WR · Carolina Panthers
John Metchie III
vs Chicago Bears · Week 1
- Line
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- Receiving Yards
- Nuvela
- 8.5
- our projection
- Difference
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Every line available this week, with how often he cleared it recently. Selecting one re-anchors the rest of the page.
Every market compared
| Market | Line | Nuvela | Diff | Cleared L5 | Opened | Since open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime TD | 9% | — | — | 0 of 5 | 10% | −1% |
| 1st TD | 2% | — | — | 0 of 5 | 2% | level |
| 2+ TDs | 1% | — | — | 0 of 5 | — | — |
| Receiving Yards | No line posted yet | |||||
| Receptions | No line posted yet | |||||
| Longest Reception | No line posted yet | |||||
| Last TD | No line posted yet | |||||
| Rush + Rec Yards | No line posted yet | |||||
How the line moved
No line has been posted for this market yet, so there is nothing to track. The open, every move and the reason for it will appear here once the market opens.
Moves with this
How the WR1's receiving tends to move with each teammate role, across the league.
- The QB's passing yardsmove together · 564 games+0.6
- The WR2's receiving yardsmove loosely together · 564 games+0.2
- The RB1's rushing yardsroughly independent · 564 games0
- The TE1's receiving yardsroughly independent · 562 games0
A role-level tendency across the league — a general pattern for this role, not a measured link between these two specific players.
Recent output relative to line
Full season · every game against the selected line.
Receiving Yards
No games played yet this season.
- Consensus line
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- yards
- Nuvela projection
- 8.5
- Above the line
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- vs closing lines
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- no closing lines
- Median
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- regular season
- Average
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Distribution by time window
The same games cut four ways, against the line posted now and against the line each game actually closed at.
Windows
| Window | Median | Above % · vs current line | Above % · vs closing line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 3 | — | —— | —— |
| Last 5 | 30.5 | —— | 50%1/2 |
| Season | — | —— | —— |
| Last season | 22.5 | —— | 25%2/8 |
Custom splits
Cut the same games by where they were played, who was on the field, and what the game was doing.
No games played yet this season, so there is nothing to split.
Availability
Practice participation through the week, and the teammates whose status changes his workload.
His practice week
- Injury
- Other
- Game status
- Out
- Snap share, last game
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- Games missed this season
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Workload dependencies
- Chris Brazzell IIWR · Same room — his availability swings the targets in play.Ir
- Haynes KingQB · other · Throws him the ball — a change under center reshapes the passing game.Out
- Ja'Tavion SandersTE · other · Draws coverage — his status changes how the defense sets up.Out
- Trevor EtienneRB · leg · Draws coverage — his status changes how the defense sets up.Ir
Injury report
Both clubs’ full report, not only the names that touch his own workload.
CAR · Carolina Panthers
CHI · Chicago Bears
What this report suggests
- Names listed
- 18
- 8 CAR · 10 CHI
- Ruled out
- 14
- won’t play
- Questionable
- 4
- decided at kickoff
- Touch his workload
- 4
- Chris Brazzell II, Haynes King +2
- His coverage
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- not tracked yet
4 names on these lists reach him directly. Chris Brazzell II, Haynes King +2 — flagged in Availability — are the teammates whose status changes his own workload. The rest reach him through the game, not his role.
Across both clubs, 14 ruled out and 4 questionable. A thinner defence argues for more possessions — volume, which is most of a yards prop — though it cuts both ways, since trailing throws more and leading throws less.
Counted from the two lists above rather than typed, so this can’t disagree with them. It reads the report; it does not predict who plays.
Key research points
What this line assumes, and what the data shows. You make the call.
The read
Everything below uses 2026 games before Week 1 only — nothing from this game or later. Our projection, built from his own games and never from the line, is 8.5. Research, not a pick — the call is yours.
Written by rule from this page’s own numbers — no model wrote it, and it adds nothing the tables below do not already carry.
Research context for this week
The factors actually in play this week, and which one swings it.
1 factor in play
Written by rule from this page’s own numbers — no model wrote it.
Game context
The game the line sits inside. A total and a script set how many chances there are before any of his own rates matter.
- Game total
- 47.5
- combined
- CAR implied total
- 22.25
- underdog
- CHI implied total
- 25.25
- favored
- Projected script
- Neutral/Trail
- underdog
- Pace
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- not published yet
- Wind
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- no forecast yet
- Conditions
- Outdoor
- outdoor
What the game projects
- Offensive plays
- 62
- 1-game avg
- Dropbacks
- 42.8
- 69% pass
- His receptions
- 3.2
- projected this game
- Red-zone trips
- 4
- 1-game avg
- Pass rate ± exp
- +2.1
- PROE
A yards prop is a rate times a volume. The rates live in Usage; this is the volume they act on — the offence’s per-game workload and his projected share of it.
Usage & opportunity
Roughly 70% of any prop outcome is opportunity, not efficiency. This is the section that predicts.
Share of the offence
Opponent defense
How Chicago Bears defends each position — fantasy points allowed per game, rank 1 = toughest — and what comparable roles have done against them.
By position
No games played yet this season, so there is nothing to rank a defence by.
Similar players
| Player | Rec yds |
|---|---|
| Justin Jefferson2025 · Wk 11 | 61 |
| Ja'Marr Chase2025 · Wk 9 | 111 |
| Wan'Dale Robinson2025 · Wk 10 | 62 |
| Jakobi Meyers2025 · Wk 4 | 30 |
| Tre Tucker2025 · Wk 4 | 13 |
Game log · season
Most recent first — his weekly output for this market.
No games played yet this season.
Prop odds
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