The Houston Texans will have a new play-caller this year in offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik, and the projections expect their pass/run mix to tilt 1.8% more towards rushing than it did last year (context-neutralized).Our trusted projections expect the Houston Texans to be the 8th-most run-oriented team in the league (in a neutral context) at the moment with a 41.8% run rate.The predictive model expects this game to see the 4th-highest volume of plays run among all games this week at 133.4 plays, based on the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.The projections expect Dameon Pierce to total 16.5 rush attempts in this game, on average, ranking him in the 92nd percentile when it comes to RBs.Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackles rank as the 5th-worst unit in the NFL since the start of last season when it comes to defending the run.
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