THE BLITZ projects the Indianapolis Colts as the 8th-most pass-oriented offense on the slate this week with a 60.9% pass rate, based on their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
The Indianapolis Colts have run the 3rd-most plays in football this year, totaling a whopping 65.5 plays per game.
Michael Pittman has run a route on 97.7% of his offense’s dropbacks this year, ranking in the 97th percentile among wideouts.
Michael Pittman has notched significantly more receiving yards per game (85.0) this season than he did last season (63.0).
The Tennessee Titans defense has surrendered the 2nd-most receiving yards per game in the NFL (209.0) versus wideouts this year.
Cons
THE BLITZ projects the Colts to call the 6th-least total plays among all teams this week with 62.0 plays, based on their underlying tendencies and game dynamics.
Michael Pittman has compiled quite a few less air yards this year (66.0 per game) than he did last year (75.0 per game).
The Indianapolis Colts O-line grades out as the 5th-worst in the NFL this year in protecting the QB, which has a negative effect on all passing attack statistics across the board.
The Tennessee Titans have stacked the box vs. opponents on just 10.1% of their plays since the start of last season, 3rd-least in the league. Choosing not to keep an extra defender close to the line of scrimmage improves pass defense at the expense of run-stopping.
The Indianapolis Colts have gone no-huddle on a mere 2.7% of their play-calls outside the two-minute warning since the start of last season (5th-least in the league). This slows down the pace, leading to less volume and stat-padding.