NFL team

Pittsburgh Steelers

Data: ESPN · observed Oct 31, 12:02 AM ET

Coach and tendencies

Head coach: Mike McCarthy · 18 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 6 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	0.7	rank 29 of 32	6
Fourth-down conversion rate	75 %	rank 4 of 32	6
Red-zone trips per game	2.8	rank 23 of 32	6
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	61.7 %	rank 4 of 32	6
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	38.3 %	rank 28 of 32	6
Time of possession per game	32.1 min	rank 9 of 32	6
Turnovers per game	1	rank 19 of 32	6

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Model rating

1.4 · 7 games observed. Season scoring-margin rating, pulled toward the league average; no injury adjustment.

Schedule and results

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Sep 13 · vs Atlanta Falcons · W 20–13
Sep 20 · at New England Patriots · L 3–20
Sep 27 · vs Cincinnati Bengals · W 30–27
Oct 1 · at Cleveland Browns · L 24–27
Oct 11 · vs Indianapolis Colts · W 34–22
Oct 18 · at Tampa Bay Buccaneers · W 26–19
Oct 25 · at New Orleans Saints · W 16–10
Nov 1 · vs Cleveland Browns · 11/1 - 1:00 PM EST

Fantasy outlook · Week 8

PPR projections · observed Oct 31, 1:54 AM ET. Rankings and other scoring formats.

Aaron Rodgers

PIT · QB · Rank 21 · Tier 4

14.3 PPR points · floor 8.1 · ceiling 20.5

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 14.7 QB fantasy points a game (4.6% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	19	30	212	1	0	3	6	2
6	33	49	253	2	1	1	-1	0
5	22	31	235	3	0	1	6	0
4	22	40	299	3	2	0	0	0

Mason Rudolph

PIT · QB · Rank 45 · Tier 8

5.2 PPR points · floor 4.9 · ceiling 5.5

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 14.7 QB fantasy points a game (4.6% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0

Jaylen Warren

PIT · RB · Rank 15 · Tier 2

12.6 PPR points · floor 3.9 · ceiling 21.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 19.4 RB fantasy points a game (5.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	18	101	0	4	3	36	3
6	14	50	0	4	2	28	1
5	15	101	1	6	6	87	0
4	17	93	0	6	3	33	1

Rico Dowdle

PIT · RB · Rank 38 · Tier 4

8.1 PPR points · floor 4 · ceiling 12.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	9	41	6	6	45	3
6	7	40	4	3	9	2
2	7	22	2	2	22	0
1	8	15	5	2	6	1

Eli Heidenreich

PIT · RB · Rank 71 · Tier 6

4.2 PPR points · floor 4.2 · ceiling 4.2

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 19.4 RB fantasy points a game (5.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Lew Nichols III

PIT · RB · Rank 89 · Tier 7

3 PPR points · floor 2.8 · ceiling 3.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds
7	0	0
6	0	0
5	1	6
4	0	0

Travis Homer

PIT · RB · Rank 93 · Tier 7

1.9 PPR points · floor 1.2 · ceiling 2.6

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0
6	0	0	0
4	2	-1	2
3	1	0	1

Germie Bernard

PIT · WR · Rank 23 · Tier 4

10.3 PPR points · floor 1.7 · ceiling 18.9

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 31.8 WR fantasy points a game (0.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	5	3	27	0	42	17.9%	0
6	12	11	87	1	21	27.3%	2
5	9	6	80	0	54	30%	0
4	2	2	11	0	9	5.1%	1

DK Metcalf

PIT · WR · Rank 26 · Tier 4

10.2 PPR points · floor 4.8 · ceiling 15.6

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	6	2	56	110	21.4%	0
6	15	11	93	118	34.1%	1
5	4	3	12	15	13.3%	0
4	9	5	115	155	23.1%	0

