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The New York Jets will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7 of the NFL season on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Here’s what you need to know:

What: Football on Sunday evenings

Who: New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers

When: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 (10/20/24)

Where: Acrisure Stadium

Time: 8:20 p.m. ET (7:20 p.m. CT)

TV: NBC

Free live stream: DirecTV stream, fuboTV

Here’s a preview capsule via Associated Press:

New York Jets (2-4) at Pittsburgh (4-2)

Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EDT, NBC

BetMGM NFL odds: Jets up 1 1/2

Series record: Steelers lead 20-7

Against the Spread: Jets 2-4; Steelers 4-2

Last meeting: The Jets beat the Steelers 24-10 in Pittsburgh on October 2, 2022.

Last week: The Jets lost 23-20 to Buffalo in New Jersey. The Steelers defeated the Raiders 32-13 in Las Vegas.

Jets Offense: Total (22), Rush (30), Passing (16), Scoring (22)

Jets Defense: Overall (2), Rushing (17), Passing (2), Scoring (7)

Steelers offense: Total (26), Rush (9), Pass (28), Scoring (20)

Steelers Defense: Total (8), Rush (4), Pass (13), Scoring (2)

Revenue difference: Jets minus-1; Steelers plus-7.

Jets player to watch

WR Davante Adams. After being acquired from Las Vegas earlier this week, Adams is reunited with Aaron Rodgers in New York and the two will have the opportunity to re-establish their connection on the field. Adams caught 615 passes from Rodgers for 7,517 yards and 68 touchdowns in eight seasons together in Green Bay. Adams missed the Raiders’ last three games with a hamstring injury that coincided with his trade request, but he is now healthy and ready to play.

Steelers player to watch

QB Russell Wilson. The 35-year-old looks set to be a starter for Pittsburgh after missing the first six games with a calf injury. The nine-time Pro Bowler has only seen one series of action in a preseason game since joining the Steelers in March. But with the passing game declining in recent weeks under Justin Fields, coach Mike Tomlin is likely turning to Wilson in hopes he can help take the team from good to great.

Key match

Pittsburgh’s secondary vs. Rodgers. On Sunday night, the 40-year-old Rodgers will make his fourth career start against the Steelers. Rodgers is 2-1 against Pittsburgh, including a Super Bowl victory following the 2010 season when he played for Green Bay. Pittsburgh’s defense was disruptive, but was also vulnerable to passing plays against experienced quarterbacks. Dak Prescott threw for 336 yards against the Steelers two weeks ago and Joe Flacco came off the bench to throw two touchdowns for the Colts on September 29th. Rodgers rushed for a season-high 294 yards in last week’s loss to Buffalo.

Major injuries

Jets CBs DJ Reed (groin) and Michael Carter II (back) will likely miss the game, leaving New York without two of its key players in the secondary. … The Steelers will be without rookie C Zach Frazier (ankle) and OLB Nick Herbig (hamstring). Pittsburgh is optimistic OLB Alex Highsmith can return after missing three games with a groin injury.

Notes on the series

The Steelers have dominated the series in the past, but have dropped each of their last two meetings with the Jets. It’s indicative of the league’s turbulent nature that New York’s previous visit to Pittsburgh two years ago ended with a 24-20 victory in a game in which two quarterbacks – Zach Wilson (Jets) and Kenny Pickett (Steelers) – were named the future of their respective franchises at that time. Both are playing elsewhere now.

Statistics and stuff

The Jets will play their second game with Jeff Ulbrich as interim coach after he replaced the fired Robert Saleh last week. … New York is looking to end a three-game losing streak and avoid its first four-game skid since losing five straight in Weeks 9-14 last season. … Rodgers came within 6 yards last Monday night against Buffalo in his first 300-yard passing game since his 341-yard throw against Chicago on Dec. 12, 2021 – a span of 28 regular-season games. … Rodgers had four TD passes and four INTs in his last two games, including being picked off on each of the Jets’ final offensive possessions. … In 35 career starts on “Sunday Night Football,” Rodgers has 84 touchdowns — 80 passing and four rushing — with 15 INTs and a 108.1 rating. … RB Breece Hall prevailed against Buffalo after a slow start to the season, rushing for a season-high 113 yards on 18 attempts and five passes for 56 yards. … WR Garrett Wilson had eight catches for 107 yards and a touchdown, becoming the first Jets player with consecutive games of more than 100 yards and a TD catch since Brandon Marshall had two catches in a row between the 2015 and 2016 seasons had. … The Jets went 1 for 4 in the red zone against the Bills. … Will McDonald is tied with the Giants’ Dexter Lawrence for second in the NFL with seven sacks, half a sack behind Detroit’s Aidan Hutchinson, who is out this season with a leg injury. … K Greg Zuerlein missed two of his field goal attempts against Buffalo and has three misses in his last three games. … The Steelers are 32-28 overall on Sunday night, but 1-4 in their last five Sunday night games under the lights at Acrisure Stadium. … Wilson ranks third among active quarterbacks in career touchdown passes (343), behind only Rodgers (484) and Los Angeles Rams star Matthew Stafford (360). … Wilson will play behind an offensive line and use his fifth different starting line combination in seven weeks with Frazier out. Ryan McCollum will make his first career start in place of Frazier. … One of Wilson’s goals will be to find a way to distribute the ball to wide receivers not named George Pickens. Pickens has 26 receptions. Calvin Austin is the second-highest receiver on the team receptions list with 10. … While Fields appears set to lose the starting job, he made significant progress in six starts, throwing just one interception on 160 attempts. The one pick is the rarest thrown by a Steelers quarterback in the team’s first six games since at least 1970. ….Pittsburgh’s plus-7 turnover margin is tied with Buffalo and the Los Angeles Chargers, who rank second in the NFL behind Green Bay (plus-9). The club’s four red zone takeaways are league leaders. … The Steelers have yet to allow a point in the third quarter this season. …. Longtime Steelers defensive captain Cam Heyward will set a club record with his 201st game, tying Hall of Fame defenseman Donnie Shell for the most games played by a defensive player in team history. … Pittsburgh OLB TJ Watt went without a sack last week against Las Vegas for the second time this season. Watt forced two fumbles to increase his season total to three, trailing only San Francisco LB Fred Warner. … The Steelers will wear the throwback jerseys of the 1974 team that won the franchise’s first Super Bowl.

Fantasy tip

In a low-scoring game, it might be worth targeting Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth, who could potentially thrive if Wilson can be effective in game action, an important aspect of first-year offensive coordinator Arthur Smith’s system. Fields struggled to make plays .

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