Backfield Breakdown: Week 17 RB Usage and Week 18 Waivers Preview

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Updated on January 3, 2023 12:01PM EST

Snap/Carry/Target Shares

Here we're showing each running back's share of his team's snaps, carries and targets, with the third column in each case being the difference between a player's rates for Week 17 and for the season as a whole. Sorting by these 'delta' columns is a quick way to see which backs got more/less work than usual, be it due to injury, game script or a role change (any of which will be discussed in the game-by-game section at the bottom of this article.

		Sn% W17	Sn% '22	Sn Δ	CS W17	CS '22	CS Δ	TS W17	TS '22	TS Δ
1	Christian McCaffrey	85.1%	44.3%	40.8%	70.4%	31.9%	38.5%	26.5%	12.8%	13.7%
2	Saquon Barkley	79.4%	79.8%	-0.4%	32.4%	59.1%	-26.7%	17.4%	16.9%	0.5%
3	Cam Akers	77.6%	38.0%	39.6%	73.1%	43.6%	29.5%	11.1%	3.0%	8.1%
4	Josh Jacobs	68.1%	74.7%	-6.6%	53.1%	80.1%	-27.0%	15.6%	11.6%	4.0%
5	Ezekiel Elliott	66.3%	48.0%	18.3%	59.4%	44.2%	15.2%	0.0%	4.1%	-4.1%
6	Hassan Haskins	66.2%	14.5%	51.7%	50.0%	5.1%	44.9%	7.9%	2.4%	5.5%
7	Jeff Wilson	65.7%	22.0%	43.7%	55.6%	19.0%	36.6%	17.5%	4.1%	13.4%
8	Najee Harris	64.3%	65.9%	-1.6%	53.7%	53.8%	-0.1%	11.1%	10.0%	1.1%
9	Latavius Murray	60.0%	35.6%	24.4%	50.0%	35.5%	14.5%	16.7%	6.4%	10.3%
10	Chase Edmonds	58.6%	8.0%	50.6%	29.2%	4.2%	25.0%	8.3%	1.3%	7.0%
11	Zack Moss	58.6%	12.5%	46.1%	55.6%	14.3%	41.3%	0.0%	0.4%	-0.4%
12	Dalvin Cook	58.6%	74.5%	-15.9%	45.0%	69.1%	-24.1%	8.6%	9.0%	-0.4%
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Snap/Carry/Target Shares

