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Wide Receiver Sleepers, Risers, Fantasy Football Breakouts - Targets, Air Yards, Snaps Trends Analysis For Week 14
Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent target-earners are among the top fantasy point scorers: they can be relied on by not just their team’s offense to earn targets and produce on those targets.
We’ll take a weekly team-by-team look into these target earners and separate the wheat from the chaff. To properly lead into what we’ll be looking at this season, we’ll have to establish a baseline of the most important things we’re looking at with targets and other receiving metrics that paint the full picture for who we should be rostering, who we should be adding, and who we can drop.
Everything we’ll discuss in this season’s WR/TE/RB Targets, Air Yards, and Snaps trends analysis article will be some of the best metrics correlating to fantasy production. Think of targets as a page in a coloring book, representing the outline yet to be colored. Coloring on that page adds context and flavor to that page. That’s what we’ll do with targets — adding more context than just some target totals and box score stats.
Note: Statistics from our player pages at RotoBaller were included during the compilation of data, while Pro Football Reference, PFF, Fantasy Points Data, rbdsm.com/stats, NFELO, NFL NextGenStats, NFL Pro+, RotoViz, ESPN Stats and Info, SumerSports, and Nathan Jahnke's Immediate Fantasy Football Takeaways article for that particular week were also used as resources in the creation of this article.
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Largest Target Share % Increases from Week 12 To Week 13
| Name | Pos. | Team | WK 12 Target Share | WK 13 Target Share | Diff (+/-) |
| Ladd McConkey | WR | LAC | 16.7% | 47.8% | +31.2% |
| DJ Moore | WR | CHI | 15.2% | 44.1% | +28.9% |
| Isaiah Likely | TE | BAL | 0.0% | 22.2% | +22.2% |
| Brock Bowers | TE | LV | 22.0% | 38.7% | +16.8% |
| Dalton Schultz | TE | HOU | 6.7% | 22.6% | +15.9% |
| Mike Evans | WR | TB | 20.0% | 35.3% | +15.3% |
| Chig Okonkwo | TE | TEN | 4.5% | 18.8% | +14.2% |
| Tucker Kraft | TE | GB | 9.1% | 23.1% | +14.0% |
| Marvin Harrison Jr. | WR | ARI | 15.2% | 28.6% | +13.4% |
| Deebo Samuel Sr. | WR | SF | 16.0% | 29.4% | +13.4% |
| Darius Slayton | WR | NYG | 3.4% | 16.7% | +13.2% |
| David Njoku | TE | CLE | 16.0% | 29.1% | +13.1% |
| Justin Jefferson | WR | MIN | 16.7% | 29.6% | +13.0% |
| DK Metcalf | WR | SEA | 20.0% | 32.1% | +12.1% |
| Adam Thielen | WR | CAR | 12.9% | 25.0% | +12.1% |
Largest Target Share % Decreases from Week 12 To Week 13
| Name | Pos. | Team | WK 12 Target Share | WK 13 Target Share | Diff (+/-) |
| Zay Flowers | WR | BAL | 38.1% | 19.4% | -18.7% |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | DAL | 35.7% | 17.6% | -18.1% |
| Joshua Palmer | WR | LAC | 22.2% | 4.3% | -17.9% |
| Trey McBride | TE | ARI | 45.5% | 28.6% | -16.9% |
| Tre Tucker | WR | LV | 19.5% | 3.2% | -16.3% |
| T.J. Hockenson | TE | MIN | 26.7% | 11.1% | -15.6% |
| Rashod Bateman | WR | BAL | 14.3% | 0.0% | -14.3% |
| Jordan Akins | TE | CLE | 16.0% | 1.8% | -14.2% |
| J.K. Dobbins | RB | LAC | 13.9% | 0.0% | -13.9% |
| Jaylen Waddle | WR | MIA | 22.5% | 8.9% | -13.6% |
| Cole Kmet | TE | CHI | 21.7% | 8.8% | -12.9% |
| Chuba Hubbard | RB | CAR | 12.9% | 0.0% | -12.9% |
| Noah Brown | WR | WAS | 26.5% | 13.8% | -12.7% |
| George Kittle | TE | SF | 24.0% | 11.8% | -12.2% |
| Devaughn Vele | WR | DEN | 25.0% | 12.9% | -12.1% |
Arizona Cardinals
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Marvin Harrison Jr. | WR | 12 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 56.1% | 92.2% | 87.8% | 15.1 | 28.6% | 32.3% | 25.5% | 1.28 | 17.0 | WR21 | |||
| Greg Dortch | WR | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2.2% | 13.7% | 23.2% | -3.5 | 4.8% | 6.5% | 28.6% | 0.14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.7 | WR95 |
| Michael Wilson | WR | 7 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 25.3% | 94.1% | 81.7% | 11.7 | 16.7% | 12.9% | 14.6% | 1.15 | 10.5 | WR40 | |||
