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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 9 of snaps, targets, air yards, and trends.
Snap Share
- James Conner played 77% of the snaps after Chase Edmonds went down. Eno Benjamin played 24%
- Christian McCaffrey played 49% of the snaps in his first game back
- Carlos Hyde played 79% of the snaps with James Robinson out
- Myles Gaskin played a season-high 72% of the snaps
- Alvin Kamara has had his two lowest snap shares (67% and 68%) in the two games since Mark Ingram’s return
- Eagles backfield: Boston Scott 44%, Jordan Howard 40%, Kenny Gainwell 19%
- Titans backfield snap shares in first game without Derrick Henry: Jeremy McNichols 45%, Adrian Peterson 33%, D’Onta Foreman 21%
- Anthony Schwartz was the Browns WR with the biggest snap share increase with Odell Beckham out. Schwartz played on a season-high 58% of the snaps. Donovan Peoples-Jones actually had his second -lowest snap share (60%) of the season
- Nico Collins’ snap shares have steadily increased since his return from injury. He was up to 70% in Week 9
- Tre’Quan Smith led Saints WRs with an 80% snap share
- Bryan Edwards played a season-high 93% of the snaps
- Zay Jones played a season-high 96% of the snaps
- For the second-straight week, Brandon Aiyuk set a new season high snap share (93%)
- Zach Ertz was up to 80% of the snaps
- Tommy Sweeney has had snap shares of 82% and 87% in the two games Dawson Knox has missed
- Tyree Jackson played 25% of the snaps in his Eagles debut
Target Share
- James Conner had a 19% target share in Chase Edmonds’ absence
- Joe Mixon has had double-digit target shares in three of his last four games
- Nick Chubb had a season-high 10% target share
- AJ Dillon doubled Aaron Jones’ target share (12% to 6%)
- Carlos Hyde had a 7% target share
- Myles Gaskin has had a double-digit target share in all but one game
- Michael Carter was down to a 4% target share, his season low
- Elijah Mitchell had four targets coming into Week 9. He had five against Arizona with a 12% target share
- Titans backfield target shares in first game without Derrick Henry: Jeremy McNichols 11%, Adrian Peterson 4%, D’Onta Foreman 0%
- Marquise Brown has had a target share over 20% in six of eight games
- Rashod Bateman’s target shares since returning from injury: 22%, 14%, 20%
- Jerry Jeudy had a 29% target share
- In Tyrod Taylor’s first game back, Brandin Cooks had a 30% target share
- Jamal Agnew had an 18% target share
- Mike Williams has had a target share below 15% in four of his last five games
- Jaylen Waddle has had a target share over 20% in four straight games
- Brandon Aiyuk had a 20% target share
- A.J. Brown has had a target share over 30% in four-straight games, including a season-high 41% in Week 9
- Tyler Conklin has had target shares of 19% and 25% over the last two weeks
- Adam Trautman has had a target share over 15% in each of his last two games
- Dallas Goedert has had target shares of 44% and 35% in his last two games
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
- Cordarrelle Patterson 20%
- Nyheim Hines 20%
- James Conner 19%
- Devin Singletary 17%
- Kenyan Drake 17%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
- A.J. Brown 41%
- Davante Adams 41%
- Devonta Smith 35%
- Keenan Allen 34%
- Ja’Marr Chase 31%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
- Dallas Goedert 35%
- Cole Kmet 28%
- Dan Arnold 25%
- Kyle Rudolph 25%
- Tyler Conklin 25%
Top-15 in Air Yards (% of team share)
- CeeDee Lamb 212 (47.3%)
- Tyreek Hill 199 (60.1%)
- Ja’Marr Chase 172 (45.3%)
- Davante Adams 162 (61.1%)
- Zach Pascal 142 (52.8%)
- Tee Higgins 129 (33.9%)
- Brandin Cooks 121 (33.2%)
- Cole Kmet 116 (26.20%)
- George Kittle 116 (32.7%)
- Rashod Bateman 111 (34.4%)
- Mark Andrews 110 (34.1%)
- Emmanuel Sanders 107 (37.3%)
- DeVonta Smith 105 (51.0%)
- Jaylen Waddle 103 (26.4%)
- Kenny Stills 103 (31.1%)
