Week 4 Targets, Snaps, And Trends
Week 4 targets, snaps, and trends. Opportunity is king when it comes to fantasy football production. Therefore, it is important to track each player’s opportunity share to predict future usage. As a new weekly series here at Create-A-Rank, we will track the trends of all fantasy relevant WRs and RBs 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.
Target Share
The tables below show a player’s share of their team’s targets for each week as well as their season average and if they are trending upwards or downwards based on their two most recent games. A percentage above zero in the ‘Trends’ column indicates a player is trending upwards, while a percentage below zero means they are trending in the wrong direction. A trend of zero indicates they are playing on par with their season averages.
Wide Receivers
Running Backs
Trends And Nuggets
- Fullback Kyle Juszczyk had more receiving yards (51) against the Steelers than any 49ers Wide Receiver. TE George Kittle led the team with 57
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Tyler Lockett set career highs in targets (12) and receptions (10) last week vs Steelers. In Week 4, he set new highs with 14 targets and 11 receptions (for 154 yards and 1 TD).
- Darren Waller held a whopping 41% target share in Week 3.
- Top-5 TEs in Target Share in Week 3: Darren Waller 41% Greg Olsen 27% George Kittle 25% Delanie Walker 22% Evan Engram/Travis Kelce 22%.
- Top-5 WRs in target share in Week 3: Mike Evans 41% Kennan Allen 37% MVS 34% Nelson Agholor 33% Brandin Cooks/Cooper Kupp 32%.
- Top-5 RBs in Target Share in Week 3: Alvin Kamara 37% Leonard Fournette 27% Dalvin Cook 24% Davis Johnson 21% James Conner/Nick Chubb 19%.
- Alvin Kamara was the intended target on 37% of Teddy Bridgewater’s pass attempts in Week 3
Snap Share
The tables below show a player’s share of their team’s snaps for each week as well as their season average and if they are trending upwards or downwards based on their two most recent games. A percentage above zero in the ‘Trends’ column indicates a player is trending upwards, while a percentage below zero means they are trending in the wrong direction. A trend of zero indicates they are playing on par with their season averages.
Wide Receivers
Running Backs
Trends And Nuggets
- Devonta Freeman’s snap share jumped nearly 30-percent from Week 2 to Week 3 (62% to 90%).
- Jamaal Williams out-snapped (61% to 39%) and out-touched (14 to 11) Aaron Jones in Sunday’s win over the Broncos.
- Austin Ekeler saw his lowest snap rate (65%) of the season in Sunday’s loss to the Texans Week 1: 75% Week 2: 73% Justin Jackson jumped from 27% in Week 2 to 37% in Week 3.
- Patriots backfield snap share in Week 3: Rex Burkhead 74% Sony Michel 22% Damien Harris 6%.
- For the second straight week, the Raiders have shown they won’t use Josh Jacobs as a three-down back. In a negative game script, Jalen Richard was on the field for 49% of the offensive snaps vs Jacobs’ 42%. DeAndre Washington took 15%.
- With the Chris Carson’s fumbling issues and the Seahawks playing from behind, CJ Prosise took 55% of the offensive snaps Sunday. Carson was in for 44%.
- The 49ers continue to use a three-way backfield. Here is the snap rates from Week 3: Breida 41% Mostert 30% Wilson 27%.
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- John Ross played 100% of the Bengals offensive snaps in Week 3.
- With Michael Gallup out, Devin Smith led Cowboys WRs in snap rate (92%). That’s up from 26% in Week 2 and 9% in Week 1.
- With Desean Jackson and Alshon Jeffery out, Nelson Agholor and Mack Hollins each played 99% of the Eagles offensive snaps in Week 3 JJ Arcega-Whiteside played on 72%
- James Washington played on 92% of the Steelers offensive snaps in Week 3 following the Donte Moncrief benching. Diontae Johnson played on 79%.
- Demetrius Harris played on 90% of the snaps with David Njoku out in Week 3.
- MVS continues to dominate the WR2 snaps in Green Bay. 88% in Week 3 (and Week 2). That’s nearly double Geronimo Allison (46%) and close to Davante Adams (91%).
- Demarcus Robinson continues to run ahead of Mecole Hardman Week 3 snap share: Robinson 91% Hardman 63%.
- While it’s still a rotation, Kenny Stills seems to have surpassed Keke Coutee as the Texans WR3 Week 3 snap share: Coutee 28% Stills 53%.
- Clear WR rotation behind T.Y. Hilton Week 3 snap share: Cain 56% Campbell 45% Pascal 44%.
- With no Antonio Brown (and banged up Edelman) Patriots Week 3 WR snap share: Phillip Dorsett 91% Josh Gordon 88% Jakobi Meyers 64% Edelman 51%.
