Offense Could Be Heading Toward Pass-Heavy Approach Down The Stretch

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A lot of people like to look at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s passing numbers and draw correlations between high volumes and losses. Not that this isn’t a fair thing to do, or that there isn’t a correlation—when you’re losing, you’re going to throw the ball more—but it’s more true of almost all quarterbacks, not just Roethlisberger.

And there have been different seasons in which the Steelers have put greater emphasis on the passing game that have delivered success. For most of this season, it did not look as though this would be one. Is there reason to believe that they could change down the home stretch?

While the running game has had a few strong games—Sunday’s game against the Packers was a solid one for sure, with Le’Veon Bell averaging nearly five yards per carry, rushing for 95 yards on 20 carries—it has never taken off like it did at the end of last season.

Over the course of the past two games, we have seen the volume of Roethlisberger’s passes increase. The only time this season through the first two games in which he exceeded 40 or more pass attempts in one contest was in the loss to the Jaguars, which featured five interceptions and plenty of time trailing.

But he threw 45 passes in each of the past two games, and the offense has been using the passing game proactively. They have come out in the no huddle to open each of the past two games, and it has delivered opening-drive touchdowns on both occasions.



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A lot of people like to look at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s passing numbers and draw correlations between high volumes and losses. Not that this isn’t a fair thing to do, or that there isn’t a correlation—when you’re losing, you’re going to throw the ball more—but it’s more true of almost all quarterbacks, not just Roethlisberger.

And there have been different seasons in which the Steelers have put greater emphasis on the passing game that have delivered success. For most of this season, it did not look as though this would be one. Is there reason to believe that they could change down the home stretch?

While the running game has had a few strong games—Sunday’s game against the Packers was a solid one for sure, with Le’Veon Bell averaging nearly five yards per carry, rushing for 95 yards on 20 carries—it has never taken off like it did at the end of last season.

Over the course of the past two games, we have seen the volume of Roethlisberger’s passes increase. The only time this season through the first two games in which he exceeded 40 or more pass attempts in one contest was in the loss to the Jaguars, which featured five interceptions and plenty of time trailing.

But he threw 45 passes in each of the past two games, and the offense has been using the passing game proactively. They have come out in the no huddle to open each of the past two games, and it has delivered opening-drive touchdowns on both occasions.



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Pass heavy approach also has to do with playing at home compared to on the road...crowd noise has an affect on the road

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