The Cardinals boast a new play-caller this season in head coach Jonathan Gannon, and the model projects their pass/run mix to skew 1.9% more towards rushing than it did last season (adjusted for context).The model projects the Cardinals as the 8th-least pass-focused team among all teams this week with a 56.4% pass rate, given their underlying strategic approach and matchup dynamics.This week, Kyler Murray is anticipated by the projection model to have the 9th-fewest pass attempts among all QBs with 33.7. The Cardinals O-line ranks as the 5th-worst in football this year in protecting the QB, which has a negative effect on all pass attack stats across the board.Pittsburgh's defense ranks as the 7th-best in the NFL this year when it comes to causing interceptions, totaling 1.05 per game.
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