Varsity & JV: Winners & losers form Steelers Week 6 win vs. Raiders

Winners and losers from Week 6

The Pittsburgh Steelers are now 4-2 after scoring their second-most points in the post-Big Ben era. There were several strong performers from Week 6, so let’s get into it.

Varsity

EDGE T.J. Watt

Watt had one of his most dominant performances to date, which is pretty amazing considering he didn’t have a sack. However, the three-time sack king had two tackles for loss and forced two fumbles that were recovered by the Steelers, including one at the goal line that killed a Vegas scoring change and their realistic chances of winning. He is the best defensive player in football, and right now he is the best player in football all together.

LB Patrick Queen

Kudos to Queen. After being quite inconsistent int he first five weeks, the big free agent signing had a team-high 13 tackles, including a tackle for loss.

DT Cam Heyward

Heyward playing like this at age 35 is absurd. He had four tackles, the team’s only sack, and a tackle for loss. He still has a lot of good football in him.

LB Jeremiah Moon

Moon made the most of getting more snaps this week, blocking a punt that set up a Steelers field goal.

CB Donte Jackson

Jackson has been a takeaway machine this season. He had his third interception of the young campaign, and his pick led to a Justin Fields touchdown.

K Chris Boswell

He continues to be a marksman. Boswell went 4-of-4 on field goals, including a 52 yarder to open up the scoring. He is as reliable a kicker as there is in the league.

QB Justin Fields

Fields didn’t have a good day through the air, going just 14-of-24 for 145 yards. But what he did do was showcase the aspect that makes him different from many quarterbacks. Fields ran for 59 yards and two scores, both of which were highs as a Steeler. He finished with an EPA of 0.17, which would place eighth in the NFL should he maintain that pace for the entire season. He now has 10 total touchdowns to just one interception, and is sandwiched between C.J. Stroud and Patrick Mahomes in EPA per play for the season.

RB Najee Harris

What a game from Harris. I’d argue it was his best performance as a Steeler. He ran for 106 yards and averaged almost eight yards per carry and his 36 yard touchdown gave the Steelers a 15-point lead and all but iced the win for the Steelers.

Run blocking

Shoutout to Mason McCormick, Isaac Seumalo, Zach Frazier, and Ryan McCollum who filled in for Frazier after he left the game with injury. The Steelers accumulated 183 yards on the ground and averaged over five yards per carry – that’s the kind of game they want to play.

Junior-Varsity

OT Broderick Jones

Another penalty after a big gain for a first down, and there was one play where the snap gets to Fields and it looked like Jones’ controller disconnected because he didn’t move a muscle.

Starting fast

Once again, the Steelers failed to get off to a fast start. It looked as if they would when they had two first downs on their two first plays, but the opening drive stalled out and they had to settle for a long field goal.

That trick play

Delete that and never do it again.