WEEK 2 · SUN SEP 20FINAL

Shaded = the better side of each row. Rows with no clear “better” (plays, drives, attempts, penalties, possession) aren’t shaded. Efficiency, What it cost them and Early vs late downs use the nflfastR/rbsdm play filter, so a team’s EPA/play here can differ from its season figure on the team pages; Team stats follows the official box-score conventions instead.

PITEfficiencyNE

−0.32(70)EPA / play(plays)−0.04(53)
−0.42(49)Passing−0.06(29)
−0.07(21)Rushing0.00(24)
39%Success rate43%
43%Passing48%
29%Rushing38%
23%1st down rate28%
24%Passing28%
19%Rushing29%
3(4%)Explosive plays(rate)8(15%)
1(2%)Passing(20+ yd completion)4(14%)
2(10%)Rushing(10+ yd run)4(17%)
−5(TO 0, expl −5)Toxic differential(turnovers + explosives)+5(TO 0, expl +5)

PITTeam statsNE

161st downs15
10Passing 1st downs6
4Rushing 1st downs7
21st downs from penalties2
2-123rd down efficiency5-12
1-14th down efficiency0-0
67Total plays53
235Total yards327
12Total drives11
3.5Yards per play6.2
144Passing191
23/40Comp/Att14/22
3.3Yards per pass7.6
1Interceptions thrown1
4-43Sacks-yards lost3-17
91Rushing136
23Rushing attempts28
4.0Yards per rush4.9
0-1Red zone(made-att)0-1
5-59Penalties6-31
2Turnovers2
1Fumbles lost1
1Interceptions thrown1
0Defensive / special teams TDs1
32:47Possession27:13

Why the play counts differ. Efficiency counts every run and dropback the way nflfastR and rbsdm.com do, including sacks, scrambles, plays wiped out by penalties and 2-point tries, so PIT has 70 plays there and 67 in the official total above. Rushing attempts count kneel-downs and QB scrambles, while rush plays are the designed runs in that efficiency set, which is why PIT shows 23 attempts and 21 rush plays.

PITWhat it cost themNE

−12.1EPA lost to turnovers−8.3
−15.0EPA lost to sacks−2.7
1.9EPA lost to penalties−3.7

A strip-sack counts in both the sack row and the turnover row.

PITEarly vs late downsNE

−0.24(55)Early downs(1st–2nd) EPA / play−0.01(40)
40%Success rate43%
−0.59(15)Late downs(3rd–4th) EPA / play−0.12(13)
33%Success rate46%

Passing

PlayerC/ATTYDSTDINTSCKRTGEPA/DBCPOESUCC%aDOT
PIT
Aaron Rodgers23/3918701460.5−0.48−6.443%5.4
Mason Rudolph0/1000039.6−0.56−76.30%6.0
NE
Drake Maye14/2220801375.6−0.13+0.944%8.9

Rushing

PlayerCARYDSTDYPCEPA/CARSUCC%
PIT
Jaylen WarrenRB114303.9−0.2027%
Rico DowdleRB72203.1−0.3414%
Travis HomerRB21608.0+0.4650%
Aaron RodgersQB1505.0+0.23100%
Mason RudolphQB1303.0−0.700%
NE
TreVeyon HendersonRB167614.8−0.1038%
Rhamondre StevensonRB64307.2+0.3050%
Drake MayeQB220010.0+0.89100%
Corey KinerRB2000.0−0.140%

Receiving

PlayerTGTRECYDSTDTGT%YACEPA/TGTCATCH%aDOTY/TGT
PIT · 37 team targets
Germie BernardWR8435021.6%12−0.4650%8.84.4
Jaylen WarrenRB4234010.8%39−0.0150%−2.88.5
Pat FreiermuthTE5432013.5%14−0.0780%9.46.4
Roman WilsonWR6528016.2%22+0.0683%3.54.7
DK MetcalfWR9427024.3%15−0.3544%6.93.0
Rico DowdleRB222205.4%20+0.68100%1.011.0
Darnell WashingtonTE21705.4%7−0.0350%2.03.5
Ben SkowronekWR11202.7%1−0.47100%1.02.0
NE · 21 team targets
Romeo DoubsWR4396019.0%26+1.3975%19.024.0
Hunter HenryTE5340023.8%18−0.5760%11.48.0
Eli RaridonTE113004.8%5+2.17100%25.030.0
Mack HollinsWR221809.5%6+0.53100%6.09.0
Kyle WilliamsWR211009.5%1+0.4850%11.55.0
DeMario DouglasWR21909.5%4−0.0950%0.04.5
Reggie GilliamRB21409.5%4−0.3150%−0.52.0
Rhamondre StevensonRB21309.5%5−2.4750%1.51.5
Efton Chism IIIWR11−204.8%0−2.38100%−2.0−2.0

Player lines won’t always add up to team totals. TGT% is a share of the team targets above — the throws charged to a receiver — not of the pass attempts in Team stats, so the two counts can differ. Yards gained after a lateral belong to no receiver, and runs by receivers and kneel-downs don’t appear in the rushing table.