This article is part of our Hidden Stat Line series.
If you haven't already, check out the twin brother to this article, Hidden Stat Line: Backfield Breakdown, complete with sortable stat leaderboards, team-by-team usage recaps and waiver-wire recommendations for the upcoming week. Rookie wide receivers may be the talk of the town right now, but freshmen RBs D'Andre Swift and Salvon Ahmed made some noise as well.
When it comes to the veterans, our game-by game recaps hold some promising indicators for Jarvis Landry, Mike Evans and Josh Reynolds, while things appear less optimistic for Cooper Kupp and Jimmy Graham. And, per usual, we have some exciting usage notes on rookies, including a pair of guys — Jalen Reagor and Michael Pittman — who couldn't stay healthy earlier in the season.
Week 10 Sortable Stat Leaderboards
Tight Ends
(Bold indicates Top 5 for the week)
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Andrews | 76% | 33 | 0.83 | 8 | 24% | 49 |
2 | Jonnu Smith | 72% | 23 | 0.77 | 6 | 22% | 54 |
3 | Darren Waller | 89% | 23 | 0.85 | 5 | 22% | 80 |
4 | Mike Gesicki | 48% | 17 | 0.65 | 5 | 21% | 81 |
5 | Hunter Henry | 94% | 25 | 0.69 | 6 | 19% | 57 |
6 | Dallas Goedert | 93% | 34 | 0.83 | 6 | 17% | 59 |
7 | Tyler Higbee | 84% | 21 | 0.5 | 6 | 17% | 71 |
8 | Kyle Rudolph | 78% | 29 | 0.78 | 5 | 16% | 29 |
9 | Jordan Reed | 44% | 22 | 0.52 | 6 | 16% | 47 |
10 | Noah Fant | 85% | 39 | 0.8 | 7 | 15% | 24 |
11 | Eric Ebron | 85% | 39 | 0.85 | 6 | 13% | 47 |
12 | T.J. Hockenson |
If you haven't already, check out the twin brother to this article, Hidden Stat Line: Backfield Breakdown, complete with sortable stat leaderboards, team-by-team usage recaps and waiver-wire recommendations for the upcoming week. Rookie wide receivers may be the talk of the town right now, but freshmen RBs D'Andre Swift and Salvon Ahmed made some noise as well.
When it comes to the veterans, our game-by game recaps hold some promising indicators for Jarvis Landry, Mike Evans and Josh Reynolds, while things appear less optimistic for Cooper Kupp and Jimmy Graham. And, per usual, we have some exciting usage notes on rookies, including a pair of guys — Jalen Reagor and Michael Pittman — who couldn't stay healthy earlier in the season.
Week 10 Sortable Stat Leaderboards
Tight Ends
(Bold indicates Top 5 for the week)
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Andrews | 76% | 33 | 0.83 | 8 | 24% | 49 |
2 | Jonnu Smith | 72% | 23 | 0.77 | 6 | 22% | 54 |
3 | Darren Waller | 89% | 23 | 0.85 | 5 | 22% | 80 |
4 | Mike Gesicki | 48% | 17 | 0.65 | 5 | 21% | 81 |
5 | Hunter Henry | 94% | 25 | 0.69 | 6 | 19% | 57 |
6 | Dallas Goedert | 93% | 34 | 0.83 | 6 | 17% | 59 |
7 | Tyler Higbee | 84% | 21 | 0.5 | 6 | 17% | 71 |
8 | Kyle Rudolph | 78% | 29 | 0.78 | 5 | 16% | 29 |
9 | Jordan Reed | 44% | 22 | 0.52 | 6 | 16% | 47 |
10 | Noah Fant | 85% | 39 | 0.8 | 7 | 15% | 24 |
11 | Eric Ebron | 85% | 39 | 0.85 | 6 | 13% | 47 |
12 | T.J. Hockenson | 66% | 21 | 0.62 | 4 | 12% | 27 |
13 | Robert Tonyan | 62% | 25 | 0.69 | 4 | 12% | 47 |
14 | Mo Alie-Cox | 66% | 24 | 0.6 | 4 | 11% | 18 |
15 | Evan Engram | 69% | 28 | 0.85 | 3 | 11% | 24 |
16 | Austin Hooper | 85% | 18 | 0.82 | 2 | 11% | 21 |
17 | Greg Olsen | 72% | 34 | 0.67 | 4 | 11% | 39 |
18 | Jared Cook | 36% | 18 | 0.69 | 2 | 9% | 33 |
19 | Logan Thomas | 99% | 57 | 0.98 | 5 | 9% | 73 |
20 | Tyler Eifert | 62% | 28 | 0.74 | 3 | 9% | 17 |
21 | Trey Burton | 53% | 19 | 0.48 | 3 | 8% | 17 |
22 | Rob Gronkowski | 81% | 31 | 0.76 | 3 | 8% | 70 |
23 | Jimmy Graham | 58% | 15 | 0.43 | 2 | 7% | - |
24 | Dawson Knox | 70% | 28 | 0.56 | 3 | 6% | 4 |
Wide Receivers
(Bold indicates Top 15 for the week)
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jakobi Meyers | 98% | 17 | 0.89 | 7 | 41% | 50 |
2 | Brandon Aiyuk | 96% | 42 | 1 | 14 | 37% | 94 |
3 | Davante Adams | 82% | 31 | 0.86 | 12 | 36% | 72 |
4 | DeAndre Hopkins | 96% | 39 | 1 | 11 | 35% | 132 |
5 | Allen Robinson | 90% | 34 | 0.97 | 9 | 31% | 78 |
6 | Justin Jefferson | 84% | 35 | 0.95 | 10 | 31% | 112 |
7 | Marvin Jones | 86% | 31 | 0.91 | 10 | 31% | 104 |
8 | Michael Thomas | 78% | 26 | 1 | 7 | 30% | 68 |
9 | DeVante Parker | 91% | 25 | 0.96 | 7 | 29% | 87 |
10 | Mike Evans | 80% | 39 | 0.95 | 11 | 29% | 93 |
11 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 84% | 45 | 0.98 | 13 | 28% | 88 |
12 | Will Fuller | 96% | 34 | 1 | 8 | 28% | 36 |
13 | Brandin Cooks | 96% | 34 | 1 | 8 | 28% | 48 |
14 | Cole Beasley | 79% | 41 | 0.82 | 13 | 28% | 101 |
15 | Josh Reynolds | 80% | 37 | 0.88 | 10 | 28% | 92 |
16 | Jarvis Landry | 58% | 18 | 0.82 | 5 | 26% | 51 |
17 | Tyler Lockett | 87% | 45 | 0.88 | 9 | 26% | 154 |
18 | DJ Moore | 90% | 31 | 0.94 | 7 | 25% | 136 |
19 | Darius Slayton | 63% | 26 | 0.79 | 7 | 25% | 91 |
