THE BLITZ projects Deebo Samuel to garner 6.7 targets in this week’s contest, on average, ranking in the 82nd percentile among wide receivers.
Deebo Samuel has been a key part of his team’s passing attack, garnering a Target Share of 23.0% since the start of last season, which puts him in the 84th percentile among wide receivers.
Deebo Samuel has been among the leading wide receivers in the NFL since the start of last season, averaging a stellar 52.0 yards per game while checking in at the 76th percentile.
Deebo Samuel has been among the top wideouts in football at generating extra yardage, averaging a stellar 9.43 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) since the start of last season while grading out in the 100th percentile.
The Pittsburgh Steelers pass defense has not been good when opposing wide receivers have gotten into space, yielding an average of 4.46 yards-after-the-catch since the start of last season: the 9th-most in the NFL.
Cons
THE BLITZ projects the San Francisco 49ers as the 10th-least pass-centric team among all teams this week with a 55.9% pass rate, given their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
THE BLITZ projects this game to see the 3rd-lowest volume of plays run on the slate this week at 125.6 plays, accounting for the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 31.4 pass attempts per game against the Pittsburgh Steelers defense since the start of last season: 9th-least in football.
The Pittsburgh Steelers pass defense has yielded the lowest Completion% in the NFL (60.1%) versus WRs since the start of last season (60.1%).
The Pittsburgh Steelers safeties project as the 5th-best unit in the league since the start of last season in covering pass-catchers.