In a back-and-forth game, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to defend their home field against the visiting New Orleans Saints, winning by a score of 20-10. With that result, the Steelers advance to 3-6 on the season, while the Saints drop to 3-7.
Offensive spotlight: It has been a bit of a struggle for Steelers running back Najee Harris to get things going this season. He hasn’t had a 100-yard game this year, and though he didn’t reach that benchmark against the Saints, he recorded a season high in rushing yards, with 99 on 20 carries. Harris had two explosive runs of 10 or more yards with a 5.0-yard average per carry.
Defensive spotlight: Saints linebacker Kaden Elliss was the team's highest-graded defender on first review. He recorded an initial 76.8 defensive grade with a 77.1 run-defense grade. That came after two solo stops in run defense and one sack with two pressures as a pass-rusher.
Rookie spotlight: Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett didn’t have an outstanding day on the stat sheet, but he was solid enough to get his team a good win. He finished 18-of-30 for 199 passing yards and a 58.1% adjusted completion percentage.
Offensive line spotlight: The Steelers had four of the top-graded offensive linemen in this game on first review: Dan Moore Jr. (75.0), Mason Cole (68.6), Kevin Dotson (67.2) and Chukwuma Okorafor (67.0). Those four let up one sack on the day with just nine total pressures among them.
Box Score
Passing
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Andy Dalton | 9.06 | 17 / 27 | 174 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 |
| Taysom Hill | 0.1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Kenny Pickett | 19.06 | 18 / 30 | 199 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Andy Dalton | 9.06 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Alvin Kamara | 7.5 | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Jordan Howard | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taysom Hill | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Kenny Pickett | 19.06 | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 1 | 23 |
| George Pickens | 14.5 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 22 |
| Jaylen Warren | 10.7 | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 21 |
| Najee Harris | 9.9 | 20 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 36 |
| Steven Sims | 2.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Derek Watt | 0.5 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 |
Receiving
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Juwan Johnson | 15.4 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 6.3 | 1 |
| Alvin Kamara | 7.5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Chris Olave | 7 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 8 | 0 |
| Jarvis Landry | 6.7 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 |
| Adam Trautman | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Kevin White | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| George Pickens | 14.5 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 0 |
| Jaylen Warren | 10.7 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 |
| Diontae Johnson | 10.3 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 |
| Najee Harris | 9.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Freiermuth | 7.6 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Connor Heyward | 2.9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Steven Sims | 2.7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Gunner Olszewski | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Zach Gentry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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