20 | Anthony Miller | 48% | 22 | 0.63 | 7 | 24% | 87 |
21 | Diontae Johnson | 86% | 43 | 0.93 | 11 | 24% | 116 |
22 | Tee Higgins | 85% | 37 | 0.84 | 9 | 24% | 104 |
23 | Chris Conley | 86% | 34 | 0.89 | 8 | 24% | 54 |
24 | Stefon Diggs | 95% | 50 | 1 | 11 | 23% | 81 |
25 | Michael Pittman | 81% | 38 | 0.98 | 8 | 22% | 59 |
26 | Corey Davis | 62% | 22 | 0.73 | 6 | 22% | 63 |
27 | Adam Thielen | 99% | 37 | 1 | 7 | 22% | 72 |
28 | KJ Hamler | 87% | 45 | 0.92 | 10 | 22% | 71 |
29 | Chase Claypool | 60% | 29 | 0.63 | 10 | 22% | 165 |
30 | Keenan Allen | 87% | 33 | 0.92 | 7 | 22% | 43 |
31 | Willie Snead | 68% | 31 | 0.78 | 7 | 21% | 73 |
32 | Tyler Boyd | 80% | 37 | 0.84 | 8 | 21% | 61 |
33 | Jakeem Grant | 76% | 20 | 0.77 | 5 | 21% | 67 |
34 | Antonio Brown | 49% | 26 | 0.63 | 8 | 21% | 70 |
35 | Robby Anderson | 73% | 25 | 0.76 | 6 | 21% | 58 |
36 | Sterling Shepard | 82% | 31 | 0.94 | 6 | 21% | 39 |
37 | Keelan Cole | 81% | 34 | 0.89 | 7 | 21% | 31 |
38 | Rashard Higgins | 58% | 17 | 0.77 | 4 | 21% | 60 |
39 | Jalen Guyton | 70% | 28 | 0.78 | 6 | 19% | 34 |
40 | Jalen Reagor | 88% | 38 | 0.93 | 7 | 19% | 94 |
41 | Christian Kirk | 74% | 33 | 0.85 | 6 | 19% | 22 |
42 | Cooper Kupp | 53% | 30 | 0.71 | 7 | 19% | 62 |
43 | Marquise Brown | 94% | 39 | 0.98 | 6 | 18% | 110 |
44 | Curtis Samuel | 71% | 25 | 0.76 | 5 | 18% | 18 |
45 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | 92% | 35 | 0.97 | 6 | 18% | 104 |
46 | Henry Ruggs | 62% | 23 | 0.85 | 4 | 17% | 54 |
47 | Nelson Agholor | 60% | 21 | 0.78 | 4 | 17% | 46 |
48 | Jerry Jeudy | 86% | 46 | 0.94 | 8 | 17% | 137 |
49 | Terry McLaurin | 98% | 57 | 0.98 | 9 | 17% | 72 |
50 | Greg Ward | 63% | 23 | 0.56 | 6 | 17% | 10 |
51 | Randall Cobb | 56% | 19 | 0.56 | 5 | 17% | 40 |
52 | John Brown | 74% | 36 | 0.72 | 8 | 17% | 92 |
53 | Robert Woods | 80% | 35 | 0.83 | 6 | 17% | 17 |
54 | Mike Williams | 76% | 29 | 0.81 | 5 | 16% | 93 |
55 | Chris Godwin | 90% | 38 | 0.93 | 6 | 16% | 48 |
56 | Larry Fitzgerald | 90% | 37 | 0.95 | 5 | 16% | 28 |
57 | DJ Chark | 88% | 37 | 0.97 | 5 | 15% | 66 |
58 | A.J. Brown | 75% | 26 | 0.87 | 4 | 15% | 59 |
59 | Travis Fulgham | 88% | 34 | 0.83 | 5 | 14% | 75 |
60 | Zach Pascal | 67% | 32 | 0.8 | 5 | 14% | 17 |
61 | T.Y. Hilton | 67% | 33 | 0.83 | 5 | 14% | 45 |
62 | Tim Patrick | 59% | 28 | 0.57 | 6 | 13% | 58 |
63 | A.J. Green | 83% | 35 | 0.8 | 5 | 13% | 90 |
64 | Richie James | 97% | 39 | 0.93 | 5 | 13% | 67 |
65 | Kendrick Bourne | 58% | 29 | 0.69 | 5 | 13% | 36 |
66 | DK Metcalf | 96% | 49 | 0.98 | 4 | 11% | 79 |
67 | Cam Sims | 94% | 55 | 0.95 | 5 | 9% | 55 |
68 | Darnell Mooney | 92% | 31 | 0.89 | 2 | 7% | - |
69 | Emmanuel Sanders | 58% | 23 | 0.88 | 1 | 4% | 1 |
Game-by-Game Usage Breakdowns
(Snap shares come from pro-football-reference.com. Data on dropbacks and routes run comes from Pro Football Focus. Targets, targets share and air yards come from airyards.com.
Colts (34) at Titans (17)
Colts
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Michael Pittman | 81% | 38 | .98 | 8 | 22.2% | 59 | 7-101-0 |
Zach Pascal | 67% | 32 | .80 | 5 | 13.9% | 17 | 4-33-0 |
T.Y. Hilton | 67% | 33 | .83 | 5 | 13.9% | 45 | 4-40-0 |
Mo Alie-Cox | 66% | 24 | .60 | 4 | 11.1% | 18 | 3-19-0 |
Trey Burton | 53% | 19 | .48 | 3 | 8.3% | 17 | 3-24-0 |
- With Hilton returning from a one week-absence and Pittman also healthy, Marcus Johnson was the odd man out at wide receiver, playing only 26 percent of snaps and finishing without a catch on one target. Johnson had seen at least three targets and 54 percent snap share in four straight games, with either Pittman or Hilton injured each week.
- Philip Rivers had a 5.7 aDOT, his third straight game at 7.0 or shallower. He's now at 7.2 for the season, ranking 26th out of 37 quarterbacks. His aDOT last season for the Chargers was 8.6, 14th-deepest in the league.
- With Jack Doyle (concussion) inactive, Burton and Alie-Cox both had their second-largest snap shares of the season, though it wasn't too far from the normal range in either case, as the Colts also gave some snaps to reserve TE Noah Togiai (23 percent).
- In addition to his breakout receiving performance, Pittman took an end-around for 21 yards before getting tackled at the Titans' 2-yard line. He was stopped at the 2-yard line again in the fourth quarter, after his gains of 40 and 6 yards set up a Jacoby Brissett sneak for the game-sealing TD.
- Pittman has seen 6-8 targets in each of his three games with snap share above 59 percent (Weeks 2, 9-10). He led the Colts in targets Thursday night, after tying Johnson for the team lead (seven) in a loss to Baltimore four days earlier.
- Johnson was the lone wide receiver for each of Indy's 10 snaps in 13 personnel (1 RB, 3 TEs, 1 WR). Pittman played each of the 50 snaps in 11 personnel, plus six of seven in 12 personnel.
