Game Preview - Week 2: Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh: The Steelers had a laugher against the Browns last week as Roethlisberger threw 4 TD passes and Willie Parker topped the 100-yd mark. And the good news keeps coming for the Steelres as the Bills are banged up in the secondary losing CB Jason Webster for the season with a broken forearm, and DB Ko Simpson to a broken ankle. Expect the Steelers to take advantage of CB Ashton Youboty in the first quarter making Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes and the rest of the Steelers passing game nice fantasy plays this week.

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

Buffalo: The Bills had a rough start in Denver last week not only with the Denver defense but the losing backup TE Kevin Everett to a sever spinal cord injury. The bright spot was rookie RB Marshawn Lynch who managed 90 yards and a score in his debut. QB J.P. Losman and the Bills passing game were shut down (14-21, 97 yds) by Champ Bailey and the Denver secondary. Lee Evans and company should find more room to roam this week. Note: RB Marshawn Lynch missed practice Wednesday with an illness but is expected to play this week.

Start: QB J.P. Losman, RB, Marshawn Lynch, WR Lee Evans
Consider: WR Peerless Price, WR Josh Reed
Sit:TE Robert Royal

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Buffalo Bills
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 9	J.P. Losman	Pass: 240, 2 Rush: 5, 0
RB 24	Marshawn Lynch	Rush: 75, 0 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 52	Anthony Thomas	Rush: 10, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
WR 16	Lee Evans	Rec: 7-90, 1
WR 66	Peerless Price	Rec: 3-45, 0
WR 70	Josh Reed	Rec: 3-35, 0
TE 27	Robert Royal	Rec: 3-25, 0

Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 13	Ben Roethlisberger	Pass: 215, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 3	Willie Parker	Rush: 120, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 47	Najeh Davenport	Rush: 15, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
WR 19	Hines Ward	Rec: 6-80, 1
WR 38	Santonio Holmes	Rec: 4-60, 0
WR 90	Nate Washington	Rec: 1-20, 0
TE 13	Heath Miller	Rec: 3-30, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Buffalo Bills
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	DEN	H	L 14-15	-1
2	2007-09-16	PIT	A	L 3-26	-23
3	2007-09-23	NE	A
4	2007-09-30	NYJ	H
5	2007-10-08	DAL	H
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	BAL	H
8	2007-10-28	NYJ	A
9	2007-11-04	CIN	H
10	2007-11-11	MIA	A
11	2007-11-18	NE	H
12	2007-11-25	JAC	A
13	2007-12-02	WAS	A
14	2007-12-09	MIA	H
15	2007-12-16	CLE	A
16	2007-12-23	NYG	H
17	2007-12-30	PHI	A

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
4	2007-09-30	ARI	A
5	2007-10-07	SEA	H
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	DEN	A
8	2007-10-28	CIN	A
9	2007-11-05	BAL	H
10	2007-11-11	CLE	H
11	2007-11-18	NYJ	A
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

Offense Stats Comparison

	BUF Offense	PIT Offense	NFL Average
Points for	14.0	34.0	19.0
Rushing yards	112.0	206.0	115.8
Rushing yards per attempt	4.31	4.90	4.18
Completion %	66.7%	52.2%	61.7%
Passing yards	72.0	159.0	194.9
Passing yards per completion	5.14	13.25	10.14
Passing yards per attempt	3.43	6.91	6.26
Interceptions	1.0	0.0	0.9
Fumbles lost	0.0	1.0	1.1
Sacked	2.0	1.0	2.1

Note: Team statistics are the results from Week 1 of the 2007 season. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 week results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Defense Stats Comparison

	BUF Defense	PIT Defense	NFL Average
Points against	15.0	7.0	19.0
Rushing yards	171.0	46.0	115.8
Rushing yards per attempt	5.34	2.88	4.18
Completion %	59.0%	44.7%	61.7%
Passing yards	299.0	175.0	194.9
Passing yards per completion	13.00	10.29	10.14
Passing yards per attempt	7.67	4.61	6.26
INT return	1.0	2.0	0.9
Fumble recoveries	0.0	3.0	1.1
Sacks	1.0	6.0	2.1

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Team vs. Team History

Buffalo Bills vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2001	3	2001-09-30	PIT	BUF	20-3	PIT
2004	17	2005-01-02	PIT	BUF	29-24	PIT

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 and 2005 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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