Mayfield 43% completion vs. man coverage; Patriots play heavy man but force volume.
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Baker Mayfield has completed only 43% of his passes against man coverage this season—worse than all but Cam Ward and with lower yards per pass than Carson Wentz; the Patriots play heavy man coverage and are expected to employ it in Week 10, creating a significant matchup concern despite his MVP-talk narrative. However, he showed aggression against the blitz last week with a 12.3 ADOT and positive EPA with a 44% success rate, suggesting he can attack downfield in blitz-heavy matchups. The Patriots' strong run defense (fifth in rushing DVOA, third in EPA, third in success rate) will likely force high dropback volume, which could benefit Mayfield if he can maintain efficiency or at least volume.
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Baker Mayfield as a whole this season like he's kind of gotten by like with some late game stuff and got him in the MVP talk like his overall metrics have been kind of weak all year and especially against man coverage. He's only completed 43% of his passes against man coverage. Only Cam Ward is worse and only Carson Wentz has a lower yards per pass against man coverage. Obviously the Patriots play a lot of man coverage.
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- Baker Mayfield has completed only 43% of his passes against man coverage this season—worse than all but Cam Ward and with lower yards per pass than Carson Wentz; the Patriots play heavy man coverage and are expected to employ it in Week 10, creating a significant matchup concern despite his MVP-talk narrative. However, he showed aggression against the blitz last week with a 12.3 ADOT and positive EPA with a 44% success rate, suggesting he can attack downfield in blitz-heavy matchups. The Patriots' strong run defense (fifth in rushing DVOA, third in EPA, third in success rate) will likely force high dropback volume, which could benefit Mayfield if he can maintain efficiency or at least volume.
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