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Pittsburgh Steelers Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the Pittsburgh Steelers allowed 163.6 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #28 of 32 (1 = stingiest). This is a two-year-stable soft matchup — one of the few defense-vs-position tendencies that repeated across seasons.

Everything they allowed to wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	20.1	14.0	10.0
Receptions allowed	12.5	8.5	7.0
Rec yds allowed	163.6	143.5	150.0
Rec TD allowed	1.0	1.2	1.5
Yards per target	8.2	10.2	15.0
Explosive receptions (20+)	2.2	2.5	2.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Atlanta Falcons

Wide Receivers they'll face first: Drake London.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-10-29.

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