Below are the offensive personnel packages, play counts and participation chart for the Steelers third preseason game Saturday night versus the Falcons. The third game is usually used as a dress rehearsal of sorts so it is no surprise that the starting unit received 27 plays of work. The order of the substitutions used after the starters exited also included no surprises. The only thing really to note, albeit not a surprise, was the fact that rookie Marcus Gilbert received a few snaps at right tackle after his night was done on the left side.
Personnel package wise the Steelers used 5 wide receivers twice and 4 wides four times. The rest of the personnel groupings used one, two or three tight ends lined up in various spots as the participation chart shows.
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Below also is the personnel packages used on offense and the individual snaps counts for the players that played on offense.
Personnel Packages
| Personnel | RBs | TEs | WRs | Plays |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 01 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Play Counts
| PLAYER | POS | PLAYS |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | QB | 27 |
| Byron Leftwich | QB | 8 |
| Dennis Dixon | QB | 16 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | RB | 19 |
| Isaac Redman | RB | 6 |
| Mewelde Moore | RB | 4 |
| Jonathan Dwyer | RB | 13 |
| John Clay | RB | 3 |
| Mike Wallace | WR | 25 |
| Hines Ward | WR | 25 |
| Antonio Brown | WR | 20 |
| Arnaz Battle | WR | 13 |
| Tyler Grisham | WR | 16 |
| Wes Lyons | WR | 17 |
| Armand Robinson | WR | 7 |
| Kenny Moore | WR | 1 |
| Heath Miller | TE | 26 |
| John Gilmore | TE | 16 |
| David Johnson | TE | 7 |
| Wesyle Saunders | TE | 19 |
| Jamie McCoy | TE | 9 |
| Miguel Chavis | TE | 4 |
| Vaugh Charlton | TE | 3 |
| Maurkice Pouncey | C | 10 |
| Doug Legursky | C | 19 |
| John Malecki | C | 24 |
| Ramon Foster | G/T | 24 |
| Chris Scott | G/T | 21 |
| Chris Kemoeatu | G | 27 |
| Colin Miller | G | 3 |
| Tony Hills | G | 27 |
| Willie Colon | T | 27 |
| Marcus Gilbert | T | 35 |
| Kyle Jolly | T | 13 |
| Trai Essex | T | 24 |
