The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 15 matchup between the Steelers and Colts.
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| Pittsburgh | Rank | @ | Indianapolis | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | Spread | -3.0 | ||
| 19.5 | Implied Total | 22.5 | ||
| 16.2 | 27 | Points/Gm | 24.2 | 8 |
| 19.2 | 7 | Points All./Gm | 25.4 | 29 |
| 60.3 | 26 | Plays/Gm | 65.1 | 11 |
| 64.8 | 25 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 68.4 | 32 |
| 4.9 | 25 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.2 | 16 |
| 5.3 | 21 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.2 | 15 |
| 44.39% | 9 | Rush% | 41.84% | 19 |
| 55.61% | 24 | Pass% | 58.16% | 14 |
| 43.23% | 19 | Opp. Rush % | 46.23% | 28 |
| 56.77% | 14 | Opp. Pass % | 53.77% | 5 |
- Indianapolis games are a league-high 9-4 toward the over this season.
- Pittsburgh games are 10-3 toward the under, tied for the highest rate in the league.
- The Steelers are league-worst 0-5 against the spread on the road.
- Pittsburgh has punted on 50.9% of their drives on the road, 31st in the league.
- The Steelers have led for 19.0% of their offensive snaps, ahead of only the Jets (13.6%) and Panthers (11.1%).
- 9.3% of Pittsburgh’s offensive plays have come from inside of the red zone, 31st in the league.
- The Colts have converted a league-low 22.2% (8-of-36) of their third downs since their Week 11 bye.
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Quarterback
Mitchell Trubisky: It was far from pretty on the actual football field, but Trubisky did turn in a tangible fantasy line in Week 14.
Making his first start of the season, Trubisky connected on 22-of-35 (62.9%) of his passes for 190 yards (5.4 Y/A) with a touchdown and an interception.
He then added 30 yards and a touchdown on the ground, which elevated him to a QB8 (20.6 points) scoring week.
While it was an ugly way to get there, that game from Trubisky had more fantasy points than Kenny Pickett has had in a start over his early career.
We cannot count on Trubisky to backdoor his way into a QB1 scoring week, but he does come with more rushing potential than Pickett to give him a higher floor as a QB2.
The Colts are 26th in pressure rate (32.0%), 29th in blitz rate (17.6%), and dead last in rate of man coverage (9.8%).
They just allowed a QB4 scoring week to Jake Browning, but that was the first QB1 scoring week against the Colts since Week 6.
Despite the spike week allowed to Browning, the Colts are 10th in passing points allowed per attempt (0.372).
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