Week 2 Player Props: Passing Yards for Josh Allen from EV Insight

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Right now, Josh Allen’s passing yards prop is set at 259.5 yards (-114/-114).

Pros

THE BLITZ projects the Buffalo Bills as the 2nd-most pass-oriented team in the NFL (in a neutral context) at the moment with a 69.2% pass rate.
Josh Allen has attempted 36.9 throws per game since the start of last season, ranking in the 81st percentile among quarterbacks.
Opposing QBs have averaged 34.7 pass attempts per game against the Las Vegas Raiders defense since the start of last season: 9th-most in the league.
Josh Allen has been among the top passers in the NFL since the start of last season, averaging a stellar 271.0 yards per game while checking in at the 89th percentile.
Josh Allen has been among the most effective QBs in football since the start of last season, averaging a stellar 7.66 yards-per-target while grading out in the 90th percentile.

Cons

The Bills are a giant 7.5-point favorite this week, likely leading to an extreme rushing game script.
THE BLITZ projects this game to see the 3rd-lowest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 124.5 plays, based on the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
The Buffalo Bills have run the 7th-least plays in football since the start of last season, totaling a lowly 55.2 plays per game.
The Buffalo Bills offensive line grades out as the 8th-worst in the league since the start of last season in protecting the QB, which has a negative effect on all pass game metrics across the board.
The Las Vegas Raiders linebackers grade out as the 3rd-best LB corps in the league since the start of last season in covering receivers.

Projection

THE BLITZ
299
Passing Yards