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Receiving touchdown
Jake Ferguson

Jake Ferguson

TE Dallas Cowboys · Wk 3 vs BAL BAL

Chance of 1+ receiving TD
45%
Rank
#12
of 158

Why Ferguson ranks #12

  • Jake Ferguson has reached 1+ receiving TD in 1 of 2 games this season.
  • Ferguson has 2 receiving TDs in 2 games (1.00 per game) on 3.0 targets per game. With a small sample, that is blended with what a typical TE at this workload produces (0.21 per game), giving 0.53 per game.
  • The Ravens have allowed 0.50 receiving TDs per game to TEs over 2 games, versus a league average of 0.47 (+7%). Only 33% of that gap is applied because the sample is small, a x1.02 adjustment.
  • Game environment (receiving TDs x1.09): Vegas total 52.5, implied 24.8 points for DAL (league avg 22.5); Underdog by 3: likely to pass more while trailing; Indoors: no weather effect, a small boost for passing and kicking.
  • Expected receiving TDs this week: 0.59. That makes the chance of 1+ receiving TD 45%.
  • Small sample: only 2 games so far, so treat this as directional.
How the math works

Rate: (actual total + 3 games of the typical rate) divided by (games played + 3). This keeps one or two games from swinging the estimate.

Matchup: the opponent's allowed rate to TEs divided by the league average, with only n/(n+4) of the gap applied and limited to x0.7 to x1.4.

Chance: expected 0.59, converted with a Poisson count model to the chance of 1+.

It does not know about injuries, snap counts, game script or weather.

Jake Ferguson's games

WkOppTgtRecReYdReTD
1NYG2260
2WAS44432
Average3.03.024.51.0

What the Ravens allow to TEs

WkOffenseReTD
1INDIND1
2NONO0
Ravens avg / game0.50
League avg0.47

Totals are for every TE the Ravens faced in each game, not just one player.