		Sn% W17	Sn% '22	Sn Δ	CS W17	CS '22	CS Δ	TS W17	TS '22	TS Δ
1	Christian McCaffrey	85.1%	44.3%	40.8%	70.4%	31.9%	38.5%	26.5%	12.8%	13.7%
2	Saquon Barkley	79.4%	79.8%	-0.4%	32.4%	59.1%	-26.7%	17.4%	16.9%	0.5%
3	Cam Akers	77.6%	38.0%	39.6%	73.1%	43.6%	29.5%	11.1%	3.0%	8.1%
4	Josh Jacobs	68.1%	74.7%	-6.6%	53.1%	80.1%	-27.0%	15.6%	11.6%	4.0%
5	Ezekiel Elliott	66.3%	48.0%	18.3%	59.4%	44.2%	15.2%	0.0%	4.1%	-4.1%
6	Hassan Haskins	66.2%	14.5%	51.7%	50.0%	5.1%	44.9%	7.9%	2.4%	5.5%
7	Jeff Wilson	65.7%	22.0%	43.7%	55.6%	19.0%	36.6%	17.5%	4.1%	13.4%
8	Najee Harris	64.3%	65.9%	-1.6%	53.7%	53.8%	-0.1%	11.1%	10.0%	1.1%
9	Latavius Murray	60.0%	35.6%	24.4%	50.0%	35.5%	14.5%	16.7%	6.4%	10.3%
10	Chase Edmonds	58.6%	8.0%	50.6%	29.2%	4.2%	25.0%	8.3%	1.3%	7.0%
11	Zack Moss	58.6%	12.5%	46.1%	55.6%	14.3%	41.3%	0.0%	0.4%	-0.4%
12	Dalvin Cook	58.6%	74.5%	-15.9%	45.0%	69.1%	-24.1%	8.6%	9.0%	-0.4%
13	Alvin Kamara	58.0%	60.3%	-2.3%	45.7%	46.2%	-0.5%	4.3%	16.0%	-11.7%
14	Nick Chubb	57.1%	55.3%	1.8%	46.7%	56.9%	-10.2%	6.3%	6.5%	-0.2%
15	Kenneth Walker	56.9%	50.1%	6.8%	60.5%	51.2%	9.3%	3.6%	6.5%	-2.9%
16	Rhamondre Stevenson	56.7%	67.7%	-11.0%	38.1%	50.7%	-12.6%	12.5%	17.1%	-4.6%
17	James Conner	55.4%	57.6%	-2.2%	59.3%	44.2%	15.1%	7.9%	9.5%	-1.6%
18	Tyler Allgeier	54.8%	45.8%	9.0%	58.8%	35.5%	23.3%	4.0%	4.6%	-0.6%
19	David Montgomery	53.8%	61.5%	-7.7%	27.3%	36.2%	-8.9%	16.7%	12.0%	4.7%
20	Chuba Hubbard	52.3%	24.6%	27.7%	13.6%	16.7%	-3.1%	9.7%	3.8%	5.9%
21	Brian Robinson	52.2%	31.2%	21.0%	64.9%	41.2%	23.7%	3.6%	2.3%	1.3%
22	Rachaad White	50.6%	39.5%	11.1%	44.0%	34.2%	9.8%	11.9%	8.4%	3.5%
23	J.K. Dobbins	50.0%	19.7%	30.3%	60.7%	18.4%	42.3%	0.0%	1.9%	-1.9%
24	Cordarrelle Patterson	50.0%	36.9%	13.1%	26.5%	26.5%	0.0%	32.0%	7.5%	24.5%
25	Damien Harris	48.3%	20.6%	27.7%	42.9%	23.1%	19.8%	9.4%	4.0%	5.4%
26	Jerick McKinnon	48.3%	46.8%	1.5%	12.5%	18.0%	-5.5%	14.6%	11.5%	3.1%
27	Leonard Fournette	46.8%	59.1%	-12.3%	40.0%	51.6%	-11.6%	9.5%	11.9%	-2.4%
28	Jonathan Williams	46.4%	6.0%	40.4%	24.3%	4.6%	19.7%	17.9%	1.6%	16.3%
29	A.J. Dillon	46.0%	48.7%	-2.7%	36.4%	41.4%	-5.0%	3.8%	7.8%	-4.0%
30	Jamaal Williams	45.7%	39.7%	6.0%	56.4%	54.1%	2.3%	3.4%	3.0%	0.4%
31	Ty Johnson	45.6%	14.4%	31.2%	47.1%	6.5%	40.6%	11.1%	3.8%	7.3%
32	Isiah Pacheco	45.0%	30.4%	14.6%	56.3%	41.6%	14.7%	4.9%	2.4%	2.5%
33	Austin Ekeler	43.8%	62.3%	-18.5%	32.3%	50.5%	-18.2%	12.9%	19.1%	-6.2%
34	Corey Clement	43.2%	3.2%	40.0%	25.9%	1.7%	24.2%	2.6%	0.5%	2.1%
35	Royce Freeman	42.9%	9.1%	33.8%	33.3%	9.1%	24.2%	11.9%	1.3%	10.6%
36	Raheem Mostert	42.9%	53.2%	-10.3%	33.3%	47.5%	-14.2%	20.0%	7.5%	12.5%
37	Jaylen Warren	40.0%	28.7%	11.3%	29.3%	15.3%	14.0%	11.1%	5.6%	5.5%
38	Miles Sanders	40.0%	58.2%	-18.2%	80.0%	48.6%	31.4%	0.0%	5.3%	-5.3%
39	JaMycal Hasty	39.7%	18.4%	21.3%	34.5%	9.9%	24.6%	21.4%	4.6%	16.8%
40	Alexander Mattison	39.7%	24.6%	15.1%	40.0%	17.5%	22.5%	2.9%	2.8%	0.1%
41	Aaron Jones	39.7%	57.8%	-18.1%	42.4%	47.0%	-4.6%	11.5%	13.2%	-1.7%
42	Khalil Herbert	38.5%	28.7%	9.8%	22.7%	22.2%	0.5%	0.0%	3.0%	-3.0%
43	D'Onta Foreman	38.5%	35.3%	3.2%	59.1%	43.2%	15.9%	0.0%	2.2%	-2.2%
44	Travis Etienne	38.1%	59.9%	-21.8%	31.0%	49.1%	-18.1%	10.7%	7.9%	2.8%
45	DeeJay Dallas	37.5%	18.3%	19.2%	18.4%	8.5%	9.9%	14.3%	3.4%	10.9%
46	Dare Ogunbowale	37.1%	14.1%	23.0%	33.3%	8.3%	25.0%	7.1%	3.8%	3.3%
47	Joshua Kelley	35.9%	21.6%	14.3%	29.0%	16.8%	12.2%	6.5%	3.3%	3.2%
48	D'Andre Swift	35.7%	34.2%	1.5%	28.2%	20.4%	7.8%	13.8%	11.9%	1.9%
49	Boston Scott	32.7%	13.2%	19.5%	13.3%	8.8%	4.5%	3.1%	1.3%	1.8%
50	Justice Hill	32.7%	24.4%	8.3%	0.0%	8.4%	-8.4%	0.0%	2.8%	-2.8%
51	Kareem Hunt	30.4%	42.8%	-12.4%	6.7%	23.3%	-16.6%	6.3%	8.3%	-2.0%
52	Michael Carter	29.4%	44.9%	-15.5%	5.9%	28.8%	-22.9%	6.7%	9.2%	-2.5%
53	Kenneth Gainwell	27.3%	28.2%	-0.9%	0.0%	9.4%	-9.4%	6.3%	5.9%	0.4%
54	Deon Jackson	24.1%	20.4%	3.7%	11.1%	14.8%	-3.7%	0.0%	4.8%	-4.8%
55	Zonovan Knight	22.1%	17.1%	5.0%	47.1%	19.0%	28.1%	6.7%	2.5%	4.2%
56	Julius Chestnut	21.5%	3.0%	18.5%	16.7%	2.0%	14.7%	2.6%	0.7%	1.9%
57	Larry Rountree	20.3%	1.5%	18.8%	32.3%	2.6%	29.7%	3.2%	0.2%	3.0%
58	Brandon Bolden	20.3%	7.9%	12.4%	25.0%	4.2%	20.8%	0.0%	1.7%	-1.7%
59	Craig Reynolds	18.6%	10.8%	7.8%	0.0%	5.1%	-5.1%	0.0%	1.9%	-1.9%
60	Rex Burkhead	18.6%	25.2%	-6.6%	0.0%	6.9%	-6.9%	11.9%	9.4%	2.5%
61	Gus Edwards	17.3%	15.2%	2.1%	10.7%	16.6%	-5.9%	0.0%	0.5%	-0.5%
62	Kyren Williams	6.1%	14.7%	-8.6%	7.7%	9.1%	-1.4%	0.0%	2.4%	-2.4%
63	Keaontay Ingram	1.4%	7.3%	-5.9%	0.0%	5.8%	-5.8%	0.0%	0.3%	-0.3%
64	James Cook		23.1%			19.8%			5.8%
65	Samaje Perine		40.2%			23.5%			9.0%
66	Tony Pollard		49.3%			36.9%			10.6%
67	Joe Mixon		56.4%			52.5%			12.6%
68	Derrick Henry		61.7%			71.2%			9.8%
69	Devin Singletary		66.7%			42.0%			9.8%

