Marquez Valdes-Scantling Receiving Yards

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NFL · Player Props

Marquez Valdes-Scantling

WR · Kansas City Chiefs

Receiving Yards

Kansas City Chiefs vs Las Vegas Raiders · Week 5, 2022

Updated Oct 10, 2022 11:20 PM UTC

Analysis

Marquez Valdes-Scantling Receiving Yards Prop is currently Over/Under 45.5 (-130/-110).

The money has been on the Over as it opened 43.5 @ -120 before it was bet up to 45.5 @ -130.

Key Factors

Favors Over

The Kansas City Chiefs offensive line profiles as the 8th-best in the league this year in protecting the passer, which has a strong effect on all passing offense statistics across the board.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling has posted quite a few more receiving yards per game (45.0) this season than he did last season (35.0).
Marquez Valdes-Scantling's receiving reliability have been refined this year, with his Completion% jumping from 53.9% to 63.5%.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling's pass-catching effectiveness has gotten better this year, accumulating 8.96 yards-per-target compared to just 7.76 rate last year.
The Las Vegas Raiders defense has given up the most receiving yards per game in the league (171.0) to wideouts this year.

Favors Under

The Chiefs are a massive 7-point favorite in this week's game, likely creating an extreme rushing game script.
THE BLITZ projects the Kansas City Chiefs to be the least pass-heavy offense among all teams this week with a 63.4% pass rate, accounting for their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
THE BLITZ projects this game to have the least plays run among all games this week at 128.3 plays, based on the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling has been a more integral piece of his team's offense this season, staying in the game for 75.2% of snaps compared to just 62.6% last season.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling has accumulated quite a few less air yards this season (56.0 per game) than he did last season (81.0 per game).