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Week 15 · 2026-12-20 · 13:00 · Acrisure Stadium (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: BAL 38 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

BAL OFFENSE vs PIT DEFENSE
PIT DEFENSE BAL OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Run-heavy · 51% run Ball-control dual-threat QB
PIT OFFENSE vs BAL DEFENSE
BAL 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

BAL OFFENSE vs PIT DEFENSE
-0.04 #24 Pass attack even #17 +0.03
+0.10 #2 Run game OFF +18 #20 +0.00
193 #28 Pass yards even #30 261
157 #2 Rush yards OFF +11 #13 113
2.6 #21 Pass pro vs rush DEF +15 #6 2.8
41% #15 3rd down OFF +10 #25 43%
60% #22 Red zone DEF +13 #9 58%
PIT OFFENSE vs BAL DEFENSE
+0.03 #16 Pass attack even #21 +0.07
+0.02 #10 Run game even #7 -0.05
214 #22 Pass yards even #29 259
103 #26 Rush yards DEF +16 #10 107
1.8 #11 Pass pro vs rush OFF +19 #30 1.8
41% #14 3rd down even #10 38%
66% #11 Red zone even #7 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

BAL PASS RUSH vs PIT PASS PRO
Calais Campbell DE 6.5 sacks '25
Travis Jones DT 5.0 sacks '25
Tavius Robinson LB 4.5 sacks '25
1.8 #11 sacks allowed /g #6 1.8
PIT PASS RUSH vs BAL PASS PRO
Alex Highsmith LB 9.5 sacks '25
Nick Herbig LB 7.5 sacks '25
T.J. Watt OLB 7.0 sacks '25
2.6 #21 sacks allowed /g #30 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

BAL

Lamar Jackson QB vs #17 PASS D 196.1 pass y/g 4/10
Derrick Henry RB vs #20 RUN D 93.8 rush y/g 7/10
Zay Flowers WR1 vs #17 PASS D 71.2 rec y/g 5/10
Rashod Bateman WR2 vs #17 PASS D 17.2 rec y/g 3/10
Devontez Walker WR3 vs #17 PASS D 17.0 rec y/g 4/8
Mark Andrews TE vs #17 PASS D 24.8 rec y/g 3/10

PIT

Aaron Rodgers QB vs #21 PASS D 204.0 pass y/g 4/10
Jaylen Warren RB vs #7 RUN D 58.9 rush y/g 6/10
DK Metcalf WR1 vs #21 PASS D 55.8 rec y/g 1/10
Michael Pittman Jr. WR2 2025: IND vs #21 PASS D 46.1 rec y/g 3/10
Roman Wilson WR3 vs #21 PASS D 18.4 rec y/g 2/9
Pat Freiermuth TE vs #21 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.