Doesn't include MNF.

Week 17 Injury Report

Inactives

TEN Derrick Henry (hip)

WAS Antonio Gibson (knee)

DAL Tony Pollard (thigh)

SEA Travis Homer (ankle)

DET Justin Jackson (hip)

Zamir White (ankle)

New Injuries

ARI James Conner injured his shin in the third quarter and missed the fourth quarter.

DEN Marlon Mack suffered a hamstring injury and didn't return.

ATL Avery Williams left with a foot injury and didn't return.

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Week 17 Game-by-Game Breakdowns

Cowboys (27) at Titans (13)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Ezekiel Elliott	53	66.3%	48.0%	19-37-1	59.4%	44.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	4.1%	2
2	Malik Davis	26	32.5%	6.7%	10-39-0	31.3%	6.5%	2-23-0	4.9%	1.4%	0

With Tony Pollard (thigh) inactive, Elliott logged a season-high 53 snaps.
- Zeke's snap share and carry totals were his second most/largest of the season, though he was held to 37 rushing yards and not targeted.
Elliott and Davis both played at least four snaps in each quarter, and Elliott got 72% of snaps in Q4.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Hassan Haskins	43	66.2%	14.5%	12-40-0	50.0%	5.1%	2-13-0	7.9%	2.4%
2	Julius Chestnut	14	21.5%	3.0%	4--1-0	16.7%	2.0%	1-33-0	2.6%	0.7%
3	Jonathan Ward	5	7.7%	0.5%	4-26-0	16.7%	0.9%	1-4-0	2.6%	0.2%

With Derrick Henry (hip) held out, Haskins got the start and played at least half the offensive snaps in each quarter, taking 14 of the 24 RB touches overall.
- Haskins had 14 of the 20 RB touches until Ward got four carries in a row on the final four snaps to end the game.
- Ward had only one snap and one touch before that final drive; Chestnut was Haskins' backup.
Haskins took 59% of snaps on first down, 65% on second down and 75% on third down.

Bears (10) at Lions (41)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	David Montgomery	28	53.8%	61.5%	6-24-0	27.3%	36.2%	2-12-0	16.7%	12.0%
2	Khalil Herbert	20	38.5%	28.7%	5-31-0	22.7%	22.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	3.0%
3	Trestan Ebner	5	9.6%	7.9%	0-0-0	0.0%	4.5%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.8%

Justin Fields led the team with 10 carries for 32 yards in a game where the Lions dominated possession and the Bears had only 22 rush attempts and 21 pass attempts (plus seven sacks).
- Nearly all of Fields' rushing production (and the Bears' offensive production) came on the first two drives. They scored 10 points and rolled up 145 yards, then had seven punts, two turnovers and one turnover on downs the rest of the game.
  - Fields appeared bothered by his hamstring.
Montgomery played 61% of snaps through three quarters, with Herbert getting 39%.
- Ebner played only one snap before the fourth quarter.
Montgomery has 22 carries and seven targets in two games since Herbert returned from IR.
- Herbert has 11 carries and three targets in that time, playing 41% and 39% of snaps.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Jamaal Williams	32	45.7%	39.7%	22-144-1	56.4%	54.1%	1-13-0	3.4%	3.0%	2
2	D'Andre Swift	25	35.7%	34.2%	11-78-1	28.2%	20.4%	4-39-1	13.8%	11.9%	0
3	Craig Reynolds	13	18.6%	10.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	5.1%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.9%	0

Williams had his most rushing yards and second most carries of the year, while Swift scored a a rushing TD (17 yards) and receiving TD (21 yards) on 15 touches.
- Dan Campbell let his guys pad their stats; Williams had a 58-yard run late in the fourth quarter to set up a field goal that stretched the lead from 28 to 31.
Reynolds replaced Justin Jackson (inactive - hip) as the No. 3 back and got a bunch of snaps but no touches.

