The Panthers boast a new play-caller this season in offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, and the predictive model expects their pass/run mix to skew 6.6% more towards passing than it did last season (adjusted for context).
This week’s line suggests an extreme passing game script for the Panthers, who are massive -10.5-point underdogs.
The leading projections forecast the Panthers as the 7th-most pass-heavy offense among all teams this week with a 59.7% pass rate, given their underlying traits and matchup dynamics.
The model projects this game to see the 5th-largest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 129.3 plays, accounting for the approaches of each team and game dynamics.
The Panthers have called the 3rd-most plays in the NFL this year, averaging a massive 63.0 plays per game.
Cons
Opposing quarterbacks teams have been afraid to rely on the passing game too much against the Dallas Cowboys, totaling the 2nd-fewest attempts in football (just 28.6 per game) this year.
When it comes to pass-blocking (and the significance it has on all passing game stats), the offensive line of the Panthers profiles as the 2nd-worst in the NFL this year.
Bryce Young has been one of the least accurate QBs in football this year with a 61.7% Adjusted Completion%, grading out in the 18th percentile.
Bryce Young comes in as one of the worst per-play passers in football this year, averaging a measly 5.39 adjusted yards-per-target while checking in at the lowly 3rd percentile.
Opposing QBs have thrown for the 4th-fewest yards in football (just 187.0 adjusted yards per game) against the Dallas Cowboys defense this year.