Sterling Shepard Wild Card Preview vs. the Commanders

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Sterling Shepard has a tough matchup in the NFC Wild Card Round (Sunday at 8:00 PM ET), playing the Washington Commanders. The Commanders gave up the third-fewest passing yards in the regular season, 189.8 per game.

Shepard has collected 334 receiving yards on 32 catches with one touchdown this campaign, averaging 25.7 yards per game.

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Shepard vs. the Commanders

• Shepard vs the Commanders (since 2021): 10 GP / 44.7 REC YPG / REC TD
• Four players have put up 100 or more receiving yards in a game against Washington in the 2024 season.
• 22 players have caught a TD pass against the Commanders this year.
• Washington has given up two or more TD receptions to three opposing players on the season.
• The 189.8 passing yards the Commanders allow per contest makes them the third-ranked pass defense in the NFL this season.
• The Commanders' defense is 15th in the NFL by giving up 1.5 passing touchdowns per game to their opponents (25 total passing TDs).

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Shepard Receiving Insights

• In the receiving game, Shepard has hit the over on his receiving yards prop bet in 27.3% of his games (three of 11).
• Shepard has been targeted on 51 of his team's 571 passing attempts this season (8.9% target share).
• He is averaging 6.5 yards per target (115th in league play), averaging 334 yards on 51 passes thrown his way.
• Shepard has had a touchdown catch in one of 13 games this year. He had only one TD in that game.
• He has scored one of his team's 57 offensive touchdowns this season (1.8%).
• Shepard (five red zone targets) has been targeted 6.4% of the time in the red zone (78 total red zone pass attempts on the team).

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Shepard's Recent Performance