| Zay Jones | WR | 47.1% | 39.0% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Trey McBride | TE | 12 | 12 | 96 | 0 | 13.4% | 94.1% | 93.9% | 3.6 | 28.6% | 38.7% | 25.0% | 2.00 | 21.6 | TE3 | |||
| Elijah Higgins | TE | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 6.2% | 19.6% | 30.5% | 10.0 | 4.8% | 3.2% | 20.0% | 2.30 | 4.3 | TE35 | |||
| Tip Reiman | TE | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.5% | 21.6% | 41.5% | 5.0 | 2.4% | 3.2% | 9.1% | 0.82 | 1.9 | TE47 | |||
| James Conner | RB | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | -1.6% | 45.1% | 58.5% | -1.3 | 9.5% | 3.2% | 17.4% | 0.57 | 17 | 68 | 0 | 11.1 | RB25 |
| Trey Benson | RB | 9.8% | 15.9% | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2.0 | RB62 | ||||||||||
| Emari Demercado | RB | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.2% | 23.5% | 26.8% | 2.0 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.25 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2.5 | RB57 |
Cardinals Notes From Week 13:
Marvin Harrison Jr. was the squeakiest wheel in the NFL following the team making it abundantly clear that they wanted to get him going against the Vikings in Week 13. Well, he scored a touchdown, but the production (5-60-1) versus the target volume (12 targets) is something that the Cardinals must figure out quickly.
Meanwhile, Trey McBride is a superstar and caught all 12 of his targets for 96 yards. Can we get him a receiving touchdown? Please? Michael Wilson earned a few targets as well on 94% routes.
Trey McBride has 0 touchdowns on 73 receptions
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine has 8 touchdowns on 20 receptions
— Chris M Dynasty (@forcefantasy.bsky.social) December 1, 2024 at 9:53 PM
James Conner feels so boring, but he just gets the job done. Even though Trey Benson is still taking some work in the interim and Emari Demercado is taking long down and distance plus some third down stuff, Conner still chugs along. He got a two-year contract extension last week as well, and begs the question of “why is there an epidemic of older running backs earning contract extensions in the NFL?”
Atlanta Falcons
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Drake London | WR | 15 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 62.0% | 97.5% | 98.8% | 12.1 | 40.5% | 55.6% | 38.5% | 2.21 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 17.3 | WR19 |
| Darnell Mooney | WR | 7 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 24.2% | 97.5% | 93.8% | 10.1 | 18.9% | 18.5% | 17.9% | 0.51 | 5.0 | WR71 | |||
| Ray-Ray McCloud III | WR | 4 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 10.7% | 90.0% | 95.1% | 7.8 | 10.8% | 7.4% | 11.1% | 2.64 | 13.5 | WR28 | |||
| KhaDarel Hodge | WR | 5.0% | 7.4% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Kyle Pitts | TE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5% | 65.0% | 40.7% | 9.5 | 5.4% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Charlie Woerner | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.7% | 20.0% | 58.0% | 2.0 | 2.7% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 0.63 | 1.5 | TE52 | |||
| Bijan Robinson | RB | 6 | 6 | 33 | 0 | -2.7% | 67.5% | 75.3% | -1.3 | 16.2% | 11.1% | 22.2% | 1.22 | 26 | 102 | 1 | 25.5 | RB2 |
| Tyler Allgeier | RB | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -1.4% | 30.0% | 29.6% | -2.0 | 5.4% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.50 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3.2 | RB55 |
Falcons Notes From Week 13:
The Falcons ran a ton of plays, were as condensed as ever, and still found a way to lose because their defense is atrocious. Drake London led the proceedings for the Falcons with massive volume (15 targets) and Darnell Mooney was inefficient and ineffective with his seven targets. Ray-Ray McCloud peeled off a 60-yard reception that accounted for most of his yardage output (95 yards) on just four targets.
