Fantasy Notebook: Snaps, Targets, Air Yards, & Routes From Week 3

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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 3 of snaps, targets, air yards, and routes.

Snap Share 

• JK Dobbins played 43% snaps in his season debut 
• Devin Singletary had a 73% snap share
• Broncos RB snap shares: Javonte Williams 45%, Melvin Gordon 38%, Mike Boone 19%
• Packers RB snap shares: Aaron Jones 63%, AJ Dillon 53%
• Jaguars RB snap shares: James Robinson 58%, Travis Etienne 43%
• Cam Akers and Darrell Henderson each played 24 snaps (50%); Akers’ snaps have risen each week from 18%, to 44%, to 50%
• Jerrick McKinnon continued to edge Clyde Edwards-Helaire in snaps (52% to 40%)
• Dolphins RB snap shares: Raheem Mostert 56%, Chase Edmonds 44%
• Patriots RB snap shares: Rhamondre Stevenson 62%, Damien Harris 38%
• For the first time this season, Breece Hall out-snapped Michael Carter (51% to 49%)
• Jeff Wilson played on 73% of the snaps
• Romeo Doubs played 89% of the snaps

Target Share

• JK Dobbins had a 7% target share in his first game back 
• Devin Singletary had a 17% target share 
• Khalil Herbert had a 12% target share in the absence of David Montgomery 
• Joe Mixon has had target shares of 17%, 11%, and 19% to start the season 
• Javonte Williams has had target shares of 29%, 13%, and 15% to start the season
• Packers RB target shares: Aaron Jones 11%, AJ Dillon 9%
• Jonathan Taylor had a 14% target share while Nyheim Hines had a 16% share 
• James Robinson and Travis Etienne each had an 8% target share 
• Clyde Edwards-Helaire has led Chiefs RBs with target shares of 11% and 14% in the last two weeks 
• Raheem Mostert doubled Chase Edmonds’ target share (10% to 5%)
• Patriots RB target shares: Rhamondre Stevenson 16%, Damien Harris 9%
• Breece Hall and Michael Carter have alternated the backfield target share lead each week. Hall led with a 21% share (4% for Carter) in Week 3
• Josh Jacobs had a season-high 13% target share 
• Antonio Gibson’s target share has dropped in every game so far (20%, 9%, 2%)
• Marquise Brown’s Gibson’s target share has climbed every game so far (16%, 22%, 29%)
• Drake London has begun his NFL career with target shares of 21%, 46%, and 30%
• Gabe Davis had a 10% target share 
• Amari Cooper has had target shares of 37% and 35% over the last two weeks 
• Courtland Sutton has had target shares of 35% and 30% over the last two weeks 
• Romeo Doubs led Packers WRs with a 23% target share 
• Zay Jones has had target shares of 21%, 13%, and 28%
• Juju Smith-Schuster was back to leading Chiefs WRs in targets with a 22% share. MVS was not far behind, though, at 19%
• Josh Palmer has had target shares of 17% and 20% in the two games without Keenan Allen 
• Allen Robinson had a season-high 20% target share
• KJ Osborn had a 20% target share 
• DeVante Parker had a 31% target share with Jakobi Meyers sidelined 
• Chris Olave has had a 32% target share in each of the last two games
• Mack Hollins has target shares of 21% and 22% over the last two weeks 
• Devonta Smith has had target shares of 23% and 34% over the last two weeks 
• George Pickens had a season-high 22% target share 
• Russell Gage had a 31% target share with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Julio Jones out
• Curtis Samuel has target shares of 27%, 20%, and 23%. He’s out-targeted Terry McLaurin in every game and 30 to 21 on the season 
• Kyle Pitts had a season-high 40% target share 
• Cole Kmet had an 18% target share 
• Mike Gesicki has target shares of 3%, 8%, and 5%
• Jonnu Smith has out-targeted Hunter Henry in every game 
• George Kittle had a 17% target share in his season debut 

Top-5 RBs in Target Share

1. Derrick Henry 22%
2. Breece Hall 21%
3. JD McKissic 21%
4. Joe Mixon 19%
5. Austin Ekeler 18%

Top-5 WRs in Target Share

1. CeeDee Lamb 39%
2. Amari Cooper 35%
3. Darnell Mooney 35%
4. Diontae Johnson 34%
5. Devonta Smith 34%

Top-5 TEs in Target Share

1. Mark Andrews 45%
2. Kyle Pitts 40%
3. David Njoku 32%
4. Travis Kelce 22%
5. Robert Tonyan 20%

Top-15 In Air Yards (% of Team Share)

1. DeVante Parker 212 (54.5%)
2. Kyle Pitts 165 (52.9%)
3. Mark Andrews 152 (58.2%)
4. Amari Cooper 132 (63.8%)
5. Robert Woods 99 (54.4%)
6. Marvin Jones 91 (48.4%)
7. Adam Thielen 88 (28.3%)
8. Jarvis Landry 77 (16.7%)
9. Davante Adams 76 (20.4%)
10. Nelson Agholor 75 (19.3%)
11. Gerald Everett 74 (21.2%)
12. Breece Hall 67 (14.3%)
13. Pat Freiermuth 67 (17.1%)
14. Brandin Cooks 67 (29.8%)
15. Zach Ertz 59 (17.8%)

 

Route Participation

• Kyle Pitts ran a route on just 65% of Marcus Mariota’s drop backs
• Gabe Davis ran a route on 95.6% of the drop backs
• Equanimeous St. Brown is operating as the clear WR2 in Chicago. He ran a route on 92% of the drop backs. 
• Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon each ran 13 routes (32.5%) on SNF. Mike Boone ran 11 (27.5%)
• Aaron Jones ran 22 routes (61%) to AJ Dillon’s 14 (39%)
• Romeo Doubs had a 94.4% route participation rate 
• Jonathan Taylor ran 25 routes (58%) to Nyheim Hines’ 22 (51%)
• Jelani Woods scored two touchdowns but he was third among the team’s tight ends in route participation (25.6%)
• James Robinson ran 21 routes (52.5%) to Travis Etienne’s 14 (35%)
• Zay Jones rsn a route on 80% of the drop backs 
• Josh Palmer led the Chargers in routes run (44; 93.6%)
• Raheem Mostert ran 11 routes (50%) to Chase Edmonds’ eight (36.4%)
• Mike Gesicki ran just seven routes (31.8%)
• Patriots RB route participation: Rhamondre Stevenson 62.5% (25), Damien Harris 27.5% (11)
• DeVante Parker ran a route on 100% of the drop backs
• Lil’Jordan Humphrey was second among Patriots WRs in route participation (75%)
• Chris Olave led Saints WRs in route participation (93%)
• Tyler Conklin ran a route on 73.2% of the drop backs
• Treylon Burks ran a route on 96.4% of the drop backs which led Titans WRs
• JD McKissic ran double Antonio Gibson’s number of routes (30 to 15)

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