Below are the defensive player play counts and the participation chart for the Pittsburgh Steelers week 8 game against the Washington Redskins. We also are including down, time of play and yards gained to better help you identify the play.
The Steelers were only in the dime for 2 snaps this week. Nickel was used 31 times. Once again only a handful of snaps for both Cameron Heyward and Steve McLendon this week. Both Chris Carter and Stevenson Sylvester got into the for the final kneel down and Jason Worilds took over for LaMarr Woodley after he injured his hamstring. Ryan Mundy took over for Ryan Clark after he left with a concussion.
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| CB | Keenan Lewis | 59 |
| CB | Ike Taylor | 59 |
| SS | Will Allen | 59 |
| OLB | James Harrison | 58 |
| ILB | Lawrence Timmons | 58 |
| ILB | Larry Foote | 57 |
| DE | Brett Keisel | 53 |
| OLB | LaMarr Woodley | 51 |
| DE | Ziggy Hood | 48 |
| CB | Cortez Allen | 33 |
| FS | Ryan Clark | 31 |
| SS | Ryan Mundy | 28 |
| NT | Casey Hampton | 23 |
| DE | Cameron Heyward | 11 |
| OLB | Jason Worilds | 8 |
| NT | Steve McLendon | 6 |
| DE | Al Woods | 2 |
| DB | Curtis Brown | 2 |
| ILB | Stevenson Sylvester | 1 |
| OLB | Chris Carter | 1 |