The Falcons were pretty balanced with their huge number of plays (77) and still, the team wants to give Tyler Allgeier a bunch of carries for “reasons.” Even with Bijan Robinson looking awesome with 102 yards on the ground, another 33 through the air.
Baltimore Ravens
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Zay Flowers | WR | 7 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 40.1% | 95.6% | 94.4% | 18.7 | 19.4% | 20.0% | 16.3% | 1.72 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 10.1 | WR42 |
| Rashod Bateman | WR | 40.0% | 40.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Nelson Agholor | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3% | 57.8% | 55.6% | 26.5 | 5.6% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Tylan Wallace | WR | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.1% | 62.2% | 55.6% | 3.5 | 5.6% | 6.7% | 7.1% | 0.50 | 3.4 | WR85 | |||
| Mark Andrews | TE | 7 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 21.5% | 60.0% | 73.6% | 10.0 | 19.4% | 13.3% | 25.9% | 2.48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18.9 | TE5 |
| Isaiah Likely | TE | 8 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 24.3% | 55.6% | 50.0% | 9.9 | 22.2% | 26.7% | 32.0% | 1.52 | 14.8 | TE9 | |||
| Derrick Henry | RB | 4 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 1.2% | 33.3% | 51.4% | 1.0 | 11.1% | 6.7% | 26.7% | 1.93 | 19 | 82 | 0 | 14.1 | RB18 |
| Justice Hill | RB | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 | -5.5% | 60.0% | 50.0% | -3.0 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 22.2% | 0.56 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.1 | RB44 |
| Patrick Ricard | FB | 6.7% | 26.4% | 0.0 | FB5 |
Ravens Notes From Week 13:
Some things for the Ravens were pretty much all smoke and mirrors through this game, with some stat lines being propped up by late-game stuff, like Isaiah Likely, who had three of his five receptions, most of his yards, and his touchdown with a few seconds left all coming in the Ravens’ final drive.
Zay Flowers was the downfield threat and had the 11th-highest air yards total (131) of Week 13, Mark Andrews was solidly efficient and still running only 60% of routes, but hey, when you’re targeted as much as he is even when he’s on the field a little less, you still buy in.
Charlie Kolar being placed on IR probably helped condense more routes and utilization for Andrews mostly, so as if you needed even more of a reason to start him going forward, there’s your permission.
Lamar trusts Mark Andrews more than I trust members of my immediate family
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) December 1, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Rashod Bateman left the game with a knee injury that isn’t deemed serious, but Tylan Wallace ended up taking 62% of routes in his stead and grabbed the only two remaining catches out of the wide receivers and tight ends.
Derrick Henry was typical Henry, and Justice Hill continues his strong role as a do-it-all satellite-y back. “Satellite-y” isn’t a word, but what else do you call his role? He’s almost always on the field, does a ton of dirty work, and is a lock to keep that role with Keaton Mitchell healthy scratched in this game.
Buffalo Bills
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Curtis Samuel | WR | 36.8% | 37.9% | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.7 | WR110 | ||||||||||
| Khalil Shakir | WR | 8 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 47.1% | 89.5% | 50.0% | 6.9 | 42.1% | 50.0% | 47.1% | 1.76 | 7.0 | WR59 | |||
| Mack Hollins | WR | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13.6% | 68.4% | 65.5% | 8.0 | 10.5% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 0.54 | 1.7 | WR101 | |||
| Amari Cooper | WR | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9.5% | 63.2% | 46.6% | 3.7 | 15.8% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 1.00 | 4.2 | WR79 | |||
| Jalen Virgil | WR | 5.3% | 25.9% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Dawson Knox | TE | 2 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 30.7% | 73.7% | 48.3% | 18.0 | 10.5% | 10.0% | 14.3% | 4.00 | 7.6 | TE26 | |||
| Quintin Morris | TE | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4.3% | 21.1% | 41.4% | 5.0 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 3.50 | 2.4 | TE42 | |||
| Zach Davidson | TE | 21.1% | 25.9% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| James Cook | RB | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | -1.7% | 57.9% | 44.8% | -2.0 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 1.18 | 14 | 107 | 1 | 19.0 | RB9 |
| Ray Davis | RB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.7% | 15.8% | 32.8% | 2.0 | 5.3% | 10.0% | 33.3% | 1.33 | 11 | 63 | 1 | 13.7 | RB19 |
| Ty Johnson | RB | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | -5.1% | 26.3% | 27.6% | -6.0 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1.80 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 4.7 | RB49 |
Bills Notes From Week 13:
While the 49ers were playing on their heels and down to their third string running back, the Bills were thriving and doing what they wanted on the ground. While San Francisco quarterback threw for less than 100 yards, Josh Allen was got a receiving touchdown off his own passing touchdown. And got engaged to Hailee Steinfeld. We are clearly not the same.
