Steelers Daily News & Links: Justin Fields Shines in One Area; No Help for Netflix Games?

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🏈 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields had one of the highest deep ball grades in 2023, according to Pro Football Focus. Fields had a 96.7 grade on 20+ yard passes last season in Chicago. Only Matthew Stafford, C.J. Stroud and Brock Purdy had better deep ball grades.

The best deep ball passers last season 🚀 pic.twitter.com/0nGGf3zrfK

— PFF (@PFF) June 16, 2024

🏈 Netflix has been in talks with the league’s existing broadcast partners to find a producer for their two Christmas games, per CNBC. However, other networks may be reluctant to help Netflix, viewing its entry into the live sports business as competition.

It also remains unclear who the announcers will be for the two Netflix games.

The Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans matchups are the two games Netflix will broadcast.

🏈 Steelers wide receiver George Pickens is among Bucky Brooks’ top five candidates to break Calvin Johnson’s single-season receiving record in 2024.

🏈 Ian Whetstone painted Cam Heyward as a Marvel character.

Maybe it was X-Men ‘97 being so awesome that reminded me of a conversation on here a couple years ago about what Marvel character #97 would be, but I finally got around to painting @CamHeyward as Cable. pic.twitter.com/IGJlbW5lP6

— Ian Whetstone (@IanWhetstone) June 16, 2024

🏈 PFF tabbed Russell Wilson as a player that has the most to prove in 2024.

Which player has the most to prove in 2024? pic.twitter.com/6QUMocHUxi

— PFF (@PFF) June 16, 2024

🏈 Pro Football Talk: T.J. Watt reflected on his career: “For me, it is all about no playoff wins.”

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