The Jacksonville Jaguars will have a new play-caller this year in head coach Doug Pederson, and THE BLITZ projects their pass/run mix to skew 3.6% more towards passing than it did last year (context-neutralized).
THE BLITZ projects the Jacksonville Jaguars as the 7th-most pass-centric team in football (in a neutral context) at the moment with a 64.0% pass rate.
THE BLITZ projects this game to have the 4th-most plays run out of all the games this week at 130.0 plays, given the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
THE BLITZ projects Trevor Lawrence to attempt 38.1 passes in this contest, on average: the 8th-most of all quarterbacks.
Cons
The Jacksonville Jaguars have run the 4th-least plays in football since the start of last season, totaling a mere 59.9 plays per game.
Opposing quarterbacks have completed passes at the 6th-lowest level in football vs. the Indianapolis Colts defense since the start of last season (67.1%).
The Indianapolis Colts pass defense has exhibited strong efficiency since the start of last season, allowing 7.28 yards-per-target: the 7th-least in the NFL.
The Indianapolis Colts defense has performed very well when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, conceding an average of 4.83 yards-after-the-catch since the start of last season: the 10th-least in the league.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have gone up against a stacked the box on a measly 11.1% of their plays since the start of last season, 3rd-least in football. Positioning an extra defender near the line of scrimmage improves run-stopping at the cost of better passing efficiency.