- Pascal ran 81 percent of his routes from the slot, per PFF. He's taken only eight snaps on the perimeter over the past two games, seeing minimal playing time outside of 11 personnel.
Titans
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
A.J. Brown | 75% | 26 | .87 | 4 | 14.8% | 59 | 1-21-0 |
Jonnu Smith | 72% | 23 | .77 | 6 | 22.2% | 54 | 2-14-0 |
Corey Davis | 62% | 22 | .73 | 6 | 22.2% | 63 | 5-67-0 |
- Down by 17 points, the Titans brought in backups for six snaps on the final drive of the game. Brown, for example, actually played 83 percent of snaps — not 75 percent — while QB Ryan Tannehill was still on the field.
- With Adam Humphries (concussion) inactive, Cameron Batson played 37 percent of snaps and caught both of his targets for eight yards. Kalif Raymond played 25 percent without getting a target, and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine saw one incomplete target on 14 percent share.
- This was Brown's first game of the season with less than seven targets and four catches, and it was the first time since Week 1 he's failed to score a touchdown. Even after the dud, his numbers from seven appearances prorate to 73-1,093-14 on 119 targets over 16 games.
- Davis has a slight target advantage over Brown (37-36) in the five games where both have been active (Weeks 1, 7-10). Davis has caught 26 passes for 331 yards and two TDs in those games, with Brown catching 20 for 338 yards and three scores.
Buccaneers (46) at Panthers (23)
Bucs
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Chris Godwin | 90% | 38 | .93 | 6 | 16% | 48 | 6-92-0 |
Rob Gronkowski | 81% | 31 | .76 | 3 | 8% | 70 | 2-51-1 |
Mike Evans | 80% | 39 | .95 | 11 | 29% | 93 | 6-77-1 |
Antonio Brown | 49% | 26 | .63 | 8 | 21% | 70 | 7-69-0 |
- Brown got eight targets, but his snap share dropped to 49%, way down from 78% the previous week in his Bucs debut. No. 2 TE Cameron Brate played 36% of snaps and went 3-31-1 on three targets, with No. 3 TE Anthony Auclair also getting 31%. The depth WRs didn't play much — 11% for Scott Miller, 9% for Tyler Johnson, 5% for Justin Watson.
- The Bucs brought in backups for five snaps on the final drive. If we don't count that drive, the snap shares go up to 96% for Godwin, 85% for Evans, 84% for Gronk, 52% for A.B.
- Brown also saw a reduction for routes per dropback, after hitting .80 in his first game. He played 31 of the 37 snaps (84%) in 11 personnel, but only 3 of 24 (13%) in 12 personnel.
- Godwin played every snap in 11 personnel, and all but one in 12. Evans missed one snap in 11 personnel, and five in 12.
- Miller was the fourth WR for the three plays Tampa went four-wide.
- Target shares in Brown's two games: Evans (23%), Brown (18%), Godwin (16%), Gronkowski (12%), Fournette (12%), Jones (8%), Brate (4%), Miller (4%), Johnson (3%).
Panthers
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
DJ Moore | 90% | 31 | .94 | 7 | 25% | 136 | 4-96-1 |
Robby Anderson | 73% | 25 | .76 | 6 | 21% | 58 | 4-21-0 |
Curtis Samuel | 71% | 25 | .76 | 5 | 18% | 18 | 3-8-0 |
- Ian Thomas played 60% of snaps, ran 22 pass routes and caught his one target for a seven-yard gain. In other words, the usual.
- The Panthers ran only 47 plays, while Tampa had 77. That's how Carolina finished with only 26 pass attempts despite trailing for multiple scores throughout the second half.
- Moore had most of his production on a single drive in the first quarter. He caught a deep ball for 38 yards, then scored a 24-yard TD on a screen pass the very next snap. It's now been a full month since he had more than four catches or seven targets in a game, but he's on pace for a 62-1,178-6 receiving line, boosted by a surprising number of big plays whilst averaging only 6.9 targets per game.
- Anderson is up to nine straight weeks without a TD, and five in a row with less than 80 yards. But he had seen eight or more targets in three straight games prior to Sunday's dud.
- Samuel played five snaps in the backfield and took three carries for four yards. Prior to Sunday's loss, he had six straight games with more than 50 scrimmage yards, and three in a row with a TD.
- Anderson played only two of the 13 snaps in multi-TE formations. Moore got 12 of 13, and Samuel got seven. Looking at the previous three games, it was 24-of-30 for Moore, 16-of-30 for Anderson and only 4-of-30 for Samuel. It could cost Anderson about one target per week (or one every other week) if the Panthers continue to keep him off the field in those formations with only one or two WRs. Teddy Bridgewater has 59 dropbacks on his 152 snaps in multi-TE formations this year.
- Bridgewater left in the fourth quarter with a knee injury, but he could be back for Week 11.
Washington Football Team (27) at Lions (30)
WFTs
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Logan Thomas | 99% | 57 | .98 | 5 | 9% | 73 | 4-66-0 |
Terry McLaurin | 98% | 57 | .98 | 9 | 17% | 72 | 7-95-0 |
Cam Sims | 94% | 55 | .95 | 5 | 9% | 55 | 4-54-0 |
- Steven Sims played 45% of snaps and caught five of six targets for 46 yards. Isaiah Wright played 33% and caught each of his six targets for 59 yards. (Dontrelle Inman was out again with a hamstring injury).
- J.D. McKissic led the team by a mile with 15 targets, but he caught only seven for 43 yards. McKissic has 28 targets the past two weeks, and he's accounted for 32.4% of Alex Smith's passes this year.
- Smith attempted 55 passes, and Washington ran 83 plays to Detroit's 55. The Football Team had second-half drives spanning 11, 11, 6 and 17 plays, scoring 24 points in the process to erase a 24-3 deficit before Matt Prater kicked a 59-yard field goal to win it for Detroit on the final snap.
- Target share on passes from Smith this year: McKissic (32%), McLaurin (19%), Thomas (14%), Wright (10%), Cam Sims (9%), Steven Sims (7%), Antonio Gibson (7%).
- In addition to his receiving stats, McLaurin picked up 27 yards on a carry. However, he also lost a fumble on one of his receptions, the first time he's coughed the ball up as a pro. Anyway, he has four straight games with exactly seven receptions, averaging 93.5 yards and 0.5 TDs on 10.0 targets in that stretch. McLaurin still hasn't seen fewer than seven targets in any game this year.
- Thomas now has back-to-back games with six targets, and four in a row with at least three catches. He's streamable, and his efficiency numbers (53.8% catch rate, 5.8 YPT) are at least looking passable, unlike the first month and a half of the season.
- Cam Sims got the start and played at least 74% of snaps for a third straight week. He still hasn't seen more than five targets in a game, but he's caught 11 of his 13 chances for 225 yards and a touchdown. It isn't clear Inman's return will push Sims back to the bench.
