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Fantasy Notebook: Snaps, Targets, Air Yards, & Routes Data From Week 13

December 5, 2023

Week 13 Fantasy Football Data To Know

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, Route participation, 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 13 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.

Snap Share

After a massive dip in snap share (42%) in Week 12, James Conner rebounded to a 76% share, his highest since Week 1
After playing just 27% of the snaps in a negative game script in Week 12, David Montgomery rebounded to a 62% snap share while Jahmyr Gibbs dropped from 71% to 45%
Texans RB snap shares:
- Devin Singletary 46%
- Dameon Pierce 38%
- Dare Ogunbowale 16%
Zack Moss played on 94% of the snaps in Jonathan Taylor’s first game out
Austin Ekeler played 57% of the snaps, his lowest share since Week 1
Kyren Williams played 94% of the snaps
Devon Achane played 61% of the snaps. Raheem Mostert played 38% and Jeff Wilson 8%
Ezekiel Elliott was the only Patriots running back to take a snap after Rhamondre Stevenson exited with an ankle injury
Kenneth Gainwell out-snapped D’Andre Swift 54% to 42%

Target Share

James Conner was only targeted twice, but Michael Carter did not see a single target
Marquise Brown has had a target share under 20% in three of four games with Kyler Murray at quarterback (13% in Week 13)
Kyle Pitts had a season-high 32% target share
Chuba Hubbard was not targeted
Jonathan Mingo’s target shares over the last four weeks: 20.6%, 23.1%, 25.0%, 38.5%
David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs were each targeted twice
Tucker Kraft had a 17.1% target share
Devin Singletary was targeted once; Dameon Pierce was not targeted
Brevin Jordan had a 15.4% target share in the absence of Dalton Schultz
Colts RB targets in first game without Jonathan Taylor:
- Zack Moss 3 (7.3%)
- Tyler Goodson 2 (4.9%)
- Trey Sermon 1 (2.4%)
Rashee Rice has had target shares of 31.8% and 30.0% over the last two weeks. His previous season high was 18.9% in Week 3
Isiah Pacheco has target shares of 15.6% and 13.4% without Jerick McKinnon in the last two week
Quentin Johnston’s 19.4% target share was his highest of the season
Devon Achane had a 14% target share
Alvin Kamara and Chris Olave each had a 27.3% target share. No other Saints pass-catcher reached 11%
Kenneth Gainwell and D’Andre Swift were each targeted 6 times (14.3%)
No Steelers pass catcher reached a 20% target share
Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the Seahawks with 11 targets and a 28.9% target share
Deebo Samuel had 3 touchdowns but was only targeted 4 times (16%)

Route Participation

Greg Dortch led Cardinals WRs with an 85.2% route participation rate
Jonathan Mingo led the Panthers with a 91.4% route participation rate
With Amari Cooper injured, Cedric Tillman led the Browns with a 93.5% route participation rate
Jahmyr Gibbs ran 14 routes, David Montgomery ran 11
Tucker Kraft had a 74.4% route participation rate
Brevin Jordan ran 68.6% of the routes in the absence of Dalton Schultz
Zack Moss ran 32 routes. Trey Sermon and Tyler Goodson combined for 4
Austin Ekeler ran just three more routes than Josh Kelley
Devon Achane ran 16 routes to Raheem Mostert’s 9
Albert Okwuegbunam had a 50% route participation rate

Air Yards Leaders (% of Team Share)

Player	Team	POS	Air Yards	Team Share
Elijah Moore	CLE	WR	255	50.3%
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	216	68.8%
Mike Evans	TB	WR	212	70.0%
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	184	62.8%
Zay Jones	JAX	WR	160	36.4%
Calvin Ridley	JAX	WR	156	35.5%
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	147	51.9%
Chris Olave	NO	WR	146	57.5%
DeVante Parker	NE	WR	142	51.8%
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	136	44.3%
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	KC	WR	133	57.8%
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	128	55.9%
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	118	23.3%
Tyler Conklin	NYJ	TE	118	37.5%
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	109	35.5%
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	107	50.2%
AJ Brown	PHI	WR	107	35.8%
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	106	40.9%
Keenan Allen	LAC	WR	106	39.6%
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	105	38.6%
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	99	33.1%
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	98	31.1%
Drake London	ATL	WR	97	37.5%
Jonathan Mingo	CAR	WR	95	32.4%
DK Metcalf	SEA	WR	93	38.1%
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	91	42.7%
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	83	46.4%
Romeo Doubs	GB	WR	81	30.3%
Xavier Gipson	NYJ	WR	81	25.7%
George Pickens	PIT	WR	79	35.4%