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Fantasy Notebook: Snaps, Targets, Air Yards, & Routes Data From Week 15

December 19, 2023

Week 15 Fantasy Football 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 15 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.

Snap Share

Bijan Robinson’s 58% snap share was his lowest of the season other than the infamous headache game
James Conner played just 49% of the snaps. Emari Demercado and Michael Carter each played 24%
James Cook’s 56% snap share was his highest since Week 8
Bears RB snap shares:
- Roschon Johnson 49%
- D’Onta Foreman 26%
- Khalil Herbert 23%
Javonte Williams’ 48% snap share was his lowest since Week 6
Lions RB snap shares:
- David Montgomery 52%
- Jahmyr Gibbs 48%
Aaron Jones played 48% of the snaps. Patrick Taylor played 43%
Devin Singletary’s 72% snap share was his highest since Week 12. Dameon Pierce played just 4 snaps (5%)
Clyde Edwards-Helaire out-snapped Jerick McKinnon 62% to 34%
Chargers RB snap shares:
- Austin Ekeler 40%
- Isaiah Spiller 37%
- Josh Kelley 23%
With Josh Jacobs out, Zamir White played 70% of the snaps
Raheem Mostert out-snapped Devon Achane 54% to 39%
With Alexander Mattison out, Ty Chandler played 81% of the snaps
Breece Hall’s 40% snap share was his lowest since Week 2
Jaylen Warren out-snapped Najee Harris 69% to 34%
Commanders RB snaps with Brian Robinson out:
- Antonio Gibson 45%
- Chris Rodriguez 33%
- Jonathan Williams 22%

Target Share

All three Cardinals RBs saw three targets
Isaiah Likely led the Ravens with 6 targets (26.1%)
Zay Flowers’ 8.7% target share is his lowest since Week 9
James Cook’s 23.1% target share was his highest of the season
Roschon Johnson has had 5 or more targets in three of his last five games. In the other two, he had zero targets
David Njoku had a 31.8% target share
David Montgomery had 3 targets, Jahmyr Gibbs had 2
Jayden Reed has had a target share over 20% in back-to-back games
Devin Singletary has had double-digit target shares in three of his last four games
Noah Brown had a 32.7% target share. He was the only Texans pass-catcher to top 15%
Rashee Rice hasn’t had a target share below 25% since Week 11
Clyde Edwards-Helaire was targeted 4 times, Jerick McKinnon 3
With Keenan Allen out, it was Gerald Everett (25.8%), Austin Ekeler (19.4%), and Josh Palmer (12.7%) leading the Chargers in targets. Quentin Johnston was targeted 3 times (9.7%)
Zamir White had 4 targets (11.8%) to Ameer Abdullah’s 2 (5.9%)
Devon Achane had 3 targets while Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson each had 2
Jaylen Waddle had a 34.6% target share in Tyreek Hill’s absence
Ty Chandler had a 12.5% target share in Alexander Mattison’s absence
Justin Jefferson had a 31.3% target share in his first full game back
In two games without Rhamondre Stevenson, Ezekiel Elliott has had target shares of 30.8% and 19.4%
With Chris Olave out, no Saints pass-catcher reached an 18% target share
Darren Waller had a 17.6% target share in his first game back
Jaylen Warren was targeted 6 times (23.1%). Najee Harris was not targeted
George Pickens led the Steelers with 7 targets (26.9%). That was his highest target share since Week 7
Chris Godwin has out-targeted Mike Evans 23-12 over the last two weeks

Route Participation

Cardinals RB routes:
- Michael Carter 14
- James Conner 12
- Emari Demercado 12
Zay Flowers has run 100% of the routes in every game since Mark Andrews went out
Javonte Williams and Samaje Perine each ran 9 routes. Jaleel McLaughlin ran 5
David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs each ran 16 routes
Patrick Taylor ran 17 routes to Aaron Jones’ 13
Tucker Kraft had a 92.7% route participation rate
Jayden Reed only ran 41.7% of the routes
Xavier Hutchinson led the Texans in route participation (89.7%)
Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran 18 routes to Jerick McKinnon’s 14
Rashee Rice had a season-high 92.7% route participation rate
Austin Ekeler had a 41.7% route participation rate
Quentin Johnston led the Chargers in routes
Demarcus Robinson ran 100% of the routes
Zamir White ran 22 routes to Ameer Abdullah’s 9
Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane each ran 13 routes
Darren Waller ran 46.8% of the routes in his first game back

Air Yards Leaders (% of Team Share)

Player	Team	POS	Air Yards	Team Share
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	238	67.6%
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	200	51.2%
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	165	49.4%
Calvin Ridley	JAX	WR	164	37.4%
George Pickens	PIT	WR	147	56.3%
Zay Jones	JAX	WR	144	32.8%
DJ Moore	CHI	WR	131	38.8%
AJ Brown	PHI	WR	130	44.1%
Amari Cooper	CLE	WR	129	34.5%
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	128	52.0%
Noah Brown	HOU	WR	120	45.1%
Tyler Lockett	SEA	WR	117	49.4%
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	113	40.1%
Darnell Mooney	CHI	WR	112	33.1%
Chris Godwin	TB	WR	104	44.3%
Tre Tucker	LV	WR	102	36.4%
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	99	48.5%
Brandon Aiyuk	SF	WR	93	30.6%
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	92	40.2%
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	91	39.7%
Davante Adams	LV	WR	90	32.1%
Xavier Gipson	NYJ	WR	90	30.9%
Chris Moore	TEN	WR	84	21.5%
Diontae Johnson	PIT	WR	83	31.8%
Justin Watson	KC	WR	82	42.3%
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	79	89.8%
Deebo Samuel	SF	WR	77	25.3%
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	75	37.3%
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	75	20.1%
Randall Cobb	NYJ	WR	74	25.4%