The Jacksonville Jaguars will have a new play-caller this year in head coach Doug Pederson, and THE BLITZ projects their pass/run mix to skew 3.6% more towards passing than it did last year (context-neutralized).
THE BLITZ projects the Jacksonville Jaguars as the 7th-most pass-centric team in football (in a neutral context) at the moment with a 64.0% pass rate.
THE BLITZ projects this game to have the 4th-most plays run out of all the games this week at 130.0 plays, given the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
Evan Engram has run a route on 78.6% of his team’s passing plays since the start of last season, ranking in the 92nd percentile among TEs.
Cons
The Jacksonville Jaguars have run the 4th-least plays in football since the start of last season, totaling a mere 59.9 plays per game.
Evan Engram has been among the least efficient receivers in football among TEs, averaging a measly 6.06 yards-per-target since the start of last season while ranking in the 11th percentile.
Evan Engram has been among the bottom TEs in the NFL at grinding out extra yardage, averaging a lowly 3.86 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) since the start of last season while ranking in the 22nd percentile.
The Indianapolis Colts pass defense has excelled when opposing tight ends have gotten into space, yielding an average of 4.26 yards-after-the-catch since the start of last season: the 4th-least in the NFL.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have gone up against a stacked the box on a measly 11.1% of their plays since the start of last season, 3rd-least in football. Positioning an extra defender near the line of scrimmage improves run-stopping at the cost of better passing efficiency.