Lions
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Marvin Jones | 86% | 31 | .91 | 10 | 31% | 104 | 8-96-1 |
T.J. Hockenson | 66% | 21 | .62 | 4 | 12% | 27 | 2-13-0 |
Marvin Hall | 64% | 22 | .65 | 3 | 9% | 55 | 2-61-1 |
- Danny Amendola played 39% of snaps and left with a hip injury in the second half. He caught each of his three targets for 10 yards.
- Quintez Cephus played 51% of snaps and caught one of two targets for 10 yards. No. 2 TE Jesse James played 54% and caught two of three targets for nine yards.
- Kenny Golladay (hip) missed a second straight game, his fourth absence of the year (Weeks 1-2, 9-10). Target shares from those four games: Jones (19%), Amendola (18%), Hockenson (14%), D'Andre Swift (14%), Cephus (11%), Hall (7%), Adrian Peterson (6%), James (3%), Kerryon Johnson (3%).
- Jones still doesn't have a 100-yard game this year, but he's scored four TDs the past three weeks and now has four consecutive games with 13 or more PPR points.
- This was Hockenson's first game of the season with less than 50 yards and no touchdown. He had at least 9.3 PPR points in every game prior to Sunday's win.
Eagles (17) at Giants (27)
Eagles
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Dallas Goedert | 93% | 34 | .83 | 6 | 17% | 59 | 4-33-0 |
Jalen Reagor | 88% | 38 | .93 | 7 | 19% | 94 | 4-47-0 |
Travis Fulgham | 88% | 34 | .83 | 5 | 14% | 75 | 1-8-0 |
Greg Ward | 63% | 23 | .56 | 6 | 17% | 10 | 5-39-0 |
- Alshon Jeffery played 27% of snaps in his season debut, finishing with one target and no receptions. His presence mostly seemed to impact Ward, who had played 81%, 95% and 92% of snaps in the previous three games.
- No. 2 TE Richard Rodgers caught four of five targets for 60 yards, despite playing only 31% of snaps and running only 11 routes.
- Goedert has played 84% and 93% of snaps in two games since returning from an ankle injury, but he's been targeted on only seven of 59 routes.
- Reagor had season highs for snap share and targets. He leads the team with 13 targets in his two games since returning from injured reserve, playing 74% and 88% of snaps in those contests. Is it possible he climbs ahead of Fulgham for No. 1 receiver status?
- Fulgham maintained his three-down role but finished with less than 12.3 PPR points for the first time in an Eagles uniform. He's now averaging 5.0 catches for 73.8 yards and 0.66 TDs on 8.2 targets per game.
G-Men
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Sterling Shepard | 82% | 31 | .94 | 6 | 21% | 39 | 6-47-0 |
Evan Engram | 69% | 28 | .85 | 3 | 11% | 24 | 2-15-0 |
Darius Slayton | 63% | 26 | .79 | 7 | 25% | 91 | 5-93-0 |
- Golden Tate played 38% of snaps and caught two of five targets for 44 yards. Austin Mack got 34% catching his lone target for nine yards. Backup TE Kaden Smith played a season-high 60%, but he ran only nine pass routes and caught two passes for 12 yards.
- Slayton hurt his shoulder early in the game and played only four of 20 snaps in the first quarter. He played 41 of 51 snaps (80%) thereafter, highlighted by a 40-yard gain to set up a field goal that gave the Giants a 10-point lead with three minutes remaining.
- This was the first time since Week 1 that Slayton got more targets than Shepard in a game Shepard started and finished.
- Engram now has back-to-back weeks hitting a season low for snap share. He was in the 81-to-85 percent range for six straight games before dropping to 75% in Week 9 and now 69% in Week 10. However, he isn't missing many pass plays, logging .77 and .85 routes/db the past two weeks. In Sunday's game, he played 39 of 50 snaps (78%) before the fourth quarter, only spending more time on the sideline once the Giants were nursing a lead and running the ball a lot.
- Target shares in Shepard's five full games (Weeks 1, 7-10): Engram (23%), Shepard (22%), Slayton (18%).
- Air-yard shares in Shepard's five full games: Slayton (32% - 12.0 aDOT), Shepard (22% - 6.6 aDOT), Engram (21% - 5.9 aDOT).
Jaguars (20) at Packers (24)
Jags
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
DJ Chark | 88% | 37 | .97 | 5 | 15% | 66 | 4-56-0 |
Chris Conley | 86% | 34 | .89 | 8 | 24% | 54 | 4-43-0 |
Keelan Cole | 81% | 34 | .89 | 7 | 21% | 31 | 5-47-1 |
Tyler Eifert | 62% | 28 | .74 | 3 | 9% | 17 | 2-15-0 |
- Laviska Shenault (hamstring) was inactive, putting Conley in a starting role. Conley now has four games with snap share above 32 percent, and each time he's drawn either seven or eight targets, averaging 4.5 catches for 44.3 yards and no TDs.
- Target share in Jake Luton's two starts: Chark (24%), Conley (22%), Cole (12%), Eifert (11%), James Robinson (10%), Thompson+Ogunbowale (8%).
- Air-yard share in Luton's starts: Chark (43%), Conley (17%), Cole (12%), Eifert (11%).
Packers
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Marquez Valdes-Scantling | 92% | 35 | .97 | 6 | 18% | 104 | 4-149-1 |
Davante Adams | 82% | 31 | .86 | 12 | 36% | 72 | 8-66-1 |
Robert Tonyan | 62% | 25 | .69 | 4 | 12% | 47 | 3-33-0 |
- Allen Lazard (core muscle) missed another game but appears close to returning. Valdes-Scantling had mostly bene invisible during Lazard's absence, but MVS has made a late bid to keep the No. 2 job, putting up 202 yards and three TDs the past two weeks.
- Adams has been targeted on 81 of his 238 routes (34%) this year. He's the only non-RB who has been targeted on more than 30% of his routes. The list otherwise consists of Alvin Kamara (34%) and teammate Aaron Jones (31%). Also, TE Jordan Reed (34%), but he's run only 68 routes.
Texans (7) at Browns (10)
Texans
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Will Fuller | 96% | 34 | 1.0 | 8 | 28% | 36 | 5-38-0 |
Brandin Cooks | 96% | 34 | 1.0 | 8 | 28% | 48 | 6-39-0 |
Randall Cobb | 56% | 19 | .56 | 5 | 17% | 40 | 3-41-0 |
- At tight end, Darren Fells played 60% of snaps, while Jordan Akins got 42% and Pharaoh Brown took 32%. That's been a timeshare since Akins returned from injury, with the past two weeks seeing Akins draw only five targets and Fells only three. No fantasy upside there.
- Brown caught two passes for 21 yards and a TD, but he ran only nine routes, primarily serving as a blocker, per usual.
