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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 5 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.
Snap Share
- Cordarrelle Patterson doubled his snap share from Week 4 to a season -high 59% in Week 5
- Despite the increase from Patterson, Mike Davis maintained a 64% snap share which is consistent with what we saw from Weeks 1-4
- Zack Moss continues to tighten his grip on the Bills RB1 job. He had a season-high 74% snap share
- Bears backfield snap shares in first game without David Montgomery: Damien Williams 48%, Khalil Herbert 53%
- Joe Mixon played just 28% of the snaps as he recovers from an ankle injury; Samaje Perine saw a 61% share while Chris Evans was on the field for 10%
- D’Andre Swift played over 70% of the snaps for the second-straight week (73% and 74%)
- After Javonte Williams led the backfield snaps for the first time in Week 4, Melvin Gordon was back on top as the two split the snaps 60% to 42%
- After playing a season-low 23% of the snaps in Week 4, Myles Gaskin was up to a season-high 69% in Week 5
- Miles Sanders played a season-high 75% of the smaps
- After missing two games with a shoulder injury, Elijah Mitchell stepped right back into the RB1 chair with a 68% snap share. Trey Sermon was cut down from over 50% in both games Mitchell missed to just 3%
- Rondale Moore played a season-high 48% of the snaps
- Laviska Shenault played on 73% of the snaps
- Brandon Aiyuk played 71% of the snaps
- Dawson Knox was on the field for a season-high 96% of the snaps
- In just his second game since coming over from Carolina, Jaguars TE Dan Arnold played 73% of the snaps
- Ricky Seals-Jones played 99% of the snaps in Logan Thomas’ absence
Target Share
- Cordarrelle Patterson saw a season-high 20% target share
- Chuba Hubbard saw 16% of the targets
- Damien Williams had a 14% target share. Khalil Herbert was not targeted
- Tony Pollard had a season-high 12% target share
- D’Andre Swift has had a target share over 14% in every game this season (17% in Week 5)
- James Robinson had a season-low 3% target share
- After not receiving a single target in Week 4, Myles Gaskin saw a season-high 26% of the targets
- Alexander Mattison had had a 21% target share in both games without Dalvin Cook
- In two games without James White, Brandon Bolden has had target shares of 14% and 13%
- After having zero targets in Week 4, Alvin Kamara tied his season high with a 27% target share
- Josh Jacobs has had target shares of 15% and 14% over the last two weeks
- Kenny Gainwell had a season-low 8% target share
- Najee Harris has had a target share over 18% in each of the last three games (18%, 33%, 20%)
- Leonard Fournette has had a target share over 11% in four of five games
- AJ Green saw a season-low 6% of the targets
- Rondale Moore had a 19% target share, his highest since Week 2
- DeAndre Hopkins saw a season-high 29% of the targets
- Despite the increase in snaps, Terrace Marshall still saw just 8% of the targets
- Ja’Marr Chase has seen a target share below 26% just once this season (13% in Week 2)
- Donovan Peoples-Jones had a season-high 19% target share
- Odell Beckham was down to a season-low 9% target share
- Amon-Ra St. Brown has led Lions wide receivers in targets in each of the last two weeks
- Davante Adams has had a target share over 31% in four-straight games
- Brandin Cooks had a season-low 17% target share
- Laviska Shenault saw a season-low 9% target share despite DJ Chark being out
- Josh Gordon had a 2% target share in season-debut
- After a season-low 10% target share in Week 4, Mike Williams bounced back with a season-high 37%
- Robert Woods had a season-high 38% target share
- Kadarius Toney had a 33% target share
- Diontae Johnson was the intended target on just 8% of Ben Roethlisberger’s passes
- Despite a quiet game in the box score, Tyler Lockett had a 30% target share
- AJ Brown saw 27% of the targets in his first game back from injury
- Kyle Pitts had a 22% target share
- Dawson Knox had a 15% target share
- Coming off a huge game in Week 4, C.J. Uzomah was back down to a 5% target share
- David Njoku had a 22% target share. He was the only Browns TE to receive a target
- Dalton Schultz has seen target shares of 27%, 36%, and 24% over the last three weeks
- Dan Arnold had a 24% target share
- Hunter Henry had a season-high 27% target share
- Zach Ertz continues to out-target Dallas Goedert (16% to 8% in Week 5)
- Anthony Firkser had an 18% target share
- Ricky Seals-Jones had a 20% target share
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
1.Alvin Kamara 27%
2.Myles Gaskin 26%
3.Alexander Mattison 21%
4.David Johnson 21%
5.Cordarrelle Patterson 20%
T-5.Najee Harris 20%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
1.Davante Adams 41%
2.Robert Woods 38%
3.Mike Williams 37%
4.Kadarius Toney 33%
5.Deebo Samuel 31%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
1.Mark Andrews 30%
2.Hunter Henry 27%
3.Dan Arnold 24%
4.Dalton Schultz 24%
5.Darren Waller 23%
Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)
- Davante Adams 239 (71.1%)
- Mike Williams 231 (26.3%)
- Ja’Marr Chase 185 (60.5%)
- Mike Evans 165 (36.7%)
- DeAndre Hopkins 164 (75.2%)
- Terry McLaurin 163 (41.0%)
- Tyler Lockett 159 (46.6%)
- Courtland Sutton 151 (44.9%)
- Marquez Callaway 143 (39.2%)
- Robert Woods 142 (30.3%)
- Cooper Kupp 124 (26.4%)
- Kadarius Toney 124 (31.5%)
- DeAndre Carter 117 (29.4%)
- Mark Andrews 108 (35.1%)
- Dawson Knox 106 (36.3%)