Ben Skowronek

PIT · WR · Rank 64 · Tier 6

6.2 PPR points · floor 1.8 · ceiling 10.6

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 31.8 WR fantasy points a game (0.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share
4	2	1	7	0	5	5.1%
3	1	1	23	1	23	3.2%
2	1	1	2	0	1	2.7%

Kaden Wetjen

PIT · WR · Rank 133 · Tier 7

2.8 PPR points · floor 2.8 · ceiling 2.8

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Brandon Smith

PIT · WR · Rank 156 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 31.8 WR fantasy points a game (0.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	2	24	0	18	7.1%	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Marquez Valdes-Scantling

PIT · WR · Rank 193 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 31.8 WR fantasy points a game (0.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
5	3	2	22	31	14.3%
4	1	0	0	9	3.2%
3	1	0	0	22	3%

Michael Pittman

PIT · WR · Rank 195 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 31.8 WR fantasy points a game (0.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
4	4	2	15	40	10.3%
3	5	2	16	40	16.1%
1	3	3	58	33	8.1%

Roman Wilson

PIT · WR · Rank 202 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 31.8 WR fantasy points a game (0.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	1	0	0	0	13	3.3%	0
4	6	3	74	1	121	15.4%	1
3	6	3	60	1	100	19.4%	0
2	6	5	28	0	21	16.2%	0

Darnell Washington

PIT · TE · Rank 23 · Tier 4

7.1 PPR points · floor 2.8 · ceiling 11.4

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 13.6 TE fantasy points a game (4.5% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	1	1	4	1	4	3.6%	1
6	6	4	25	1	25	13.6%	1
5	3	2	12	0	17	10%	1
4	5	3	27	1	40	12.8%	0

Pat Freiermuth

PIT · TE · Rank 25 · Tier 4

6.6 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 13.4

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	4	2	20	0	33	14.3%	0
6	3	2	11	0	15	6.8%	0
5	7	5	44	2	73	23.3%	2
4	5	3	17	1	37	12.8%	1

Robert Tonyan

PIT · TE · Rank 52 · Tier 5

4.2 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 13.6 TE fantasy points a game (4.5% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	1	1	2	0	0	3.2%	1

Chris Boswell

PIT · K · Rank 5 · Tier 2

10.3 PPR points · floor 5.3 · ceiling 15.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Pittsburgh Steelers expected to score 21.5 (ESPN line) · Cleveland Browns allow 8.9 K fantasy points a game (1.6% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	3	3	1
6	4	5	2
5	2	2	4
4	1	2	1

PIT defense / special teams

PIT · DST · Rank 3 · Tier 2

10.1 PPR points · floor 2.5 · ceiling 17.7

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Cleveland Browns allow 7.9 DST fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced) · Cleveland Browns expected to score 18 (ESPN line)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	10	2	1
6	19	5	2
5	22	1	0
4	27	2	2

Weekly data: nflverse contributors · CC BY 4.0. Weekly statistics normalized and transformed into projections.

Current injuries

Doneiko Slaughter (CB) · Out · Hamstring · Oct 30
Brandin Echols (CB) · Out · Hamstring · Oct 30
Ben Skowronek (WR) · Questionable · Calf · Oct 30
Sebastian Joseph-Day (DT) · Injured Reserve · Triceps · Oct 22

Injury report observed Oct 31, 3:30 AM ET.

Players to watch

Aaron Rodgers · PIT: Passing Yards: 162/263, 1,699 YDS, 13 TD, 5 INT · season
Jaylen Warren · PIT: Rushing Yards: 102 CAR, 561 YDS, 1 TD · season
DK Metcalf · PIT: Receiving Yards: 32 REC, 374 YDS, 1 TD · season
T.J. Watt · PIT: Sacks: 5.5 · season
Payton Wilson · PIT: Tackles: 61 · season

Source

Method

Only observed fields are shown. Team box scores do not isolate red-zone touchdowns or offense-only points per drive; current injury reports and outdoor forecasts cover only supported leagues and venues.

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