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Fantasy Notebook: All The Usage Data From Week 2
Week 2 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 2 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.
Snap Share
- Derrick Henry was again out-snapped by Justice Hill (53.8% to 46.2%)
- In the first two weeks, Zack Moss has out-snapped Chase Brown 84 to 30. Moss played 79.7% of the snaps in Week 2
- Jerome Ford’s snap share dropped from 75% in Week 1 to 44.4% in Week 2
- Cowboys RB snaps
- Rico Dowdle 30 (42.9%)
- Ezekiel Elliott 28 (40%)
- Deuce Vaughn 10 (14.3%)
- Javonte Williams out-snapped Jaleel McLaughlin 40 to 17
- MarShawn Lloyd played 14.3% of the snaps in his NFL debut
- After being the only Colts RB to see the field in Week 1, Jonathan Taylor’s snap share dropped from 95.6% to 51.8% in Week 2
- Chargers RB snaps:
- Gus Edwards 33 (47.8%)
- JK Dobbins 32 (46.4%)
- Hassan Haskins 5 (7.2%)
- After Alexander Mattison led the way with a 60% snap share in Week 1, it was back then Zamir White with 63.5% of the snaps to Mattison’s 22.2.%. Ameer Abdullah played 12.7%
- Braelon Allen doubled his snap share from 17.6% in Week 1 to 35.1% in Week 2
- Steelers RB snaps:
- Jaylen Warren 32 (48.5%)
- Najee Harris 39 (45.5%)
- Cordarrelle Patterson 4 (6.1%)
- Zach Charbonnet played 95.7% of the snaps in Kenneth Walker’s absence. He was the only Seahawks RB to see the field
- Jordan Mason played 84.1% of the snaps. The only other 49ers RB (not including Deebo Samuel) to see the field was Isaac Guerrendo who played 1 snap.
- Rachaad White played 70.8% of the snaps to Bucky Irving’s 35.4% which was about the same as Week 1
- Commanders RB snaps:
- Brian Robinson: 43 (59.7%)
- Austin Ekeler: 31 (43.1%)
Target Share
- Marvin Harrison Jr had a 38.1% target share while leading the Cardinals with 8 targets
- Trey McBride has had target shares of 29% and 28.6% to start the season
- Mark Andrews had a 16.1% target share, up from 5% in Week 1
- Zay Flowers had a 35.5% target share
- Isaiah Likely’s target share dropped from 30% in Week 1 to 9.7% in Week 2
- Keon Coleman’s target share went from 21.7% in Week 1 to 5.6% in Week 2
- Khalil Shakir led the Bills with 5 targets and a 27.8% target share
- Dalton Kincaid’s target share over the first two weeks: 8.7%, 22.2%
- James Cook has 4 targets through 2 games
- D’Andre Swift had a 14.7% target share
- Rome Odunze is second on the Bears with 9 targets through two weeks
- Mike Gesicki has 13 targets through two games with target shares of 13.8% and 26.5%
- Through two games, Zack Moss has 5 targets to Chase Brown’s 3
- Jordan Akins was targeted one time in David Njoku’s absence
- Through 2 games, Rico Dowdle has 6 targets to Ezekiel Elliott’s 5
- Jalen Tolbert led the Cowboys with 9 targets and a 22% target share
- Greg Dulcich led the Broncos with 8 targets and a 24.2% target share
- Jaleel McLaughlin was targeted once
- Amon-Ra St. Brown was targeted 19 times (35.5%)
- Jameson Williams has 20 targets through two games with target shares of 32.1% and 20.8%
- Josh Jacobs was not targeted
- Packers targets in Malik Willis’ first start:
- Dontayvion Wicks 4 (30.8%)
- Romeo Doubs 3 (23.1%)
- Jayden Reed 2 (15.4%)
- Tucker Kraft 2 (15.4%)
- Luke Musgrave 1 (7.7%)
- MarShawn Lloyd 1 (7.7%)
- Stefon Diggs has had target shares under 20% in both games so far (19.4% & 17.6%)
- Nico Collins has had target shares of 25.8% and 29.4%
- After not being targeted in Week 1, Jonathan Taylor had 4 (12.9%) in Week 2
- Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce tied for the team lead with a 22.6% target share on 7 targets
- Travis Etienne had target shares of 15.8% and 14.8%
- Jaguars target leaders through two games:
- Gabe Davis 10
- Brian Thomas Jr. 8
- Travis Etienne/Christian Kirk 7
- Brenton Strange 6
- Rashee Rice has target shares of 33.3% and 26.1%
- Travis Kelce has 7 targets in two games
