Steelers Daily News & Links: Mind-Blowing Russell Wilson Stat; Mike Tomlin Backs George Pickens

Chris Ward |

Updated: Dec 30, 2024

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

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🏈 Russell Wilson ranks 32nd out of 34 quarterbacks in EPA per drop back since Week 14 (min. 50 attempts), per TruMedia. The only QBs who were worse? Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Jameis Winston.

🏈 Over the last three weeks, the Steelers are tied for 30th in EPA per drop back and 31st in EPA per play.

Over the last three weeks, the Steelers are:

• T30th in EPA per drop back
• 31st in EPA per play

Some serious regression against playoff-caliber teams 😬 pic.twitter.com/fNwyrwqQ5G
— Daniel Valente (@StatsGuyDaniel) December 30, 2024

🏈 Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Tee Higgins has been on a tear of late. In the last seven games, Higgins has recorded 44 receptions for 599 yards (13.6 average) and eight touchdowns. The Steelers will have their hands full with the Bengals’ trio of quarterback Joe Burrow and wideouts Ja’Marr Chase and Higgins on Saturday night.

🏈 Former sports agent Joel Curry thinks Russell Wilson and his camp are going to bring up the two-year, $34 million average contract that Ben Roethlisberger signed in 2019 during negotiations this offseason.

I suspect Ben Roethlisberger signing a 2-year contract extension averaging $34M per year in 2019 at 37 when the salary cap was $188.2M will be raised by Russell Wilson's camp in any negotiations with the Steelers. https://t.co/g7VmE5NbDz
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) December 30, 2024

🏈 Russell Wilson ranks 32nd out of 34 quarterbacks in EPA per drop back since Week 14 (min. 50 attempts), per TruMedia. The only QBs who were worse? Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Jameis Winston.

🏈 Over the last three weeks, the Steelers are tied for 30th in EPA per drop back and 31st in EPA per play.

🏈 Monday marked the six-year anniversary of the when the Steelers needed a Baltimore Ravens loss to get into the playoffs, but Baltimore prevailed over the Cleveland Browns. Pittsburgh players and fans stayed after their win over the Cincinnati Bengals and watched on the jumbotron.

Six years ago today, the Steelers needed a Ravens loss to get into the playoffs

Pittsburgh players and fans stayed after their win over the Bengals to hopefully see Baltimore fall

Instead, C.J. Mosley eliminated them and sent the entire stadium home sad pic.twitter.com/e0419ubE39
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) December 30, 2024

🏈 The Steelers are playing at Detroit next year. With the Steelers always drawing high ratings, it could be a possible Thanksgiving game. The Steelers haven’t played on Thanksgiving since 2016. Pittsburgh’s last meeting against Detroit on Thanksgiving was in 1998, the infamous Jerome Bettis coin toss game.