Week 2, 2021

played in Detroit, MI

67 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	0	3	0	7	-	10
Detroit Lions	0	0	3	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
2Q: 07:02 PIT - Bob Craig 20 field goal
3Q: 05:06 DET - Ernie Fletcher 38 field goal
4Q: 08:31 DET - Ernie Fletcher 34 field goal
4Q: 04:59 PIT - Jerald Caldwell 2 run (Bob Craig extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 07:02 PIT - Bob Craig 20 field goal
3Q: 05:06 DET - Ernie Fletcher 38 field goal
4Q: 08:31 DET - Ernie Fletcher 34 field goal
4Q: 04:59 PIT - Jerald Caldwell 2 run (Bob Craig extra point)

Team Statistics PIT DET
Record 2-0 1-1
First Downs 14 17
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 256 283
- Offensive Plays 58 70
- Yards per Play 4.41 4.04
Net Rushing Yards 112 108
- Rushing Attempts 25 28
- Yards per Rush 4.48 3.86
Net Passing Yards 144 175
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 17 - 0 38 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 171 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/27 4/28
- Yards per Pass Play 4.36 4.17
Fumbles/Lost 5/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 9.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 5/31 5/48
Punt Returns/Yards 3/25 2/36
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/18
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 27
Time of Possession 28:48 31:12

Team Statistics	PIT	DET
Record	2-0	1-1
First Downs	14	17
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	256	283
- Offensive Plays	58	70
- Yards per Play	4.41	4.04
Net Rushing Yards	112	108
- Rushing Attempts	25	28
- Yards per Rush	4.48	3.86
Net Passing Yards	144	175
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 17 - 0	38 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	171	203
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/27	4/28
- Yards per Pass Play	4.36	4.17
Fumbles/Lost	5/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	9.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	5/31	5/48
Punt Returns/Yards	3/25	2/36
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/18
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 27
Time of Possession	28:48	31:12

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:46	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
1	11:54	2:27	OWN 30	4	13	Punt
1	4:52	3:22	OWN 16	7	20	Punt
2	14:11	1:02	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
2	11:22	4:26	OWN 3	10	94	Field Goal
2	4:47	2:10	OWN 33	5	6	Punt
3	10:49	1:42	OWN 6	3	-5	Punt
3	4:59	5:04	OWN 25	9	22	Punt
4	13:27	1:13	OPP 42	3	4	Punt
4	10:08	0:43	OWN 32	2	-6	Fumble
4	8:24	3:37	OWN 25	6	75	Touchdown
4	2:23	0:33	OPP 41	3	4	Punt

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:14	1:20	OWN 20	3	-6	Punt
1	9:27	4:35	OWN 18	11	53	Interception
1	1:30	2:19	OWN 8	5	28	Punt
2	13:09	1:47	OWN 37	6	12	Punt
2	6:56	2:09	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
2	2:37	2:37	OWN 6	8	75	Half
3	15:00	4:11	OWN 14	6	44	Punt
3	9:07	4:08	OPP 37	7	16	Field Goal
4	14:55	1:28	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
4	12:14	2:06	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	9:25	1:01	OPP 17	4	0	Field Goal
4	4:47	2:24	OWN 25	6	16	Downs
4	1:50	1:50	OWN 20	7	21	Game

Game MVP: Christopher Humphries, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Joel McBeal	14	44	3.14	11	2	0
Lester Venable	6	39	6.50	33	1	0
Jerald Caldwell	3	15	5.00	8	0	1
Jimmy Kressbach	2	14	7.00	11	1	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Derrick Duff	10	13	1.30	5	0
Hector Wonders	9	48	5.33	24	2
Micah McConnell	7	44	6.29	13	1
Calvin Smithson	2	3	1.50	3	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jerald Caldwell	28	17	171	5/27	0	38	0	78.1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Micah McConnell	38	24	203	4/28	0	25	1	66.0