idk if this clip has made it to bluesky yet
— victoria zeller (preorder my book) (@dirtbagqueer.rocks) December 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
As expected in a snowy scene and Highmark Stadium, the passes were mostly of the short variety, so Khalil Shakir was unsurprisingly used as the focus point here with his 4-30 line on eight targets. We’ll give him a pass for the weather. Besides Shakir, Dawson Knox grabbed the longest pass play of the night (39) for both teams with Dalton Kincaid remaining out.
James Cook and Ray Davis were both heavily involved with each taking double-digit carries, both scoring a touchdown and Ty Johnson also getting some run as well. The Bills salted this game away early in the second half and then brought in Mitchell Trubisky when the game was well out of reach of the 49ers.
Carolina Panthers
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Adam Thielen | WR | 10 | 8 | 99 | 1 | 27.3% | 78.0% | 72.9% | 11.3 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 25.6% | 2.54 | 23.9 | WR6 | |||
| Xavier Legette | WR | 8 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 24.9% | 94.0% | 95.7% | 12.9 | 20.0% | 21.9% | 17.0% | 1.13 | 9.3 | WR47 | |||
| David Moore | WR | 9 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 27.6% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 12.7 | 22.5% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 0.89 | 9.0 | WR51 | |||
| Deven Thompkins | WR | 10.0% | 8.6% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Dan Chisena | WR | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.2% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 5.0 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 50.0% | 3.00 | 1.6 | WR103 | |||
| Tommy Tremble | TE | 7 | 5 | 77 | 0 | 12.7% | 96.0% | 100.0% | 7.5 | 17.5% | 12.5% | 14.6% | 1.60 | 12.7 | TE14 | |||
| Feleipe Franks | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8% | 12.0% | 15.7% | 20.0 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Stephen Sullivan | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1% | 6.0% | 11.4% | 17.0 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 33.3% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Chuba Hubbard | RB | 64.0% | 78.6% | 12 | 43 | 0 | 2.3 | RB59 | ||||||||||
| Jonathon Brooks | RB | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | -2.7% | 12.0% | 21.4% | -3.7 | 7.5% | 6.3% | 50.0% | 3.83 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7.1 | RB42 |
| Raheem Blackshear | RB | 2.0% | 1.4% | 0.0 | RB72 |
Panthers Notes From Week 13:
Bryce Young continues to play a lot better, and the Panthers are letting him air things out with 46 pass attempts and the fifth-highest PROE (12.8%) of Week 13. The Panthers have been well over positive in PROE the last couple of weeks and that bodes well for passing volume.
Due to concerns of ageism in this article, Adam Thielen has been granted a stay of execution and it’s come at a pretty good time. Thielen, who has had a solid rapport with Young that’s only accentuated by Young’s improved play in this recent stretch, had by far his best game of the season in Week 13 with an 8-99-1 line on a team-leading 10 targets for the Panthers.
Thielen is making a strong case to be THE player to roster for Carolina heading into the fantasy playoffs.
With Thielen as a primary slot player, he’ll stay on the field in two wide receiver sets when the formation condenses ala CeeDee Lamb, Cooper Kupp, Chris Godwin, and some others. He will have a ton of PPR value for the rest of the season, so he’s a worthwhile addition just for the per-reception value alone that will slot nicely into your flex spot.
The other target-earners in a surprisingly condensed attack were David Moore’s nine targets, but he likely returns to the background with a Jalen Coker return. Xavier Legette only caught half of his eight targets, and with no Ja’Tavion Sanders, Tommy Tremble ran 96% routes and every snap for the Panthers while putting up a 5-77 line.
