Melvin Gordon Receiving Yards - Player Prop Bet Week 6

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Melvin Gordon

RB · Denver Broncos

Receiving Yards

Los Angeles Chargers vs Denver Broncos · Week 6, 2022

Updated Oct 18, 2022 12:06 AM UTC

Analysis

Melvin Gordon Receiving Yards Prop is currently Over/Under 13.5 (-107/-121).

The money has been on the Under as it opened 14.5 @ -110 before it was bet down to 13.5 @ -121.

Key Factors

Favors Over

The Denver Broncos will have a new play-caller this season in head coach Nathaniel Hackett, and THE BLITZ projects their pass/run mix to tilt 4.4% more towards passing than it did last season (in a neutral context).
The Broncos are a 4-point underdog this week, indicating a passing game script.
THE BLITZ projects this game to have the smallest volume of plays run among all games this week at 132.8 plays, accounting for the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.
THE BLITZ projects Melvin Gordon to total 3.9 targets in this week's contest, on average, placing him in the 87th percentile among RBs.
The Denver Broncos O-line profiles as the 7th-best in the league this year in protecting the QB, which has a strong effect on all passing game statistics across the board.

Favors Under

THE BLITZ projects the Denver Broncos to be the least pass-oriented offense on the slate this week with a 61.2% pass rate, based on their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.
Melvin Gordon has been less involved as a potential target this year (29.9% Route% in games he has been on the field) than he did last year (43.4%).
The Los Angeles Chargers pass defense has performed very well when opposing running backs have gotten into space, yielding an average of 8.03 yards-after-the-catch this year: the 10th-least in football.
The Los Angeles Chargers have stacked the box against opponents on just 13.8% of their plays since the start of last season, 8th-least in the NFL. Choosing not to keep an extra defender near the line of scrimmage improves pass defense at the expense of run-stopping.
The Denver Broncos have gone no-huddle on a lowly 3.8% of their play-calls outside the two-minute warning since the start of last season (least in football). This slows the pace, resulting in less volume and stat-padding.