The Minnesota Vikings may take to the air less in this week’s game (and call more carries) since they be rolling with backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs.
The leading projections forecast the Vikings as the 7th-most pass-heavy team among all teams this week with a 60.7% pass rate, given their underlying traits and matchup dynamics.
In this week’s contest, Joshua Dobbs is projected by our trusted projection set to average the 4th-most pass attempts among all quarterbacks with 36.2.
The Minnesota offensive line grades out as the 3rd-best in football this year in protecting the QB, which has a strong effect on all air attack metrics across the board.
The Broncos pass defense has shown poor efficiency this year, conceding 8.59 adjusted yards-per-target: the most in the NFL.
Cons
Opposing quarterbacks teams have been hesitant to lean on the pass against the Broncos, averaging the 9th-fewest attempts in the NFL (just 33.8 per game) this year.
With a lousy tally of 159.0 adjusted passing yards per game (16th percentile), Joshua Dobbs rates as one of the bottom QBs in the NFL this year.
With a bad 62.3% Adjusted Completion% (24th percentile) this year, Joshua Dobbs places among the least accurate passers in football.
Joshua Dobbs ranks as one of the worst per-play passers in the NFL this year, averaging just 5.97 adjusted yards-per-target while checking in at the lowly 9th percentile.