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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 16 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.
Snap Share
- Chase Edmonds played 92% of the snaps with James Conner out
- Jamaal Williams returned to the lineup with a 42% snap share. Craig Reynolds played 40%
- Chargers backfield snap shares with Austin Ekeler out: Justin Jackson 73%, Josh Kelley 27%
- Michael Carter played a season-high 74% of the snaps
- Buccaneers RB snap shares without Leonard Fournette: Ronald Jones 52%, Ke’Shawn Vaughn 36%, Le’Veon Bell 4%
Target Share
- Craig Reynolds had an 11% target share
- Justin Jackson had a 26% target share
- Saquon Barkley had a season-low 2% target share
- Deejay Dallas has had double-digit target shares in each of the last two games
- Ronald Jones had a 10% target share (and a 33% drop rate)
- Christian Kirk’s target shares in games without DeAndre Hopkins: 22%, 28%, 11%, 24%, 21%
- With Cole Beasley and Gabriel Davis out, Isaiah McKenzie had a 26% target share
- Amari Cooper had a 26% target share, his highest since Week 8
- Amon-Ra St. Brown had a 31% target share even without Jared Goff. Josh Reynolds also maintained a target share over 20% for the third time in five weeks
- With Drew Lock at quarterback, Courtland Sutton has had target shares of 21% and 23% over the last two weeks. Prior to that, he hadn’t reached a target share of 16% since Week 6.
- Zay Jones has had target shares of 24% and 32% in the last two weeks. Over those same two weeks, Hunter Renfrow has had his two lowest target shares of the season (13% and 12%)
- Antonio Brown had a 48% target share
- AJ Brown had a 53% target share
- Zach Ertz target shares in games without DeAndre Hopkins: 19%, 21%, 20%, 22%, 30%
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
- David Montgomery 26%
- Justin Jackson 26%
- Chase Edmonds 21%
- Alvin Kamara 20%
- Aaron Jones 18%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
- AJ Brown 53%
- Antonio Brown 48%
- Jaylen Waddle 46%
- Michael Pittman 43%
- Davante Adams 38%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
- Zach Ertz 30%
- Kyle Pitts 25%
- Mark Andrews 25%
- Tyler Kroft 23%
- Dalton Schultz 21%
Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)
- AJ Brown 188 (77.0%)
- Amari Cooper 166 (37.90%)
- Justin Jefferson 156 (44.1%)
- Tee Higgins 148 (39.7%)
- Marvin Jones 147 (39.6%)
- Antonio Brown 145 (53.1%)
- Donovan Peoples-Jones 136 (40.7%)
- Robby Anderson 131 (33.8%)
- Van Jefferson 120 (39.9%)
- Stefon Diggs 119 (38.3%)
- DJ Moore 118 (30.4%)
- Kenny Golladay 115 (46.2%)
- Terry McLaurin 114 (46.90%)
- Mark Andrews 108 (39.0%)
- Isaiah McKenzie 105 (33.8%)
