Game Preview - Week 11: Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets

Pittsburgh: Ben Roethlisberger continued his '07 success with a superb effort against the Browns last week tossing two TDs and rushing for another in a 31-28 victory. "Ben, he just keeps getting better and better," said Hines Ward who's been on the receiving end of the three touchdowns the last three weeks. Along with Roethlisberger, Willie Parker is among the league leaders in rushing and the Steelers defense ranks 1st in the league in both yardage and points allowed. This is an easy game to call, even on the road, as I'd be shocked if the porous Jets defense has any answer for Willie Parker who should rack up the yardage and even cross the goaline for the first time since Week 8.

Start: QB Ben Roethlisberger, RB Willie Parker, WR Hines Ward, WR Santonio Holmes, TE Heath Miller, Steelers D/ST, K Jeff Reed
Consider: N/A
Sit: WR Cedrick Wilson, WR Nate Washington

New York Jets: The Jets come off their bye having dropped their last 6 games and now face one of the best teams in the AFC… and by the way it won't get any easier as New York travels to Dallas next week; yikes. Kellen Clemens looked respectable in his last outing throwing for 226 yards and 1 TD against the Redskins but faces a tough challenge this week against the Steelers defense that needs no introduction. Perhaps a garbage time score for Clemens but anything more is just wishful thinking.

Start: WR Laveranues Coles
Consider: RB Thomas Jones, WR Jerricho Cotchery
Sit: QB Kellen Clemens, RB Leon Washington, TE Chris Baker

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 9	Ben Roethlisberger	Pass: 280, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 4	Willie Parker	Rush: 105, 1 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 9	Santonio Holmes	Rec: 6-90, 1
WR 14	Hines Ward	Rec: 5-75, 1
WR 80	Nate Washington	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 8	Heath Miller	Rec: 3-35, 0

New York Jets
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 23	Kellen Clemens	Pass: 205, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 28	Thomas Jones	Rush: 65, 0 Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 39	Laveranues Coles	Rec: 4-50, 0
WR 43	Jerricho Cotchery	Rec: 4-50, 0
WR 83	Justin McCareins	Rec: 2-25, 0
TE 25	Chris Baker	Rec: 3-30, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Pittsburgh Steelers
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	CLE	A	W 34-7	+27
2	2007-09-16	BUF	H	W 26-3	+23
3	2007-09-23	SF	H	W 37-16	+21
4	2007-09-30	ARI	A	L 14-21	-7
5	2007-10-07	SEA	H	W 21-0	+21
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	DEN	A	L 28-31	-3
8	2007-10-28	CIN	A	W 24-13	+11
9	2007-11-05	BAL	H	W 38-7	+31
10	2007-11-11	CLE	H	W 31-28	+3
11	2007-11-18	NYJ	A	L 16-19	-3
12	2007-11-26	MIA	H
13	2007-12-02	CIN	H
14	2007-12-09	NE	A
15	2007-12-16	JAC	H
16	2007-12-20	STL	A
17	2007-12-30	BAL	A

New York Jets
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NE	H	L 14-38	-24
2	2007-09-16	BAL	A	L 13-20	-7
3	2007-09-23	MIA	H	W 31-28	+3
4	2007-09-30	BUF	A	L 14-17	-3
5	2007-10-07	NYG	A	L 24-35	-11
6	2007-10-14	PHI	H	L 9-16	-7
7	2007-10-21	CIN	A	L 31-38	-7
8	2007-10-28	BUF	H	L 3-13	-10
9	2007-11-04	WAS	H	L 20-23	-3
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	PIT	H	W 19-16	+3
12	2007-11-22	DAL	A
13	2007-12-02	MIA	A
14	2007-12-09	CLE	H
15	2007-12-16	NE	A
16	2007-12-23	TEN	A
17	2007-12-30	KC	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	PIT Offense	NYJ Offense	NFL Average
Points for	27.7	17.7	21.3
Rushing yards	146.0	102.7	108.2
Rushing yards per attempt	3.97	3.95	3.95
Completion %	70.5%	57.4%	61.4%
Passing yards	224.3	196.7	213.6
Passing yards per completion	11.35	10.29	10.44
Passing yards per attempt	8.00	5.91	6.41
Interceptions	1.0	1.3	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.0	0.7	0.7
Sacked	3.3	2.7	2.0

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 5 to 10 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 5 to 10 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	PIT Defense	NYJ Defense	NFL Average
Points against	16.0	24.7	21.3
Rushing yards	64.7	172.0	108.2
Rushing yards per attempt	3.59	4.82	3.95
Completion %	58.3%	60.0%	61.4%
Passing yards	144.7	214.3	213.6
Passing yards per completion	7.78	13.33	10.44
Passing yards per attempt	4.54	8.00	6.41
INT return	0.7	1.0	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.7	0.0	0.7
Sacks	1.7	1.0	2.0

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Team vs. Team History

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Jets
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	6	2000-10-08	PIT	NYJ	20-3	PIT
2001	13	2001-12-09	NYJ	PIT	7-18	PIT
2003	15	2003-12-14	PIT	NYJ	0-6	NYJ
2004	14	2004-12-12	NYJ	PIT	6-17	PIT
2004	DP	2005-01-15	NYJ	PIT	17-20	PIT

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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