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.As it relates to linebackers in defending receivers, Indianapolis's LB corps has been terrible this year, projecting as the 6th-worst in the NFL.
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