Here’s How to Turn Down the Watt & Reclaim First Place

game photos: Joey Pulone & Shawn Hubbard/Baltimore RavensDev Panchwagh contributed to this article

Offense

Spread Out and Run

The Ravens proved that league rankings don’t matter against their high-octane offense in their Week 9 win over the Broncos. They’ll attempt to duplicate that effort against a Steelers defense that ranks among the top four in rushing yards per game (87.1), rushing yards per play (3.8), explosive rushes (23), stuff percentage (21.0%) EPA/rush (-0.20), and rush yards over expected per attempt (-0.63). However, Pittsburgh gets closer to league average when operating out of light boxes, which they do 44.9% of the time.

Baltimore should exploit that discrepancy by spreading…