Josh Allen Week 15 Outlook - Bills at Steelers

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Sun, Dec 8th 2019, 10:26pm EST

It was the worst-case scenario for Allen owners who wanted to believe he could produce no matter the matchup, as he looked horrendous against a dominating Ravens defense. Just one week later, he finds himself in another tough situation. The Steelers are one of the teams who brings an even more potent pass-rush than the Ravens, who were able to sack Allen six times in Week 14. The Ravens have pressured the opposing quarterback an average of 35.9 percent of the time, while the Steelers have pressured the opposing quarterback at least 40 percent of the time in every game since Week 5. Their sack-rate is No. 2 behind only the 49ers. Why is this important? Because Allen's 54.7 QB Rating under pressure ranks as the sixth-worst in the league. They're coming off a road game where they held Kyler Murray to just 194 yards passing and two yards rushing. No quarterback outside of Lamar Jackson has rushed for more than 22 yards against them. Passing the ball hasn't gone well against them since the acquisition of Minkah Fitzpatrick, either. With him on the roster, they've allowed just 6.2 yards per attempt, 13 passing touchdowns, and 17 interceptions over the span of 11 games. There's been just one quarterback who's finished better than the QB16 during that time, and it was Baker Mayfield when he threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns, but had a rushing touchdown put him over the top (that was the only rushing touchdown they've allowed to a quarterback this season). When you add in the fact that this game is on the road in Pittsburgh, and you have yourself another game where it's tough to trust Allen as anything more than a middling QB2 with a low-end QB1 ceiling.