Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

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BALRavens4-4 · away
ATWeek 15Sun Dec 20 · 1:00 PM ET
PITSteelers6-2 · home
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BAL OFFENSEwhat it does

The red marker slides toward the unit with the better league rank. The farther from the middle, the bigger the rank gap.

PIT DEFENSEwhat it allows
Overall
+0.017
15th
EPA / play
PIT defense by 9 places
−0.068
6thallowed
45.0%
12th
Success rate
Even · 3 places apart
42.1%
9thallowed
Passing
+0.089
16th
Pass EPA / play
PIT defense by 10 places
−0.017
6thallowed
47.7%
14th
Pass success rate
Even · 3 places apart
46.4%
17thallowed
7.0%
21st
Explosive pass rate
Even · 1 place apart
8.1%
20thallowed
8.8%
27th
Sack rate
PIT defense by 23 places · clear edge
8.5%
4thmade
Rushing
−0.080
12th
Rush EPA / play
PIT defense by 7 places
−0.167
5thallowed
41.2%
13th
Run success rate
PIT defense by 11 places
33.9%
2ndallowed
14.2%
7th
Explosive run rate
Even · 4 places apart
9.9%
11thallowed
20.1%
24th
Stuff rate
PIT defense by 22 places · clear edge
23.8%
2ndmade
Turnovers
8.9%
T-10th
Turnovers
Even · 3 places apart
13.8%
7thtakeaways
Downs
+0.062
11th
Early downs EPA (1st–2nd)
PIT defense by 6 places
−0.083
5thallowed
−0.139
26th
Late downs EPA (3rd–4th)
PIT defense by 13 places · clear edge
−0.023
13thallowed

SHAPE VS SHAPE

BAL offense over PIT defense

Explosive pass21st v 20thPass success14th v 17thSacks27th v 4thTurnoversT-10th v 7thStuffs24th v 2ndRun success13th v 2ndExplosive run7th v 11th
  • BAL offense
  • PIT defense
  • middle of the league

Of the 7 spokes: offense is 5+ places higher on 0, defense on 3, 4 within 4 places.

Both shapes are drawn by league rank, so the outer ring is 1st on every spoke and the grey ring is the middle of the league. Where the solid shape reaches past the dashed one, the offense ranks higher. Each label shows offense rank v defense rank.

MAIN PLAYERS

Baltimore Ravens
QBBAL
Tyler Huntley
EPA / dropback
−0.03
CPOE
+0.9
Pass yards
727
TD–INT
4-1
RBBAL
Derrick Henry
Carries
158
Rush yards
632
EPA / carry
−0.12
Success
38.6%
RBBAL
Justice Hill
Carries
24
Rush yards
155
EPA / carry
+0.16
Success
41.7%
WRBAL
Zay Flowers
Targets
58
Rec yards
608
TD
3
EPA / target
+0.44
TEBAL
Mark Andrews
Targets
41
Rec yards
218
TD
1
EPA / target
−0.06
WRBAL
Rashod Bateman
Targets
29
Rec yards
288
TD
1
EPA / target
+0.61
WRBAL
Ja'Kobi Lane
Targets
14
Rec yards
89
TD
0
EPA / target
+0.28
Pittsburgh Steelers
QBPIT
Aaron Rodgers
EPA / dropback
−0.10
CPOE
−1.9
Pass yards
1,871
TD–INT
13-6
RBPIT
Jaylen Warren
Carries
119
Rush yards
704
EPA / carry
+0.13
Success
47.9%
RBPIT
Rico Dowdle
Carries
46
Rush yards
174
EPA / carry
−0.07
Success
32.6%
WRPIT
DK Metcalf
Targets
64
Rec yards
378
TD
1
EPA / target
−0.03
WRPIT
Germie Bernard
Targets
42
Rec yards
284
TD
1
EPA / target
−0.02
TEPIT
Pat Freiermuth
Targets
35
Rec yards
235
TD
4
EPA / target
+0.23
TEPIT
Darnell Washington
Targets
28
Rec yards
254
TD
3
EPA / target
+0.30

Every rank is among all 32 teams in 2026, through Week 8 (BAL has played 8 games, PIT 8). A defense is ranked on what its opponents did, so allowing less ranks higher; for sacks, takeaways and stuffs, making more ranks higher.

Tied teams share a place here, as on the team radars (T-7th and T-7th, then 9th). The Team Stats table numbers its rows one by one, so a tied team can carry a different number there.

An edge only compares two season ranks: defense rank minus offense rank. 0 to 4 places apart is called even, 5 to 12 a lean, 13 or more a clear edge. It is not a prediction and not a win probability.

These numbers add up every game’s box score, the same play filter as Team Stats and the team radars. A team’s EPA/play here can differ from the figure in its team page header and on Team Tiers, which count plays differently.

Every rate adds up the team’s box scores for the season. A pass play is any dropback, including sacks and scrambles. QB scrambles of 10+ yards count as explosive runs but not as designed runs, so a team with long scrambles can run high on Explosive run.

Stuff rate leaves out kneel-downs, two-point tries and runs wiped out by a penalty; Run success and Explosive run keep two-point tries and penalty-wiped runs, as the Team Stats page does.

Explosive plays are completions of 20+ yards and runs of 10+ (QB scrambles count as runs). The rush explosive rate divides by designed runs only, so a team with long scrambles can run high.

Sacks ÷ (pass attempts + sacks) · Turnovers ÷ drives · Runs for no gain or a loss ÷ designed runs

Players: the quarterback with the most dropbacks, the two backs with the most carries and the four wide receivers or tight ends with the most targets. A traded player is listed with the team he has played most for. Names open the player page.