Kyle Juszczyk Receiving Yards Prop is currently Over/Under 8.5 (-110/-110).
Key Factors
Favors Over
This game will be played in a dome—meaning no wind, higher pass volume, higher TD potential, and better passing effectiveness.
Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 42.8 pass attempts per game versus the Atlanta Falcons defense this year: 2nd-most in football.
Kyle Juszczyk has accrued a colossal 7.0 air yards per game this year: 92nd percentile among running backs. (That may not sound like a lot, but most RBs have negative air yards because they are targeted behind the line of scrimmage).
Kyle Juszczyk's receiving effectiveness has improved this year, notching 11.02 yards-per-target compared to a mere 7.54 mark last year.
The Atlanta Falcons defense has yielded the 8th-most receiving yards per game in the NFL (44.0) versus RBs this year.
Favors Under
The 49ers are a 3.5-point favorite in this week's game, which points towards a rushing game script.
THE BLITZ projects the San Francisco 49ers to be the 5th-least pass-centric offense on the slate this week with a 56.5% pass rate, based on their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
THE BLITZ projects this game to have the 5th-lowest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 128.0 plays, given the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
The San Francisco 49ers have run the 9th-least plays in the league this year, totaling just 56.6 plays per game.
Kyle Juszczyk's 10.9 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—a volume statistic that measures high-value offensive involvement) has been substantially worse this year than it was last year at 16.5.