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Michael Konruff	4	4	46	11.50	15	21
TE Eduardo Hines	2	6	24	12.00	5	14
TE Deon Spain	2	4	37	18.50	20	27
WR Jimmy Kressbach	2	3	5	2.50	2	4
RB Joel McBeal	2	2	8	4.00	4	5
WR C.J. Scherer	2	2	12	6.00	8	8
RB Lester Venable	2	3	1	0.50	0	1
WR Ray McKnight	1	1	38	38.00	28	38
WR Bobby Parten	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Vincent Sanderson	7	12	59	8.43	16	23
WR Calvin Smithson	6	11	70	11.67	31	25
TE Ted Crotti	5	6	27	5.40	6	9
RB Derrick Duff	3	4	19	6.33	10	11
TE Buddy Sanderson	1	1	10	10.00	10	10
RB Hector Wonders	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Tim Pashos	1	1	19	19.00	14	19
FB Jameson Castillo	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Erik Parker	1	0	0.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jerald Caldwell	4	0	0
Michael Konruff	1	0	0
Bobby Parten	0	2	0
Alfredo Rhodes	0	1	0
Arnie Hastings	0	1	0
K.C. Haywood	0	0	1

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Micah McConnell	1	0	0
Ted Crotti	0	1	0
Maxwell Grolsko	0	1	0
Christopher Humphries	0	0	2
Les Borick	0	0	1
Ronnie Smith	0	0	1
Brayden Luce	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat Cote	9	436	48.4	35.6	66	4

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nickolas McGee	7	304	43.4	39.9	56	3

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bob Craig	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	1/1

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ernie Fletcher	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Michael Konruff	3	25	8.3	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Calvin Smithson	2	36	18.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Clay Stanislaw	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB K.C. Haywood	10	1	1.0	27	34
ILB Derrick Fletcher	9	4	0.0	28	37
S Erik Parker	7	3	0.0	28	42
OLB Gus Ardrey	6	1	0.0	28	37
S Dustin Halcomb	5	1	0.0	28	42
OLB Brody Floyd	4	2	0.5	28	42
ILB Frankie Shimizu	3	0	0.0	12	12
DT Deron Strickland	2	0	1.0	12	13
CB Jason Ball	2	0	0.0	15	25
CB Diego Olivea	2	0	0.0	4	18
CB Derek Hancock	2	0	0.0	1	13
DT Ken Raymond	1	2	0.5	10	22
DE Rich Nixon	1	2	0.5	26	41
DT Bo Sanford	1	0	0.5	15	29
TE Eduardo Hines	1	0	---	---	---
DE Brent Dunn	1	0	0.0	21	21
CB Donte Duwe	1	0	0.0	25	31

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Dalton Murphy	6	0	0.0	23	33
OLB Ian Bradley	6	0	0.0	18	17
DT Les Borick	5	2	0.5	25	29
ILB Maurice Kariger	5	2	0.0	23	26
OLB Al Foltz	5	1	0.0	25	32
S Maxwell Grolsko	4	1	1.0	24	29
DT Christopher Humphries	3	2	2.0	19	19
DE Ronnie Smith	3	0	0.5	22	29
DT Alec Peters	2	1	0.5	6	18
CB Clay Stanislaw	2	0	0.0	8	15
CB Sebastian Everett	2	0	0.0	17	19
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	2	0	0.0	21	26
ILB Rusty Russo	1	0	0.0	1	4
WR Calvin Smithson	1	0	---	---	---
DE Damon Hanson	0	1	0.5	5	8
S Kurt Kincaid	0	2	0.0	24	33

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Deron Strickland	1.0	0	0	0	13
CB K.C. Haywood	1.0	0	0	0	34
DT Bo Sanford	0.5	1	0	0	29
DE Rich Nixon	0.5	0	2	1	41
DT Ken Raymond	0.5	0	1	1	22
OLB Brody Floyd	0.5	0	1	0	42
ILB Derrick Fletcher	0.0	1	0	0	37
OLB Gus Ardrey	0.0	1	0	0	37

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Christopher Humphries	2.0	0	0	1	19
S Maxwell Grolsko	1.0	0	0	0	29
DE Ronnie Smith	0.5	1	1	2	29
DT Les Borick	0.5	0	2	0	29
DT Alec Peters	0.5	0	0	0	18
DE Damon Hanson	0.5	0	0	0	8
OLB Al Foltz	0.0	0	0	1	32
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	0.0	0	0	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB K.C. Haywood	5	0	0	34
S Dustin Halcomb	4	0	0	42
OLB Gus Ardrey	4	0	0	37
S Erik Parker	2	0	1	42
CB Jason Ball	2	0	0	25
ILB Frankie Shimizu	2	0	0	12
CB Derek Hancock	2	0	0	13
ILB Derrick Fletcher	1	1	0	37
CB Diego Olivea	1	1	0	18
OLB Brody Floyd	1	1	0	42

