The Pittsburgh Steelers traveled to Los Angeles in Week 7 and left with a big 24-17 road win against the Rams to move to 4-2 on the season and keep them in the thick of the AFC North divisional race.
Offensive spotlight: Diontae Johnson returned to the Steelers’ lineup after a four-week stint on injured reserve, finishing second on the team in receiving yards (79), behind only George Pickens, who went over 100 yards receiving (107) for the third time this season and the fourth time in his career. It was Kenny Pickett, Jaylen Warren and Najee Harris providing the scores on the ground for the Steelers, though, helping to finish off drives.
The Rams’ running back committee was a tandem of two, with Royce Freeman and Darrell Henderson combining for 30 carries, 127 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Matthew Stafford threw for 231 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown to Tutu Atwell, but also had an interception and completed just 48% of his pass attempts.
Defensive spotlight: For the Steelers, T.J. Watt (who else?) made one of the plays of the game — an interception while the Steelers were down six to open the second half. Watt’s pick led to the Steelers’ first touchdown of the game and put them on the path to victory.
WHAT CAN’T TJ WATT DO?! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/UozMkG22pq
— PFF (@PFF) October 22, 2023
Rookie spotlight: Puka Nacua continued his remarkable rookie season with another big game, seeing 12 targets and finishing with eight receptions for 154 yards. Nacua was far and away the team leader in all three receiving categories as the rest of the team struggled to produce.
Puka Nacua – absolute BALLER pic.twitter.com/983c0SQLYm
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) October 22, 2023
Box Score
Passing
Pittsburgh Steelers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
| Kenny Pickett | 15.2 | 17 / 25 | 230 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 97.1 |
Los Angeles Rams |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
| Matthew Stafford | 15.04 | 14 / 29 | 231 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 72.6 |
Rushing
Pittsburgh Steelers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Najee Harris | 15.8 | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Kenny Pickett | 15.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jaylen Warren | 10.1 | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Calvin Austin III | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Los Angeles Rams |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Matthew Stafford | 15.04 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Darrell Henderson Jr. | 13.6 | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Royce Freeman | 6.6 | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Receiving
Pittsburgh Steelers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
| George Pickens | 18.7 | 8 | 5 | 107 | 13.4 | 21.4 | 0 | 31 |
| Najee Harris | 15.8 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Diontae Johnson | 12.9 | 6 | 5 | 79 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 0 | 39 |
| Jaylen Warren | 10.1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Connor Heyward | 4.3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Allen Robinson II | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Los Angeles Rams |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
| Puka Nacua | 26.4 | 12 | 8 | 154 | 12.8 | 19.2 | 0 | 36 |
| Darrell Henderson Jr. | 13.6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Tutu Atwell | 10.1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 1 | 31 |
| Cooper Kupp | 6.9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 0 | 24 |
| Tyler Higbee | 1.7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Brycen Hopkins | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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