The Texans feature a new play-caller this season in offensive coordinator Nick Caley, and the model projects their pass/run mix to skew 2.9% more towards rushing than it did last season (context-neutralized).The Texans are a huge 7.5-point favorite this week, likely creating an extreme rushing game script.Based on their underlying propensities and matchup dynamics, the leading projections forecast the Texans to pass on 55.3% of their downs: the 9th-lowest frequency among all teams this week.Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 28.2 pass attempts per game against the Tennessee Titans defense since the start of last season: fewest in the league.In regards to pocket protection (and the importance it has on all pass attack metrics), the offensive line of the Houston Texans grades out as the 5th-worst in the league since the start of last season.
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