Fantasy Notebook: Snaps, Targets, Air Yards, and Trends From Week 6

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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 6 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.

Snap Share 

• Ravens backfield snap shares: Latavius Murray 38%, Le’Veon Bell 32%, DeVonta Freeman 30%
• Chuba Hubbard maintained his 65% snap share without Christian McCaffrey
• Khalil Herbert played 89% of the snaps in the absence of David Montgomery and Damien Williams 
• Chris Evans doubled his previous season-high snap share to play 22% of the snaps in Week 6 
• Tony Pollard’s 29% snap share was his lowest since Week 1 (24%)
• For the third straight week, D’Andre Swift set a new season-high in snap share (78%)
• A.J. Dillon played a season-high 42% of the snaps 
• Jonathan Taylor played a season-high 65% of the snaps 
• Darrel Williams played 72% of the snaps in first game without CEH. Jerrick McKinnon played 28%
• Dolphins backfield snap shares: Myles Gaskin 36%, Malcolm Brown 36%, Salvon Ahmed 27%
• Devontae Booker played 72% of the snaps with Saquon Barkley inactive 
• Rashod Bateman played 65% of the snaps in his season debut
• After playing 99% of the snaps in Week 5, Ricky Seals-Jones was on the field for 100% of the snaps in Week 6

Target Share 

• Khalil Herbert had an 11% target share 
• Joe Mixon had a season-high 20% target share
• Ezekiel Elliott had a season-high 18% target share 
• After seeing 10% of the targets in Week 5, AJ Dillon didn’t see a single pass in his direction in Week 6
• Jonathan Taylor has had a double-digit target share in back-to-back games
• Darrel Williams had a 9% target share 
• Myles Gaskin led the Dolphins running backs with a 12% target share 
• Rhamondre Stevenson led the Patriots running backs with a 14% target share 
• Devontae Booker had an 8% target share in Saquon Barkley’s absence 
• After consecutive games with a double-digit target share, Josh Jacobs was back down to 4%
• Miles Sanders has had a double-digit target share in four of six games
• DeeJay Dallas had a 16% target share 
• Leonard Fournette has had a double-digit target share in five of six games
• Derrick Henry had a double-digit target share for the fourth time this season
• Christian Kirk had a season-high 27% target share 
• Rashod Bateman had a team-high 22% target share
• Robby Anderson had a 27% target share 
• Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins each had a 20% target share 
• Donovan Peoples-Jones had a 16% target share 
• Odell Beckham had a 26% target share 
• Amon-Ra St. Brown had a 17% target share 
• Brandin Cooks had a target share over 30% for the fourth time 
• Laviska Shenault had a 24% target share 
• Keenan Allen had a season-low 13% target share 
• Jaylen Waddle had a 27% target share 
• Sterling Shepard had a 27% target share in first game back 
• D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett each had a 22% target share 
• Mike Evans had a season-low 10% target share 
• A.J. Brown had a 31% target share 

Top-5 RBs in Target Share

1. J.D. Mckissic 26%
2. Joe Mixon 20%
3. Austin Ekeler 18%
4. Ezekiel Elliott 18%
5. Najee Harris 18%

Top-5 WRs in Target Share 

1. Cooper Kupp 40%
2. Diontae Johnson 32%
3. D.J. Moore 32%
4. A.J. Brown 31%
5. Antonio Brown 31%

Top-5 TEs in Target Share 

1. T.J. Hockenson 26%
2. Travis Kelce 23%
3. Zach Ertz 23%
   
4. Mark Andrews 22%
5. Noah Fant 22%

Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)

1. Courtland Sutton 243 (49.5%)
2. DJ Moore 222 (52.5%)
3. Emmanuel Sanders 177 (46.0%)
4. Brandin Cooks 163 (58.4%)
5. Allen Robinson 161 (49.2%)
6. Terry McLaurin 159 (57.8%)
7. Antonio Brown 147 (51.9%)
8. Diontae Johnson 147 (53.8%)
9. Justin Jefferson 134 (35.9%)
10. Amari Cooper 133 (29.0%)
11. Marvin Jones 129 (42.2%)
12. Adam Thielen 122 (32.7%)
13. Cooper Kupp 122 (50.0%)
14. CeeDee Lamb 117 (25.5%)
15. Christian Kirk 113 (42.8%)

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