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Fantasy Notebook: All The Usage Data From Week 3
Week 3 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 3 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.
Snap Share
- For the first time this season, Derrick Henry out-snapped Justice Hill (58.7% to 41.3%)
- D’Andre Swift’s snap share has dropped every week: 70%, 66%, 53.3%
- Roschon Johnson played 36.7% of the snaps, the first time he’s logged a snap all season
- Jerome Ford was back up to a 79% snap share after dropping to 44% in Week 2
- Rico Dowdle played 46% of the snaps to Ezekiel Elliott’s 18.8%
- Tyler Badie played 19% of the snaps in Denver; Javonte Williams 51%, Jaleel McLaughlin 26.5%
- Josh Jacobs played a season low 52% of the snaps
- Texans RB snap shares in Joe Mixon’s absence:
- Cam Akers 43.3%
- Dare Ogunbowale 41.8%
- JJ Taylor 14.9%
- British Brooks 4.5%
- Chiefs RB snap shares in first game without Isiah Pacheco:
- Carson Steele 62.2%
- Samaje Perine 37.8%
- For the first time this season, JK Dobbins reached a 50% snap share (65.2%)
- Blake Corum was back to zero offensive snaps in Week 3
- Raiders RB snap shares by Week:
- Week 1:
- Alexander Mattison 60%
- Zamir White 38%
- Week 2:
- Zamir White 63%
- Alexander Mattison 22%
- Ameer Abdullah 13%
- Week 3:
- Alexander Mattison 44%
- Ameer Abdullah 34%
- Zamir White 22%
- Week 1:
- Jaylen Warren & Cordarrelle Patterson each played 33.8% of the snaps in Week 3; Najee Harris played 58.8%
Target Share
- Michael Wilson had a season high 26.5% target share
- After a 10% target share in Week 1, Marvin Harrison Jr has followed that up with shares of 38% and 32.4%
- Drake London had a 33.3% target share
- Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely each only had one target
- Panthers targets in Andy Dalton’s first start:
- Diontae Johnson 14 (37.8%)
- Adam Thielen 5 (13.5%)
- Chuba Hubbard 5 (13.5%)
- Jonathan Mingo 4 (10.8%)
- Xavier Legette 3 (8.1%)
- Tommy Tremble 3 (8.1%)
- Miles Sanders 2 (5.4%)
- Ja’Tavion Sanders 1 (2.7%)
- Roschon Johnson had 5 targets (10.4%) to D’Andre Swift’s 4
- Rome Odunze and Cole Kmet led the Bears with 11 targets (22%)
- Jordan Akins had 7 targets (20%) in the absence of David Njoku
- Jake Ferguson had a 22.4% target share in his first game back
- Javonte Williams led Broncos RBs with 4 targets (11.8%)
- Courtland Sutton had a season high 32.4% target share
- David Montgomery out-targeted Jahmyr Gibbs 3 to 0
- Jameson Williams was only targeted 3 times (13.4%)
- In his season debut, Josh Downs tied Michael Pittman for a team-high 5 targets (27.8%)
- Samaje Perine had 4 targets (11.1%) to Carson Steele’s 2 (5.6%)
- Travis Kelce has had target shares of 14%, 12%, and 13% to begin the season
- Rashee Rice has target shares of 33.3%, 26.1%, and 38.9% to begin the season
- Quentin Johnston scored but he had a season-low 10.5% target share
- Ladd McConkey has had target shares of 27%, 20%, and 31.6%
- Aaron Jones had a 24% target share
- Hunter Henry’s 50% target share in Week 2 shrunk to 12.5% in Week 3
- DeMario Douglas had a 37.5% target share
- Rhamondre Stevenson was not targeted
