The Tennessee Titans boast a new play-caller this season in offensive coordinator Tim Kelly, and THE BLITZ projects their pass/run mix to skew 5.4% more towards passing than it did last season (adjusted for context).
THE BLITZ projects Chigoziem Okonkwo to total 5.0 targets this week, on average, ranking in the 85th percentile among TEs.
Chigoziem Okonkwo has compiled a monstrous 22.0 air yards per game since the start of last season: 75th percentile among TEs.
Chigoziem Okonkwo’s 23.2 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—a volume metric that measures high-value offensive involvement) ranks him among the best in the league: 75th percentile for tight ends.
Chigoziem Okonkwo has been among the most effective pass-catchers in the league among tight ends, averaging a terrific 8.61 yards-per-target since the start of last season while checking in at the 76th percentile.
Cons
THE BLITZ projects the Tennessee Titans as the 7th-least pass-oriented team in the NFL (in a neutral context) at the present time with a 59.0% pass rate.
THE BLITZ projects the Tennessee Titans offense as the 8th-worst paced team in football (in a neutral context) at the present time, averaging 29.10 seconds per play.
Opposing offenses have averaged 31.9 pass attempts per game versus the Los Angeles Chargers defense since the start of last season: 9th-least in football.
The Tennessee Titans O-line ranks as the worst in football since the start of last season in pass protection, which has a harmful impact on all passing offense stats across the board.
Chigoziem Okonkwo has been among the bottom tight ends in the NFL at generating extra yardage, averaging a mere 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) since the start of last season while checking in at the 2nd percentile.