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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 7 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.
Snap Share
- After playing a season-low 37% of the snaps in Week 6, Chase Edmonds recorded a season-high 69% snap share
- James Conner was down to a season-low 30% snap share
- Cordarrelle Patterson played a season-high 73% of the snaps
- Ravens backfield snap shares with Latavius Murray out: Devonta Freeman 40%, Le’Veon Bell 30%, Ty’Son Williams 29%
- Royce Freeman played a season-high 45% of the snaps
- Bears backfield snap shares: Khalil Herbert 77%, Damien Williams 17%, Ryan Nall 8%
- AJ Dillon played a season-low 23% of the snaps
- Jonathan Taylor set new season-highs in snap share in back to back weeks. He played 69% in Week 7
- JD McKissic out-snapped Antonio Gibson 64% to 42%
- Van Jefferson played a season-high 94% of the snaps
- Zach Ertz played 49% of the snaps in his Cardinals debut
- With Darren Waller out, Foster Moreau played 100% of the snaps
- In first game without Zach Ertz, Dallas Goedert played a season-high 93% of the snaps
- In games without Logan Thomas, Ricky Seals-Jones’ snap shares have been: 99%, 100%, and 100%
Target Share
- Khalil Herbert had a 16% target share
- Samaje Perine was the only Bengals RB to see a target
- Javonte Williams had a season-high 22% target share
- D’Andre Swift had a season-high 27% target share
- Jonathan Taylor has had a double-digit target share in four of seven games including each of the last three
- Other than Week 4 when he wasn’t targeted at all, Myles Gaskin has had a double-digit target share in every game
- Brandon Bolden had a 17% target share
- Michael Carter had a season-high 21% target share
- With Miles Sanders missing much of the game, Kenny Gainwell had a 24% target share
- JaMycal Hasty had a 22% target share while Elijah Mitchell didn’t see a single target
- DeAndre Hopkins had a season-high 32% target share
- Rashod Bateman had a 14% target share while Marquise Brown saw 33% of the targets
- Tee Higgins had a season-high 39% target share
- Amon-Ra St. Brown was not targeted
- Davante Adams had his lowest target share (20%) since Week 1
- Jaylen Waddle had a 20% target share
- AJ Brown has had a target share over 30% in each of the last two games
- Zach Ertz had an 18% target share in his Cardinals debut
- Mike Gesicki has had a target share over 18% in five straight games
- Foster Moreau had an 18% target share in Darren Waller’s absence
- Ricky Seals-Jones had a 19% target share
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
- Alvin Kamara 31%
- D’Andre Swift 27%
- Kenny Gainwell 24%
- JaMycal Hasty 22%
- Javonte Williams 22%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
- Deebo Samuel 41%
- Tee Higgins 39%
- Marquise Brown 33%
- AJ Brown 32%
- Cooper Kupp 32%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
- Evan Engram 24%
- TJ Hockenson 24%
- Travis Kelce 24%
- Noah Fant 21%
- Kyle Pitts 20%
Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)
- Marquise Brown 321 (54.5%)
- Tee Higgins 179 (45.4%)
- Kyle Pitts 148 (40.2%)
- Terry McLaurin 143 (57.9%)
- Cooper Kupp 136
- Darius Slayton 134 (59.3%)
- AJ Brown 121 (58.7%)
- Byron Pringle 121 (32.4%)
- Ja’Marr Chase 117 (29.7%)
- Chris Godwin 114 (39.6%)
- Travis Kelce 110 (29.4%)
- Kenny Stills 109 (36.3%)
- DeVonta Smith 108 (26.7%)
- Van Jefferson 107
- DJ Moore 104 (35.6%)