Sanders has been limited in practice following his neck injury from a couple of weeks ago, so there’s at least a sign of hope that he can return in Week 14. Realistically, he’s probably a better play in Week 15 against Dallas than this week in Philadelphia if he suits up.
Jonathon Brooks saw an uptick in work with nine opportunities to Chuba Hubbard’s 12, and it’s looking like Brooks may start siphoning off work from Hubbard through the end of the season. Hubbard is still startable as a flex, but Brooks is not quite there yet. Though he should remain rostered.
Chicago Bears
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| DJ Moore | WR | 15 | 8 | 97 | 1 | 39.8% | 97.8% | 96.8% | 10.5 | 44.1% | 52.6% | 33.3% | 2.16 | 23.7 | WR7 | |||
| Keenan Allen | WR | 7 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 23.5% | 93.5% | 95.2% | 13.3 | 20.6% | 26.3% | 16.3% | 1.70 | 24.3 | WR4 | |||
| Rome Odunze | WR | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 27.8% | 91.3% | 77.4% | 18.3 | 17.6% | 10.5% | 14.3% | 0.60 | 4.5 | WR75 | |||
| DeAndre Carter | WR | 4.3% | 3.2% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Collin Johnson | WR | 2.2% | 3.2% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Cole Kmet | TE | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 5.8% | 82.6% | 98.4% | 7.7 | 8.8% | 5.3% | 7.9% | 0.68 | 5.6 | TE32 | |||
| D'Andre Swift | RB | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 3.0% | 50.0% | 69.4% | 4.0 | 8.8% | 5.3% | 13.0% | 1.52 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 9.4 | RB29 |
| Roschon Johnson | RB | 2.2% | 3.2% | 0.0 | RB72 | |||||||||||||
| Travis Homer | RB | 28.3% | 27.4% | 0.0 | RB72 |
Bears Notes From Week 13:
It feels like forever ago writing about this game now, but Matt Eberflus… wow. That entire ending sequence of that game will be talked about for years and NOT in a good way, obviously.
Sure, Eberflus took the blame on that where he said in the post-game presser that he thought they did the right thing, but Caleb Williams also has to be WAY more situationally aware with one timeout and time – the most valuable thing you have – ticking away.
Well in terms of the actual game, it feels like the Bears are just playing two-man football right now in the passing game with D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen. Both have been pretty productive and combined for 22 targets – 65% of the team’s targets on the afternoon. While Rome Odunze is still involved in the offense, his connection with Williams just hasn’t been anywhere near the connection of Moore and Allen.
Roschon Johnson left the Thanksgiving opener with a concussion, so D’Andre Swift handled every touch amongst the running backs with Travis Homer occupying the RB2 role in Johnson’s absence, but he didn’t earn a touch on 27% of snaps.
Cincinnati Bengals
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 9 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 31.4% | 100.0% | 96.8% | 8.9 | 24.3% | 27.3% | 20.5% | 1.95 | 20.6 | WR10 | |||
| Tee Higgins | WR | 10 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 38.0% | 97.7% | 90.3% | 9.7 | 27.0% | 31.8% | 23.3% | 1.60 | 17.9 | WR17 | |||
| Andrei Iosivas | WR | 4 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 17.2% | 70.5% | 67.7% | 11.0 | 10.8% | 13.6% | 12.9% | 1.13 | 12.5 | WR31 | |||
| Jermaine Burton | WR | 4.5% | 3.2% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Isaiah Williams | WR | 2.3% | 4.8% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Gesicki | TE | 5 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 12.1% | 56.8% | 43.5% | 6.2 | 13.5% | 9.1% | 20.0% | 2.12 | 10.3 | TE19 | |||
| Drew Sample | TE | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1.2% | 34.1% | 62.9% | 1.5 | 5.4% | 4.5% | 13.3% | 0.53 | 2.8 | TE39 | |||
| Tanner Hudson | TE | 4 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2.0% | 22.7% | 19.4% | 1.3 | 10.8% | 13.6% | 40.0% | 2.80 | 6.8 | TE28 | |||
| Cam Grandy | TE | 6.8% | 14.5% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Chase Brown | RB | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | -2.0% | 61.4% | 80.6% | -1.7 | 8.1% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 1.11 | 12 | 70 | 1 | 19.0 | RB9 |
| Khalil Herbert | RB | 9.1% | 9.7% | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1.4 | RB66 |
Bengals Notes From Week 13:
Both the Bengals and the Steelers had 38 pass attempts, but a lot of the pass attempts came late as the Steelers got up 41-24 thanks to a Steelers fumble return for a touchdown.
