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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 9 of snaps, targets, air yards, and routes.
Snap Share
- James Conner returned to a 71% snap share
- Falcons RB snap shares in Cordarrelle Patterson’s return: Patterson 39%, Tyler Allgeier 38%, Caleb Huntley 21%, Avery Williams 5%
- D’Andre Swift played just 16% of the snaps
- Travis Etienne’s snap shares since James Robinson trade: 80%, 79%, 81%
- Chiefs RB snap shares: Jerrick McKinnon 62%, Isiah Pacheco 22%, Clyde Edwards-Helaire 17%
- Cam Akers played 19% of the snaps in his return to the team
- Jeff Wilson out-snapped Raheem Mostert (49% to 47%) in his Dolphins debut
- James Robinson’s snap share rose from 22% to 40% in his second game with Jets
- Antonio Gibson out-snapped Brian Robinson (58% to 44%) for the second-straight week
- Robbie Anderson played 83% of the snaps
- Chase Claypool played 35% of the snaps in his Bears debut
Target Share
- Eno Benjamin’s target share crashed to 3% upon James Conner’s return
- Cordarrelle Patterson, Avery Williams, and Tyler Allgeier all had one target each (4%)
- Nyheim Hines was targeted once in his Bills debut
- Raheem Blackshear led Panthers running backs with a 13% target share. D’Onta Foreman and Spencer Brown each had a 10% share
- D’Andre Swift had a 15% target share despite limited snaps
- Jeff Wilson had a 10% target share in his Dolphins debut; Raheem Mostert’s share was 7%
- James Robinson led Jets RBs with an 8% target share (Michael Carter 4%)
- Kenneth Walker had a season-high 12% target share
- Rondale Moore had a season-high 29% target share
- Terrace Marshall had a target share over 20% for the second-straight game
- Chase Claypool had a 21% target share in his Bears debut. He reached that number just once (23%) with the Steelers this season
- Chargers WR target shares with no Keenan Allen or Mike Williams: Josh Palmer 23%, Michael Bandy 19%, DeAndre Carter 14%
- Van Jefferson had a 19% target share
- Terry McLaurin out-targeted Curtis Samuel for the second-straight week (32% to 14%)
- McLaurin’s target share pre-Heinicke: 16%; with Heinicke: 31%
- Curtis Samuel’s target share pre-Heinicke: 21.8%; with Heinicke: 17%
- Cole Kmet had a season-high 21% target share
- Lions TE target shares in first game post-TJ Hockenson: James Mitchell 8%, Brock Wright 4%, Shane Zylstra 4%
- TJ Hockenson had a 22% target share in his Vikings debut. He hit that number once this season with the Lions
- Gerald Everett had a 19% target share in game without Keenan Allen and Mike Williams
Top-5 RBs in Target Share
- Rhamondre Stevenson 23%
- Austin Ekeler 21%
- Jordan Wilkins 17%
- Joe Mixon 16%
- Dalvin Cook 15%
Top-5 WRs in Target Share
- Davante Adams 47%
- Garrett Wilson 36%
- Amon-ra St. Brown 35%
- Cooper Kupp 33%
- Justin Jefferson 32%
Top-5 TEs in Target Share
- Dallas Goedert 33%
- Kyle Pitts 30%
- Travis Kelce 25%
- Isaiah Likely 23%
- Zach Ertz 23%
Top-15 In Air Yards (% of Team Share)
- Kyle Pitts 208 (60.6%)
- Davante Adams 194 (54.6%)
- Stefon Diggs 187 (47.7%)
- Justin Jefferson 177 (45.9%)
- Allen Lazard 150 (36.2%)
- Van Jefferson 134 (54.9%)
- Gabe Davis 121 (30.9%)
- Adam Thielen 120 (31.1%)
- Jaylen Waddle 118 (44.5%)
- Tyreek Hill 112 (42.3%)
- Travis Kelce 111 (25.5%)
- Samori Toure 97 (23.4%)
- Josh Palmer 96 (39.8%)
- Zach Ertz 95 (51.1%)
- Chris Olave 85 (43.8%)
Route Participation
- Robbie Anderson ran a route on 86.4% of the drop backs
- Cordarrelle Patterson only ran 9 routes (33.3%)
- Panthers RBs route participation: D’Onta Foreman (11; 34.4%), Raheem Blackshear (10; 31.3%), Spencer Brown (8; 25%)
- Terrace Marshall ran the same number of routes as DJ Moore (31; 97%)
- Chase Claypool ran a route on 42.1% of the drop backs in his Bears debut
- Isiah Pacheco ran 14 routes (18%) to Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s 10 (13%). Meanwhile, Jerrick McKinnon ran 50 routes (64%)
- Jeff Wilson ran 13 routes (42%) to Raheem Mostert’s 12 (39%)
- TJ Hockenson ran a route on 83.7% of the drop backs in his Vikings debut
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