Falcons vs Buccaneers Match Player Stats | Week 8 Sunday 2024

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Falcons vs Buccaneers Match Player Stats | Week 8 Sunday 2024

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 8 Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Todays Game is on Sunday, October 27th
27/10/24 13:00:00 PM EST Kickoff

Key Match Player Stats to this Game

Based on the game dynamics and the underlying approaches of each team, this contest is expected by our trusted projection set to have 132.4 offensive plays called: the most on the slate this week.

The model projects Bijan Robinson to garner 17.5 rush attempts this week, on balance, putting him in the 92nd percentile when it comes to RBs.

After accounting for 41.7% of his team’s carries last season, Bijan Robinson has had a larger role in the ground game this season, currently sitting at 64.2%.

Bijan Robinson has run for quite a few more adjusted yards per game (63.0) this year than he did last year (50.0).

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense has produced the 4th-worst efficiency against opposing run games this year, conceding 5.44 adjusted yards-per-carry.

Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 36.6 pass attempts per game versus the Buccaneers defense this year: 6th-most in the league.

The leading projections forecast Kyle Pitts to accrue 5.6 targets in this week’s game, on average, placing him in the 89th percentile among tight ends.

Kyle Pitts checks in as one of the leading tight ends in the pass game this year, averaging a terrific 38.0 adjusted yards per game while checking in at the 82nd percentile.

Kyle Pitts’s ball-catching skills have been refined this year, with his Adjusted Catch Rate rising from 60.1% to 64.5%.

Negative Match Player Stats Trends that should impact this Game

Kyle Pitts has posted significantly fewer air yards this season (45.0 per game) than he did last season (62.0 per game).

Kyle Pitts’s 36.6 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—an advanced metric that measures high-value offensive volume) has been quite a bit lower this season than it was last season at 44.8.

As it relates to pass-blocking (and the ramifications it has on all passing attack stats), the O-line of the Atlanta Falcons profiles as the 9th-worst in the league this year.

As it relates to safeties in defending pass-catchers, Tampa Bay’s unit has been excellent this year, ranking as the 9th-best in football.

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