Below is the defensive participation chart for the Pittsburgh Steelers week 14 Thursday night game versus the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field.
Rookie Cameron Heyward saw a season high 33 non-penalty snaps in this game and that was likely because Ziggy Hood suffered a groin injury early. Heyward mostly played on the left side. Not much work for rookie Cortez Allen in this game with just 2 non-penalty snaps.
Larry Foote got some early work, but none in the second half. Have to wonder if he aggravated his hamstring. Troy Polamalu came off for the final 9 plays after tweaking his hamstring.
The Steelers were in sub-package 29 times and goal-line once.
Click on the image below to see the full PDF version of the defensive participation chart.
| # | Player | POS | PLAYS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Casey Hampton | NT | 42 |
| 90 | Steve McLendon | NT | 18 |
| 99 | Brett Keisel | DE | 64 |
| 96 | Ziggy Hood | DE | 22 |
| 97 | Cameron Heyward | DE | 33 |
| 92 | James Harrison | OLB | 69 |
| 94 | Lawrence Timmons | ILB | 67 |
| 93 | Jason Worilds | OLB | 69 |
| 51 | James Farrior | ILB | 57 |
| 50 | Larry Foote | ILB | 13 |
| 24 | Ike Taylor | CB | 68 |
| 22 | William Gay | CB | 68 |
| 23 | Keenan Lewis | CB | 29 |
| 28 | Cortez Allen | CB | 2 |
| 25 | Ryan Clark | FS | 69 |
| 43 | Troy Polamalu | SS | 60 |
| 29 | Ryan Mundy | SS | 9 |
