The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired cornerback Jamel Dean in free agency. He is coming off a successful season with Tampa Bay, where he played the first seven years of his career. Today, I wanted to examine and provide stats to help evaluate how he fared in coverage last season. The goal is to learn what Pittsburgh may be getting and how his performance compares at his position, including some 2025 Steelers for comparison.
First, let’s look at coverage snaps and QB rating against (on all coverage snaps):
Right away, we can see that Jamel Dean had an elite QB rating against, and lands above the mean in both stats.