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Opportunity is king when it comes to fantasy football production. Therefore, it is important to be aware of each player’s opportunity share. Past opportunity helps us predict future usage and, in turn, future fantasy output. But I understand that not every fantasy gamer has the time or resources to stay on top of the recent trends. So, I am doing the research for you.
As a weekly series, I look at every box score, track target share, snap share, and air yards. I compile all of the trends that I find useful or interesting here in order to help you make better lineup and roster decisions. Pair this with our team profiles, weekly rankings, matchups preview, start/sit assistant, trade calculator, and other articles to give your teams an edge over the competition. Without further ado, here is everything I took away from an exciting Week 4 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.
Snap Share
- With Ty’Son Williams a healthy scratch, the Ravens backfield snaps were distributed as follows: Latavius Murray 62%, Le’Veon Bell 27%, Devonta Freeman 8%
- Bills backfield snap shares: Zack Moss 56%, Devin Singletary 44%
- Panthers RB snap shares with Christian McCaffrey out: Chuba Hubbard 47%, Rodney Smith 37%, Royce Freeman 17%
- Browns backfield: Kareem Hunt 53%, Nick Chubb 47%
- Ezekiel Elliott has played over 70% of the snaps in every game so far
- For the first time, Javonte Williams out-snapped Melvin Gordon (51% to 49%)
- D’Andre Swift played on a season-high 73% of the snaps
- AJ Dillon played a season-high 40% of the snaps
- James Robinson played a season-high 95% of the snaps
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s snap shares have declined every week through the first four weeks. He started at 72% in Week 1 and was at 52% in Week 4. On the flip side, Darrell Williams’ have steadily risen from 22% in Week 1 to 36% in Week 4
- Darrell Henderson played 90% of the snaps in his return from injuries
- Myles Gaskin played a season-low 23% of the snaps while Malcolm Brown played a season-high 67%
- Damien Harris played a season-high 61% of the snaps. Brandon Bolden played 32% and JJ Taylor played 7%
- Saquon Barkley played 89% of the snaps
- Michael Carter played a season-high 51% of the snaps
- For the second-straight week, Chris Carson played fewer than 50% of the snaps. Alex Collins was up to 39%
- Trey Sermon played 51% of the snaps
- Leonard Fournette played a season-high 82% of the snaps
- Olamide Zaccheaus played 80% of the snaps in second game without Russell Gage
- Robby Anderson (84%) and Terrace Marshall (71%) each had a season-high snap share
- With KJ Hamler out, Kendall Hinton was third among Broncos WRs in snap share (43%)
- Randall Cobb played on a season-high 46% of the snaps
- Parris Campbell played on a season-low 44% of the snaps
- N’Keal Harry played on 25% of the snaps in his 2021 debut
- John Ross played 44% of the snaps in his Giants debut
- Kadarius Toney played on a season-high 78% of the snaps
- Jamison Crowder played 62% of the snaps in his season debut
- Brandon Aiyuk played 67% of the snaps
- Curtis Samuel played on 37% of the snaps in his first game of the season
Target Share
- After seeing a season-high 24% of the targets, Christian Kirk’s Week 4 target share was down to just 3%
- After target shares of 16% and 22% to start the season, Rondale Moore has seen just 6% and 9% of the targets over the last two weeks
- Marquise Brown saw a season-low 14% target share
- Emmanuel Sanders saw a season-high 20% target share while Cole Beasley was down to a season-worst 7%
- Robby Anderson saw a season-high 28% target share
- Darnell Mooney saw a 41% target share
- Tyler Boyd continues to pace the Bengals in targets with a target share over 30% in each of the last three games
- Despite catching just two passes, CeeDee Lamb had a 23% target share
- Amon-Ra St. Brown led Lions WRs with a season-high 21% target share
- Randall Cobb saw a 17% target share
- Anthony Miller has seen target shares of 21% and 24% in his two games with Houston
- Laviska Shenault saw a season-high 29% target share. He’s been over 20% in three-of-four games
- KJ Osborn was back up to an 18% target share
- John Ross had a 10% target share in first game with Giants
- Kadarius Toney had a 22% target share
- Jamison Crowder was the intended target on 26% of Zach Wilson’s passes
- Jalen Reagor saw just 2% of the targets
- Brandon Aiyuk saw a 7% target share
- Chuba Hubbard saw just 5% of the targets in Christian McCaffrey’s absence. On the other hand, Rodney Smith had a 13% target share
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire had a season-high 10% target share
- Brandon Bolden led the Patriots backfield with a 14% target share in first game without James White. Damien Harris had 5%, JJ Taylor 2%
- Kenny Gainwell had a season-high 17% target share
- Jeremy McNichols saw 24% of the targets
- Maxx Williams had a 16% target share
- Kyle Pitts had a 21% target share
- Dawson Knox had a 27% target share
- Cole Kmet has seen over 18% of the targets in three of four games
- CJ Uzomah had a 19% target share on TNF
- Dalton Schultz has had target shares if 27% and 36% over the last two weeks
- Zach Ertz has out-targeted Dallas Goedert in each of the last two games
- George Kittle had a season-high 27% target share
- Cameron Brate had a 14% target share in Rob Gronkowski’s absence
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
1.Jeremy McNichols 24%
2.David Johnson 19%
3.Najee Harris 18%
4.Kenny Gainwell 17%
5.Chase Edmonds 16%
T-5.Dalvin Cook 16%
T-5.D’Andre Swift 16%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
1.Darnell Mooney 41%
2.Tyreek Hill 40%
3.Terry McLaurin 39%
4.D.K. Metcalf 35%
5.Tyler Boyd 34%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
1.Dalton Schultz 27%
2.Travis Kelce 25%
3.Mike Gesicki 24%
4.Mark Andrews 23%
5.George Kittle 22%
Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)
- Terry McLaurin 217 (73.60%)
- Calvin Ridley 198 (45.00%)
- Tyreek Hill 163 (74.40%)
- Courtland Sutton 158 (43.30%)
- DeVonta Smith 144 (43.80%)
- Odell Beckham 144 (41.60%)
- Robby Anderson 141 (40.30%)
- Corey Davis 138 (42.60%)
- Diontae Johnson 138 (47.40%)
- Henry Ruggs 137 (46.6%)
- Josh Reynolds 137 (33.90%)
- Mike Evans 129 (28.10%)
- Stefon Diggs 128 (48.90%)
- Adam Thielen 124 (38.80%)
- Deebo Samuel 121 (34.40%)
