The leading projections forecast the Pittsburgh Steelers as the 4th-least pass-heavy offense on the slate this week with a 51.2% pass rate, accounting for their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.The projections expect this game to have the 5th-fewest plays run out of all the games this week at 126.3 plays, given the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 30.7 pass attempts per game against the New York Jets defense this year: 9th-fewest in the league.After totaling 43.0 air yards per game last year, Van Jefferson has fallen off this year, now sitting at 21.0 per game.With a weak 1.89 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) (11th percentile) since the start of last season, Van Jefferson stands among the leading wide receivers in the game in football in the open field.
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