Steelers vs Cowboys Match Player Stats | Week 5 Sunday Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers

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Steelers vs Cowboys Match Player Stats | Week 5 Sunday Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 5 Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers
Todays Game is on Sunday, October 6th
06/10/24 20:20:00 PM EST Kickoff

Key Match Player Stats to this Game

The leading projections forecast this game to have the largest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 132.1 plays, given the approaches of each team and game dynamics.

The Steelers have called the 3rd-most plays in football this year, totaling a massive 61.2 plays per game.

In this week’s contest, George Pickens is projected by the model to position himself in the 80th percentile among WRs with 7.0 targets.

When it comes to air yards, George Pickens ranks in the towering 89th percentile among wideouts this year, accruing a staggering 88.0 per game.

George Pickens’s 78.8 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—an advanced stat that weighs high-value offensive usage) has been substantially higher this year than it was last year at 62.5.

Justin Fields’s 69.7% Adjusted Completion% this year marks an impressive improvement in his passing precision over last year’s 61.9% mark.

The Cowboys defense has struggled when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, surrendering an average of 5.86 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) since the start of last season: the most in the league.

The Dallas Cowboys safeties grade out as the 5th-worst collection of safeties in football this year in pass coverage.

In this week’s contest, Pat Freiermuth is projected by the projection model to rank in the 89th percentile when it comes to TEs with 5.2 targets.

Pat Freiermuth’s 19.0% Target Share this year marks a remarkable improvement in his passing attack volume over last year’s 13.8% rate.

Pat Freiermuth has accrued many more adjusted receiving yards per game (40.0) this season than he did last season (29.0).

Negative Match Player Stats Trends that should impact this Game

Our trusted projections expect the Steelers as the least pass-centric team among all teams this week with a 47.0% pass rate, given their underlying strategic approach and matchup dynamics.

George Pickens’s 2.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) this year illustrates a significant regression in his efficiency in the open field over last year’s 5.9% figure.

The predictive model expects Justin Fields to throw 28.1 passes in this week’s contest, on average: the 3rd-fewest among all QBs.

Since the start of last season, the fierce Dallas Cowboys defense has yielded a mere 65.4% Adjusted Completion Rate to opposing teams: the 3rd-smallest rate in the league.

Since the start of last season, the strong Dallas Cowboys defense has surrendered a puny 72.4% Adjusted Completion Rate to opposing TEs: the 10th-smallest rate in the NFL.

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