Fantasy Notebook: All The Usage Data From Week 8

Week 8 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 8 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.

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Snap Share 

• Bengals RB snap shares:
  • Zack Moss 51.7%
  • Chase Brown 48.3%
• Nick Chubb played 60.9% of the snaps, up from 35.7% in his Week 7 season debut; Pierre Strong 20.3%, D’Onta Foreman 18.8%
• With Rico Dowdle out, Ezekiel Elliott played 45.2% of the snaps to Dalvin Cook’s 27.4%. Hybrid FB/RB Hunter Luepke played 40.2%
• Javonte Williams played 57.5% of the snaps
• Jonathan Taylor played 81.3% of the snaps in his return from ankle injury 
• Jaguars RB snap shares:
  • Tank Bigsby 66.7%
  • D’Ernest Johnson 33.3%
• JK Dobbins played 81.8% of the snaps
• Zamir White played just 3.4% of the snaps
• Dolphins RB snap shares:
  • De’Von Achane 58.5%
  • Raheem Mostert 46.2%
  • Jaylen Wright 4.6%
• Aaron Jones played 92% of the snaps
• Seahawks RB snap shares:
  • Kenneth Walker 54.9%
  • Zach Charbonnet 45.1%
• With Jordan Mason departing with injury, Issac Guerendo played 43 snaps to Patrick Taylor’s 5. In a similar situation in Week 6, the Guerendo/Taylor split was near even
• Buccaneers RB snap shares:
  • Rachaad White 56.2%
  • Bucky Irving 42.5%
  • Sean Tucker 9.6%
• Commanders RB snap shares:
  • Austin Ekeler 56.8%
  • Brian Robinson 47.3%
• Ekeler has now out-snapped Robinson in every game they’ve played together since Week 3. That’s after Robinson led in snaps in each of the first three games

Target Share

• Bijan Robinson had a season-high 21% target share 
• Drake London’s 21% target share was his lowest since Week 1
• Amari Cooper was targeted twice (6%) in his second game in Buffalo 
• Keon Coleman has had a 21% target share in back to back games 
• Khalil Shakir led the team with a 29% target share 
• Rome Odunze had a 25% target share. It was his third time above 20% in the last five games 
• Mike Gesicki’s target shares in games without Tee Higgins: 14%, 25%, 22%. In games with Higgins: 13%, 3%, 5%, 4%
• Cedric Tillman has had target shares of 23% and 22% in two games since the Amari Cooper trade 
• Elijah Moore led the Browns with a 29% target share in Jameis Winston’s first start 
• CeeDee Lamb had a 45% target share 
• After zero targets in Week 7, Courtland Sutton led the Broncos with 11 (28%)
• Sam LaPorta led the Lions with a 32% target share. No other Detroit pass catcher was above 16%
• In 3 games without Nico Collins, Tank Dell has target shares of 28%, 19%, 11%
• DeAndre Hopkins was targeted 3 times (8%) in his Chiefs debut
• Xavier Worthy has had target shares of 30% and 21% over the last two weeks 
• JK Dobbins had a season-high 22% target share
• Puka Nacua returned to a 26% target share, Cooper Kupp 24%
• De’Von Achane had a season-high 21% target share
• Jordan Addison has one game above a 17% target share this season 
• Kayshon Boutte led the Patriots with a 20% target share
• Chris Olave returned to a 33% target share
• Garrett Wilson had 8 targets (29%) to Davante Adams’ 6
• Jakobi Meyers returned to a team-high 23% target share 
• After just two targets (13%) in Week 7, Devonta Smith was back up to a team-high 7 targets (35%)
• Grant Calcaterra had a 15% target share 
• With DK Metcalf out, Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the Seahawks with an 24% target share (7 targets). Tyler Lockett had 3 targets 
• Isaac Guerendo had a 15% target share in relief of Jordan Mason
• 49ers WR target shares in first game without Brandon Aiyuk:
  • Deebo Samuel 27%
  • Ricky Pearsall 15%
  • Ronnie Bell 4%
  • Chris Conley 4%
• Cade Otton has had 10 targets in back-to-back games and hasn’t been below a 19% target share since Week 2
• Buccaneers WR target shares in first game without Chris Godwin or Mike Evans:
  • Jalen McMillan 14%
  • Ryan Miller 10%
  • Sterling Shepard 10%
  • Rakim Jarrett 6%
  • Trey Palmer 4%
• Bucky Irving had 7 targets to Rachaad White’s 6
• Calvin Ridley had a 39% target share in first game since DeAndre Hopkins trade

Air Yards Leaders

Player	Team	POS	WK	Air Yards	Air Yards MS
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	8	195	53.6%
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	8	191	55.8%
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	8	176	42.3%
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	8	169	62.6%
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	8	167	45.8%
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	8	159	38.7%
Chris Olave	NO	WR	8	156	56.9%
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	8	154	38.3%
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	8	149	43.6%
Marvin Harrison Jr	ARI	WR	8	136	49.8%
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	8	132	27.0%
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	8	127	65.1%
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	8	126	45.3%
Noah Brown	WAS	WR	8	124	29.8%
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	8	122	35.7%
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	8	113	27.2%
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	8	112	36.4%
Christian Kirk	JAX	WR	8	105	36.0%
Puka Nacua	LA	WR	8	105	40.5%
Stefon Diggs	HOU	WR	8	103	36.8%
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	8	103	43.6%
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	8	103	33.4%
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	8	102	53.1%
Josh Downs	IND	WR	8	102	20.9%
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	8	99	20.2%
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	8	98	23.8%
Kavontae Turpin	DAL	WR	8	98	28.7%
Romeo Doubs	GB	WR	8	98	35.3%
Kayshon Boutte	NE	WR	8	98	37.8%
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	8	96	34.5%

 

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