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dalton Murphy	3	1	33
ILB Maurice Kariger	3	1	26
OLB Ian Bradley	3	0	17
OLB Al Foltz	2	1	32
CB Clay Stanislaw	1	0	15
DT Alec Peters	1	0	18
CB Sebastian Everett	1	0	19
ILB Rusty Russo	1	0	4
DE Ronnie Smith	1	0	29
S Maxwell Grolsko	1	0	29
S Luke Wand	0	1	4

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Roderick Dillon	2	8	25	2	33
Alfredo Rhodes	2	7	25	1	33
Arnie Hastings	1	3	25	1	33
Carlton Ybarra	1	3	25	1	33
Ricardo Mullens	0	1	25	0	33

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jack Sallee	3	5	28	1	42
Louie Tripplehorn	1	4	28	2	42
Walt Dukes	1	4	28	0	42
K.C. Palmer	1	4	28	0	42
Brayden Luce	0	4	28	1	42

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Eduardo Hines	1	23
Rich Nixon	1	21
Ken Raymond	1	20

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Christopher Humphries	1	20
Hector Wonders	1	15
Brayden Luce	1	9

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brody Floyd	---	---	28	42	24	94
Rich Nixon	---	---	26	41	21	88
Eduardo Hines	24	32	---	---	23	79
Derrick Fletcher	---	---	28	37	12	77
Dustin Halcomb	---	---	28	42	2	72
Erik Parker	---	---	28	42	2	72
Alfredo Rhodes	25	33	---	---	10	68
Arnie Hastings	25	33	---	---	10	68
Carlton Ybarra	25	33	---	---	10	68
Roderick Dillon	25	33	---	---	10	68
Gus Ardrey	---	---	28	37	2	67
K.C. Haywood	---	---	27	34	2	63
Jerald Caldwell	25	33	---	---	1	59
Bobby Parten	19	26	---	---	14	59
Ricardo Mullens	25	33	---	---	---	58
Donte Duwe	---	---	25	31	1	57
Michael Konruff	9	21	---	---	23	53
Ken Raymond	---	---	10	22	20	52
Brent Dunn	---	---	21	21	8	50
Jimmy Kressbach	24	25	---	---	---	49
Bo Sanford	---	---	15	29	1	45
Jason Ball	---	---	15	25	---	40
Joel McBeal	16	15	---	---	6	37
Deon Spain	12	14	---	---	10	36
Diego Olivea	---	---	4	18	14	36
Deron Strickland	---	---	12	13	1	26
Lester Venable	9	14	---	---	3	26
Frankie Shimizu	---	---	12	12	1	25
Korey Cunningham	9	4	---	---	4	17
Derek Hancock	---	---	1	13	1	15
T.J. Corlett	---	---	0	0	13	13
C.J. Scherer	3	8	---	---	---	11
Casey Cash	0	0	---	---	10	10
Pat Cote	0	0	---	---	9	9
Alejandro Goodwin	0	5	---	---	---	5
Bob Craig	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jordan Blackmon	---	---	0	3	---	3
Major Avdic	---	---	0	0	3	3
Ray McKnight	0	1	---	---	---	1
Jared Muirbrook	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dominique Emerson	---	---	0	0	---	0
Douglas Barton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shawn Sutter	0	0	---	---	---	0
Norbert Carpenter	---	---	0	0	---	0
Josue Clinton	---	---	0	0	---	0
Burt Devine	---	---	0	0	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Calvin Smithson	28	42	---	---	13	83
K.C. Palmer	28	42	---	---	9	79
Louie Tripplehorn	28	42	---	---	9	79
Jack Sallee	28	42	---	---	9	79
Brayden Luce	28	42	---	---	9	79
Walt Dukes	28	42	---	---	---	70
Micah McConnell	28	42	---	---	---	70
Ted Crotti	26	35	---	---	---	61
Kurt Kincaid	---	---	24	33	1	58
Christopher Humphries	---	---	19	19	20	58
Ian Bradley	---	---	18	17	23	58
Al Foltz	---	---	25	32	1	58
Dalton Murphy	---	---	23	33	1	57
Les Borick	---	---	25	29	1	55
Maxwell Grolsko	---	---	24	29	2	55
Ronnie Smith	---	---	22	29	1	52
Sebastian Everett	---	---	17	19	15	51
Maurice Kariger	---	---	23	26	1	50
Vincent Sanderson	17	32	---	---	---	49
Kent Arora	20	27	---	---	---	47
Aidan Fitzgerald	---	---	21	26	---	47
Buddy Sanderson	8	14	---	---	24	46
Derrick Duff	18	25	---	---	---	43
Hector Wonders	10	17	---	---	15	42
Jameson Castillo	9	10	---	---	17	36
Clay Stanislaw	---	---	8	15	4	27
Amari Wolters	4	6	---	---	17	27
Alec Peters	---	---	6	18	---	24
Roberto Gilman	---	---	8	16	---	24
Luke Wand	---	---	1	4	14	19
Rusty Russo	---	---	1	4	12	17
Shane Radke	---	---	4	2	9	15
Damon Hanson	---	---	5	8	1	14
Diego Collier	---	---	0	0	10	10
Myron Richard	---	---	0	1	9	10
Xavier Arntson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Nickolas McGee	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ernie Fletcher	0	0	---	---	5	5
Benjamin Franz	0	0	---	---	5	5
Earnest Sweeney	---	---	1	3	---	4
Scottie Neff	0	0	---	---	2	2
Tim Pashos	0	2	---	---	---	2
Patrick Carr	0	0	---	---	---	0
Stanley Sumter	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tito Kittner	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chris Loomis	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	34	4.9
Middle	15	66	4.4
Right	3	12	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	37	7.4
Middle	19	75	3.9
Right	4	-4	-1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jerald Caldwell	28	17	3	1	2	4	3	5	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Micah McConnell	38	24	2	1	1	3	4	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	14	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	60	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	97	10.8
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	9	1.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	16	127	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	50	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	17	5.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Eduardo Hines	6	2	2	24	0	32
WR Michael Konruff	4	4	0	46	1	21
TE Deon Spain	4	2	0	37	1	14
WR Jimmy Kressbach	3	2	0	5	0	25
WR Bobby Parten	3	0	0	0	0	26
RB Lester Venable	3	2	0	1	0	14
RB Joel McBeal	2	2	0	8	0	15
WR C.J. Scherer	2	2	0	12	0	8
WR Ray McKnight	1	1	0	38	1	1

