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? Pittsburgh Steelers second-year outside linebacker Nick Herbig has the highest pressure rate (21.6%) among Steelers players this season, per Next Gen Stats. Herbig also has the third-best Pro Football Focus pass-rush grade (92.0) in the NFL entering Week 13. The only two players with a higher grade? Aidan Hutchinson (95.0 before the injury) and Myles Garrett (92.6).
Pressure rates for Steelers (pass rushes), per Next Gen Stats:
Nick Herbig – 21.6% (116)
Alex Highsmith – 18.2% (154)
Cameron Heyward – 10.9% (274)
T.J. Watt – 8.9% (337)
Larry Ogunjobi – 6.1% (214)That Herbig efficiency is nuts.
— Daniel Valente (@StatsGuyDaniel) November 26, 2024
? On Tuesday, Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth held a Thanksgiving dinner for 50 youth at Carnegie Boys and Girls Club Clubhouse. He also provided gift cards for the families to support their own Thanksgiving meals.
On Tuesday, @pat_fry5 held a Thanksgiving dinner for 50 youth at Carnegie Boys and Girls Club Clubhouse. He also provided gift cards for the families to support their own Thanksgiving meals. pic.twitter.com/MlyFbO3lgs
— Steelers Community Relations (@SteelersCR) November 26, 2024
? Steelers quarterback Justin Fields held a Thanksgiving dinner for youth at 412 Youth Zone on Tuesday. The youth also received a gift card to support their holidays.
On Tuesday, @justnfields held a Thanksgiving dinner for youth at 412 Youth Zone. The youth also received a gift card to support their holidays. pic.twitter.com/A0RDz2r5H5
— Steelers Community Relations (@SteelersCR) November 27, 2024
? Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has a 17-0 touchdown-interception ratio in the red zone this season.
Joe Burrow in the red zone this season
🔸 17 TDs
🔸 0 INTs pic.twitter.com/vt4rARfgg2— PFF (@PFF) November 26, 2024
? The Steelers lead the league in special teams and turnover contributions, according to PFF.
— Matt Williamson (@WilliamsonNFL) November 26, 2024
? With Russell Wilson as his quarterback (since Week 7), George Pickens ranks first among wide receivers in total EPA on targets of 20+ air yards (via TruMedia) and second in receiving yards on targets of 20+ air yards (played one game less than the leader).
? Ben Roethlisberger said George Pickens fighting before the Hail Mary in Thursday night’s game against Cleveland drove him bonkers.
“George is fighting with a guy before the ball is even in the air. And I’m like, is he trying to draw a penalty? I’m confused by that as well,” Roethlisberger said on his Footbahlin podcast. I don’t know what he’s doing. I’m not saying that he’s giving up on the play, but if you’re not making a play on the ball, what are you doing? That kind of made me bonkers too. We didn’t have anybody down there to make a play, and that’s Pickens your guy. If you want one guy to be down there, it’s him or Mount Washington.”
? Tuesday marked the 17th-year anniversary of the “Mud Punt” game at Heinz Field.
November 26, 2007
"THE MUD PUNT"
In the lowest-scoring Monday Night Football game ever, a third-quarter punt off the foot of the #Dolphins' Brandon Fields lands — and STICKS — in the muddy Heinz Field turf.
The #Steelers prevail, 3-0. pic.twitter.com/W61ypLcd2Q
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) November 26, 2024
STEELERS NOW CONTENT FROM NOV. 26
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Steelers Tackle Denies Disruptiveness of Switching QBs Mid-Game
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