He has run a route on 72.9% of Green Bay's dropbacks this season, which puts him in the #64 percentile among wide receivers.His target share this season has been 14.5% -- #63 percentile when it comes to wide receivers.Perhaps as a result of a change in role, personnel injury, or matchup, Valdes-Scantling is projected for 1.0% more of his team's target share this week than he has gotten overall this year, which ranks in the #71 percentile among wide receivers.Chicago's defense has allowed 165 yards per game to wide receivers this year (#12-most in football).The Bears have allowed opposing wideouts to complete 67.1% of their targets this season, (#15-most in the league).Chicago Bears safeties rank as the #19 unit in pass coverage.The Packers project to run 60.8 plays in this contest, the #22-most of the week.This offenses projects to pass 57.7% of the time in this contest (#19 in the NFL) based on underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.Valdes-Scantling's offensive line has been #15 best in pass protection this year, which has a real impact on their ability to complete clean passes to their wide receivers.The Packers offensive line has given the QB 2.45 seconds before getting pressured to find open receivers (#17-most time in the league).Play action passes confuse the defense and lead to a higher completion rate. The Green Bay Packers have run play-action on 25.4% of their passes this year, #17-most in the NFL.Teams that stack the box with extra defenders to stop the run leave themselves exposed to the pass, and Green Bay has faced the #15-most stacked boxes in the league this year (14.6%).
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