- Cobb matched his season-low snap share from the previous week, even though Kenny Stills played only eight snaps (14%, down from 23% the week before). Houston ran 18 plays out of 12 personnel (two TE), after running 20 such plays the previous week. Prior to Week 9, the Texans had used 12 personnel an average of 14.4 snaps per game. It does make sense that they'd use those looks more often with both Fells and Akins healthy.
- Fuller and Cooks both played all 18 of the snaps in 12 personnel. They've done more damage in three-wide formations, but the work in "running formations" has also been pretty valuable. Cooks has put up 11-194-1 on 17 targets in 12 personnel this year, with Fuller adding 12-134-0 on 16 targets.
- Cooks lost his four-game streak with nine or more targets, but he probably would've continued it if not for the brutal wind and reduced play volume that impacted Sunday's game. The Texans ran only 54 plays, including only 30 pass attempts by Deshaun Watson.
- The Texans now have played seven straight games with Cooks, Fuller and Cobb all healthy from start to finish. Target shares in those seven games: Cooks (24%), Fuller (22%), Cobb (17%), Duke + David Johnson (15%), Fells+Akins+Brown (15%), Stills (6%).
- Air-yard shares in those seven games: Fuller (30% - 11.3 aDOT), Cooks (27% - 9.6 aDOT), Cobb (15% - 7.9 aDOT)
Browns
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Austin Hooper | 85% | 18 | .82 | 2 | 11% | 21 | 1-11-0 |
Jarvis Landry | 58% | 18 | .82 | 5 | 26% | 51 | 3-29-0 |
Rashard Higgins | 58% | 17 | .77 | 4 | 21% | 60 | 3-48-0 |
KhaDarel Hodge | 58% | 15 | .68 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
- The weather was ugly, and Cleveland spent most of the afternoon nursing a 3-0 lead. Baker Mayfield attempted only 20 passes, while Kareem Hunt and Nick Chubb took 19 carries apiece.
- Hooper had no restrictions in his first game back after having an appendectomy.
- Landry's snap share was a season low, but his route share was right in the normal range (0.83 in his previous game). The reduced snap share was largely a product of Cleveland using 13 personnel (three TEs) 14 times Sunday, with Landry getting only one of those snaps (Hodge played six, Donovan Peoples-Jones got seven). Those 14 snaps yielded 12 run plays and only two dropbacks by Baker Mayfield.
- Landry played each of the 23 snaps in 11 personnel. Hodge and Higgins got 22 apiece.
- Landry got nine of 12 snaps in 12 personnel. Higgins played 10, and Hodge only three.
- Odell Beckham suffered a torn ACL on his second snap of Week 7, so the Browns essentially have played three full games without him. Target shares from those three games (Weeks 7-8, 10): Landry (31%), Hooper+Bryant+Njoku (23%), Higgins (18%), Hunt (15%). Yes, Landry has 31% target share with Beckham out, so we should see a big game eventually.
Bills (30) at Cardinals (32)
Bills
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Stefon Diggs | 95% | 50 | 1.0 | 11 | 23% | 81 | 10-93-1 |
Cole Beasley | 79% | 41 | .82 | 13 | 28% | 101 | 11-109-1 |
John Brown | 74% | 36 | .72 | 8 | 17% | 92 | 6-72-0 |
Dawson Knox | 70% | 28 | .56 | 3 | 6% | 4 | 2-16-0 |
- Gabriel Davis played 51% of snaps, similar to 60% and 47% the previous two weeks. He finished without a catch on three targets, his second goose egg in the past three games (though he did sandwich them around a 4-70-1 showing Week 9 vs. Seattle). Davis ran a route on 25 of Josh Allen's 50 dropbacks during Sunday's loss.
- TE Tyler Kroft was inactive, due to being a close contact of CB Josh Norman (who tested positive for COVID-19).
- Beasley slammed the door on his two-game slump, after catching only five passes for 63 yards over the previous two weeks combined. He's now averaging 5.5 catches for 64.2 yards and 0.3 TDs on 6.7 targets per game, with an 82.1 percent catch rate and 9.6 YPT. He's seen 37% of his targets in two games (Weeks 7, 10), but he's also put up a bunch of nice outings when he only got 4-7 targets.
- Diggs leads the league in catches (73) and receiving yards (906), though he may drop down a spot or two while the Bills are on bye Week 11.
Cardinals
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
DeAndre Hopkins | 96% | 39 | 1.0 | 11 | 35% | 132 | 7-127-1 |
Larry Fitzgerald | 90% | 37 | .95 | 5 | 16% | 28 | 2-13-0 |
Christian Kirk | 74% | 33 | .85 | 6 | 19% | 22 | 4-27-0 |
- TE Dan Arnold caught each of his four targets for 34 yards, running 19 routes and playing 48% of snaps. That was a boost relative to recent weeks, but still not enough to warrant attention outside of the very deepest fantasy leagues.
- Hopkins accounted for 60% of the team's air yards Sunday, with Kyler Murray throwing only two passes that went 20-plus yards downfield. One of those two you probably remember, even if you didn't watch this game.
Seahawks (16) at Rams (23)
Seahawks
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
DK Metcalf | 96% | 49 | .98 | 4 | 11% | 79 | 2-28-0 |
Tyler Lockett | 87% | 45 | .88 | 9 | 26% | 154 | 5-66-0 |
Greg Olsen | 72% | 34 | .67 | 4 | 11% | 39 | 2-33-0 |
David Moore | 61% | 30 | .59 | 3 | 9% | 6 | 2-16-0 |
- Despite suffering a foot injury somewhere along the way, Olsen saw his snap share rebound from 54% and 40% in the previous two games. Meanwhile, Will Dissly dropped to 36% of snaps, and Jacob Hollister all the way to 9%. This was all pretty surprising, given that the previous week entailed Hollister catching five of seven targets for 60 yards on 48% snap share. Of course, none of it matters unless you're in a super-deep league, as the easy answer for fantasy is to just stay away from the Seattle tight ends entirely.
- Freddie Swain played 37% of snaps and caught three of four targets for 37 yards. He ran 20 routes, 0.39 per dropback.
- Moore has now played 52% and 61% of snaps the past two weeks, after landing in the 29-43% range five straight games from Weeks 3-8
- This was the first time all season where both Lockett and Metcalf were kept out of the end zone and held under 100 yards. Nice work by the Rams defense.
Rams
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Tyler Higbee | 84% | 21 | .50 | 6 | 17% | 71 | 3-60-0 |
Robert Woods | 80% | 35 | .83 | 6 | 17% | 17 | 5-33-0 |
Josh Reynolds | 80% | 37 | .88 | 10 | 28% | 92 | 8-94-0 |
Gerald Everett | 61% | 17 | .40 | 3 | 8% | 23 | 2-27-0 |
Cooper Kupp | 53% | 30 | .71 | 7 | 19% | 62 | 5-50-0 |
- Kupp played less than 82% of snaps for the first time all year, plummeting all the way to 53% even as he got the second-most targets on the team.
