The Mid-Season Steelers Report
Steelers @ Giants: Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. 4:25 p.m. ET
The following are current significant Steeler stats:
- Steelers power ranking this week (USA TODAY): 10. Up 3 from last week.
- Total First Downs: 152 ranked 12 in the league.
- First Downs Rushing: 39 ranked 21st.
- First Downs Passing: 102 ranked 8th.
- Third Down Conversions: 54 ranked 2nd.
- Fourth Down Conversions: 4 ranked 9th.
- Average Yds Per Offensive Play: 5.57 ranked 15th.
- Total TD's: 17 ranked 13th.
- Average Yds. Per Rushing Play: 3.7 ranked 26th.
- Rushing TD's: 3 ranked 24th.
- Total Passing Yds: 1908 ranked 8th.
- Average Yds Per Passing Play: 7.09 ranked 12th
- Passing TD's: 14 ranked 7th.
- Field Goals: 16 ranked 6th.
- Interceptions: 3 ranked 30th.
- Sacks: 12 ranked 24th.
- No defensive TD's, No Punt Return TD's and No Kick Return TD's.
- Play Selection: 60% passing; 40% rushing.
- Average Time of Possession: 34:35
- Steelers currently second behind the Ravens in the AFC North.
Team Leaders:
- Touchdowns: Heath Miller with 6. Wallace has 4.
- Passing Stats: Roethlisberger 179 completions on 268 attempts. Total Yards: 1987. He stands on 14 TD's and 3 interceptions. RTG: 101.4
- Rushing: Dwyer 299 yards on 58 attempts followed by Redman with 127 yards on 50 carries.
- Receiving: Antonio Brown has 480 yards with 49 receptions followed by Wallace at 459 yards with 36 receptions. Heath Miller stands at 336 yards with 35 receptions.
- Kickoff Returns: Chris Rainey with 15 attempts has 408 yards with an average of 27.2 yards. His longest return: 49 yards.
- Punt Returns: Rainey with 2 returns for 20 yards.
- Defense: Larry Foote has 50 tackles, 34 solo and 3 sacks. Ryan Clark has 44 tackles, 34 solo and no sacks.
- Interceptions: Ryan Clark, Lawrence Timmons and Woodley have 1 each.
News:
- Steelers released Safety Damon Cromartie-Smith
- Dwyer, Gilbert, Polamalu, Sylvester and Woodley missed practice today--injuries.
- Mendenhall and Batch limited their practice today.
- Good News: Ryan Clark participated in full practice today (concussion last week).
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