THE BLITZ projects Kyle Pitts to accrue 6.0 targets in this game, on average, ranking him in the 89th percentile among TEs.
Kyle Pitts has been a more integral piece of his offense’s pass attack this year (25.9% Target Share in games he has played) than he was last year (20.0%).
Kyle Pitts has put up a whopping 76.0 air yards per game this year: 98th percentile among tight ends.
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.
The Carolina Panthers pass defense has surrendered the 3rd-highest Completion% in football (82.9%) vs. TEs this year (82.9%).
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.
Kyle Pitts has accrued many fewer receiving yards per game (37.0) this season than he did last season (54.0).
Kyle Pitts’s sure-handedness have tailed off this year, with his Completion% shrinking from 62.0% to 52.9%.