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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, 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 trends.
Snap Share
- Cardinals backfield snaps Week 1 vs Week2: Chase Edmonds 58% (Wk1) 64% (Wk2), James Conner 49% (Wk1) 39% (Wk2)
- Ravens backfield: Ty’Son Williams 49%, Latavius Murray 36%, Devonta Freeman 13%
- Devin Singletary still played 66% of the snaps even with Zack Moss (28%) active
- Damien Williams’ snap share was nearly cut in half from Week 1 to Week 2 while David Montgomery’s jumped from 59% to 80%
- Joe Mixon 84% snap share
- Tony Pollard’s role appears to be growing, but Ezekiel Elliott still managed a 71% snap share
- After a 50/50 split in Week 1, the Broncos backfield saw Melvin Gordon with 59% of the snaps and Javonte Williams 41%
- David Johnson saw 15% more of the snaps (43%) than he did in Week 1. Mark Ingram (31%) dropped 15%.
- James Robinson took 73% of the snaps
- Justin Jackson and Larry Rountree’s snap shares flipped from Week 1 to Week 2. 23% to 14% in favor of Jackson.
- Myles Gaskin 61% Snap Share
- Saquon Barkley’s snap share went from 48% in Week 1 to 84% in Week 2.
- Jets backfield: Ty Johnson 45%, Michael Carter 45%, Tevin Coleman 10%
- Kenyan Drake played 71% of the snaps with Josh Jacobs out. Peyton Barber played 29%
- Najee Harris 95% snap share
- Buccaneers backfield: Leonard Fournette 49%, Ronald Jones 41%, Gio Bernard 10%
- Rondale Moore’s snap share went from 29% in Week 1 to 46% in Week 2
- Olamide Zaccheaus’ snap share more than doubled from Week 1 (26%) to Week 2 (58%)
- With Jarvis Landry exiting early, it was Rashard Higgins who saw the biggest jump in snap share from Week 1 (7%) to Week 2 (70%). Anthony Schwartz and Donovan Peoples-Jones maintained similar numbers as Week 1.
- Cedrick Wilson played 58% of the snaps in Michael Gallup’s absence
- KJ Hamler played 71% of the snaps in Jerry Jeudy’s absence (36% in Week 1). Tim Patrick saw a 4% bump (74%)
- With Parris Campbell out, Mike Strachan played 51% of the snaps. Ashton Dulin played 39%
- Jalen Guyton has played 65% and 70% of the snaps over the first two weeks
- After a big Week 1, Van Jefferson saw a snap share increase of 23% (92%)
- KJ Osborn played 59% of the snaps (81% in Week 1)
- Antonio Brown’s snaps dropped 20% (44%). Tyler Johnson’s went up 22% (27%)
- After playing 93% of the snaps in his NFL debut, Dyami Brown came back with 87% in Week 2
- Cowboys TEs: Blake Jarwin 47%, Dalton Schultz 73%. Week 1: Jarwin 58%, Schultz 69%
- Tyler Higbee and Logan Thomas played 100% of the snaps again
- Patriots TEs: Hunter Henry 81%, Jonnu Smith 50%
- Foster Moreau played 58% of the snaps
- Steelers TEs: Pat Freiermuth 59%, Eric Ebron 43%
Target Share
- Chase Edmonds had a 14% Target Share; James Conner has zero targets through two games
- Cordarrelle Patterson had a 12% target share; Mike Davis’s was 15%
- David Montgomery had a 17% target share
- Joe Mixon’s target share dropped from 15% in Week 1 to 7% in Week 2
- Tony Pollard had an 11% target share compared to Ezekiel Elliott’s 7%
- After having target shares of 18% and 16%, respectively in Week 1, Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines saw 3% and 6% of the targets in Week 2
- Austin Ekeler had a 22% target share after going without a target in Week 1
- Darrell Henderson had a 17% target share
- Kenny Gainwell had a 12% target share compared to Miles Sanders’ 8%
- Najee Harris had a 12% target share
- Derrick Henry has had a double-digit target share in both weeks to start the season (11% and 15%). That happened just twice in 2020.
- After sporting a 24% target share in Week 1, Antonio Gibson saw just 4% of the targets in Week 2
- AJ Green continues to be very involved. He had a 17% target share
- Rondale Moore led Arizona WRs with a 22% target share
- Marquise Brown had a 38% target share
- Robby Anderson and Terrace Marshall saw their Week 1 target shares (9% and 17%) flip in Week 2 (16% and 8%)
- Darnell Mooney saw 33% of the targets
- Ja’Marr Chase’s target share was cut in half from Week 1 (26%) to Week 2 (13%)
- Both Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd had a target share over 30%
- Donovan Peoples-Jones and Anthony Schwartz each had a 5% target share
- Cedrick Wilson saw just 7% of the targets in place of Michael Gallup
- Courtland Sutton had a 35% target share in second game back from knee surgery and first game without Jerry Jeudy
- Brandin Cooks saw a massive 48% target share
- After a quiet Week 1, Michael Pittman was up to a 33% target share
- Laviska Shenault has accounted for over 20% of the Jaguars targets in each of the first two games
- Mike Williams has seen a target share over 24% in each of the first two games
- Cooper Kupp had his lowest target share so far…37%
- Robert Woods saw 30% of the targets
- KJ Osborn had a 19% target share
- Marquez Callaway had an 18% target share
- Devonta Smith had a quiet game but saw a higher target share (29%) than he did in Week 1 (23%)
- Jalen Reagor had a 21% target share
- DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett each had a 35% target share
- Brandon Aiyuk saw just 7% of the targets. Deebo Samuel saw 27%
- Bucs WRs: Antonio Brown 8%, Mike Evans 25%, Chris Godwin 14%
- Austin Hooper was up to a 24% target share. David Njoku was at 14%
- Cowboys TEs: Blake Jarwin 15%, Dalton Schultz 7%
- Despite playing 100% of the snaps and having a 23% target share in Week 1, Tyler Higbee saw just 3% of Matthew Stafford’s Week 2 targets
- Patriots TEs: Hunter Henry 13%, Jonnu Smith 17%
- Adam Trautman was not targeted
- Dallas Goedert and Zach Ertz each had an 8% target share
- George Kittle saw just 13% of the targets
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
1.Alvin Kamara 27%
2.Austin Ekeler 22%
3.Aaron Jones 22%
4.James White 20%
5.Darrell Henderson 17%
T-5.David Montgomery 17%
T-5.JaMycal Hasty 17%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
1.Brandin Cooks 48%
2.Marquise Brown 38%
3.Cooper Kupp 37%
4.Courtland Sutton 35%
5.DK Metcalf 35%
T-5. Tyler Lockett 35%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
1.Travis Kelce 26%
2.TJ Hockenson 25%
3.Austin Hooper 24%
4.Jack Doyle 22%
5.Darren Waller 19%
T-5.Hunter Bryant 19%
T-5.Mark Andrews 19%
T-5. Maxx Williams 19%
Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)
- Courtland Sutton 258 (66.3%)
- Chase Claypool 194 (50.4%)
- Marvin Jones 175 (43.2%)
- AJ Brown 172 (42.8%)
- Brandin Cooks 171 (62.9%)
- DeVonta Smith 168 (49.7%)
- Tyler Lockett 162 (52.3%)
- Mike Evans 161 (46.4%)
- Michael Pittman 147 (50.0%)
- Marquise Brown 140 (56.7%)
- Diontae Johnson 132 (34.3%)
- Mecole Hardman 132 (53.9% )
- Justin Jefferson 124 (61.1%)
- Kenny Golladay 123 (34.3%)
- Julio Jones 121 (30.1%)
