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Steelers 2009 Offense Compared To 2008 Offense At Half Way Point

We looked at the defense comparison yesterday, today we look at the offense comparison, or in this case non-comparison. a few things that noticeable stick out is a nearly 10% increase in 3rd down conversions, nearly 100 net yards more per game, over a half yard more per carry in the running game and the well talked about completion percentage in the passing game. The few black marks are the fumbles lost, which has increased and the sacks are a bit high still, but are down and livable with. You can clearly see a huge improvement and hopefully this carries on the remainder of the season.

Steelers Offense 2008 2009
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 135 170
Rushing 41 50
Passing 79 111
Penalty 15 9
3rd Down: Made/Att 37/104 42/93
3rd Down Pct. 35.6 45.2
4th Down: Made/Att 1/7 3/4
4th Down Pct. 14.3 75.0
POSSESSION AVG. 29:42 32:26
TOTAL NET YARDS 2266 3056
Avg. Per Game 283.3 382.0
Total Plays 472 500
Avg. Per Play 4.8 6.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 815 922
Avg. Per Game 101.9 115.3
Total Rushes 221 214
Avg. Per Attempt 3.69 4.31
NET YARDS PASSING 1451 2134
Avg. Per Game 181.4 266.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 29/174 23/167
Gross Yards 1625 2301
Att./Completions 222/128 263/186
Completion Pct. 57.7 70.7
Interceptions 8 7
FUMBLES/LOST 13/3 13/8
TOUCHDOWNS 21 24
Rushing 8 6
Passing 12 15
Returns 1 3
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