Following a great conversation between Dave Bryan and Alex Kozora on The Terrible Podcast, I’m here to provide data on yards after catch (YAC) per completion for NFL teams the last five years. The main goal is to see how the well-documented struggles that Pittsburgh had in this regard in 2022 compares to the rest of the league, how the stat correlates to team success, and see if there are any trends and/or takeaways moving forward.
Let’s jump right in:
There is a lot of great information to take in here. Through Steelers’ lenses first, we can see there has been a clear down trend in yards after catch the last five years in Pittsburgh (gold line).