Welcome to Going Deep! This weekly article will make use of charting data, advanced metrics, and other RotoViz tools — specifically the newly released Passing Game Matchup Rater — to help readers better understand the challenges facing wide receivers and tight ends in the coming week. As my process makes heavy use of the Matchup Rater, I’d highly recommend that you set aside half an hour to watch the tutorial/walkthrough and take a spin through the tool.
Please note that we only touch upon players with 6.0 or more PPG in this article.
MATCHUPS
Jaguars at Buccaneers
- Wide receivers are scoring 115% of points per game (PPG) against the Buccaneers. A team whose defense has been favorable across alignments and has allowed a significantly high total of big games to the position.
- Unsurprisingly, this lends to Jacksonville’s WRs producing some of the highest matchup ratings of the week.
- Parker Washington and Jamal Agnew are hard to project from a volume standpoint, but teams in a pinch could do worse.
- Calvin Ridley and Zay Jones can be expected to beat PPG.
- Evan Engram should have a nice outing against a defense that has been arguably the best matchup for opposing tight ends.
- Unsurprisingly, this lends to Jacksonville’s WRs producing some of the highest matchup ratings of the week.
- Mike Evans and Chris Godwin will look to attack the Jaguars from out wide in a matchup that’s a little better than average.
- Cade Otton has a decent chance of beating PPG. Jacksonville is allowing TEs to score 107% of PPG and has been favorable to the TE alignment.
