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 new weekly series here at Create-A-Rank, 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 weekly rankings, WRs vs CBs Matchups chart, 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 snaps, targets, and trends.
Snap Share
Running Backs
- Mark Ingram saw his highest snap share (65-percent) of the season in Week 5.
- After seeing his snap share go up each week, David Montgomery saw his lowest rate (52-percent) against the #Raiders since Week 2 (44-percent).
- Tarik Cohen saw his highest snap rate (53-percent) since Week 1 (70-percent).
- Joe Mixon has seen his snap rate steadily rise each week. He saw a season high 63-percent in Week 5.
- Chargers RB Snap Share in Week 5:Austin Ekeler: 66-percent
Melvin Gordon: 46-percent - Ekeler’s average through the first four weeks was 71.25-percent
- Todd Gurley had his highest snap rate of the season (93-percent) on Thursday night. His season-high was 76-percent through Week 4.
- Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders each played 43-percent of the Eagles offensive snaps vs Jets.
- Even with Rashaad Penny back from injury, Chris Carson had his highest snap share (84-percent) of the season in Week 5.
Wide Receivers And Tight Ends
- Auden Tate played on 100-percent of the Bengals offensive snaps in the first game since John Ross went on IR.
- With Sammy Watkins exiting early with a hamstring injury, Byron Pringle played on 78-percent of the Chiefs offensive snaps in Week 5. He averaged 4-percent Weeks 1-4.
- Steelers rookie WR Diontae Johnson played a season-high 92-percent of the snaps in Week 5.
- Raiders TE Darren Waller saw his lowest snap rate (78-percent) of the season in Week 5 while rookie Foster Moreau (62-percent) had his highest.
Target Rate
- Calvin Ridley had a 20-percent target share for just the second time this season.
- Julio Jones has a 14-percent target share over the last two weeks. His target rate was 24.3-percent Weeks 1-3.
- Anthony Miller had a 23-percent target rate in Week 5. It was the first time he saw more than 10-percent of the Bears targets this season.
- Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup combined for 64-percent of the Cowboys targets. Each had 32-percent.
- Will Fuller saw a whopping 48-percent of the Texans targets during his Week 5 explosion.
- Byron Pringle saw a 23-percent target share with Sammy Watkins sidelined.
- Keenan Allen has seen fewer than 20-percent (16-percent, 12-percent) of the Chargers targets in each of the last two weeks.
- In Week 5, Cooper Kupp saw a target share (35-percent) above 30-percent for the third time in the last four weeks.
- Chris Godwin has received a target rate above 30-percent in three of the last four weeks.
Top-five WRs in Week 5 target rate:
- Will Fuller 48-percent
- Tyler Boyd 37-percent
- Michael Thomas 36-percent
- Cooper Kupp 35-percent
- Courtland Sutton/Demaryius Thomas 35-percent
Top-five RBs in Week 5 target rate:
- Le’Veon Bell 35-percent
- Austin Ekeler 33-percent
- Christian McCaffrey 29-percent
- Chris Thompson 26-percent
- Aaron Jones 24-percent
Top-five TEs in Week 5 target rate:
- Evan Engram 29-percent
- Travis Kelce 26-percent
- Mark Andrews 25-percent
- Zach Ertz 24-percent
- Gerald Everett 22-percent