Both Ja’Marr Chase (9 targets) and Tee Higgins (10) didn’t have otherworldly games or anything, but still carried over half of the target volume and both ended up scoring. As did Andrei Iosivas for the final score of the game that got them within six points.
Since Higgins returned to the Bengals’ lineup, Mike Gesicki has been an afterthought, but on trending downwards routes and snaps. He ended up with his best game (5-53) since Week 9. It’s still a team that uses four tight ends regularly, so there’s not going to be huge routes shares for any of the tight ends, which is why people have taken the foot off the pedal with Gesicki to begin with.
Chase Brown is awesome and has been legitimately one of the best running backs in football with his huge role and constant production. Not to mention little competition behind him with backup Khalil Herbert only earning six snaps and one carry.
Cleveland Browns
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Jerry Jeudy | WR | 13 | 9 | 235 | 1 | 41.1% | 92.1% | 89.5% | 15.0 | 23.6% | 20.5% | 22.4% | 4.05 | 40.5 | WR1 | |||
| Elijah Moore | WR | 14 | 8 | 111 | 0 | 30.1% | 77.8% | 74.4% | 10.2 | 25.5% | 25.6% | 28.6% | 2.27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19.2 | WR15 |
| Jamari Thrash | WR | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1.1% | 19.0% | 15.1% | 2.5 | 3.6% | 5.1% | 16.7% | 0.92 | 3.1 | WR90 | |||
| Kadarius Toney | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.1% | 4.8% | 7.0% | -5.0 | 1.8% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | WR111 |
| Michael Woods II | WR | 5 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 10.1% | 76.2% | 76.7% | 9.6 | 9.1% | 12.8% | 10.4% | 0.90 | 7.3 | WR58 | |||
| David Njoku | TE | 16 | 9 | 52 | 2 | 17.6% | 88.9% | 91.9% | 5.2 | 29.1% | 30.8% | 28.6% | 0.93 | 26.2 | TE2 | |||
| Jordan Akins | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 19.0% | 23.3% | 0.0 | 1.8% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Blake Whiteheart | TE | 14.3% | 18.6% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Jerome Ford | RB | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0.8% | 61.9% | 66.3% | 4.0 | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.54 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 7.2 | RB41 |
| Nick Chubb | RB | 2 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0.2% | 22.2% | 33.7% | 0.5 | 3.6% | 5.1% | 14.3% | 1.71 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 12.5 | RB20 |
Browns Notes From Week 13:
The Cleveland Browns kept clawing back in this game and took the lead following a Nick Chubb receiving touchdown with 8:57 left in the fourth quarter. The best part for fantasy purposes is that they kept pushing the Broncos to where both teams were pushing and pushing, resulting in a boom in everybody’s favorite economy for this funny little game we play: fantasy points in fantasy football.
THREE different Browns had at least 13 targets, which is pretty insane and accounted for 78% of the team’s targets on the night. All three of Jerry Jeudy, David Njoku, and Elijah Moore all had stellar games and provided fantasy managers with fireworks, but Jeudy’s “revenge” night against his old team is exceptional with 235 yards receiving.
Jeudy easily could have had 300+ yard receiving as Jameis Winston missed him with a bomb that could been 70-80 MORE yards.
The answer from Jerry Jeudy
— Ian Rapoport (@rapsheet1.bsky.social) December 2, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Michael Woods II came off the practice squad to take over Cedric Tillman’s old role on the outside, but didn’t produce much with such a huge array of targets to the other three.
With the passing so fruitful for the Browns, the rushing wasn’t anywhere near as big of a focal point as neither Chubb nor Jerome Ford got double-digit carries. Ford played the vast majority of the game, but Chubb was in more on obvious run downs and sprinkled in.
