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Week 15 · 2026-12-20 · 13:00 · Nissan Stadium (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: IND 64 TEN
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 TEN DEFENSE
TEN 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
TEN OFFENSE vs IND DEFENSE
IND DEFENSE TEN OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 37% 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 TEN DEFENSE
+0.06 #12 Pass attack OFF +17 #29 +0.17
+0.09 #3 Run game OFF +20 #23 +0.01
240 #8 Pass yards OFF +18 #26 248
118 #17 Rush yards even #15 115
1.7 #8 Pass pro vs rush even #14 2.5
43% #7 3rd down OFF +14 #21 42%
68% #7 Red zone OFF +23 #30 71%
TEN OFFENSE vs IND DEFENSE
-0.22 #31 Pass attack DEF +12 #19 +0.04
-0.06 #27 Run game DEF +18 #9 -0.05
191 #29 Pass yards even #31 262
93 #30 Rush yards DEF +23 #7 102
3.3 #27 Pass pro vs rush DEF +12 #15 2.3
32% #32 3rd down even #26 43%
61% #20 Red zone DEF +15 #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 TEN PASS PRO
Laiatu Latu DE 8.5 sacks '25
DeForest Buckner DT 4.0 sacks '25
Adetomiwa Adebawore DT 4.0 sacks '25
3.3 #27 sacks allowed /g #14 2.3
TEN PASS RUSH vs IND PASS PRO
Jeffery Simmons DT 11.0 sacks '25
John Franklin-Myers DE 7.5 sacks '25
Jacob Martin DE 5.5 sacks '25
1.7 #8 sacks allowed /g #15 2.5
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 #29 PASS D 238.5 pass y/g 5/10
Jonathan Taylor RB vs #23 RUN D 93.2 rush y/g 2/10
Alec Pierce WR1 vs #29 PASS D 66.9 rec y/g 7/10
Josh Downs WR2 vs #29 PASS D 35.4 rec y/g 5/10
Ashton Dulin WR3 vs #29 PASS D 8.8 rec y/g 3/10
Tyler Warren TE vs #29 PASS D 48.1 rec y/g 2/10

TEN

Cam Ward QB vs #19 PASS D 186.4 pass y/g 5/10
Tony Pollard RB vs #9 RUN D 63.6 rush y/g 4/10
Carnell Tate WR1 vs #19 PASS D rec y/g
Wan'Dale Robinson WR2 2025: NYG vs #19 PASS D 63.4 rec y/g 3/10
Calvin Ridley WR3 vs #19 PASS D 43.3 rec y/g 2/7
Gunnar Helm TE vs #19 PASS D 22.3 rec y/g 6/10
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.