Pros
- Russell Wilson’s 65.3% Adjusted Completion% this season indicates a a material boost in his throwing precision over last season’s 59.3% rate.
- The Packers defense has been vulnerable when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, conceding an average of 6.22 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) this year: the 4th-most in the league.
Cons
- Based on their underlying traits and matchup dynamics, the leading projections forecast the Broncos to pass on 54.8% of their plays: the 7th-lowest rate on the slate this week.
- The leading projections forecast this game to have the 2nd-lowest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 122.4 plays, given the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
- The lowest number of plays in the league have been called by the Broncos this year (just 50.7 per game on average).
- In this week’s contest, Russell Wilson is anticipated by the projections to have the 6th-fewest pass attempts among all QBs with 31.5.
- Opposing teams have averaged 34.0 pass attempts per game against the Packers defense this year: 5th-most in the league.
Projection
THE BLITZ
211
Passing Yards