Fantasy Notebook: Target & Snap Share Data From Week 5 (2025)
Week 5 Target & Snap Share 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 and snap share. 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 routes, snaps, air yards, & targets.
Snap Share
- Cardinals RB snap shares without James Conner & Trey Benson:
- Michael Carter 58%
- Emari Demercado 28%
- Bam Knight 16%
- Panthers RB snap shares without Chuba Hubbard:
- Rico Dowdle 67%
- Trevor Etienne 20%
- DeeJay Dallas 17%
- Chase Brown played a season-low 53% of the snaps
- Jaydon Blue played 18% of the snaps in his NFL debut
- Tyler Badie out-snapped RJ Harvey 26% to 20% while JK Dobbins remained RB1 with a 53% snap share
- Woody Marks still out-snapped Nick Chubb (27 to 24), but his 39% snap share was his lowest since Week 2
- Kimani Vidal and Hassan Haskins each played 14% with Omarion Hampton leaving early
- After a season-low 68% snap share in Week 4, Kyren Williams played a season-high 91% in Week 5
- TreVeyon Henderson played a season-high 50% of the snaps (Rhamondre Stevenson: 52%)
- Kendre Miller’s snap shares week-over-week: 15%, 15%, 27%, 31%, 39%
- Isaiah Davis had a 40% snap share in the first game without Braelon Allen
- Ashton Jeanty played a season-low 54% of the snaps
- Zach Charbonnet 56%, Kenneth Walker 44%
- Rachaad White played 80% of the snaps in Bucky Irving’s absence
- Tyjae Spears played 25% of the snaps in his season debut; Tony Pollard played a season-low 73%
- Jacory Croskey-Merritt played a season-high 47% of the snaps (Chris Rodrigues and Jeremy McNichols each played 25%)
Target Share
- Michael Carter had a 16% target share (5); Emari Demercado was not targeted
- Dalton Kincaid had a 19% target share
- Rico Dowdle had a 13% target share
- Chase Brown had a 20% target share
- David Njoku had a season-high 27% target share in Dillon Gabriel’s first start
- Isaiah Bond had a 24% target share
- George Pickens had just a 14% target share
- Jake Ferguson has had a target share above 30% in two of his last three games (31% in Week 5)
- Ryan Flournoy had a 31% target share (9)
- Jameson Williams was targeted once (4%)
- Josh Downs had a season-high 25% target share
- Darren Waller had a 14% target share
- Jaylen Waddle had a season-high 25% target share
- Stefon Diggs had a 40% target share (39% in Week 4)
- After reaching at least a 20% target share in three-straight games to begin the season, Juwan Johnson now has back-to-back weeks of 11% and 12%
- Theo Johnson had an 18% target share; that tied Cam Skattebo and Wan’Dale Robinson for the team lead
- Mason Taylor has had a 26% target share in back-to-back games
- Ashton Jeanty had a 19% target share
- Albert Okwuegbunam had a 17% target share
- Cooper Kupp tied Jaxon Smith-Njigba with a 26% target share (9)
- Jake Tonges and Kendrick Bourne each had a 22% target share (11)
- Chris Godwin had a 12% target share
- Calvin Ridley had a 26% target share, his highest since Week 1
- Chig Okonkwo and Gunnar Helm each had a 13% target share (5)
- Jacory Croskey-Merrit and Jeremy McNichols each had 2 targets (8%)
RANKINGS | Weekly | DYNASTY | ROS
