Below you will find our 2018 fantasy football projections for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Quarterbacks
| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | FL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 529 | 346.5 | 4073 | 28 | 13.5 | 24.6 | 36.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 253.01 |
| Throwing for 3,800-plus yards in each of the past five seasons, Big Ben has thrown 28-plus touchdowns in four of those five seasons. Since being drafted 11th overall in 2004, Roethlisberger has played a 16-game season only three times in his career so there's certainly a strong chance that he'll miss a game or two in 2018. With the league's best RB/WR combo in Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown, Roethlisberger has weekly QB1 upside, but he's finished as the QB20, QB13 and QB10 over the past three seasons, respectively. | ||||||||||
| Landry Jones | 40.3 | 25.8 | 302 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.7 | -6.7 | 0 | 0 | 15.01 |
| Mason Rudolph | 5.8 | 3.5 | 43 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 |
More Fantasy Football QB Resources:
- 2018 Fantasy Football QB Rankings
- 2018 Fantasy Football QB Strength of Schedule
- Fantasy Football Scoring Leaders - QBs
Running Backs
| Player | Att. | Yards | TD | Rec. | Yards | TD | FL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le'Veon Bell | 319.6 | 1374.3 | 10.2 | 78.2 | 633.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 269.17 |
| Franchise tagged for the second time in as many offseasons, Bell is unlikely to report before the end of the preseason if the two sides are unable to reach a long-term deal before the looming July 16th cutoff. Aside from his six-game 2015 season, the three-down workhorse has 1,200-plus rushing yards, 75-plus receptions and 600-plus receiving yards in three of his past four seasons. | ||||||||
| James Conner | 40.2 | 176.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 | 0.1 | 23.19 |
| Fitzgerald Toussaint | 11.2 | 46.5 | 0.1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0.1 | 6.65 |
| Stevan Ridley | 8 | 33.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 |
| Roosevelt Nix | 3.1 | 7.1 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 2.46 |
More Fantasy Football RB Resources:
- 2018 Fantasy Football RB Rankings
- 2018 Fantasy Football RB Strength of Schedule
- Fantasy Football Scoring Leaders - RBs
Wide Receivers
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | FL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Brown | 105.1 | 1429.4 | 10 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 0 | 1.8 | 200.71 |
| As good and consistent as it gets, Brown has finished as a top-three fantasy wide receiver in four consecutive seasons. Over the past five seasons, Brown has 582 receptions for 7,848 yards and 52 touchdowns. Leading the league by a wide margin in those categories, second-most in those categories are 481 receptions (Demaryius Thomas), 6,897 yards (Julio Jones) and 46 touchdowns (Dez Bryant). | ||||||||
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 74.4 | 1004.4 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 140.04 |
| Exceeding expectations in his rookie season, Smith-Schuster had 41 catches for 686 yards and four touchdowns over his final seven regular-season games including three 100-yard games during that span. (He had 17/231/3 in his first seven games.) Even as the offense's third option behind Brown and Le'Veon Bell, Smith-Schuster is poised for a bigger and better second season with Martavis Bryant traded to the Raiders. | ||||||||
| James Washington | 31.1 | 513.2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 69.12 |
| With Martavis Bryant traded to the Raiders for a third-round pick, the Steelers used their second-round pick on the Oklahoma State deep threat. Finishing his collegiate career with three consecutive 1,000/10 seasons, Washington averaged 20.28 Y/R over the past three seasons. | ||||||||
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | 8.7 | 158.3 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 41.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 28.17 |
| Justin Hunter | 3.6 | 36 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
More Fantasy Football WR Resources:
- 2018 Fantasy Football WR Rankings
- 2018 Fantasy Football WR Strength of Schedule
- Fantasy Football Scoring Leaders - WRs
Tight Ends
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | FL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vance McDonald | 35.6 | 455.7 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 64.37 |
| McDonald had just 14 catches for 188 yards in the regular season, but he had both of his 50-yard regular-season games in December and 10/112/0 on a team-high 16 targets in their playoff loss to the Jaguars. With good health, expectations are pointing up for his second season with the Steelers. | ||||||||
| Jaylen Samuels | 20.5 | 221.4 | 1.4 | 26.8 | 117.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 44.93 |
| The Steelers announced Samuels as a running back when they drafted him in the fifth round, but Samuels is a hybrid H-back type of player that can do a variety of things in Pittsburgh's offense. Samuels had 1,000 yards from scrimmage -- 75/593/4 receiving and 78/407/12 rushing -- and 16 touchdowns for the Wolfpack last season. | ||||||||
| Jesse James | 23.3 | 200.4 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 32.44 |
| James had a nearly identical season in 2017 (43/372/3 on 63 targets) as he had in 2016 (39/338/3 on 60 targets). Towards the end of the season, McDonald was involved more in the passing game and that seems like a trend that will continue into 2018. | ||||||||
| Xavier Grimble | 3.2 | 30.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4.67 |
More Fantasy Football TE Resources:
- 2018 Fantasy Football TE Rankings
- 2018 Fantasy Football TE Strength of Schedule
- Fantasy Football Scoring Leaders - TEs
