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, 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 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 6 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.
Game Day Stats
- On a day when Mike Evans sees 17 targets, Chris Godwin has 10 catches for 151 yards.
- Deshaun Watson has been sacked zero times over the last two weeks. He was sacked 18 times over the first four games.
- DeAndre Hopkins averaged just 6.1 yards per reception vs Chiefs.
- LeSean McCoy (eight) was the only Chiefs RB to have more than one carry.
- Tyreek Hill was targeted 10 times (5-80-1) in his first game since Week 1.
- WR Alex Erickson led the Bengals in rushing yards on his one 17 carry. Joe Mixon had 10 yards on eight carries.
- Jared Goff threw for just 78 yards while Brandin Cooks, Cooper Kupp, and Robert Woods combined for just 35 receiving yards.
Snap Share
Running Backs
- Devonta Freeman had his highest snap share (72-percent) since Week 3 (90-percent).
- Giovanni Bernard out-snapped Joe Mixon (53-percent to 48-percent) for the first time since Week 1.
- While Phillip Lindsay is more productive, Royce Freeman has out-snapped him in four-of-six games this season including the last three straight.
- Chiefs backfield snap share in Week 6: LeSean McCoy: 50-percent Damien Williams: 38-percent Darrel Williams: 12-percent
- Chargers backfield snap rate in Week 6: Melvin Gordon: 60-percent Austin Ekeler: 45-percent
- With Todd Gurley inactive, here is how the Rams divided the backfield snaps: Malcolm Brown: 68-percent Darrell Henderson: 32-percent
- Le’Veon Bell had his lowest snap rate of the season at 82-percent. Bilal Powell played on 19-percent and Ty Montgomery 10-percent.
- Despite the productive day receiving, Miles Sanders had his lowest snap share (29-percent) of the season.
- James Conner played only 50-percent of the snaps while Benny Snell accounted for 48-percent.
Wide Receivers And Tight Ends
- Tyreek Hill played on 50-percent of the Chiefs offensive snaps in his first game back.
- Darius Slayton and Golden Tate each played on 98-percent of the Giants snaps vs Patriots.
- Dante Pettis’ 72-percent snap share was his highest of the season and led all 49ers WRs.
- Ricky Seals-Jones more than doubled his snap rate (68-percent) from the previous two weeks and is now fully entrenched as the Browns TE1 with Njoku out.
- Hunter Henry played 66-percent of the snaps in his first game back from injury.
- With no Jordan Reed or Vernon Davis, Jeremy Sprinkle was on the field for 92-percent of the Redskins offensive snaps.
Target Rate
- Courtland Sutton has had a target share of 24-percent or higher in five of six games.
- With no Randall Cobb and Amari Cooper exiting early, Tavon Austin had a 15-percent target share. His season-high was 3-percent prior to Week 6.
- Tyreek Hill saw a 29-percent target share despite playing just 50-percent of the snaps in his return from injury.
- Keenan Allen’s target share Weeks 1-3: 36-percent
- Keenan Allen’s target rate Weeks 4-6: 14-percent
- Brandin Cooks has had a target share over 15-percent just once in 2019.
- Stefon Diggs had a 38-percent target rate in hos big Week 6 performance.
- Michael Thomas had had a target share of 30-percent or higher in five of six games. The one he fell short was a 26-percent share.
- Alshon Jeffery has a 30-percent target rate over the last three weeks.
- Dante Pettis led all 49ers WRs with an 18-percent target rate.
- Dallas Goedert had a 20-percent target share.
- Hunter Henry had a 20-percent target share in his first game back from injury.
Top-five WRs in Week 6 target rate:
- Stefon Diggs 38-percent
- Julian Edelman 37-percent
- Michael Thomas 33-percent
- Auden Tate 31-percent
- DJ Moore/Mike Evans 31-percent
Top-five RBs in Week 6 target rate:
- James Conner 35-percent
- Alvin Kamara 22-percent
- David Johnson 22-percent
- James White 22-percent
- Kenyan Drake/Leonard Fournette 21-percent
Top-five TEs in Week 6 target rate:
- George Kittle 24-percent
- Mark Andrews 24-percent
- Rhett Ellison 23-percent
- Austin Hooper 22-percent
- Greg Olsen/Zach Ertz 22-percent
Top 10 WRs in Week 6 Air Yards (AirYards.com)
- Stefon Diggs 250
- Mike Evans 226
- Mike Williams 192
- Tyreek Hill 171
- Julian Edelman 169
- Will Fuller 158
- Darius Slayton 156
- Scott Miller 147
- Auden Tate 146
- Courtland Sutton 135
