special teams ability.
Elandon Roberts (53% of defensive snaps) interestingly out-snapped Payton Wilson (47%) for another week despite playing a more pass-heavy attack.
The Steelers’ offensive-to-defensive plays ratio this week: 73:58. The Steelers had the most offensive plays, but that didn't result in more points.
Making the most of it award
There aren’t many strong candidates this week, but Mark Robinson did force a fumble despite playing just 17 total snaps. The Steelers didn’t recover the said fumble, but it’s still enough to win this week's award.
Now, here’s a full look at the Steelers snap counts from Week 17’s loss:
Steelers Week 17 snap counts
Snap counts via Next Gen Stats.
Offense Week 17
Player
Pos
OFF snaps
OFF%
Total snaps
Player
Pos
OFF snaps
OFF%
Total snaps
Broderick Jones
T
73
100%
75
Mason McCormick
G
73
100%
75
Russell Wilson
QB
73
100%
73
Zach Frazier
C
73
100%
73
George Pickens
WR
66
90%
66
Dan Moore Jr.
T
66
90%
66
Isaac Seumalo
G
61
84%
61
Calvin Austin III
WR
55
75%
60
Pat Freiermuth
TE
44
60%
46
Jaylen Warren
RB
39
53%
45
Najee Harris
RB
33
45%
33
Mike Williams
WR
31
42%
31
Van Jefferson
WR
30
41%
30
Darnell Washington
TE
25
34%
27
Connor Heyward
TE
20
27%
37
Spencer Anderson
T
13
18%
15
MyCole Pruitt
TE
10
14%
10
Scott Miller
WR
10
14%
10
Max Scharping
G
7
10%
7
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
1
1%
7
Defense Week 17
Player
Pos
DEF snaps
DEF%
Total snaps
Player
Pos
DEF snaps
DEF%
Total snaps
Minkah Fitzpatrick
FS
58
100%
63
Patrick Queen
ILB
58
100%
63
Donte Jackson
CB
54
93%
58
DeShon Elliott
FS
54
93%
58
Alex Highsmith
OLB
48
83%
52
Cameron Heyward
DT
46
79%
51
T.J. Watt
OLB
45
78%
46
Cory Trice Jr.
CB
43
74%
58
Cameron Sutton
CB
41
71%
45
Keeanu Benton
DT
35
60%
40
Elandon Roberts
ILB
31
53%
36
Payton Wilson
ILB
27
47%
44
Nick Herbig
OLB
22
38%
39
Larry Ogunjobi
DT
19
33%
23
James Pierre
CB
18
31%
34
Damontae Kazee
SS
15
26%
20
Montravius Adams
NT
13
22%
14
Isaiahh Loudermilk
DE
6
10%
10
Jeremiah Moon
OLB
5
9%
23
Special teams Week 17
Player
Pos
ST snaps
ST%
Total snaps
Player
Pos
ST snaps
ST%
Total snaps
Jeremiah Moon
OLB
18
75%
23
Payton Wilson
ILB
17
71%
44
Nick Herbig
OLB
17
71%
39
Connor Heyward
TE
17
71%
37
Mark Robinson
ILB
17
71%
17
Miles Killebrew
SS
17
71%
17
Tyler Matakevich
MLB
17
71%
17
James Pierre
CB
16
67%
34
Cory Trice Jr.
CB
15
63%
58
Beanie Bishop Jr.
CB
11
46%
11
Jaylen Warren
RB
6
25%
45
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
6
25%
7
Corliss Waitman
P
6
25%
6
Christian Kuntz
LS
6
25%
6
Minkah Fitzpatrick
FS
5
21%
63
Patrick Queen
ILB
5
21%
63
Calvin Austin III
WR
5
21%
60
Cameron Heyward
DT
5
21%
51
Keeanu Benton
DT
5
21%
40
Elandon Roberts
ILB
5
21%
36
Damontae Kazee
SS
5
21%
20
Chris Boswell
K
5
21%
5
Donte Jackson
CB
4
17%
58
DeShon Elliott
FS
4
17%
58
Alex Highsmith
OLB
4
17%
52
Cameron Sutton
CB
4
17%
45
Larry Ogunjobi
DT
4
17%
23
Isaiahh Loudermilk
DE
4
17%
10
Broderick Jones
T
2
8%
75
Mason McCormick
G
2
8%
75
Pat Freiermuth
TE
2
8%
46
Darnell Washington
TE
2
8%
27
Spencer Anderson
T
2
8%
15
Ryan McCollum
C
2
8%
2
T.J. Watt
OLB
1
4%
46
Montravius Adams
NT
1
4%
14
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