The Jets feature a new play-caller this year in offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, and the leading projections forecast their pass/run mix to skew 6.7% more towards rushing than it did last year (adjusted for context).At the moment, the 7th-most run-focused team in football (40.9% in a neutral context) according to the model is the Jets.The leading projections forecast Justin Fields to notch 7.8 carries in this week's contest, on average: the 4th-most among all QBs.While Justin Fields has earned 18.8% of his offense's rush attempts in games he has played last year, our trusted projections expect him to be a more important option in New York's run game in this week's contest at 28.5%.When it comes to the defensive tackles' role in defending against the run, Pittsburgh's group of DTs has been awful last year, grading out as the 4th-worst in football. in football.
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