Dallas Cowboys
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | 6 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 16.2% | 81.1% | 68.0% | 7.3 | 17.6% | 11.1% | 20.0% | 1.30 | 5.9 | WR67 | |||
| Brandin Cooks | WR | 7 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 33.6% | 54.1% | 40.0% | 13.0 | 20.6% | 22.2% | 35.0% | 0.80 | 10.6 | WR38 | |||
| Jalen Tolbert | WR | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 18.5% | 75.7% | 72.0% | 16.7 | 8.8% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 1.46 | 6.1 | WR65 | |||
| Jalen Brooks | WR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.7% | 18.9% | 29.3% | -2.0 | 2.9% | 3.7% | 14.3% | 0.00 | 1.0 | WR106 | |||
| KaVontae Turpin | WR | 5 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 1.5% | 27.0% | 18.7% | 0.8 | 14.7% | 14.8% | 50.0% | 5.30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.5 | WR45 |
| Jonathan Mingo | WR | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26.3% | 21.6% | 33.3% | 17.8 | 11.8% | 14.8% | 50.0% | 0.25 | 1.2 | WR105 | |||
| Luke Schoonmaker | TE | 5 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 8.5% | 73.0% | 66.7% | 4.6 | 14.7% | 14.8% | 18.5% | 1.22 | 8.3 | TE25 | |||
| Brevyn Spann-Ford | TE | 29.7% | 41.3% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | RB | 13.5% | 12.0% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | RB68 | ||||||||||
| Rico Dowdle | RB | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | -3.7% | 56.8% | 69.3% | -3.3 | 8.8% | 7.4% | 14.3% | 0.52 | 22 | 112 | 1 | 21.3 | RB6 |
| Hunter Luepke | FB | 37.8% | 42.7% | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | FB4 |
Cowboys Notes From Week 13:
The Dallas passing game was pretty abysmal… okay, it wasn’t THAT bad. But it wasn’t great, either. CeeDee Lamb dropped a bunch of passes, KaVontae Turpin led the team in everything but the lone touchdown, which went to the returning Brandin Cooks. Luke Schoonmaker kept earning some targets. The passing game wasn’t where the bones were made, however.
Rico Dowdle had his second-most percentage of snaps (69%) this season, the most carries (22), and his first 100-yard rushing game to go with his best fantasy output of the season.
Denver Broncos
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Courtland Sutton | WR | 9 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 43.4% | 94.4% | 93.9% | 19.4 | 29.0% | 31.6% | 26.5% | 3.00 | 16.2 | WR24 | |||
| Marvin Mims Jr. | WR | 4 | 3 | 105 | 1 | 18.4% | 41.7% | 34.8% | 18.5 | 12.9% | 21.1% | 26.7% | 7.00 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19.9 | WR12 |
| Troy Franklin | WR | 5 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 25.1% | 55.6% | 40.9% | 20.2 | 16.1% | 15.8% | 25.0% | 1.40 | 4.8 | WR72 | |||
| Devaughn Vele | WR | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 10.4% | 55.6% | 47.0% | 10.5 | 12.9% | 10.5% | 20.0% | 0.80 | 2.6 | WR96 | |||
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | WR | 25.0% | 31.8% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Adam Trautman | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2% | 30.6% | 56.1% | 5.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Lucas Krull | TE | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 3.5% | 38.9% | 33.3% | 4.7 | 9.7% | 10.5% | 21.4% | 1.71 | 5.4 | TE34 | |||
| Nate Adkins | TE | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1.7% | 25.0% | 39.4% | 7.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 1.78 | 2.6 | TE40 | |||
| Javonte Williams | RB | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 41.7% | 45.5% | 0.0 | 6.5% | 0.0% | 13.3% | 0.20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7.4 | RB39 |
| Jaleel McLaughlin | RB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3.7% | 13.9% | 36.4% | -7.5 | 6.5% | 10.5% | 40.0% | 0.00 | 14 | 84 | 0 | 9.4 | RB29 |
| Michael Burton | FB | 5.6% | 19.7% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | FB1 |
Broncos Notes From Week 13:
The Broncos were fine and did what they had to do, but were pretty fortuitous in getting two interception returns for touchdowns to buoy their scoring. Bo Nix was just okay with 294 yards passing and two interceptions. His day was helped massively by a Marvin Mims 93-yard touchdown; Nix’s only touchdown throw of the game.