- Kupp didn't play a single snap in 12 personnel, while Reynolds, Woods and Higbee each played 20 of 20 (and Everett got 19/20). Prior to Sunday, Kupp had played 85 of the Rams' 133 snaps in 12 personnel (64%), with Woods at 72%, Reynolds at 46% and Van Jefferson at 18%. A lack of playing time in multi-TE formations has bene an on-and-off issue for Kupp's fantasy value throughout this career, though it doesn't usually have a sharp impact on his targets or production. That's partially because Jared Goff has only 38 dropbacks on 133 snaps in 12 personnel... in other words, the Rams have run the ball 71% of the time when they have a second TE on the field.
- The Rams also ran 13 snaps from 13 personnel (three TEs), with Jefferson serving as the lone WR on 11 of those. Prior to Sunday, the Rams had run only 19 plays from that formation all season.
- Higbee played 26 of 37 snaps in 11 personnel, while Everett got only 11. However, they ran a similar number of routes, as Higbee was used as a blocker on 11 of his 32 pass snaps, while Everett blocked on only three of his 20.
Chargers (21) at Dolphins (29)
Bolts
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Hunter Henry | 94% | 25 | .69 | 6 | 19% | 57 | 4-30-1 |
Keenan Allen | 87% | 33 | .92 | 7 | 22% | 43 | 3-39-1 |
Mike Williams | 76% | 29 | .81 | 5 | 16% | 93 | 2-38-0 |
Jalen Guyton | 70% | 28 | .78 | 6 | 19% | 34 | 4-24-0 |
- Apart from the game he left early due to back spasms, this was Allen's first time finishing with single-digit targets in a Justin Herbert start. He still led the team, and scored a TD.
- Henry scored his second TD of the year. He's accounted for 17.6% of the targets from Herbert, but only 13.5% of the receiving yards and two of the 19 passing TDs (10.5%).
- Guyton played more than two-thirds of snaps for a seventh straight game, and he got more than four targets for the first time in his career. But only one of those targets was 20-plus yards downfield, while Mike Williams got three deep balls (catching one for 28 yards).
- Guyton still has an impressive average of 21.0 yards per catch this year, but he's gone 0-for-4 on those deep balls the past three games, while Williams has gone 4-for-8 (for 111 yards and a TD) over the same stretch.
- In four games since a Week 6 bye, Williams has accounted for 10 of the team's 22 targets traveling 20-plus yards downfield, per PFF. The others went to Guyton (5), Henry (2), Tyron Johnson (2), Allen (1), Virgil Green (1) and Donald Parham (1).
- Target shares since the Week 6 bye: Allen (27%), RBs (27%), Henry (15%), Williams (15%), Guyton (10%).
- Air-yard shares since the bye: Williams (30%), Allen (25%), Guyton (19%), Henry (14%).
Phins
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
DeVante Parker | 91% | 25 | .96 | 7 | 29% | 87 | 2-31-0 |
Jakeem Grant | 76% | 20 | .77 | 5 | 21% | 67 | 2-40-0 |
Mike Gesicki | 48% | 17 | .65 | 5 | 21% | 81 | 4-43-1 |
- The Dolphins rotated a bunch of players behind Parker and Grant. TE Durham Smythe played 67% of snaps. WR Malcolm Perry got 40%. TE Adam Shaheen got 38%. Even WR Mack Hollins got 19%. But none besides Parker/Grant/Gesicki saw more than two targets.
- Perry was fourth on the team with 14 routes, so you could say he was the No. 3 receiver. Some outlets list the rookie as a running back, but the only backfield snaps he's taken this year have been four on direct snaps, per PFF. Over the past two weeks, Perry played 36 of his 46 snaps in the slot.
- The five targets for Gesicki were his most since Week 5, but his 48% snap share was way down from 66, 57 and 70 percent in the previous three games. He has just two games this season with more than five targets, and he hasn't scored a TD since September.
- With Preston Williams (foot) inactive, Parker played more than 90% of snaps for a second straight week. Parker has just one 100-yard game this year, and he's averaging only 5.4 targets and 36.6 yards the past five weeks.
- It's fair to wonder if Williams might be the No. 1 receiver if/when he gets healthy. Parker got only 59% of snaps and two targets in Tua Tagovailoa's first start (Week 8), while Williams got 90% and five. Then, Williams put up a 4-60-1 line over 17 snaps in Week 9 before the foot injury forced him out.
- Grant's snap share was a season high, topping 53% from Week 1 and 48% from Week 9. He has back-to-back games with exactly five targets, and he's still handling punt/kick returns as well.
49ers (13) at Saints (27)
49ers
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Richie James | 97% | 39 | .93 | 5 | 13% | 67 | 3-26-0 |
Brandon Aiyuk | 96% | 42 | 1.0 | 14 | 37% | 94 | 7-75-1 |
Kendrick Bourne | 58% | 29 | .69 | 5 | 13% | 36 | 4-26-0 |
Jordan Reed | 44% | 22 | .52 | 6 | 16% | 47 | 5-62-0 |
- Deebo Samuel (hamstring) and George Kittle (foot) missed another week.
- James put up 9-184-1 in Week 9 with Samuel, Kittle, Bourne and Aiyuk all out of the lineup. The breakout moved him him ahead of Bourne for snaps and routes in Week 10, but James was limited to 22 yards on offense and also lost a fumble on a punt return. Not the encore he was hoping for.
- TE Ross Dwelley played 52% of snaps and ran 18 routes — only four fewer than Reed — catching his one of two targets for 22 yards.
- Reed played only 14 of 42 snaps (33%) in the first half, but then 17 of 29 (59%) after the break. Reed now has 24 targets on 68 routes run, the highest rate (35.3%) in the league.... (small sample alert).
- Over his past three games, Aiyuk is averaging 7.0 catches for 93.7 yards and 0.67 TDs on 10.3 targets. And he's averaging 8.75 targets in the four games he's played with Samuel inactive. The only downside is that Aiyuk hasn't been getting carries; only one in the past five games, despite scoring rushing TDs in back-to-back games Weeks 3-4.
Saints
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Michael Thomas | 78% | 26 | 1.0 | 7 | 30% | 68 | 2-27-0 |
Emmanuel Sanders | 58% | 23 | .88 | 1 | 4% | 1 | 1-5-0 |
Jared Cook | 36% | 18 | .69 | 2 | 9% | 33 | 0-0-0 |
- The Saints rotated heavily, with a slew of skill-position players handling at least one-fourth of the snaps. In addition to the guys listed above, the group consists of TE Adam Trautman (46%), OW Taysom Hill (37%), WR Deonte Harris (36%), WR Tre'Quan Smith (27%) and FB Michael Burton (25%).
- Smith left the game with a concussion. He'd played 62% of snaps the previous week, and that was with both Thomas and Sanders active. Sanders played only 30% of snaps in that blowout win over Tampa, putting up 4-38-1 on five targets nonetheless. He got more snaps but fewer targets in Sunday's win over the Niners.
