Pros
- The leading projections forecast the Pittsburgh Steelers offense to be the 6th-fastest paced team in the NFL (adjusted for context) at the moment, averaging 26.48 seconds per snap.
- This year, the anemic Cincinnati Bengals defense has been torched for a whopping 261.0 adjusted yards per game through the air to opposing quarterbacks: the 7th-worst in football.
- This year, the anemic Bengals defense has yielded the 3rd-most adjusted yards-per-target in the NFL to opposing squads: a monstrous 8.53 yards.
- As it relates to safeties in covering pass-catchers, Cincinnati’s collection of safeties has been very bad this year, grading out as the worst in the NFL.
Cons
- Accounting for their underlying traits and matchup dynamics, our trusted projections expect the Pittsburgh Steelers to pass on 54.6% of their downs: the 8th-lowest rate among all teams this week.
- In this week’s contest, Kenny Pickett is predicted by the predictive model to have the 9th-fewest pass attempts among all quarterbacks with 32.6.
- When it comes to pass-blocking (and the ramifications it has on all passing game metrics), the offensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers ranks as the 8th-worst in the league this year.
- Kenny Pickett has passed for quite a few less adjusted yards per game (170.0) this year than he did last year (200.0).
- Kenny Pickett’s 60.7% Adjusted Completion% this season indicates a noteworthy decrease in his throwing accuracy over last season’s 64.9% figure.
Projection
THE BLITZ
195
Passing Yards