Broncos (24) at Chiefs (27)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Latavius Murray	42	60.0%	35.6%	12-56-0	50.0%	35.5%	4-16-0	16.7%	6.4%	0
2	Chase Edmonds	41	58.6%	8.0%	7-34-0	29.2%	4.2%	3-39-0	8.3%	1.3%	0

Marlon Mack, the No. 3 back, left with a hamstring injury after one snap on special teams ( a kick return for 20 yards).
Murray took 65% of snaps on first down, 68% on second down and 57% on third down.
The Broncos used both backs on the field together a bunch, as you can see from the snap shares (both well above 50%).
- They ran 13 snaps (18.6% of their plays) out of 21 personnel with two halfbacks instead of a HB and a RB.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Jerick McKinnon	29	48.3%	46.8%	2-4-0	12.5%	18.0%	5-52-2	14.6%	11.5%	1
2	Isiah Pacheco	27	45.0%	30.4%	9-31-1	56.3%	41.6%	2-18-0	4.9%	2.4%	1
3	Ronald Jones	4	6.7%	1.9%	1-3-0	6.3%	1.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.2%	0

Pacheco scored a five-yard rushing TD on the first drive, and McKinnon scored two receiving TDs later, giving the 30-year-old eight TDs total (seven receiving) over the past five games.
- McKinnon has averaged 6.2 carries for 27.2 yards and 5.0 catches for 54.8 yards in that time.
Pacheco's snap share/count was normal, yet he got fewer than 13 carries for the first time since Week 9.

Jaguars (31) at Texans (3)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	JaMycal Hasty	25	39.7%	18.4%	10-33-1	34.5%	9.9%	6-23-0	21.4%	4.6%	1
2	Travis Etienne	24	38.1%	59.9%	9-108-1	31.0%	49.1%	3-32-0	10.7%	7.9%	1
3	Snoop Conner	11	17.5%	3.4%	5-17-1	17.2%	2.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.0%	1

Etienne played 77% of snaps in the first half and was held out for the second half.
- Etienne took 12 touches for 140 yards and a TD (from 62 yards out) before halftime, then was rested in preparation for the huge Week 18 matchup with Tennessee.
- Hasty scored in the first half while ETN was still playing, but from five yards out on a third down (sneaky!).

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Royce Freeman	30	42.9%	9.1%	7-19-0	33.3%	9.1%	3-20-0	11.9%	1.3%
2	Dare Ogunbowale	26	37.1%	14.1%	7-21-0	33.3%	8.3%	2-4-0	7.1%	3.8%
3	Rex Burkhead	13	18.6%	25.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	6.9%	3-10-0	11.9%	9.4%

Freeman led the backfield in snaps again, but Ogunbowale got more playing time and touches before the fourth quarter of this blowout.
- Pre-Q4, Ogunbowale played 49% of snaps to Freeman's 30% and had seven carries to his four (with neither catching any passes until the fourth quarter).
- Freeman took 63% of snaps in the fourth quarter and got six touches for 32 yards (after four touches for seven yards through three quarters).

Browns (24) at Commanders (10)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Nick Chubb	32	57.1%	55.3%	14-104-0	46.7%	56.9%	1-12-0	6.3%	6.5%
2	Kareem Hunt	17	30.4%	42.8%	2-0-0	6.7%	23.3%	1--1-0	6.3%	8.3%
3	Jerome Ford	7	12.5%	1.3%	5-9-0	16.7%	1.6%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.0%

Chubb played 61% of snaps through three quarters and got 12 of the 16 RB opportunities.
Six of Ford's seven snaps were in the fourth quarter.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Brian Robinson	36	52.2%	31.2%	24-87-0	64.9%	41.2%	0-0-0	3.6%	2.3%	2
2	Jonathan Williams	32	46.4%	6.0%	9-30-0	24.3%	4.6%	3-3-0	17.9%	1.6%	0

Robinson's role did change some with Antonio Gibson (knee) inactive, though Williams ultimately played a season-high 46% of snaps.
- The fourth quarter boosted Williams. He played 70% in the final frame.
- Robinson took 79% of first/second-down snaps before the fourth quarter.
Robinson took 61% of snaps through three quarters with a 22-8 carry advantage over Williams and 1-2 target deficit.
Williams took 81% of third-down snaps.

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Cardinals (19) at Falcons (20)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	James Conner	41	55.4%	57.6%	16-79-0	59.3%	44.2%	3-31-0	7.9%	9.5%
2	Corey Clement	32	43.2%	3.2%	7-32-0	25.9%	1.7%	0-0-0	2.6%	0.5%
3	Keaontay Ingram	1	1.4%	7.3%	0-0-0	0.0%	5.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.3%

Conner took 78% of snaps in the first half, down a bit after topping 90% in three straight games.
- Conner then hurt his shin in the third quarter and missed the fourth.
Clement played 94% of snaps in the fourth quarter, with five carries for 25 yards while Ingram played just one snap and didn't get any touches.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Tyler Allgeier	34	54.8%	45.8%	20-83-1	58.8%	35.5%	1-12-0	4.0%	4.6%	2
2	Cordarrelle Patterson	31	50.0%	36.9%	9-42-1	26.5%	26.5%	6-42-0	32.0%	7.5%	1
3	Avery Williams	10	16.1%	13.9%	1--2-0	2.9%	3.4%	1-2-0	4.0%	3.8%	0

Allgeier comfortably led the team in carries for a second straight week, with 20 being a career high.
- The past two games represents Allgeier's two largest snap shares in games Patterson was active for, as well as his two largest carry counts (18 and 20) in any game, including when C-Patt was sidelined.
Patterson had a nice day as well, scoring a rushing TD and seeing three more targets (eight) than in any other game this year.
Allgeier took 40% of snaps on first down, 60% on second down and 82% on third down, i.e., Patterson got all those targets despite playing only 46% of third-down snaps (six of his eight targets came on early downs).

