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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, 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 2 of snaps, targets, air yards, and routes.
Snap Share
- Falcons RB snap shares: Cordarrelle Patterson 59%, Tyler Allgeier 31%, Avery Williams 25%
- Justice Hill led Ravens RBs with a 36% snap share
- Cowboys RB snap shares: Ezekiel Elliott 67%, Tony Pollard 39%
- Broncos RB snap shares: Javonte Williams 65%, Melvin Gordon 32%
- Packers RB snap shares: Aaron Jones 59%, AJ Dillon 57%
- After Rex Burkhead dominated the snaps in Week 1 (71%), Dameon Pierce led the way with a 62% snap share (Burkhead 37%) in Week 2
- Jaguars RB snap shares: James Robinson 63%, Travis Etienne 37%
- Cam Akers played 44% of the snaps. Up from 18% in Week 1
- Raheem Mostert out-snapped Chase Edmonds 55% to 51%
- Rhamondre Stevenson paced Patriots RBs with a 62% snap share (Damien Harris 40%, Pierre Strong 4%)
- Michael Carter led the Jets backfield with a 61% snap share (Breece Hall 27%, Ty Johnson 19%)
- Seahawks RB snap shares: Travis Homer 45%, Rashaad Penny 41%, Kenneth Walker 24%
- 49ers RB snap shares without Elijah Mitchell: Jeff Wilson 49%, Tyrion Davis-Price 37%
- Allen Lazard played 81% of the snaps in his season debut
- Josh Palmer played 91% of the snaps with Keenan Allen out
- Chris Olave has led Saints WRs in snaps through two weeks
- Kenny Golladay played 3% of the snaps
- George Pickens played 85% of the snaps
- Curtis Samuel played 89% of the snaps
- Jahan Dotson played 99% of the snaps
Target Share
- David Montgomery has started the season with target shares of 24% and 18%
- Nick Chubb had an 11% target share
- Tony Pollard saw 23% of the targets in Week 2 while Ezekiel Elliott had a target share of just 6%
- Javonte Williams has out-targeted Melvin Gordon 16-3 over the first two weeks
- AJ Dillon and Aaron Jones each had a 12% target share
- Travis Etienne has had a 10% target share in each of the first two weeks
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire led the Chiefs running backs with an 11% target share
- Cam Akers had an 8% target share while Darrell Henderson was not targeted
- Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert each had a 6% target share
- Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson each had a 6% target share
- After a near-even split of backfield targets in Week 1, Michael Carter had an 11% share in Week 2 compared to Breece Hall’s 2%
- Kenneth Walker had a 10% target share in his NFL debut
- Jeff Wilson had an 8% target share in Elijah Mitchell’s absence. No other 49ers RB was targeted
- Antonio Gibson had a 9% target share while JD McKissic saw a 15% share
- Greg Dortch’s target share dropped from 24% in Week 1 to 8% in Week 2
- Drake London had a massive 46% target share in his second NFL game. That’s after commanding a 21% share in Week 1
- Rashod Bateman commanded a 24% target share
- Shi Smith tied for the team lead in targets (21% share) with DJ Moore
- Amari Cooper had a 37% target share
- Donovan Peoples-Jones went from a 32% target share in Week 1 to 4% in Week 2
- CeeDee Lamb has had target shares of 26% and 35% to start the season
- Noah Brown has had target shares of 21% and 16%
- Amon-ra St. Brown has had target shares of 32% and 35%
- DJ Chark’s target share dropped from 22% to 12%
- Allen Lazard had a 12% target share in his season debut
- Ashton Dulin had a 23% target share in the absence of Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling led Chiefs WRs with a 20% target share in Week 2
- Josh Palmer had a 17% target share in Keenan Allen’s absence. DeAndre Carter saw a 6% share
- DeVante Parker has had target shares of 7% and 6% to begin his Patriots career
- Chris Olave had a 32% target share
- Garrett Wilson had a 31% target share
- Elijah Moore has had target shares of 12% and 11% to begin the season
- Brandon Aiyuk led 49ers WRs with a 33% target share in Week 2
- Curtis Samuel had had target shares of 27% and 20% to begin the season
- Isaiah Likely had a 17% target share
- Hayden Hurst has had target shares of 15% and 19%
- Evan Engram had a 27% target share
- Tyler Higbee has had target shares of 27% and 25%
- Tyler Conklin had a 20% target share
- Pat Freiermuth has had target shares of 26% and 21%
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
- Tony Pollard 23%
- Austin Ekeler 21%
- David Montgomery 18%
- Najee Harris 18%
- Christian McCaffrey 17%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
- Drake London 46%
- Cooper Kupp 39%
- Jaylen Waddle 38%
- Amari Cooper 37%
- Jakobi Meyers 37%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
- Mark Andrews 38%
- Evan Engram 27%
- Tyler Higbee 25%
- Zach Ertz 22%
- Darren Waller 21%
Top-15 In Air Yards (% of Team Share)
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Chris Olave 334 (63.1%)
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Jaylen Waddle 180 (49.7%)
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Garrett Wilson 164 (44.1%)
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Scott Miller 139 (44.8%)
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Tyreek Hill 138 (38.1%)
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Stefon Diggs 137 (44.2%)
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Mike Williams 134 (59.6%)
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Courtland Sutton 133 (50.2%)
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Corey Davis 132 (35.5%)
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Mark Andrews 125 (39.8%)
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Tyler Lockett 118 (69.4%)
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Jakobi Meyers 115 (36.2%)
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Nico Collins113 (37.3%)
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AJ Brown 111 (38.7%)
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Michael Thomas 109 (20.6%)
Route Participation
- Rashod Bateman ran a route on 71% of Lamar Jackson’s drop backs. The next closest BAL WR was Devin Duvernay at 55%
- Shi Smith ran a route on 55% of the drop backs
- Nick Chubb ran three more routes (15; 47%) than Kareem Hunt
- Ezekiel Elliott ran 19 routes (56%) to Tony Pollard’s 13 (38%)
- Noah Brown ran a route on 94% of the drop backs
- Javonte Williams more than doubled Melvin Gordon’s route participation (57% to 25%)
- Aaron Jones ran just three more routes than AJ Dillon (18 to 15)
- Allen Lazard ran a route on 89.7% of the drop backs in his season debut
- Christian Watson ran a route on just 24% of the Packers drop backs
- Ashton Dulin was second to Parris Campbell in wide receiver Route Participation in Week 2. (71.4% to Campbell’s 85.7%)
- James Robinson ran 16 routes (51.6%) to Travis Etienne’s 14 (45.2%)
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Jerrick McKinnon each ran 14 routes
- Cam Akers ran eight routes (21.6%) while Darrell Henderson ran zero
- Josh Palmer ran a route on 98% of the drop backs
- Raheem Mostert and Chase Edmonds each ran 24 routes
- Mike Gesicki’s Route participation was up from 43% in Week 1 to 60.8% in Week 2
- Rhamondre Stevenson ran 23 routes (60.5%) to Damien Harris’ 9 (23.7%)
- Chris Olave ran a route on 85.1% of the drop backs
- Michael Carter ran 25 routes to Breece Hall’s seven
- Tyler Conklin ran a route on 89% of the drop backs
- George Pickens ran a route on 95% of the drop backs
- Rashaad Penny did not run a route. Kenneth Walker ran five while Travis Homer ran 11
- Jeff Wilson was the only 49ers RB to run a route (10; 40%)
- Jahan Dotson ran a route on 100% of the drop backs
- JD McKissic ran 21 routes to Antonio Gibson’s 20
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