![]() ![]() Pickett's target distribution on his 127 career passing attempts: Johnson (31), Pickens (22), Claypool (20), Freiermuth (15) and Najee Harris (10).Pickens is averaging 18.6 yards per quarter of play with Pickett, which extrapolates out to 74.3 receiving yards per game.Both Pickens and Johnson are aligning out wide on 90 percent of their snaps.Diontae Johnson comes in at 1.23 and Chase Claypool at 1.02. Pickens produces 1.35 yards per route run.Yet three of his teammates have been targeted more frequently. George Pickens is now the Steelers' leading receiver in terms of yardage.When throwing between the numbers on Sunday night, Pickett completed 10 of his 12 attempts.The Eagles pass defense is the best in the NFL in completion rate (56.8 percent) and is second best (5.5) in yards per attempt allowed.Philadelphia's defensive EPA is fourth behind the Cowboys, Broncos, and Bills, but their defensive EPA per dropback is only behind Buffalo.On a points per drive basis, only four defenses are better than Philadelphia's.Two of those three wins belong to Ben Roethlisberger and one his wins was against the Eagles. Since the 1970 NFL merger, rookie quarterbacks have won just three of the 15 meetings against a team that entered the game at 6-0 or better.If the Eagles get a win on Sunday, it will be the best start in their franchise's history. ![]()
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