The Texans boast a new play-caller this season in offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik, and the model projects their pass/run mix to tilt 2.4% more towards rushing than it did last season (context-neutralized).The Texans are a 3-point favorite in this week's game, indicating a running game script.The leading projections forecast the Houston Texans to be the 8th-most run-centric team on the slate this week with a 44.6% run rate, given their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.The projections expect this game to have the 2nd-largest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 131.5 plays, given the approaches of each team and game dynamics.The leading projections forecast Dameon Pierce to earn 14.3 carries in this week's game, on balance, placing him in the 85th percentile among RBs.
|