
Only the Saints, Giants, Panthers, and Texans were worse. Last year, the Steelers offense produced 28.74 yards per drive.Hendrickson's 14 sacks were fifth most in the league. Trey Hendrickson led the way with 14 sacks with Sam Hubbard and Larry Ogunjobi also chipping in with seven or more sacks as well. Only six defenses blitzed at a lower rate than the Bengals last year, but Cincinnati still racked up 42 sacks, which was tied for 11th most in the league.Johnson was targeted 8.8 yards downfield on average. Chase Claypool was at 1.71 and his average depth of target was 11.9 yards downfield.

From a yards per route run standpoints, Diontae Johnson produced 1.89 yards every time he ran a route last year.Only seven tight ends got more end zone targets than Pat Freiermuth in 2021.Last year the Steelers had the fastest time to throw (2.4 seconds) and second shortest average depth of target (6.6 yards downfield).Harris also led the entire NFL in receptions caught behind the line of scrimmage. Harris' 94 catches led all running backs and only 28 players in the league caught more balls last year.Only the Falcons, Dolphins and Texans averaged fewer rushing yards per carry last year then the Steelers offense.Harris finished the season with 1,200 rushing yards, the fourth most in the NFL. Harris also led the league by handling 84% of his team's carries. That was the highest percentage of any running back in the league. Najee Harris played 84% of the Steelers offensive snaps during his rookie season.The Steelers averaged just 6.7 points scored in the first half of games last year.But in the second halves of games, Pittsburgh ran a play every 24.6 seconds, which was the fastest second half pace in the league. In the first half of games last year, the Steelers ran a play every 29.2 seconds.In 2021, the Steelers ranked 29th in the league with their usage of play action and 28th in the NFL with their usage of pre-snap motion.The Steelers generated 5.3 yards per play out of 11 Personnel, a half of a yard better than their overall season average. The two Super Bowl teams, the Rams and Bengals, were the only offenses to employ 11 Personnel (1 RB/1 TE) a higher percentage of the time than Pittsburgh.


Cincinnati produced 21 takeaways compared to 22 by Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh gave the ball away 20 times compared to 21 by the Bengals. The Steelers and Bengals turnover differential was nearly identical last year.Cincinnati scored 84 more points than they allowed last year while the Steelers were outscored by 55 points over the course of the regular season.In their final eight games, four in the regular season and four in the post season, the Bengals lost just two games: the Super Bowl and a meaningless Week 18 game in Cleveland in which the Bengals rested many of their best players.The Steelers also played to a tie twice during that timeframe. During that same six-year window, Pittsburgh has won 62 of a possible 97 regular season games. But in the previous five seasons, Cincinnati won a combined 25 games out of a possible 80. Last year, the Bengals won 10 games in the regular season and advanced to the Super Bowl.