- Quentin Johnston has target shares of 20% and 31.6%
- Quentin Johnston and Ladd McConkey are tied as the Chargers target leaders through two games (11)
- Brock Bowers has had a 25% target share in each game to begin his career
- Devon Achane has had target shares of 19.4% and 18.9% to begin the season
- Jonnu Smith had an 18.9% target share
- Aaron Jones had 6 targets (25%) to Ty Chandler’s 0
- Hunter Henry had a 50% target share
- Rhamondre Stevenson had a 20.8% target share
- Chris Olave bounced back from an 8.3% target share in Week 1 to a 40% target share in Week 2
- Malik Nabers had an incredible 66.7% target share for a total of 18 targets. No other Giant had more than 4 targets
- Breece Hall has 14 targets through two games, including 8 (27.6%) in Week 2
- Jaylen Warren and Najee Harris each had 2 targets (11.1%)
- DK Metcalf had a 32.6% target share
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 16 targets and a 37.2% target share
- Tyler Lockett was targeted twice (4.7%)
- Jordan Mason has just one target in each start
- Chris Godwin had a 42.1% target share
- Tony Pollard had 6 targets (22.2%) to Tyjae Spears’s 2
- DeAndre Hopkins has three targets through two games
- Brian Robinson and Austin Ekeler each have 7 targets through two games
Route Participation
- Isaiah Likely’s route participation dropped to 48.6%
- Chuba Hubbard ran 15 routes (51.7%) to Miles Sanders’ 11 (37.9%)
- Rome Odunze ran 95.7% of the routes
- Jerome Ford only ran 11 routes (28.9%)
- Jalen Tolbert led the Cowboys with an 89.1% route participation rate
- In the absence of Jake Ferguson, Luke Schoonmaker had a 32.6% route participation rate
- Jameson Williams ran the same number of routes as Amon-Ra St. Brown (91.4%)
- Despite leading in targets, Dontayvion Wicks ran just 50% of the routes
- Tucker Kraft ran 12 routes to Luke Musgrave’s 8
- Colts RB routes:
- Trey Sermon 12 (32.4%)
- Jonathan Taylor 10 (27%)
- Tyler Goodson 9 (24.3%)
- Brenton Strange ran 72.2% of the routes with Evan Engram inactive
- Quentin Johnston led the Chargers with an 86.4% route participation rate
- Jalen Nailor ran 100% of the routes
- Ja’Lynn Polk led Patriots WRs with a 68.8% route participation rate
- Mike Williams got ramped up to a 72.2% route participation rate
- Braelon Allen had a 36.4% route participation rate
- Jaylen Warren ran 11 routes to Najee Harris’s 8
- Brian Robinson ran 20 routes to Austin Ekeler’s 15
Air Yards Leaders (% of Team Share)
| Player | Team | POS | Air Yards | Air Yards MS |
| Malik Nabers | NYG | WR | 208 | 74.6% |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | DET | WR | 189 | 49.7% |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | SEA | WR | 172 | 47.4% |
| DK Metcalf | SEA | WR | 159 | 43.8% |
| Calvin Ridley | TEN | WR | 159 | 54.1% |
| Marvin Harrison Jr | ARI | WR | 150 | 70.1% |
| Davante Adams | LV | WR | 139 | 62.9% |
| Jameson Williams | DET | WR | 129 | 33.9% |
| Nico Collins | HOU | WR | 121 | 46.9% |
| Jalen Tolbert | DAL | WR | 116 | 33.7% |
| Darnell Mooney | ATL | WR | 113 | 48.1% |
| DJ Moore | CHI | WR | 112 | 45.2% |
| Alec Pierce | IND | WR | 106 | 29.50% |
| Justin Jefferson | MIN | WR | 106 | 61.6% |
| DeVonta Smith | PHI | WR | 106 | 59.9% |
| Deebo Samuel | SF | WR | 104 | 33.9% |
| Zay Flowers | BAL | WR | 101 | 37.0% |
| Gabe Davis | JAX | WR | 100 | 30.60% |
| CeeDee Lamb | DAL | WR | 95 | 27.6% |
| Michael Pittman | IND | WR | 88 | 24.5% |
| Adonai Mitchell | IND | WR | 88 | 24.5% |
| Josh Reynolds | DEN | WR | 82 | 27.9% |
| Brenton Strange | JAX | TE | 82 | 25.1% |
| Brian Thomas Jr | JAX | WR | 81 | 24.8% |
| Tyreek Hill | MIA | WR | 79 | 26.2% |
| Chris Olave | NO | WR | 79 | 57.2% |
| Chris Godwin | TB | WR | 76 | 50.0% |
| Amari Cooper | CLE | WR | 73 | 34.1% |
| Jalen Brooks | DAL | WR | 72 | 20.9% |
| Christian Kirk | JAX | WR | 72 | 22.0% |
RANKINGS | Weekly | DYNASTY |
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