After doing a 2023 coverage study on safety DeShon Elliott, I wanted to learn more about how he fared with the Miami Dolphins last season in run defense. Today, let’s look at and provide some data context on Elliott, along with the 2023 Steelers safeties (with at least 150 run snaps) to get a gauge of the loss/gains from a stats perspective.
Let’s start with run snaps and average depth of tackle for quantity of plays and yardage comparatively:
Elliott provided the most run snaps of the players we’re focused on, with 367 of them, which tied for 33rd last season.