Chargers vs Patriots Match Player Stats | Week 17 Saturday 2024

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Chargers vs Patriots Match Player Stats | Week 17 Saturday 2024

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 17 Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots
Todays Game is on Saturday, December 28th
28/12/24 13:00:00 PM EST Kickoff

Key Match Player Stats to this Game

The Patriots are a 4-point underdog in this week’s game, indicating a passing game script.

Demario Douglas’s 79.2% Adjusted Catch Rate this season conveys a noteable boost in his receiving skills over last season’s 64.1% figure.

Demario Douglas has been one of the top wide receivers in the NFL at generating extra yardage, averaging an outstanding 5.53 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) this year while ranking in the 80th percentile.

This year, the porous Los Angeles Chargers defense has been gouged for the 8th-most adjusted yards-per-target in football to opposing WRs: a colossal 8.51 yards.

The predictive model expects the Chargers to be the 5th-most pass-focused offense in football (in a neutral context) at the moment with a 63.3% pass rate.

The New England Patriots pass defense has yielded the 7th-highest Adjusted Completion% in football (68%) vs. wide receivers this year (68.0%).

The New England Patriots pass defense has shown poor efficiency vs. WRs this year, conceding 8.55 adjusted yards-per-target to the position: the 7th-most in the NFL.

Hunter Henry’s 81.9% Route% this season marks a material progression in his pass attack usage over last season’s 71.6% mark.

In this game, Hunter Henry is projected by the projection model to secure a spot in the 92nd percentile among TEs with 6.6 targets.

Hunter Henry has accumulated a staggering 47.0 air yards per game this year: 95th percentile when it comes to TEs.

Hunter Henry’s 47.0 adjusted receiving yards per game this season conveys a meaningful improvement in his receiving prowess over last season’s 33.0 mark.

The Patriots pass defense has exhibited bad efficiency this year, allowing 7.98 adjusted yards-per-target: the 10th-most in the league.

Negative Match Player Stats Trends that should impact this Game

The leading projections forecast the New England Patriots as the 10th-least pass-centric offense on the slate this week with a 55.2% pass rate, accounting for their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.

The model projects this game to see the 4th-smallest number of plays run out of all the games this week at 127.2 plays, based on the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.

Demario Douglas has put up far fewer air yards this year (29.0 per game) than he did last year (44.0 per game).

When talking about pass protection (and the importance it has on all pass game metrics), the offensive line of the Patriots grades out as the worst in the league this year.

The Los Angeles Chargers pass defense has excelled when opposing WRs have gotten into space, surrendering an average of 3.88 yards-after-the-catch this year: the 8th-fewest in the NFL.

This year, the imposing Los Angeles Chargers defense has given up the 6th-least adjusted yards-per-target in football to the opposing side: a feeble 7.4 yards.

The Chargers defense has been quite strong when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, giving up an average of 4.36 yards-after-the-catch this year: the 2nd-fewest in the league.

A running game script is suggested by the Chargers being a 4-point favorite in this week’s game.

The model projects the Chargers to call the 3rd-fewest plays on offense among all teams this week with 62.3 plays, given their underlying play style and game dynamics.

The smallest volume of plays in football have been run by the Los Angeles Chargers this year (a lowly 53.6 per game on average).

Opposing teams have averaged 32.6 pass attempts per game versus the Patriots defense this year: 8th-fewest in the NFL.

The New England cornerbacks grade out as the 6th-best CB corps in the league this year in covering pass-catchers.

This year, the imposing Los Angeles Chargers defense has conceded a mere 38.0 adjusted receiving yards per game vs. opposing tight ends: the 2nd-best in football.

This year, the fierce Los Angeles Chargers defense has conceded the 2nd-least adjusted yards-per-target in football to opposing TEs: a mere 6.3 yards.

Justin Herbert has thrown for quite a few less adjusted yards per game (201.0) this year than he did last year (248.0).

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