Colts (10) at Giants (38)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Zack Moss	34	58.6%	12.5%	15-74-0	55.6%	14.3%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.4%
2	Deon Jackson	14	24.1%	20.4%	3-10-0	11.1%	14.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	4.8%
3	Jordan Wilkins	10	17.2%	3.7%	6-23-0	22.2%	3.2%	2-14-0	7.4%	1.5%

Moss took 56% of snaps on first down, 56% on second down and 62% on third down en route to seeing 16 of the team's 26 RB opportunities.
- Moss has played at least 59% of snaps in each of the past three games, averaging 17 carries for 73.3 yards but seeing only two targets total and not scoring a TD all year.
Moss got most of the garbage-time work; eight of 10 snaps in the fourth quarter, including four carries for 25 yards.
- Moss played 54% of snaps and got 11 of 21 RB opportunities before the final quarter.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Saquon Barkley	50	79.4%	79.8%	12-58-0	32.4%	59.1%	2--5-0	17.4%	16.9%
2	Matt Breida	12	19.0%	20.3%	9-59-0	24.3%	10.0%	1-8-0	4.3%	3.8%
3	Gary Brightwell	5	7.9%	5.6%	5-9-0	13.5%	4.0%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.1%

Doesn't appear that Vegas expects Daboll to play his starters next week: Eagles open as 13-point favorites per @betonline_ag.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) January 2, 2023

Dolphins (21) at Patriots (23)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Jeff Wilson	46	65.7%	22.0%	15-45-0	55.6%	19.0%	3-31-0	17.5%	4.1%	0
2	Raheem Mostert	30	42.9%	53.2%	9-29-0	33.3%	47.5%	8-62-1	20.0%	7.5%	2
3	Salvon Ahmed	2	2.9%	3.1%	0-0-0	0.0%	3.1%	1-8-0	2.5%	0.2%	0

Mostert had a rare big day through the air despite getting only half the third-down snaps (Wilson played 57%).
Wilson has played more snaps than Mostert and taken more carries in back-to-back games since missing the Week 15 loss to Buffalo in which Mostert ran for a season-high 130 yards.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Rhamondre Stevenson	34	56.7%	67.7%	8-42-0	38.1%	50.7%	2-9-0	12.5%	17.1%	0
2	Damien Harris	29	48.3%	20.6%	9-32-0	42.9%	23.1%	3-18-0	9.4%	4.0%	1
3	Pierre Strong	2	3.3%	5.1%	0-0-0	0.0%	2.5%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.5%	0

Harris got one more carry than Stevenson in his return to the lineup and surprisingly saw just one fewer target as well while playing nearly half the snaps.
Stevenson got nine of 12 snaps in the first quarter. After that, both backs played more than 40% of snaps in each quarter.

Panthers (24) at Buccaneers (30)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Chuba Hubbard	34	52.3%	24.6%	3-12-0	13.6%	16.7%	3-53-0	9.7%	3.8%
2	D'Onta Foreman	25	38.5%	35.3%	13-35-0	59.1%	43.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	2.2%
3	Raheem Blackshear	3	4.6%	8.0%	0-0-0	0.0%	5.0%	1--1-0	3.2%	2.9%

Before the fourth quarter, Foreman got 45% of snaps to Hubbard's 41%, with a 10-3 advantage in carries and neither seeing a target (Blackshear had one).
- Hubbard then took 74% of snaps in the fourth quarter and turned three targets into 53 yards.
Foreman played 56% of early down snaps before the final quarter... not awful, nor ideal.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Rachaad White	39	50.6%	39.5%	11-22-0	44.0%	34.2%	5-26-0	11.9%	8.4%
2	Leonard Fournette	36	46.8%	59.1%	10-28-0	40.0%	51.6%	4-19-0	9.5%	11.9%
3	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	2	2.6%	1.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	2.5%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.3%

White took 51% of snaps on first down, 52% on second down and 60% on third down, finishing with one more carry and one more target than Fournette for a near-50/50 split.
- Both RBs played four or more snaps in each quarter. White took 77% in the first quarter and 43% thereafter (to Fournette's 53%).
Tampa Bay is locked into the No. 4 seed, which could mean more work for White and/or Vaughn (and less for Fournette) in Week 18 against Atlanta.

Saints (20) at Eagles (10)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Alvin Kamara	40	58.0%	60.3%	16-74-0	45.7%	46.2%	1-7-0	4.3%	16.0%	1
2	David Johnson	8	11.6%	5.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	2.8%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.4%	0
3	Eno Benjamin	6	8.7%	0.6%	2-10-0	5.7%	0.5%	1-9-0	4.3%	0.2%	0

Taysom Hill had a season high-14 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Kamara saw a season-low one target, his fourth straight game with less than five targets after averaging 6.5 over his first 10 games.
Tampa Bay's win eliminated the Saints from playoff contention. They might give Benjamin a look Week 18.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Miles Sanders	22	40.0%	58.2%	12-61-0	80.0%	48.6%	0-0-0	0.0%	5.3%
2	Boston Scott	18	32.7%	13.2%	2-6-0	13.3%	8.8%	0-0-0	3.1%	1.3%
3	Kenneth Gainwell	15	27.3%	28.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	9.4%	2-17-0	6.3%	5.9%

Sanders took only 43% of snaps even before the fourth quarter. New Orleans dominated possession, and the Eagles ended up running only 53 plays, including six sacks.

