How Good Was Ben Roethlisberger in 2020?

It seems that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will seemingly return to the crew for the 2021 season, his 18th within the Nationwide Soccer League.

There stay contract particulars to be sorted out, because the crew will want Roethlisberger to assist ameliorate a few of his present over $41 million wage cap hit for the 2021 season, however Roethlisberger has said publicly that his wage for this season is not any situation, and if taken at his phrase, some deal ought to get finished when the 2 sides meet this week.

Whether or not that’s a superb factor or a nasty factor for the Steelers largely depends upon one’s perspective of how effectively Roethlisberger performed in his 2020 season.

There have been definitely positives as Roethlisberger led the Steelers to an 11-0 begin, a 12-4 total document and the crew’s first AFC North title since 2017.

There was additionally Roethlisberger’s four-interception AFC Wild Card sport towards Cleveland and a normal downturn in his statistical efficiency because the season went on.

So how good was Roethlisberger this season? Let’s check out the place he completed in among the most necessary quarterback statistics. (All amongst qualifying gamers in common season, per Professional Soccer Reference)

Passing yards: sixteenth
Makes an attempt: third
Completions: third
Touchdowns: ninth
Interceptions: 14th

Completion proportion: twentieth
Landing proportion: twelfth
Interception proportion: ninth
Sack proportion: 1st

Yards per try: twenty ninth
Web yards per try: twenty seventh
Adjusted internet yards per try: twenty second

On the season, it’s clear that Roethlisberger was capable of largely do a superb job of minimizing unfavourable performs with the league’s finest sack charge and a low interception charge.

He was additionally relied on closely to contribute a big a part of the Steelers’ offense, each all through the sphere together with his third-in-the-league makes an attempt and completions and particularly within the pink zone together with his excessive landing charge.

However regardless of all of that, the Steelers didn’t have a prolific offense. Even with Roethlisberger’s excessive makes an attempt, as a crew, Pittsburgh completed fifteenth in passing yards. That’s due to Roethlisberger’s extraordinarily low yards per try and completion percentages.

A number of metrics try to include these differing statistics right into a catch-all quantity, with various levels of reliability. None of them are significantly sort to Roethlisberger’s 2020 marketing campaign.

He completed nineteenth in passer ranking, twenty second in ESPN’s QBR. His Professional Soccer Reference Approximate Worth is a career-worst 9, which was tied for twenty first amongst 2020 quarterbacks. In accordance with Professional Soccer Focus, Roethlisberger graded because the Twenty fifth-best quarterback.

It’s clear that the Steelers might want to get extra offensive manufacturing in 2021. That would come from an improved operating sport, higher safety, fewer drops from receivers or elsewhere within the offense, however sooner or later, they’ll have to indicate these enhancements within the passing numbers to seek out constant offensive success.