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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 8 of snaps, targets, air yards, and routes.
Snap Share
- Even with Darrell Williams back, Eno Benjamin maintained a 74% snap share
- Tony Pollard played 53% of the snaps with Ezekiel Elliott out
- Broncos RB snap shares: Melvin Gordon 56%, Latavius Murray 44%
- D’Andre Swift returned to a 55% snap share
- Travis Etienne played 79% of the snaps in first game without James Robinson
- Rams RB snap shares: Darrell Henderson 41%, Ronnie Rivers 36%, Malcolm Brown 22%
- Jets RB snap shares: Michael Carter 56%, Ty Johnson 32%, James Robinson 22%
- Christian McCaffrey played 81% of the snaps
- Commanders RB snap shares: Antonio Gibson 36%, JD McKissic 36%, Brian Robinson 25%
- Terrace Marshall has played 86% and 92% of the snaps over the last two weeks
- Jalen Tolbert played a season-high 43% of the snaps
- Elijah Moore played 17% of the snaps
- Greg Dulcich played 80% of the snaps
Target Share
- Eno Benjamin has had target shares of 17% and 16% over the last two weeks
- Tyler Allgeier had a season-high 11% target share. His previous high was 5% (Weeks 3 & 4)
- Broncos RB target shares: Melvin Gordon 13%, Latavius Murray 7%
- JaMycal Hasty out-targeted Travis Etienne 4 to 3 (13% to 10%)
- Ronnie Rivers led Rams RBs in targets (4; 12%). Darrell Henderson had two (6%)
- Michael Carter had a 17% target share in first game without Breece Hall
- Christian McCaffrey had a 35% target share
- Rachaad White and Leonard Fournette each had three targets (7%)
- Antonio Gibson had a season-high 23% target share
- DeAndre Hopkins has returned to target shares of 48% and 30%
- Rondale Moore’s target share jumped back up to 18% after falling to 7% in Week 7
- Damiere Byrd led Falcons WRs in targets (6; 21%)
- Gabe Davis had a season-high 28% target share. His previous high was 17% in Week 5
- Terrace Marshall had a 25% target share
- Colts WR target shares in Sam Elinger’s first start: Michael Pittman 39%, Alec Pierce 22%, Parris Campbell 9%
- Allen Robinson had a season-high 21% target share
- For the first time this season, Terry McLaurin out-targeted Curtis Samuel (8 to 4; 26% to 13%)
- Tyler Conklin has target shares of 23% and 24% over the last two weeks
- Foster Moreau had a 23% target share
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
- Christian McCaffrey 35%
- Alvin Kamara 32%
- Joe Mixon 26%
- Antonio Gibson 23%
- Rhamondre Stevenson 23%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
- Michael Pittman 39%
- Tyreek Hill 39%
- AJ Brown 37%
- Cooper Kupp 36%
- Jakobi Meyers 34%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
- Kyle Pitts 32%
- Dalton Schultz 26%
- Tyler Conklin 24%
- Foster Moreau 23%
- Dallas Goedert 20%
Top-15 In Air Yards (% of Team Share)
- DJ Moore 251 (54.7%)
- Tyreek Hill 222 (57.2%)
- Damiere Byrd 190 (62.3%)
- Mike Evans 184 (62.8%)
- AJ Brown 181 (57.1%)
- DeAndre Hopkins 162 (56.3%)
- Tyler Conklin 149 (47.2%)
- DK Metcalf 149 (57.1%)
- Romeo Doubs 128 (55.7%)
- Stefon Diggs 127 (39.6%)
- Amari Cooper 126 (57.8%)
- Greg Dulcich 114 (39.3%)
- Brandin Cooks 105 (43.9%)
- Terry McLaurin 103 (60.9%)
- Alec Pierce 100 (52.1%)
Route Participation
- Eno Benjamin ran a route on 68% of the drop backs
- Robbie Anderson ran 6 routes
- D’Onta Foreman ran 21 routes (55.3%)
- Terrace Marshall ran a route on 94.7% of the drop backs
- Melvin Gordon ran 22 routes (63%) to Latavius Murray’s 10 (28.6%)
- Greg Dulcich ran a route on 91.4% of the drop backs
- Kalif Raymond ran a route on 95% of the drop backs
- Najee Harris ran 28 routes to Jaylen Warren’s 13
- George Pickens ran six more routes than Chase Claypool
- Leonard Fournette ran 37 routes to Rachaad White’s 7
- Cade Otton ran a route on 91.7% of the drop backs
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