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 Christian Kirk to accumulate 8.7 targets in this game, on average, putting him in the 92nd percentile among wide receivers.
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.
Christian Kirk’s ball-catching skills have tailed off this year, with his Completion% falling off from 74.9% to 60.4%.
Christian Kirk has been among the weakest WRs in football at picking up extra yardage, averaging a mere 2.64 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) since the start of last season while ranking in the 4th percentile.
The Indianapolis Colts pass defense has given up the 4th-lowest Completion% in football (61.2%) versus wide receivers since the start of last season (61.2%).
The Indianapolis Colts pass defense has shown strong efficiency versus wide receivers since the start of last season, allowing 7.34 yards-per-target to the position: the 3rd-least in football.