49ers (37) at Raiders (34)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Christian McCaffrey	57	85.1%	44.3%	19-121-1	70.4%	31.9%	6-72-0	26.5%	12.8%	1
2	Kyle Juszczyk	31	46.3%	47.7%	1-9-0	3.7%	1.3%	0-0-0	0.0%	4.5%	0
3	Jordan Mason	5	7.5%	6.6%	2-13-1	7.4%	7.5%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.0%	1
4	Tyrion Davis-Price	5	7.5%	6.0%	1-5-0	3.7%	5.6%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.4%	0

Mason scored a go-ahead, 14-yard TD shortly before the two-minute warning of the second half, spelling an exhausted McCaffrey after a 48-yard catch-and-run.
- McCaffrey dominated the RB workload otherwise, taking 25 touches for 193 yards on 85% of snaps.
Davis-Price got a few snaps even with Mason no longer hampered by the hammy.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Josh Jacobs	47	68.1%	74.7%	17-69-1	53.1%	80.1%	4-26-0	15.6%	11.6%	2
2	Brandon Bolden	14	20.3%	7.9%	8-32-0	25.0%	4.2%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.7%	2
3	Ameer Abdullah	9	13.0%	15.4%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.0%	0-0-0	0.0%	5.7%	0

Jacobs scored a TD and had 21 touches, but Bolden getting eight carries is perhaps another sign of the Raiders preparing for next year (along with the Derek Carr situation).
- Jacobs is 160 yards ahead of Nick Chubb and 179 ahead of Derrick Henry for the rushing title. If I were him, in a contract year, I wouldn't want to play Week 18. The Raiders are eliminated from playoff contention, and Jacobs has done everything he can to prove himself.
  - I don't think he'll sit out entirely; I'd just worry that he cedes even more work to Bolden (or rookie Zamir White if he's back from an ankle injury this week)

Jets (6) at Seahawks (23)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Ty Johnson	31	45.6%	14.4%	8-46-0	47.1%	6.5%	1-11-0	11.1%	3.8%
2	Michael Carter	20	29.4%	44.9%	1-2-0	5.9%	28.8%	2-3-0	6.7%	9.2%
3	Zonovan Knight	15	22.1%	17.1%	8-27-0	47.1%	19.0%	2-17-0	6.7%	2.5%

Johnson got a surprise start and played 57% of snaps in the first quarter, 48% in the second, 42% in the third and 37% in the fourth.
- Carter played 53% of snaps in the fourth quarter, after only 20% through three quarters.
- Knight played 27% of snaps through three quarters and finished tied with Johnson for the team lead in carries.
Knight has 27 carries for 48 yards (1.8 YPC) the past three games, after taking 26 for 230 yards (5.0 YPC) in his first three games. All in all, he's at 3.8 YPC.
- The 22% snap share was by far his lowest yet. He'd handled 41-to-55% in each of his previous five NFL appearances.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Kenneth Walker	41	56.9%	50.1%	23-133-0	60.5%	51.2%	1-9-0	3.6%	6.5%	1
2	DeeJay Dallas	27	37.5%	18.3%	7-43-0	18.4%	8.5%	3-55-0	14.3%	3.4%	0
3	Godwin Igwebuike	4	5.6%	0.4%	3-4-0	7.9%	0.8%	1-3-0	3.6%	0.2%	0

Walker played 63% of snaps through three quarters and handled 18 of the 21 RB carries (plus one of the three targets).
In the fourth quarter, Walker got five carries, Dallas took four and Igwebuike added three.
- Dallas also got two of his four targets in the final quarter.
- Igwebuike didn't play at all until Q4.

Vikings (17) at Packers (41)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Dalvin Cook	34	58.6%	74.5%	9-27-0	45.0%	69.1%	2-17-0	8.6%	9.0%	2
2	Alexander Mattison	23	39.7%	24.6%	8-38-0	40.0%	17.5%	1-7-0	2.9%	2.8%	0
3	Kene Nwangwu	1	1.7%	0.7%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.1%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.2%	0

Cook played 71% of snaps through three quarters, then only two snaps (15%) in the fourth quarter of this blowout.

The 49ers' win means the #Vikings need a win and a San Francisco loss to claim the No. 2 seed. Otherwise, they'll be the No. 3 and face the Giants the first weekend of the playoffs.
— Ben Goessling (@BenGoessling) January 2, 2023

#Vikings offensive line snap counts have Chris Reed playing the final 53 of 58 snaps after Austin Schlottmann was lost after five snaps with broken fibula above left ankle. And Oli Udoh played the final 45 snaps after RT Brian O'Neill was lost after 13 snaps with calf injury.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) January 2, 2023

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	AJ Dillon	29	46.0%	48.7%	12-41-1	36.4%	41.4%	0-0-0	3.8%	7.8%	2
2	Aaron Jones	25	39.7%	57.8%	14-111-0	42.4%	47.0%	2-2-0	11.5%	13.2%	0
3	Patrick Taylor	12	19.0%	3.3%	5-10-0	15.2%	2.3%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.2%	0

Taylor got all his snaps in the fourth quarter. Before that, Dillon and Jones handled 53% apiece, with Jones taking 16 touches for 113 yards and Dillon taking eight eight for 28.
Dillon scored a two-yard TD early in the fourth quarter to make it a 32-point game.

