At a -7.5-point disadvantage, the Rams are giant underdogs in this week’s game, suggesting much more of a focus on throwing than their usual approach.
The predictive model expects the Los Angeles Rams as the 9th-most pass-heavy team among all teams this week with a 60.0% pass rate, given their underlying traits and matchup dynamics.
Our trusted projections expect the Rams offense to be the 10th-quickest paced team in football (context-neutralized) at the moment, averaging 27.07 seconds per play.
The leading projections forecast Matthew Stafford to attempt 36.1 passes in this week’s game, on average: the 9th-most among all QBs.
The Ravens defense has been a bit of pass funnel this year, allowing opposing QBs to attempt the 4th-most passes in the NFL (39.1 per game) this year.
Cons
Matthew Stafford’s 59.7% Adjusted Completion% this season conveys a noteworthy decrease in his passing precision over last season’s 65.3% rate.
The Ravens pass defense has shown strong efficiency this year, giving up 6.20 adjusted yards-per-target: the fewest in football.
The Baltimore Ravens defense has been quite strong when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, conceding an average of 4.16 yards-after-the-catch this year: the fewest in football.
As it relates to safeties in covering receivers, Baltimore’s group of safeties has been fantastic this year, projecting as the best in the league.