- Rashid Shaheed didn’t produce but he did have a 21.7% target share
- Malik Nabers has had target shares of 64% and 36% over the last two weeks
- Tyler Conklin had a 17.6% target share
- Dallas Goedert had a 30.6% target share
- After his breakout Week 2, Jaxon Smith-Njigba was targeted just three times (9.1%)
- Jauan Jennings had a 40% target share
- Mike Evans was targeted 3 times (9.4%)
- Chris Godwin has target shares of 27%, 42%, and 28.1%. He has out-targeted Mike Evans in every game
- Cade Otton had a 25% target share
- Rachaad White had an 18.8% target share
- Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears each had 4 targets (11.4%)
- For the first time this season, DeAndre Hopkins out-targeted Calvin Ridley (20.6% to 8.8%)
Route Participation
- Mark Andrews only ran 35.3% of the routes in Week 3; Isaiah Likely ran 58.8%
- Rashod Bateman ran 94.4% of the routes which was equal to Zay Flowers
- Miles Sanders ran 14 routes to Chuba Hubbard’s 11
- Roschon Johnson ran 37.5% of the routes compared to D’Andre Swift’s 50%
- Rome Odunze led the Bears with a 98.2% route participation rate
- Rico Dowdle ran 18 routes to Ezekiel Elliott’s 8
- Texans RB routes in Joe Mixon’s absence:
- Dare Ogunbowale 30.8%
- Cam Akers 25%
- JJ Taylor 11.5%
- Jonathan Taylor ran a route on 90.9% of the drop backs
- Rams WR routes with no Cooper Kupp or Puka Nacua:
- Demarcus Robinson 93%
- Tutu Atwell 82%
- Tyler Johnson 48%
- Jordan Whittington 34%
- Mike Williams ran a route on 55% of the drop backs
- Parris Campbell was third among Eagles WRs with a 60% route participation rate
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba ran 100% of the routes
- Tony Pollard ran 20 routes to Tyjae Spears’ 13
Air Yards Leaders (% of Team Share)
| Player | Team | POS | Air Yards | Air Yards Share |
| Rome Odunze | CHI | WR | 245 | 48.5% |
| Marvin Harrison Jr | ARI | WR | 179 | 44.2% |
| Jauan Jennings | SF | WR | 149 | 45.4% |
| Terry McLaurin | WAS | WR | 148 | 68.8% |
| Amari Cooper | CLE | WR | 129 | 46.6% |
| Malik Nabers | NYG | WR | 127 | 59.3% |
| DeVonta Smith | PHI | WR | 127 | 50.2% |
| Diontae Johnson | CAR | WR | 124 | 57.9% |
| Courtland Sutton | DEN | WR | 113 | 46.5% |
| Demarcus Robinson | LAR | WR | 112 | – |
| Brandin Cooks | DAL | WR | 108 | 23.2% |
| Tre Tucker | LV | WR | 107 | 35.3% |
| Rashid Shaheed | NO | WR | 105 | 58.0% |
| Jalen Tolbert | DAL | WR | 100 | 21.5% |
| Nico Collins | HOU | WR | 100 | 37.7% |
| Brandon Aiyuk | SF | WR | 99 | 30.2% |
| Stefon Diggs | HOU | WR | 97 | 36.6% |
| DK Metcalf | SEA | WR | 97 | 50.3% |
| Cole Kmet | CHI | TE | 94 | 18.6% |
| Ja’Marr Chase | CIN | WR | 92 | 32.5% |
| Jakobi Meyers | LV | WR | 90 | 29.7% |
| Jake Ferguson | DAL | TE | 82 | 17.6% |
| Drake London | ATL | WR | 81 | 46.80% |
| DJ Moore | CHI | WR | 80 | 15.8% |
| Tutu Atwell | LAR | WR | 79 | – |
| Greg Dortch | ARI | WR | 78 | 19.3% |
| Justin Jefferson | MIN | WR | 78 | 42.6% |
| Garrett Wilson | NYJ | WR | 78 | 39.2% |
| Trey McBride | ARI | TE | 77 | 19.0% |
| Christian Kirk | JAX | WR | 76 | 23.5% |
RANKINGS | Weekly | DYNASTY | ROS
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