The passing attacks of both teams (including both volume and effectiveness) ought to benefit from the still “weather” conditions (read: zero wind) inside this dome, while ground volume may slide.
Cons
The predictive model expects the Pittsburgh Steelers offense to be the 10th-slowest paced team in the league (in a neutral context) at the moment, averaging 28.41 seconds per snap.
Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 33.2 pass attempts per game versus the Indianapolis Colts defense this year: 6th-fewest in the NFL.
As it relates to protecting the quarterback (and the impact it has on all pass game statistics), the O-line of the Steelers profiles as the 8th-worst in the NFL this year.
Mitchell Trubisky has passed for substantially fewer adjusted yards per game (120.0) this year than he did last year (178.0).
Mitchell Trubisky’s passing precision has declined this season, with his Adjusted Completion% falling off from 64.6% to 59.9%.