Daily News & Links: Steelers Point Differential by Quarter; Man Charged for Parking Lot Scam During Steelers Game

Chris Ward |

Updated: Dec 14, 2024

Pittsburgh Steelers QB Russell Wilson — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson during a game against the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 8, 2024. -- Ed Thompson / Steelers Now

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🏈 The Pittsburgh Steelers have a -27 point differential in the first quarter this season. The Steelers improve drastically as the game goes on, especially in the third quarter where they’re +74, which is best in the NFL. The Steelers are +23 in the second quarter and +15 in the fourth quarter.

The Steelers’ opponent on Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles, are -42 in the first quarter, +64 in the second, +26 in the third and +64 in the fourth. The Eagles have the best point differential in the league in the fourth quarter.

Every NFL team’s point differential by quarter through week 14.

(📸 Ig/pickinem) pic.twitter.com/kPF5VMBBCY
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) December 13, 2024

🏈 Police say 30-year-old Alphonso Rattliff was charged for a parking lot scam during last Sunday’s Steelers game. Investigators say he was pretending to be a parking attendant. He had on an orange vest and a $50 price sign right out front.

Steve Nowak, the manager of Certex, said the lot was secured with a lock and chain, but Ratliff found a way in without breaking them. According to the criminal complaint, 23 cars were parked in the lot, with the drivers paying $1,150.

🏈 In Arthur Smith’s first season as the Steelers offensive coordinator, Pittsburgh has gone from one of the worst screen offenses in football to one of the best. The Steelers rank third in both EPA per play and success rate when running screens after slotting 25th in EPA per play a season ago.

🏈 Steelers strong safety DeShon Elliott had eight defensive stops in Sunday’s win over the Cleveland Browns. His eight defensive stops were tied for first in Week 14.

DeShon Elliott among all defenders in Week 14:

🟡 8 defensive stops (T-1st) pic.twitter.com/v41Tay3tSx
— PFF PIT Steelers (@PFF_Steelers) December 13, 2024

🏈 Steelers left tackle Broderick Jones gave high praise to rookie left guard Mason McCormick.

“Mason’s crazy. He plays with a different style than I expected, honestly,” Jones said on Thursday. “If I’m being honest. I like the way he play, me and him. I feel like we’re a good complement for each other. So as long as we just keep continuing to play our brand of football… Mason’s crazy, man.”

🏈 Russell Wilson always keeps an even keel approach.

“It takes a lot to get me mad. I think growing up and seeing my dad fight what he fought through. Seeing some of the stuff that I had to go through, the great things, the tough things. And it takes a lot to get me upset,” Wilson said. “I think more than anything else though, I believe in great things, you know? I just believe that the best is ahead.”

🏈 Russell Wilson posted a hype up video on X for the Steelers-Eagles game. He captioned the post, “Unleash.”

Unleash. @steelers pic.twitter.com/JzYuM8drUC
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) December 13, 2024

🏈 Mike Tomlin thinks Bill Belichick is going to have a profound impact at North Carolina.

“I think it is awesome. I had a couple of sons that played college football and I would have sent them down there to play for him in a hurry,” Tomlin said on the Pat McAfee Show. “You know they’re going to be instructed. Their football intellect is going to be developed. The skills relative to the positions that they play. Man, I think he is going to be great for that place and great for college football.”