Pros
- With a 4.5-point advantage, the Buccaneers are favored in this week’s contest, indicating more of a reliance on rushing than their standard approach.
- Our trusted projections expect Rachaad White to garner 19.5 rush attempts in this contest, on balance, placing him in the 98th percentile when it comes to RBs.
- After accounting for 33.7% of his team’s carries last season, Rachaad White has played a bigger part in the run game this season, currently sitting at 63.2%.
- Rachaad White has rushed for a lot more adjusted yards per game (57.0) this year than he did last year (30.0).
- This year, the weak Panthers run defense has been torched for a monstrous 135.0 adjusted rushing yards per game to opposing offenses: the 4th-worst in football.
Cons
- Based on their underlying traits and game dynamics, the Buccaneers are anticipated by the projections to call only 63.5 total plays in this contest: the 8th-lowest number among all teams this week.
- The 9th-lowest number of plays in football have been called by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this year (a lowly 56.3 per game on average).
- The Tampa Bay offensive line profiles as the 5th-worst in the league last year at run-game blocking.
- Rachaad White’s running efficiency (3.63 adjusted yards per carry) has been some of the worst in the NFL this year (22nd percentile when it comes to RBs).
- Rachaad White checks in as one of the weakest RBs in the league at generating extra rushing yardage, averaging just 2.56 yards-after-contact this year while grading out in the 20th percentile.
Projection
THE BLITZ
81
Rushing Yards