One of our favorite (and most frequent) commenters, IsraelP, asked on Twitter yesterday if any passes intended for Mike Wallace have been intercepted. The answer is yes, two of them. It’s notable that only one of the nine picks involved the ball hitting the hands of the Steelers’ receivers.
That got me to thinking, so I worked up the entire list of Steelers interceptions this year and the pass catcher originally targeted. Thankfully, with just nine interceptions all year, it’s a pretty short list. The plays are linked in the table so you can see them for youself.
| Week |
|
Opponent |
|
Details |
| 1 |
|
Falcons |
|
Intended for Heath Miller, underthrown. Miller was wide open |
| 3 |
|
Buccaneers |
|
Intended for Mike Wallace. Underthrown, but he was covered (safety on top, DB underneath) |
| 3 |
|
Buccaneers |
|
Intended for Hines Ward, who is open, but Batch doesn’t get ball over LB sitting in zone underneath |
| 4 |
|
Ravens |
|
Intended for Hines Ward. Batch is forcing the ball, as Ward is covered and Lewis is lurking underneath to pick off pass |
| 6 |
|
Browns |
|
Intended for Mewelde Moore. Terrible pass overthrown to DB |
| 8 |
|
Saints |
|
Intended for Mike Wallace. Roethlisberger pressured, scrambles, throws late to Wallace on sideline, DB cuts in front of him |
| 9 |
|
Bengals |
|
Intended for Heath Miller. Roethlisberger scrambling, gets nothing on it. DB cuts in front of Miller |
| 10 |
|
Patriots |
|
Intended for Antwaan Randle-El. Throws behind him, but still hits Randle-El in hands, he drops it, Chung then catches it |
| 13 |
|
Ravens |
|
Intended for Antonio Brown on long bomb. Overthrown, DB catches it over his shoulder, serves as a pseudo punt |
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