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Pittsburgh Steelers

2025 season · 17 games

Play caller

Mike McCarthyHC

HC Mike McCarthy · OC Brian Angelichio

New play caller

New play caller for 2026. Mike McCarthy did not call these plays in 2025 — read everything below as a record of what the old staff did, not a projection of what this offense will do.

Neutral pass rate

58%

NFL Rank: 11th

Pace · sec/snap

31.8s

NFL Rank: 14th

Points / game

23.4

NFL Rank: 15th

RZ trips / game

2.94

NFL Rank: 23rd

Top third of the leagueMiddleBottom third

Pass rate 59%NFL Rank: 8thPROE -0.7NFL Rank: 9thPlays / game 58.1NFL Rank: 28th

Pecking order

Weighted opportunities per game

1
Jaylen WarrenRBEarly DownsGoal Line
17.4
2
Kenny GainwellRB3rd DownTwo-Minute
14.2
3
DK MetcalfWR
10.0
4
Marquez Valdes-ScantlingWR
6.3
5
Calvin Austin IIIWR
5.9
6
Pat FreiermuthTE
5.4
7
Jonnu SmithTE
5.3
8
Adam ThielenWR
5.1
9
Darnell WashingtonTE
5.0
10
Roman WilsonWR
3.5
11
Kaleb JohnsonRB
3.1
12
Connor HeywardFB
1.9

Target distribution

Share of team targets

Target share

QB

Aaron Rodgers

WR

45%

NFL Rank: 30th

DK Metcalf19%
Calvin Austin III11%

TE

29%

NFL Rank: 5th

Pat Freiermuth10%
Jonnu Smith10%
Darnell Washington8%

RB

26%

NFL Rank: 2nd

Kenny Gainwell16%
Jaylen Warren9%

Top 3 per position · players below 5% of team targets are left off

Backfield

Lead back holds 57% of RB carries

Lead BackBackfield share
57%
31%
Jaylen WarrenEarly DownsGoal Line

57% carries · 47% snaps · 33% RB targets

Kenny Gainwell3rd DownTwo-Minute

31% carries · 50% snaps · 63% RB targets

Kaleb Johnson

8% carries · 5% snaps · 2% RB targets

Connor Heyward

4% carries · 9% snaps · 3% RB targets

Backfield roles

Who owns each job

Early Downs

321 total

Jaylen Warren194 of 321
60%

3rd Down

349 total

Kenny Gainwell180 of 349
52%

Two-Minute

81 total

Kenny Gainwell48 of 81
59%

Goal Line

29 total

Jaylen Warren14 of 29
48%

QB: Aaron Rodgers 2 (7%)

Red zone

Inside the opponent 10

PASS 47%
RUN 53%
Jaylen WarrenRB45 opps · 8 TD
Kenny GainwellRB40 opps · 8 TD
DK MetcalfWR14 opps · 7 TD
Pat FreiermuthTE9 opps · 4 TD
Jonnu SmithTE9 opps · 3 TD
Darnell WashingtonTE8 opps · 1 TD

Personnel groupings

Share of offensive snaps

11 — 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR
48%NFL Rank: 26th
12 — 1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR
33%NFL Rank: 8th
21 — 2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR
2%NFL Rank: 21st
Other groupings
16%NFL Rank: 6th

Vacated opportunity

2025 usage now off the PIT roster

48%

of targets · 250 tgt

3rd most in NFL

35%

of carries · 138 car

7th most in NFL

Kenny GainwellRB85t · 114cTB
Jonnu SmithTE54t · 9cFA
Calvin Austin IIIWR55tNYG
Marquez Valdes-ScantlingWR21tDAL
Adam ThielenWR17tMIN
Connor HeywardFB4t · 15cLV
Scott MillerWR14tCHI

Heavy turnover — 2025 usage is a weak guide here

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2025 season data · Updated Jul 27, 2026