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vincent Sanderson	12	7	1	59	1	32
WR Calvin Smithson	11	6	0	70	1	42
TE Ted Crotti	6	5	0	27	0	35
RB Derrick Duff	4	3	0	19	0	25
FB Jameson Castillo	1	0	0	0	0	10
TE Buddy Sanderson	1	1	0	10	0	14
RB Hector Wonders	1	1	0	-1	0	17
TE Tim Pashos	1	1	0	19	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jerald Caldwell	1	2	2.00	5.00
Joel McBeal	1	11	11.00	3.14

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Derrick Duff	1	-4	-4.00	1.30
Hector Wonders	1	5	5.00	5.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jerald Caldwell	4	1	3	0.75	6.11

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Micah McConnell	2	1	2	1.00	5.34

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Eduardo Hines	2	0	0	0.00	4.00
RB Joel McBeal	1	1	3	3.00	4.00
WR Bobby Parten	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ted Crotti	1	0	0	0.00	4.50
WR Calvin Smithson	1	1	2	2.00	6.36

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Joel McBeal	3	1
Jimmy Kressbach	1	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Micah McConnell	3	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jerald Caldwell	7	4	1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Micah McConnell	11	7	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Eduardo Hines	3	1	1
TE Deon Spain	1	0	0
WR Jimmy Kressbach	1	1	0
RB Joel McBeal	1	1	0
RB Lester Venable	1	1	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Vincent Sanderson	5	2	0
TE Ted Crotti	2	2	2
WR Calvin Smithson	2	1	1
RB Derrick Duff	1	1	0
TE Tim Pashos	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (21,400)
End Zone 15,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (21,400)
End Zone	15,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)