Rams (10) at Chargers (31)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Cam Akers	38	77.6%	38.0%	19-123-0	73.1%	43.6%	1-10-0	11.1%	3.0%	1
2	Malcolm Brown	8	16.3%	9.8%	1-23-1	3.8%	4.7%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.2%	0
3	Kyren Williams	3	6.1%	14.7%	2-6-0	7.7%	9.1%	0-0-0	0.0%	2.4%	0

Akers played at least three-fourths of the Rams' snaps for a third straight week, taking 20 touches for 133 yards after his 147-yard, three-TD outing the week before.
- Brown scored the lone TD, however, running it in from 23 yards out on a 3rd-and-3 in the second quarter.
Williams didn't play until the fourth quarter. Akers took 83% of snaps through three quarters, including 30 of 31 on early downs (97%).
Brown got seven of his eight snaps on third down.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	Austin Ekeler	28	43.8%	62.3%	10-122-2	32.3%	50.5%	4-39-0	12.9%	19.1%
2	Joshua Kelley	23	35.9%	21.6%	9-45-0	29.0%	16.8%	1-1-0	6.5%	3.3%
3	Larry Rountree	13	20.3%	1.5%	10-15-0	32.3%	2.6%	1-13-0	3.2%	0.2%

Ekeler played less than 56% of snaps for the first time since Week 1, mostly because he barely played in the fourth quarter.
- Ek took 57% of snaps in the first half and had six carries for 102 yards and two TDs (one from 72 yards out and the other from 10 yards out).
Rountree got all his snaps in the second half, while Kelley got 32% of first-half snaps and four of the 11 RB touches before halftime.
- Nine of Rountree's 11 touches came in the fourth quarter (the Chargers led by 21 for most of the period).

Steelers (16) at Ravens (13)

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22	GLL
1	Najee Harris	45	64.3%	65.9%	22-111-0	53.7%	53.8%	2-12-1	11.1%	10.0%	0
2	Jaylen Warren	28	40.0%	28.7%	12-76-0	29.3%	15.3%	3-22-0	11.1%	5.6%	0

Harris and Warren both ran well against Baltimore, with Harris reaching 20 carries for a fourth time in the past eight games (and adding a game-winning receiving TD).
- Harris took 63% of snaps on first down, 79% on second down and 44% on third down.
Warren missed Week 12 and played only 20% of snaps Week 13. In four games since, he's played at least 31% of snaps in each contest while averaging 8.0 carries for 37.0 yards and 1.8 catches for 14.0 yards on 2.3 targets.
- The undrafted rookie is averaging 4.8 YPC on 71 carries and has caught 25 of his 29 targets for 207 yards (86.2% catch rate, 7.1 YPT).
  - That said, Warren has averaged only 3.2 YPC on 40 carries on 1st/2nd-and-10, while Harris has averaged 4.2 YPC on 152 of those carries.

		Snaps	Sn %	Sn% '22	Rush	Carr. Sh.	CS '22	Rec.	Tgt Sh	TS '22
1	J.K. Dobbins	26	50.0%	19.7%	17-93-0	60.7%	18.4%	0-0-0	0.0%	1.9%
2	Justice Hill	17	32.7%	24.4%	0-0-0	0.0%	8.4%	0-0-0	0.0%	2.8%
3	Gus Edwards	9	17.3%	15.2%	3-2-0	10.7%	16.6%	0-0-0	0.0%	0.5%

Dobbins took a season-high 17 carries and matched his season high of 50% snap share (from back in Week 4).
- Edwards, meanwhile, played only one snap in the second half and thus matched a season low with 17% snap share. He got just three carries, half of his previous season low.

Red-Zone Report

Inside the 5-Yard Line

Week 17 (IT5)

		Snap %	Snaps	Carr Sh.	Carr.	Rush TD	Tgt Sh	Tgt	Rec TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott	100.00%	2	100.00%	2	1	0.00%	0	0
2	Dalvin Cook	100.00%	3	100.00%	2	0	0.00%	0	0
3	Kenneth Walker	100.00%	1	100.00%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
4	Cam Akers	50.00%	1	100.00%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
5	Jamaal Williams	66.70%	2	100.00%	2	1	0.00%	0	0
6	Isiah Pacheco	50.00%	1	100.00%	1	1	0.00%	0	0
7	Damien Harris	100.00%	3	100.00%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
8	AJ Dillon	50.00%	2	66.70%	2	1	0.00%	0	0
9	Brandon Bolden	50.00%	3	50.00%	2	0	0.00%	0	0
10	Josh Jacobs	50.00%	3	50.00%	2	1	0.00%	0	0
11	Brian Robinson	100.00%	4	50.00%	2	0	0.00%	0	0
12	Raheem Mostert	50.00%	2	50.00%	1	0	50.00%	1	1
13	Tyler Allgeier	75.00%	3	50.00%	2	1	0.00%	0	0
14	Snoop Conner	33.30%	1	33.30%	1	1	0.00%	0	0
15	Travis Etienne	33.30%	1	33.30%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
16	JaMycal Hasty	33.30%	1	33.30%	1	1	0.00%	0	0
17	Christian McCaffrey	60.00%	3	33.30%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
18	Jordan Mason	40.00%	2	33.30%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
19	Alvin Kamara	33.30%	1	33.30%	1	0	0.00%	0	0
20	Cordarrelle Patterson	25.00%	1	25.00%	1	1	0.00%	0	0
21	Jeff Wilson	75.00%	3	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
22	Aaron Jones	25.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
23	Rhamondre Stevenson	33.30%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
24	David Montgomery	50.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
25	Chase Edmonds	100.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
26	James Conner	100.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
27	Jerick McKinnon	50.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	100.00%	1	1
28	Kareem Hunt	100.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
29	Najee Harris	100.00%	2	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
30	Malcolm Brown	50.00%	1	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
31	Austin Ekeler	100.00%	2	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0
32	Leonard Fournette	100.00%	2	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0

