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Week 5 · 2026-10-11 · 13:00 · Acrisure Stadium (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: IND 22 PIT
Vegas line (context)
Game total O/U
Final (away–home)
MODEL is the power-ratings spine — preseason, prior-only until 2026 snaps exist. Calibrated most-likely, no proven edge vs the close; the book number is shown beside it on purpose. Not a pick.

On the Field 2025 unit strength

IND OFFENSE vs PIT DEFENSE
PIT DEFENSE IND OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 43% run Ball-control
PIT OFFENSE vs IND DEFENSE
IND DEFENSE PIT OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 40% run Ball-control
Unit strength weaker · avg · stronger
Position groups are shaded by team-unit strength (2025 pass/rush EPA, offense and defense) — not individual players. The defensive front you see is the wall this offense has to run into.

Unit Matchups 2025 · rank of 32

IND OFFENSE vs PIT DEFENSE
+0.06 #12 Pass attack even #17 +0.03
+0.09 #3 Run game OFF +17 #20 +0.00
240 #8 Pass yards OFF +22 #30 261
118 #17 Rush yards even #13 113
1.7 #8 Pass pro vs rush even #6 2.8
43% #7 3rd down OFF +18 #25 43%
68% #7 Red zone even #9 58%
PIT OFFENSE vs IND DEFENSE
+0.03 #16 Pass attack even #19 +0.04
+0.02 #10 Run game even #9 -0.05
214 #22 Pass yards OFF +9 #31 262
103 #26 Rush yards DEF +19 #7 102
1.8 #11 Pass pro vs rush even #15 2.3
41% #14 3rd down OFF +12 #26 43%
66% #11 Red zone even #5 55%
Rank gaps are where games tilt — a bottom-8 defense meeting a top-8 offense is the mismatch worth knowing about. 2025 regular-season data; EPA from play-by-play. Context, not a pick.

Pressure Matchup sacks · 2025

IND PASS RUSH vs PIT PASS PRO
Laiatu Latu DE 8.5 sacks '25
DeForest Buckner DT 4.0 sacks '25
Adetomiwa Adebawore DT 4.0 sacks '25
1.8 #11 sacks allowed /g #6 2.3
PIT PASS RUSH vs IND PASS PRO
Alex Highsmith LB 9.5 sacks '25
Nick Herbig LB 7.5 sacks '25
T.J. Watt OLB 7.0 sacks '25
1.7 #8 sacks allowed /g #15 2.8
A top pass rush against a line that already leaks sacks is where pressure rate breaks a game open — the left rank is the blocking side, the right is the rush.

Position Matchups 2025 per-game · last-10 form

IND

Daniel Jones QB vs #17 PASS D 238.5 pass y/g 5/10
Jonathan Taylor RB vs #20 RUN D 93.2 rush y/g 2/10
Alec Pierce WR1 vs #17 PASS D 66.9 rec y/g 7/10
Josh Downs WR2 vs #17 PASS D 35.4 rec y/g 5/10
Ashton Dulin WR3 vs #17 PASS D 8.8 rec y/g 3/10
Tyler Warren TE vs #17 PASS D 48.1 rec y/g 2/10

PIT

Aaron Rodgers QB vs #19 PASS D 204.0 pass y/g 4/10
Jaylen Warren RB vs #9 RUN D 58.9 rush y/g 6/10
DK Metcalf WR1 vs #19 PASS D 55.8 rec y/g 1/10
Michael Pittman Jr. WR2 2025: IND vs #19 PASS D 46.1 rec y/g 3/10
Roman Wilson WR3 vs #19 PASS D 18.4 rec y/g 2/9
Pat Freiermuth TE vs #19 PASS D 31.5 rec y/g 4/10
Dot strips are each player's last 10 games against his own 2025 average — form, not a prop grade; we hold no lines yet. Grey team tags mark stats earned elsewhere. No pick.