- Thomas got a target on five of Jameis Winston's 10 pass attempts, but only one was complete (for a 12-yard gain). Thomas also played 82% of snaps before the Saints took three straight kneel-downs to end the game. And he ran a route on every single dropback. It shouldn't be long before we see the big game.
- Cook has played only 36% of snaps in back-to-back games, catching two of five targets for 30 yards in that span. However, he played 50% of snaps before halftime in both games, mostly missing out on playing time once the Saints were nursing a second-half lead. It cost him some routes and perhaps a couple targets, but he should still offer some upside when the Saints end up throwing more.
Bengals (10) at Steelers (36)
Bengals
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Drew Sample | 88% | 32 | .73 | 2 | 5% | 5 | 1-9-0 |
Tee Higgins | 85% | 37 | .84 | 9 | 24% | 104 | 7-115-1 |
A.J. Green | 83% | 35 | .80 | 5 | 13% | 90 | 0-0-0 |
Tyler Boyd | 80% | 37 | .84 | 8 | 21% | 61 | 6-41-0 |
- This was the fourth straight game in which Sample, Higgins, Green and Boyd all played at least three-quarters of the snaps. The scraps went to WR Mike Thomas (28%), WR Auden Tate (18%) and TE Cethan Carter (18%).
- Higgins went over 60 yards for a sixth straight game and matched his season high of nine targets. The rookie has now made eight starts, catching 40 of 61 targets for 603 yards and four TDs in those games. (Green caught 26 of 59 targets for 265 yards and zero TDs in that same eight-game stretch... yikes.)
- If we don't count the Week 1 game where he came off the bench and played limited snaps, Higgins would lead the team in receiving yards, air yards (769), receiving TDs (four), though Boyd would still have a 71-60 target advantage (22% to 19% in terms of share).
- Higgins has been the big-play guy, but Boyd has also provided excellent production relative to his ADP, currently on pace for 107-1,111-5 on 135 targets.
Steelers
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Diontae Johnson | 86% | 43 | .93 | 11 | 24% | 116 | 6-116-1 |
Eric Ebron | 85% | 39 | .85 | 6 | 13% | 47 | 2-38-0 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | 84% | 45 | .98 | 13 | 28% | 88 | 9-77-1 |
Chase Claypool | 60% | 29 | .63 | 10 | 22% | 165 | 4-56-2 |
- James Washington played 38% of snaps, and Ray-Ray McCloud took 21%. McCloud had played more snaps in both of the previous two games, mainly because the Steelers used him over Washington in four-wide formations. They leaned heavily on those four-WR, zero-RB looks after halftime in Weeks 8 and 9, but in Week 10 they jumped out to a lead and ended up playing RB James Conner on 88% of snaps.
- The Steelers have played four straight games with Johnson, Claypool and Smith-Schuster all healthy and all handling a safe majority of snaps. Target shares from those four games (Weeks 7-10): Smith-Schuster (25%), Johnson (22%), Claypool (19%), Ebron (15%), Conner (7%), McCloud (4%), Washington (3%).
- Air-yard share Weeks 7-10: Claypool (30% - 11.5 aDOT), Johnson (26%, 8.8 aDOT), JuJu (24% - 7.0 aDOT), Ebron (14% - 7.0 aDOT).
- In terms of production over the past four games, it's been JuJu at the front with 31-322-2, followed by Johnson (22-279-3), Claypool (18-151-3) and Ebron (15-158-2). Each of the four has 5-to-7 red-zone targets in that time, but Claypool is the only one with multiple targets inside the 10 (three of them, to be exact). Claypool also leads the team with eight targets 20-plus yards downfield over the past four weeks, though Johnson (six) and Smith-Schuster (five) aren't too far behind.
Broncos (12) at Raiders (37)
Broncos
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
KJ Hamler | 87% | 45 | .92 | 10 | 22% | 71 | 4-50-0 |
Jerry Jeudy | 86% | 46 | .94 | 8 | 17% | 137 | 4-68-0 |
Noah Fant | 85% | 39 | .80 | 7 | 15% | 24 | 3-18-0 |
Tim Patrick | 59% | 28 | .57 | 6 | 13% | 58 | 4-61-0 |
- DaeSean Hamilton caught four of six targets for 33 yards and a touchdown, despite playing only 44% of snaps. He ran 22 routes, only six fewer than Patrick, so you might say they split the No. 3 WR role.
- The Broncos ran 60 of their 70 plays in 11 personnel. Hamler played all 60, with Jeudy (54) and Fant (50) not too far behind. Patrick (35) and Hamilton (30) split what was left.
- This was Hamler's second straight game with 10 targets. He's played more than half the offensive snaps in five games (Weeks 2-3, 8-10), averaging 3.8 catches for 43.2 yards on 7.0 targets in those contests. His 9.6 aDOT is easily shallowest among the team's regular wide receiver, far below Jeudy (15.2), Patrick (14.1) and even Hamilton (13.4)
- Hamler played two of 10 snaps in formations with only one or two WRs. Patrick got seven, Jeudy took six, and Hamilton played one. It didn't matter Sunday, but Hamler could see his snap share scaled back a little if the Broncos start to experiment with multi-TE formations more often. Granted, that idea sounded better before rookie TE Albert Okwuegbunam (knee) suffered a season-ending injury Week 9.
- Hamler played 58 of his 62 snaps in the slot, per PFF, giving him 148 slot snaps out of 173 (85.5%) total over the past three games.
- Jeudy topped 80% snap share for a third straight week. He's averaging 5.0 catches for 88.7 yards and 0.33 TDs on 10.7 targets in that stretch, albeit with a little help from favorable matchups (facing LV, ATL, LAC). Jeudy played only six snaps in the slot Sunday, his third straight game with 10 or less. Prior to the past three games, he'd taken at least 25 slot snaps every week. In other words, his improved production coincides with moving from the slot to the perimeters.
- Fant is averaging 6.5 targets and 55.5 snaps in four games since returning from a high-ankle sprain, but he's managed only 9.3 YPR and 5.7 YPT, failing to score a TD or reach 50 yards in any of those games. Contrast that with the first four weeks of the season, when he put up 11.5 YPR and 8.1 YPT, averaging 4.8 catches for 54.8 yards and 0.5 TDs per game. You might also remember that Fant briefly exited Denver's Week 9 game in Atlanta to have his ankle looked at.
Raiders
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Darren Waller | 89% | 23 | .85 | 5 | 22% | 80 | 3-37-0 |
Henry Ruggs | 62% | 23 | .85 | 4 | 17% | 54 | 3-31-0 |
Nelson Agholor | 60% | 21 | .78 | 4 | 17% | 46 | 1-8-0 |
Hunter Renfrow | 47% | 21 | .78 | 2 | 9% | 5 | 2-30-0 |
- Derek Carr attempted only 25 passes, while Josh Jacobs and Devontae Booker combined for 37-193-4 on the ground.
