The Carolina Panthers have a new play-caller this year in offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, and the leading projections forecast their pass/run mix to skew 6.2% more towards passing than it did last year (context-neutralized).Based on the game dynamics and the underlying play styles of each team, this contest is forecasted by the projection model to have 133.0 total plays run: the highest number among all games this week.The Panthers have called the 4th-most plays in football this year, averaging a monstrous 63.4 plays per game.The passing games of both teams (in terms of both volume and efficiency) ought to benefit from the still weather conditions (3-mph wind) being called for in this game, while rush volume may go down.Chuba Hubbard has been more involved as a potential pass-catcher this year (38.7% Route Participation% in games he has been on the field) than he did last year (24.7%).
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