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Week 1 · 2026 regular season

Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers

Sun, Sep 13, 1:00 PM ET

Final Pittsburgh Steelers won
After the game

How the forecasts did

The probability each forecast gave PIT, the winner, before kickoff. Higher is better. A pick is right when the winner was given more than 50%.

ESF model
62%
Picked PIT (62%) — right.
Market
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No betting line was collected; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

CAP win pct, before and after

ATL · lost
0.38
0.46 before → 0.38 after (−0.08). Higher is better.
PIT · won
0.68
0.60 before → 0.68 after (+0.08). Higher is better.
This game · each team's offense

Yards per attempt

CAP yards per attempt: higher is better for an offense. Raw yards per attempt are the official numbers.

OffensePassRushSacks
taken		Scrambles
CAP
yds/att		Raw
yds/att		AttCAP
yds/att		Raw
yds/att		Att
ATL−1.046.522−0.293.93140
PIT−1.755.441−1.513.41820

Pass attempts exclude sacks and scrambles, which are counted separately. A team's defense faced the other team's offense, so read the other row for yards allowed: for a defense, lower is better.

Before the game

CAP yards per attempt · entering week 1

Unit matchups

Each offense against the defense it faces. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better. Ranks are out of 32; 1 is best.

Pass: ATL offense vs PIT defense
−0.2218th
Even
+0.0216th
Rush: ATL offense vs PIT defense
+0.507th
Even
−0.309th
Pass: PIT offense vs ATL defense
−0.5827th
Edge
ATL
−0.0615th
Rush: PIT offense vs ATL defense
+0.359th
Edge
PIT
+0.2622nd

Values are fading averages (half-life 7 of the team's own games, weighted by plays) entering the week. Bars show league rank: longer is better. The edge goes to the better-ranked side; ranks within 2 are even.

CAP win pct · 2026

How each team got here

CAP win pct entering each week. Higher is better; the league average is 0.50.

0.25 0.50 avg 0.75 wk 1 ATL 0.46 PIT 0.60 0.25 0.50 avg 0.75 wk 1 ATL 0.46 PIT 0.60
Week 1

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.