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The Broncos instrumentality to Pittsburgh connected Sunday for the 2nd clip successful 13 months looking to debar their archetypal losing streak of the season. Here are 3 talking points for Week 5:
1. Steelers slumping
What is going connected successful Pittsburgh? The Steelers looked truthful crisp successful upsetting a Buffalo squad successful Week 1 that has stormed done the league ever since (35-0, 43-21 and 40-0). But Pittsburgh has mislaid to Las Vegas, Cincinnati and Green Bay by a combined 33 points. The problems commencement with the offense, which ranks 27th successful yards per crippled (301.8) and tied for 29th successful scoring (16.8). Most concerning is backmost Ben Roethlisberger, whose 78.9 passer standing is 27th. We charted 8 atrocious throws against the Packers connected Sunday — a one-hopper, 1 interception, 1 that was excessively high, 2 down the receiver and 3 overthrows. Roethlisberger has 4 touchdowns and interceptions apiece and his starring receiver is moving backmost Najee Harris (26 catches, tied for ninth successful the league).
2. First-down failings
The evident crushed wherefore the Broncos faced a whopping 9 third-down plays needing astatine slightest 8 yards (one conversion) against Baltimore: They weren’t precise bully connected archetypal down. The Broncos are 25th successful yards per archetypal down drawback (4.83; the league mean is 5.61) and are past successful first-down plays that gained astatine slightest 4 yards (42.5%; the league mean is 51%). In Week 4, 9 of the Broncos’ 25 first-down snaps went for nary summation oregon mislaid yardage. “By and large, (the Ravens) were winning the moving downs,” manager Vic Fangio said. Only 9 of the Broncos’ 26 explosive plays (rush of astatine slightest 12/pass of astatine slightest 16) person been connected archetypal down. The Steelers are allowing 5.5 yards per first-down snap.
3. Power-up walk rush
A storyline of the season’s archetypal period was Fangio’s occurrence against rookie quarterbacks via pre-snap disguises and post-snap coverages. The Broncos flummoxed Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence and the New York Jets’ Zach Wilson (four full interceptions). Roethlisberger has seen everything since entering the league successful 2004, but the Broncos should probe the Steelers’ young violative line. Pittsburgh started rookies Dan Moore (right tackle) and Kendrick Green (center). Roethlisberger has been sacked 10 times successful 4 games, but the Broncos should contiguous immoderate of the aforesaid blitz looks, similar dime backmost Caden Sterns blitzing, that worked against Baltimore, which could besides let Von Miller one-on-one matchups against Moore.
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