- Bryan Edwards got significant playing time for the first time since Week 3, handling 28% of snaps and catching his one target for 16 yards.
- Ruggs has seen 3-to-5 targets in each of his seve games. That's now four in a row with single-digit PPR points despite playing well over half the snaps. He's run routes on 171 of 228 QB dropbacks (75.0%) in the seven games he's played, second to only Waller (84.2%) in those contests.
- The 80 air yards on only five targets boosted Waller's aDOT from 5.8 to 6.4 for the season. That's still shallow, even for a tight end, down from 7.2 last season. His 28% target share ranks first among TEs and seventh among all players, but his YAC average has dropped from 6.9 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2020, even though his targets have come closer to the line of scrimmage on average.
Ravens (17) at Patriots (23)
Ravens
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Marquise Brown | 94% | 39 | .98 | 6 | 18% | 110 | 2-14-0 |
Mark Andrews | 76% | 33 | .83 | 8 | 24% | 49 | 7-61-0 |
Willie Snead | 68% | 31 | .78 | 7 | 21% | 73 | 5-64-2 |
- TE Nick Boyle suffered a season-ending knee injury. He finished the night with 47% of snaps.
- Devin Duvernay handled-season-high 55% snap share, up from 45% and 41% the previous two games. He ran 27 routes on Lamar Jackson's 30 dropbacks (0.68 r/db). Duvernay could see similar usage on a regular basis now that Boyle is out for the season, as the Ravens figure to use three-wide formations more often.
- Dez Bryant didn't play. He's back on the practice squad after logging two snaps in the Week 9 win over Indianapolis.
- Brown has played at least 85% of snaps in five straight games, but he's averaging only 3.2 catches for 37.8 yards and 0.4 TDs on 5.8 targets in that stretch. While there's an argument to be made for reducing his snaps, the Ravens aren't in a great position to do it now that Boyle is out of the picture.
- Andrews played 29 of 32 snaps (91%) after halftime, catching four of five targets for 28 yards. He'd finished between 51-68% snap share in each of Baltimore's previous five games, with the Week 3 loss to Kansas City being his last time at 70% or higher. The Ravens don't have any other healthy tight ends on their roster, so they'll either use Andrews in a three-down role or try to replace Boyle with someone from the practice squad.
Patriots
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Jakobi Meyers | 98% | 17 | .89 | 7 | 41% | 50 | 5-59-0 |
Damiere Byrd | 72% | 15 | .79 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
N'Keal Harry | 60% | 12 | .63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
- TE Ryan Izzo played 93% of snaps and caught his lone target for 20 yards. Jordan Thomas is the team's only other healthy tight end, but he was a healthy scratch for SNF.
- FB Jakob Johnson played 64% of snaps and caught two passes for 20 yards, running six routes. He took 34 of his 37 snaps in the backfield, and only three lined up as a tight end, per PFF.
- Cam Newton attempted only 17 passes in this game, and Rex Burkhead was the only guy besides Meyers with more than two targets.
- Meyers also threw for a TD on a trick play, so there was only one dropback where he wasn't on the field. He's played 98, 99 and 98% of snaps in his three starts, averaging 7.7 catches for 95.3 yards on 10.3 targets. Meyers has 42% target share and 60% air-yard share over the past three games, miles ahead of second-place Byrd (18%, 28%) in both categories.
Vikings (19) at Bears (13)
Vikings
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Adam Thielen | 99% | 37 | 1.0 | 7 | 22% | 72 | 4-43-2 |
Justin Jefferson | 84% | 35 | .95 | 10 | 31% | 112 | 8-135-0 |
Kyle Rudolph | 78% | 29 | .78 | 5 | 16% | 29 | 4-63-0 |
- With Irv Smith (groin) inactive, No. 3 TE Tyler Conklin played 63% of snaps, and FB C.J. Ham sandwich played 48%. The two combined for 3-19-0 on three targets. Conklin did run 24 routes, only five fewer than Rudolph and the same number as RB Dalvin Cook.
- Jefferson did his thing again. His seven starts have yielded averages of 5.3 catches for 98.9 yards and 0.4 TDs on 6.9 targets.
- Over the past seven games, Jefferson has a huge advantage over Thielen in receiving yards (557-339) and a much smaller edge for air yards (519-512), but the veteran has a 5-3 lead for touchdowns and a 28% to 25% advantage in target share. Jefferson's 13.7 aDOT isn't much deeper than Thielen's (12.2).
- Deep-ball efficiency has been the big difference between the two, with Jefferson catching eight of his 12 targets 20-plus yards downfield, and converting them into 299 yards and two touchdowns. Thielen also has 12 deep targets in that stretch, catching five for 123 yards and two TDs.
- That said, Jefferson did his damage Monday on shorter throws, going 0-for-1 on the passes 20-plus yards downfield. Instead, he dominated the intermediate range, catching three of three passes for 91 yards on throws that travelled 10-19 yards downfield, per PFF.
Bears
Snaps | Routes | Routes/Dropback | Targets | Target Share | Air Yards | Receiving Line | |
Darnell Mooney | 92% | 31 | .89 | 2 | 7% | - | 2-3-0 |
Allen Robinson | 90% | 34 | .97 | 9 | 31% | 78 | 6-43-0 |
Jimmy Graham | 58% | 15 | .43 | 2 | 7% | - | 0-0-0 |
Anthony Miller | 48% | 22 | .63 | 7 | 24% | 87 | 2-28-0 |
- Cole Kmet played 70% of snaps, the third straight game in which he reached a career high (43% and 47% the previous two weeks). The rookie caught only one pass for seven yards on three targets, but he actually ran more routes (18) than Graham (15).
- Prior to Monday, the extra playing time for Kmet wasn't having too much impact on Graham, who put up seven straight games with at least five targets and two receptions. It was a different story on MNF, with the 33-year-old going catchless on only two targets.
- Nick Foles threw for only 106 yards on 26 pass attempts before a hip injury knocked him out of the game in the fourth quarter. With Mitchell Trubisky (shoulder) unavailable, Tyler Bray finished out the game and completed only one of five passes for 18 yards. What a mess.
- It's been a while since Robinson put up a huge stat line, but he does have double-digit PPR points in each of his last seven games, after barely getting there Monday night.
- The snap share for Miller was his smallest since Week 5, but he did see his third-most targets of the season, behind only Weeks 8 and 9 (11 and eight targets). That gives him 26 targets over the past three weeks, albeit with only 15-160-0 and a lost fumble to show for it.
Top Waiver/FAAB Targets (WR/TE)
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- WR Jakobi Meyers
- WR Michael Pittman
- WR Sterling Shepard
- WR Jalen Reagor
- WR Cole Beasley
- WR Josh Reynolds
- TE Jordan Reed
- TE Logan Thomas
- WR KJ Hamler
- WR Henry Ruggs