2022 (IT5)

		Snap %	Snaps	Carr Sh.	Carr.	Rush TD	Tgt Sh	Tgt	Rec TD
1	Kenneth Walker	75.00%	12	100.00%	6	2	0.00%	0	0
2	Josh Jacobs	80.60%	25	84.60%	11	5	0.00%	0	0
3	Jamaal Williams	66.20%	43	82.90%	29	12	0.00%	0	0
4	Derrick Henry	92.60%	25	75.00%	15	10	28.60%	2	0
5	Ezekiel Elliott	68.30%	28	70.40%	19	9	0.00%	0	0
6	Leonard Fournette	75.60%	34	68.80%	11	3	13.60%	3	2
7	Dalvin Cook	86.50%	45	66.70%	16	6	4.80%	1	0
8	AJ Dillon	60.00%	21	60.00%	9	4	0.00%	0	0
9	Nick Chubb	73.70%	28	60.00%	12	6	0.00%	0	0
10	Rhamondre Stevenson	71.40%	25	60.00%	12	2	7.70%	1	1
11	Joe Mixon	81.80%	45	59.30%	16	5	13.00%	3	0
12	D'Onta Foreman	53.30%	16	58.80%	10	3	0.00%	0	0
13	Jonathan Taylor	72.70%	24	56.30%	9	3	8.30%	1	0
14	Saquon Barkley	76.90%	30	55.60%	15	7	0.00%	0	0
15	Cam Akers	29.40%	10	53.30%	8	5	5.90%	1	0
16	Dameon Pierce	67.90%	19	52.90%	9	3	12.50%	1	1
17	Austin Ekeler	78.00%	32	52.60%	10	6	20.00%	4	3
18	Melvin Gordon	32.30%	10	47.10%	8	2	0.00%	0	0
19	Travis Etienne	57.70%	30	44.80%	13	3	5.90%	1	0
20	Antonio Gibson	51.30%	20	43.50%	10	3	0.00%	0	0
21	Najee Harris	81.30%	26	42.90%	9	3	11.10%	1	1
22	Devin Singletary	86.40%	38	40.90%	9	4	10.50%	2	1
23	James Conner	47.10%	16	40.00%	8	4	7.70%	1	0
24	Brian Robinson	35.90%	14	39.10%	9	2	0.00%	0	0
25	Tyler Allgeier	36.60%	15	36.00%	9	3	0.00%	0	0
26	Raheem Mostert	47.10%	16	35.70%	5	1	5.90%	1	1
27	Isiah Pacheco	18.00%	11	34.60%	9	3	0.00%	0	0
28	Alvin Kamara	63.60%	14	33.30%	4	2	0.00%	0	0
29	Khalil Herbert	30.60%	11	32.00%	8	2	0.00%	0	0
30	Christian McCaffrey	41.20%	21	30.30%	10	4	14.30%	2	1
31	Miles Sanders	51.90%	27	30.20%	13	7	0.00%	0	0
32	Cordarrelle Patterson	43.90%	18	28.00%	7	5	10.00%	1	0
33	Tony Pollard	46.30%	19	25.90%	7	2	0.00%	0	0
34	Kareem Hunt	28.90%	11	25.00%	5	2	7.10%	1	1
35	Latavius Murray	25.80%	8	23.50%	4	3	0.00%	0	0
36	J.K. Dobbins	17.10%	6	23.50%	4	2	7.10%	1	1
37	Jeff Wilson	32.40%	11	21.40%	3	2	0.00%	0	0
38	Joshua Kelley	9.80%	4	21.10%	4	2	0.00%	0	0
39	Michael Carter	42.40%	14	20.00%	4	2	0.00%	0	0
40	Damien Harris	22.90%	8	20.00%	4	3	7.70%	1	0
41	Darrell Henderson	38.20%	13	20.00%	3	2	0.00%	0	0
42	Jerick McKinnon	60.70%	37	19.20%	5	0	10.30%	3	2
43	Rachaad White	24.40%	11	18.80%	3	1	4.50%	1	1
44	Kenyan Drake	25.70%	9	17.60%	3	2	7.10%	1	1
45	Rex Burkhead	21.40%	6	17.60%	3	0	0.00%	0	0
46	James Robinson	30.80%	16	17.20%	5	0	5.90%	1	1
47	Mark Ingram	13.60%	3	16.70%	2	1	12.50%	1	0
48	Kenneth Gainwell	26.90%	14	16.30%	7	3	11.10%	1	0
49	David Montgomery	58.30%	21	16.00%	4	2	0.00%	0	0
50	Brandon Bolden	16.10%	5	15.40%	2	0	0.00%	0	0
51	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	23.00%	14	15.40%	4	2	13.80%	4	3
52	Eno Benjamin	20.60%	7	15.00%	3	1	0.00%	0	0
53	Zonovan Knight	24.20%	8	15.00%	3	0	0.00%	0	0
54	Aaron Jones	25.70%	9	13.30%	2	0	11.10%	2	1
55	D'Andre Swift	20.00%	13	11.40%	4	2	4.00%	1	0