Fantasy Notebook: All The Usage Data From Week 9

Week 9 Fantasy Football Usage 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 9 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.

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Snap Share 

• James Conner played just 48% of the snaps
• Ray Davis had the big touchdown but his 14% snap share was his lowest since Week 5
• Roschon Johnson played a season-high 38% of the snaps
• Chase Brown played 80% of the snaps in the absence of Zack Moss
• Browns RB snap shares:
  • Jerome Ford 46%
  • Nick Chubb 35%
  • Pierre Strong 15%
• Rico Dowdle played 71% of the snaps with Ezekiel Elliott inactive. His previous season-high was 50% in Week 5
• Jaguars RB snap shares in Travis Etienne’s first game back:
  • Tank Bigsby 52%
  • Travis Etienne 31%
  • D’Ernest Johnson 24%
• De’Von Achane played a season-high 69% of the snaps. Nice.
• Tyrone Tracy played 72% of the snaps
• Raiders RB snap shares:
  • Ameer Abdullah 49%
  • Alexander Mattison 39%
  • Zamir White 11%
• Kenneth Walker played 76% of the snaps, his highest of the season
• Commanders RB snap shares with Brian Robinson out:
  • Austin Ekeler 47%
  • Jeremy McNichols 39%
  • Chris Rodriguez 32%

Target Share

• Bijan Robinson has had target shares of 24% and 29% over the last two weeks (season-highs)
• Darnell Mooney had a 38% target share with Drake London leaving early 
• Kyle Pitts was targeted once (4%)
• Diontae Johnson was not targeted in his Ravens debut
• Keon Coleman was targeted twice (5%)
• Dalton Kincaid led the Bills with a 26% target share (10)
• Jalen Coker had a 12% target share 
• Rome Odunze led the Bears in receiving but his 7 targets (17%) were still behind Keenan Allen 10; 24%) and DJ Moore (9; 22%)
• Cedric Tillman has target shares of 23%, 22%, and 24% over the last three weeks (since Amari Cooper trade); In Week 9, Jerry Jeudy had a 24% target share and Elijah Moore had a 20% target share 
• Since his 0 target game in Week 7, Courtland Sutton has games of 11 targets (28%) and 10 targets (29%)
• Chris Brooks had a 10% target share
• Tank Dell had a 29% target share. No other Texans WR went over 10% (TE Dalton Schultz: 19%)
• Josh Downs had a 33% target share
• Parker a Washington was No. 2 on the Jaguars behind Evan Engram with a 19% target share
• De’Von Achane had a 29% target share and has eight targets in both games since Tua Tagovailoa returned 
  • Achane has 30 targets in 4 games with Tua Tagovailoa; He has 12 targets in 4 games without Tua
• Jaylen Waddle had a 7% target share
• TJ Hockenson had an 11% target share in his season debut 
• Kayshon Boutte has target shares of 20% and 15% over the last two weeks after being held under 10% in every game prior 
• Theo Johnson had a 23% target share
• Davante Adams (34%) and Garrett Wilson (31%) each went above a 30% target share 
• Jakobi Meyers had a 33% target share 
• Grant Calcaterra had a 21% target share 
• AJ Barner had a 21% target share. His previous season high was 9%
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a season-high 38% target share
• Tyler Lockett has just three games above a 15% target share this season, none of which have come in the two games that DK Metcalf has missed 

Route Participation

• With Drake London leaving early, Ray-Ray McCloud ran 92% of the routes 
• Marquez Valdes-Scantling ran 44% of the routes in his Saints debut 
• Ray Davis ran 3 routes (7%)
• David Moore had a 93% route participation. Xavier Legette also ran 93% of the routes while Jalen Coker ran 58%
• D’Andre Swift ran 48% of the routes, Roschon Johnson 30%
• Jerome Ford ran 30 routes (53%) to Nick Chubb’s 9 (16%)
• Texans WR routes with no Diggs or Collins:
  • Tank Dell 85%
  • Xavier Hutchinson 70%
  • John Metchie 67%
  • Robert Woods 50%
• Parker Washington ran 94% of the routes in first game without Christian Kirk 
• De’Von Achane had an 83% route participation 
• TJ Hockenson ran 60% of the routes in his season debut 
• Kayshon Boutte ran 98% of the routes
• Grant Calcaterra had a 91% route participation 
• AJ Barner ran 86% of the routes 
• Nick Westbrook-Ikine ran 97% of the routes

Air Yards Leaders

Player	Team	POS	Air Yards	Team Share
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	227	65.0%
Christian Watson	GB	WR	145	39.0%
Demarcus Robinson	LA	WR	140	33.0%
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	132	52.2%
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	132	53.4%
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	131	36.9%
Nathaniel Dell	HOU	WR	131	29.7%
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	123	45.6%
Elijah Moore	CLE	WR	120	29.3%
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	117	28.5%
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	115	28.0%
Jakobi Meyers	LV	WR	115	43.6%
DJ Moore	CHI	WR	113	31.8%
Kayshon Boutte	NE	WR	110	38.5%
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	108	79.4%
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	108	30.4%
Parker Washington	JAX	WR	108	40.4%
Davante Adams	NYJ	WR	107	57.8%
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	95	40.9%
Jayden Reed	GB	WR	93	25.0%
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	92	20.9%
Marvin Harrison Jr	ARI	WR	91	70.5%
Xavier Hutchinson	HOU	WR	91	20.6%
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	86	29.0%
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	85	32.2%
Travis Kelce	KC	TE	83	30.4%
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	81	42.0%
Justin Watson	KC	WR	79	28.9%
Josh Palmer	LAC	WR	79	29.9%
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	79	56.4%

 

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