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Fantasy Notebook: Snaps, Targets, Air Yards, & Routes Data From Week 5

October 10, 2023

Week 5 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 5 of snaps, targets, air yards, and route participation.

Snap Share

Bijan Robinson played a season-low 61% of the snaps
Ravens RB snap shares:
- Justice Hill 56%
- Gus Edwards 43%
- Kenyan Drake 1%
Chuba Hubbard has out-snapped Miles Sanders in two straight weeks:
- Week 4: 54% to 43%
- Week 5: 48% to 46%
Broncos RB snap shares without Javonte Williams:
- Samaje Perine 60%
- Jaleel McLaughlin 33%
Jonathan Taylor played just 10 snaps (15%) in his season debut
Travis Etienne has had a snap share of 80% or higher in 3-of-5 games. His lowest snap share was 71% in Week 3
Dolphins RB snap shares:
- Raheem Mostert 59%
- De’Von Achane 48%
Alexander Mattison’s 51% snap share was his lowest of the season. His previous low was 69% in Week 4
Rhamondre Stevenson’s 50% snap share was his lowest of the season. His previous low was 64% in Week 4
Giants RB snap shares:
- Matt Breida 58%
- Eric Gray 42%
Jets RB snap shares:
- Breece Hall 52%
- Michael Carter 31%
- Dalvin Cook 17%
Titans RB snap shares:
- Derrick Henry 62%
- Tyjae Spears 52%
Tyjae Spears has played above 50% of the snaps in all but one game

Target Share

Rookie Emari Demercado had a 10% target share
Michael Wilson’s target share dropped to 6.7% after his Week 4 breakout performance
Bijan Robinson had a 5.3% target share, his lowest of the season
Falcons TE target shares:
- Kyle Pitts 28.9%
- Jonnu Smith 18.4%
Zay Flowers target share by week:
- 1: 47.6%
- 2: 15.2%
- 3: 33.3%
- 4: 22.2%
- 5: 28.9%
Dawson Knox out-targeted Dalton Kincaid 6 to 2
Panthers RB Target Shares:
- Chuba Hubbard 5.7%
- Miles Sandes 2.9%
Adam Thielen had a 37.1% target share
Cole Kmet has had target shares of 28.1% and 20.0% over the last two weeks
CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup each had 5 targets (19.2%)
Broncos RB target shares:
- Samaje Perine 18.5%
- Jaleel McLaughlin 14.8%
Jerry Jeudy led the Broncos with 7 targets (25.9%)
David Montgomery had a 22.2% target share
Jameson Williams had an 11.1% target share in his season debut
Dalton Schultz had a 31.3% target share
Texans WR target shares:
- Robert Woods 28.1%
- Nico Collins 12.5%
- Tank Dell 12.5%
- John Metchie 6.3%
Evan Engram, Calvin Ridley, and Christian Kirk each had a 21.6% target share
Kyren Williams was targeted just 2 times (5.9%)
Cooper Kupp had 12 targets (35.3%) in his season debut; Puka Nacua was targeted 11 times (32.4%)
Dolphins RB targets:
- Raheem Mostert 2 (7.1%)
- De’Von Achane 1 (3.6%)
Jaylen Waddle had a 35.7% target share
Alexander Mattison had 3 targets to Cam Akers’ 2
Ezekiel Elliott out-targeted Rhamondre Stevenson 4 to 2
Hunter Henry had a 6.5% target share
Kendre Miller out-targeted Alvin Kamara 4 to 3 (16% to 12%)
Darren Waller had a 36.7% target share on 11 targets
Wan’Dale Robinson had a 20% target share
Breece Hall had an 11.5% target share which was equal with Michael Carter
Dallas Goedert had a 26.5% target share
Jaylen Warren out-targeted Najee Harris 2 to 1
Brandon Aiyuk out-targeted Deebo Samuel 7 to 3
Chig Okonkwo had a 26.5% target share
Curtis Samuel out-targeted both Terry McLaurin and Jahan Dotson 7 to 5

Route Participation

Falcons TE routes:
- Jonnu Smith 26 (66.7%)
- Kyle Pitts 25 (64.1%)
Zay Flowers ran a route on 100% of the drop backs
Rashod Bateman only ran 14 routes (31.1%)
Broncos RB routes:
- Samaje Perine 25 (61%)
- Jaleel McLaughlin 10 (24.4%)
Jameson Williams had a 50% route participation rate in his season debut
Lions WR route participation with Amon-Ra St. Brown out:
- Kalif Raymond 60%
- Marvin Jones 56.7%
- Jameson Williams 50%
- Josh Reynolds 43.3%
Isiah Pacheco and Jerick McKinnon each ran 12 routes (27.9%)
Rashee Rice ran just 10 routes (23.3%)
Puka Nacua ran 100% of the routes despite the return of Cooper Kupp (97.6%)
Raheem Mostert ran 17 routes (53.1%) to De’Von Achane’s 15 (46.9%)
Alexander Mattison ran 19 routes to Cam Akers’ 7 (38% to 14%)
Giants RB route participation:
- Matt Breida 55.8%
- Eric Gray 34.9%
Jets RB routes:
- Michael Carter 17 (51.5%)
- Breece Hall 10 (30.3%)
- Jaylen Warren ran 15 routes to Najee Harris’ 13 (40.5% to 35.1%)
Commanders WR routes:
- Terry McLaurin 50 (83.3%)
- Jahan Dotson 46 (76.7%)
- Curtis Samuel 40 (66.7%)
- Dyami Brown 17 (28.3%)
- Byron Pringle 9 (15%)
- Jamison Crowder 8 (13.3%)

Air Yards Leaders (% of Team Share)

Player	Team	POS	Air Yards	Team Share
George Pickens	PIT	WR	196	65.3%
Stefon Diggs	BUF	WR	182	42.6%
Christian Watson	GB	WR	177	72.8%
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	173	63.6%
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	168	39.7%
Ja’Marr Chase	CIN	WR	154	51.7%
Marquise Brown	ARI	WR	143	48.8%
Cooper Kupp	LAR	WR	137	40.8%
AJ Brown	PHI	WR	135	51.1%
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	126	37.5%
Michael Thomas	NO	WR	126	52.5%
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	125	39.4%
Calvin Ridley	JAX	WR	124	42.2%
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	122	40.0%
Kendrick Bourne	NE	WR	116	34.0%
Darren Waller	NYG	TE	116	57.1%
DJ Moore	CHI	WR	115	45.3%
Gabe Davis	BUF	WR	111	26.0%
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	107	59.1%
Drake London	ATL	WR	104	32.8%
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	104	29.3%
Brandon Aiyuk	SF	WR	104	49.3%
Trenton Irwin	CIN	WR	102	34.2%
Darnell Mooney	CHI	WR	95	37.4%
Jakobi Meyers	LV	WR	92	60.9%
Michael Gallup	DAL	WR	88	28.9%
Chris Olave	NO	WR	87	36.3%
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	86	35.5%
Nelson Agholor	BAL	WR	85	20.1%
Justin Watson	KC	WR	85	35.6%