Demario Douglas Receptions Prop is currently Over/Under 4.5 (-113/-113).
Key Factors
Favors Over
At a -3.5-point disadvantage, the Patriots are underdogs in this game, indicating more of a focus on moving the ball through the air than their normal game plan.
At only 26.68 seconds per snap, the New England Patriots offense rates as the 5th-quickest paced in the NFL (adjusted for context) this year.
In this game, Demario Douglas is forecasted by the projections to place in the 86th percentile among WRs with 7.9 targets.
When it comes to safeties in defending receivers, Kansas City's group of safeties has been very bad this year, ranking as the 5th-worst in the league.
Favors Under
The Patriots have been the 6th-least pass-focused offense in football (in a neutral context) this year with a 58.3% pass rate.
Opposing teams teams have been reluctant to test the pass defense of the Kansas City Chiefs, averaging the 6th-fewest attempts in the NFL (a lowly 33.2 per game) this year.
The Patriots O-line ranks as the 9th-worst in the league this year in protecting the QB, which has a negative effect on all passing offense statistics across the board.
This year, the fierce Chiefs defense has yielded a meager 61.9% Adjusted Completion Rate to opposing wide receivers: the 7th-smallest rate in the NFL.