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.
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As a weekly series here at Create-A-Rank, I look at every box score, track target share, snap share, 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 weekly rankings, WRs vs CBs Matchups chart, 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 trends.
Week 10 Rankings | QB | RB |WR | TE |
Game Day Stats
- Devin Singletary out-touched Frank Gore 23 to 11 in the 24-9 win over Washington.
- Damien Williams out-touched LeSean McCoy 14 to four.
- With James Conner sidelined, Trey Edmunds led the Steelers in carries (12) but Jaylen Samuels led in targets (13), receptions (13), and receiving yards (73).
- Ronald Jones out-touched Peyton Barber 20 to four.
- Jarvis Landry caught only 46.2-percent of his 13 targets.
- In his first start as Broncos quarterback, Brandon Allen targeted his RBs just once.
- Melvin Gordon saw a season-high 23 touches (20 carries, three receptions). Austin Ekeler had 16 (12 carries, four receptions).
- Mohamed Sanu tied Julian Edelman for a team-high 10 receptions in the loss to Baltimore.
Snap Share
Running Backs
- Kenyan Drake played on 84-percent of the snaps in his Cardinals debut.
- Gus Edwards has played on 39.3-percent of the Ravens snaps over the last three games (28.6-percent in first five) compared to Mark Ingram’s 44.3-percent (52.2-percent).
- Devin Singletary played on 66-percent of the snaps compared to Frank Gore’s 34-percent.
- Lions backfield snap share: Ty Johnson: 62-percent, J.D. McKissic: 38-percent, Paul Perkins: four-percent
- David Montgomery played on 73-percent of the snaps for the second straight week.
- Nick Chubb played on a season-low 60-percent of the Browns offensive snaps.
- Damien Williams played a season-high 72-percent of the snaps while LeSean McCoy played a season-low 10-percent. Darrell Williams played the other 18-percent.
- Austin Ekeler played a season-low 34-percent of the snaps. Melvin Gordon was in on a season-high 63-percent.
- Sony Michel tied a season-low with a 22-percent snap rate.
- With James Conner out, Jaylen Samuels played on 63-percent of the snaps while Trey Edmunds played 27-percent.
- Ronald Jones played a season-high 53-percent of the snaps. Peyton Barber played a season-low 14-percent.
Wide Receivers
- Rookie WR Andy Isabella played on a season-high 23-percent of the snaps.
- Broncos WR Fred Brown, who played 64-percent of the snaps in Week 8, saw his snap share drop to 14-percent in Week 9. Instead, it was Diontae Spencer seeing a season-high 50-percent. His previous high was 10-percent.
- With Davante Adams back in the lineup, Allen Lazard saw his snap share drop from 76-percent over Weeks 7-8 to 46-percent in Week 9.
- Zach Pascal has played 93-percent of the Colts offensive snaps over the last two weeks.
- With Dede Westbrook out and Marqise Lee on injured reserve, D.J. Chark (96-percent), Chris Conley (88-percent), and Keelan Cole (82-percent) all had a season-high in snap rate.
- In just his second game since being traded to the Patriots, Mohamed Sanu played on 100-percent of the offensive snaps in Week 9.
- Zay Jones played on 92-percent of the Raiders offensive snaps.
- D.K. Metcalf (95-percent) set a season-high in snap rate for the second straight week.
Target Rate
- Courtland Sutton saw a 40-percent target target share in Brandon Allen’s first start.
- Broncos WR Diontae Spencer saw a respectable 15-percent target share, a season-high.
- In his first game back, Davante Adams was the target on 31-percent of Aaron Rodgers’ pass attempts.
- DeAndre Hopkins has a 35.7 target rate over the last three weeks.
- Stefon Diggs had a season-low 11-percent target rate.
- Mohamed Sanu had a 30-percent target rate in just his second game as a Patriot.
- D.K. Metcalf has seen at least 21-percent of the targets in each of the last three weeks.
- Tyler Lockett had a season-high 42-percent target share.
- Emmanuel Sanders has seen 23.5-percent of the 49ers targets since joining the team.
Top-five WRs in Week 9 target rate:
- Tyler Lockett 42-percent
- Courtland Sutton 40-percent
- DeAndre Hopkins 39-percent
- Mike Evans 36-percent
- John Brown 35-percent
Top-five TEs in Week 9 target rate:
- Hunter Henry 36-percent
- Zach Ertz 28-percent
- Travis Kelce 26-percent
- George Kittle 22-percent
- Nick Boyle 22-percent
Top-five RBs in Week 9 target rate:
- Jaylen Samuels 37-percent
- Tarik Cohen 24-percent
- Le’Veon Bell 23-percent
- Devin Singletary 20-percent
- David Montgomery 19-percent
Top-15 in Week 9 Air Yards (AirYards.com)
- Mike Evans 257
- Tyler Lockett 167
- Tyreek Hill 155
- Marvin Jones 154
- Kenny Golladay 146
- D.J. Moore 137
- Mohamed Sanu 136
- Curtis Samuel 136
- Amari Cooper 135
- John Brown 130
- Preston Williams 124
- D.J. Chark 117
- Davante Adams 111
- Nelson Agholor 106
- Hunter Henry 105
