Daily News & Links: Eye-Opening Steelers Stat; What Makes Justin Fields Confident?

Daily News & Links: Eye-Opening Steelers Stat; What Makes Justin Fields Confident?
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🏈 The Pittsburgh Steelers allowed the most points (112) in the first quarter in 2024, according to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football. Despite struggling in the first quarter, the Steelers finished the season eighth in points allowed (20.4).

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first quarter points allowed in 2024:

112 – Pittsburgh Steelers

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99 – Dallas Cowboys
97 – Carolina Panthers
93 – Tennessee Titans
92 – Los Angeles Rams
92 – Chicago Bears
92 – New York Giants
84 – Las Vegas Raiders
82 – Seattle Seahawks
80 -…

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) June 21, 2025

🏈 The Steelers ranked 26th in avoiding third down situations in 2025, per Warren Sharp.

best teams at avoiding 3rd down in 2024:

1. Baltimore Ravens ⭐
2. Detroit Lions⭐
3. Arizona Cardinals
4. Minnesota Vikings⭐
5. Green Bay Packers⭐
6. Los Angeles Rams⭐
7. Atlanta Falcons
8. Buffalo Bills⭐
9. San Francisco 49ers
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers⭐
11. Miami Dolphins…

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) June 21, 2025

🏈 While in New York City, Jets quarterback Justin Fields spoke on what makes him so confident.

Powerful: New Jets star QB Justin Fields speaks on what makes him so confident:

"My confidence is in the Lord." 🙏

New York signed an extremely special player. pic.twitter.com/ej27yGUhcl

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) June 21, 2025

🏈 The Vintage NFL account on X posted highlights of the Steelers-Jaguars Week 4 game in 1999. Jacksonville beat Pittsburgh, 17-3, at Three Rivers Stadium.

Jaguars vs Steelers (1999)
Week 4 pic.twitter.com/obcMnAW9LE

— Vintage NFL (@NFL_vintage) June 22, 2025

🏈 Derrick Bell of Steelers Now posted a two-minute highlight reel of Aaron Rodgers throwing dots up the seam last season with the Jets.

2 minutes of Aaron Rodgers dots up the seam. pic.twitter.com/mmZu5k7vvq

— Derrick (@Steelers_DB) March 23, 2025

🏈 Pro Football Focus ranked the Steelers’ running backs as the 26th-best group in the NFL.

“Pittsburgh retained Jaylen Warren despite his career-low 64.3 PFF overall grade last season. He presents a viable option but has never taken on a starting workload in the NFL,” Dalton Wasserman of PFF wrote. “Former Eagle Kenneth Gainwell also joined the team in free agency, though he’s earned a paltry 54.3 PFF overall grade over the past two seasons.

“The brightest ray of hope may be third-round rookie Kaleb Johnson, who earned an 86.7 PFF rushing grade last season and should be a good fit in Arthur Smith’s zone run scheme.”

🏈 According to Steel City Star, Lynn Swann and John Stallworth are both still in the top 10 for most career post-season touchdown receptions. They are two of only three players in...