Pros
- The weather forecast calls for 2-mph wind in this game. Low wind typically means increased pass volume, increased touchdown potential, and increased passing effectiveness.
- The Baltimore Ravens offensive line grades out as the 2nd-best in the league this year in protecting the QB, which has a strong impact on all air attack metrics across the board.
- Tyler Huntley has been among the most on-target quarterbacks in football this year with a stellar 68.7% Completion%, grading out in the 89th percentile.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers pass defense has shown bad efficiency this year, giving up 8.09 yards-per-target: the 9th-most in football.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers cornerbacks grade out as the 5th-worst collection of CBs in the NFL this year in pass coverage.
Cons
- THE BLITZ projects the Baltimore Ravens as the 4th-least pass-oriented offense among all teams this week with a 51.0% pass rate, based on their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
- THE BLITZ projects this game to see the 2nd-smallest volume of plays run among all games this week at 124.4 plays, given the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
- THE BLITZ projects Tyler Huntley to attempt 29.4 passes in this contest, on average: the 3rd-least of all quarterbacks.
- Tyler Huntley has passed for substantially fewer yards per game (144.0) this year than he did last year (179.0).
- Opposing QBs have completed passes at the 3rd-lowest clip in the NFL versus the Pittsburgh Steelers defense this year (66.4%).
Projection
THE BLITZ
188
Passing Yards