The Atlanta Falcons O-line grades out as the 9th-best in the league this year in protecting the passer, which has a strong effect on all pass attack statistics across the board.
Marcus Mariota has passed for many more yards per game (170.0) this season than he did last season (1.0).
Marcus Mariota has been among the most effective passers in the NFL this year, averaging a terrific 7.59 yards-per-target while grading out in the 79th percentile.
Opposing offenses have completed passes at the 3rd-highest rate in football vs. the Carolina Panthers defense this year (74.4%).
The Carolina Panthers safeties rank as the 7th-worst safety corps in the league this year in covering receivers.
Cons
THE BLITZ projects the Atlanta Falcons as the 2nd-least pass-heavy offense among all teams this week with a 44.3% pass rate, given their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
THE BLITZ projects this game to see the 2nd-smallest volume of plays run among all games this week at 125.5 plays, based on the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
The Atlanta Falcons have called the 3rd-least plays in football this year, averaging a lowly 53.7 plays per game.
THE BLITZ projects Marcus Mariota to attempt 25.9 passes in this week’s contest, on average: the 3rd-least of all quarterbacks.
Marcus Mariota has been among the least on-target passers in the NFL this year with a 60.3% Completion%, ranking in the 15th percentile.