Potentially, two of the catches where receivers went down at the one-yard line and giving Javonte Williams and fullback Michael Burton gimme touchdowns
Obviously, with a 93-yard touchdown, Mims’ day was excellent. Not that I predicted it or anything. Courtland Sutton remains on a massive heater and is a must-start as it gets heading into crunch time for fantasy managers. Only two other pass-catchers had more than one catch besides these two.
Jaleel McLaughlin was the hot hand this week and was efficient and productive while looking as spry as we’ve seen a Denver Broncos running back all season. I wish that were a joke. Williams could not have mattered less outside of his touchdown with ONE yard on four carries.
Detroit Lions
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | 7 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 38.6% | 97.2% | 94.3% | 13.4 | 22.6% | 27.3% | 20.0% | 2.09 | 12.3 | WR32 | |||
| Jameson Williams | WR | 7 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 19.0% | 75.0% | 78.6% | 6.6 | 22.6% | 22.7% | 25.9% | 1.04 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9.6 | WR43 |
| Tim Patrick | WR | 3 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 18.5% | 72.2% | 70.0% | 15.0 | 9.7% | 9.1% | 11.5% | 1.85 | 6.8 | WR62 | |||
| Allen Robinson II | WR | 11.1% | 10.0% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Sam LaPorta | TE | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20.2% | 83.3% | 94.3% | 8.2 | 19.4% | 13.6% | 20.0% | 0.20 | 15.6 | TE8 | |||
| Brock Wright | TE | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1.2% | 22.2% | 42.9% | 3.0 | 3.2% | 4.5% | 12.5% | 1.63 | 2.3 | TE44 | |||
| Shane Zylstra | TE | 5.6% | 7.1% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 5.8% | 47.2% | 45.7% | 3.5 | 12.9% | 9.1% | 23.5% | 1.00 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 10.4 | RB26 |
| David Montgomery | RB | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 | -3.3% | 38.9% | 54.3% | -2.7 | 9.7% | 13.6% | 21.4% | 2.57 | 21 | 88 | 0 | 15.4 | RB15 |
Lions Notes From Week 13:
The Lions snuck away with a home win against the Chicago Bears thanks to generational ineptitude that got a man fired the next day. That’s SOMETHING.
You definitely need to see this from Penei Sewell, because this had the potential to be the most fun play in the history of the NFL, which could have been usurped by Josh Allen days later.
Penei Sewell this season:
- Sacks allowed: 0
- Gotten sacked himself: 1😂😂
— Jordan Schultz (@schultzreport.bsky.social) November 28, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Jared Goff’s two touchdowns both went to Sam LaPorta on a weird three-catch, six-yard line with those two scores. Amon-Ra St. Brown has a solid game and co-led the targets with Jameson Williams, but nobody really did much in the passing game.
However, it was the ground game where the game was won, as Jahmyr Gibbs (87 rushing yards) and David Montgomery (88) paced the team’s offense for much of the day during Montgomery’s “revenge game” narrative game where he ate a carrot while everybody else dug into turkey. It was great.
Green Bay Packers
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Jayden Reed | WR | 6 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 29.7% | 75.0% | 66.7% | 9.5 | 23.1% | 29.4% | 28.6% | 1.14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 19.7 | WR14 |
| Christian Watson | WR | 3 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 48.9% | 96.4% | 94.4% | 31.3 | 11.5% | 5.9% | 11.1% | 2.48 | 8.7 | WR52 | |||
| Dontayvion Wicks | WR | 5 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 16.7% | 82.1% | 88.9% | 6.4 | 19.2% | 29.4% | 21.7% | 1.30 | 7.0 | WR59 | |||
| Bo Melton | WR | 21.4% | 16.7% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Malik Heath | WR | 3.6% | 1.9% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Tucker Kraft | TE | 6 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 8.8% | 85.7% | 90.7% | 2.8 | 23.1% | 17.6% | 25.0% | 3.25 | 13.8 | TE12 | |||
| Ben Sims | TE | 14.3% | 27.8% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 4 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 1.7% | 60.7% | 77.8% | 0.8 | 15.4% | 5.9% | 23.5% | 4.35 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 21.7 | RB5 |
| Emanuel Wilson | RB | 3.6% | 7.4% | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.0 | RB62 | ||||||||||
| Chris Brooks | RB | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -5.7% | 17.9% | 27.8% | -5.5 | 7.7% | 11.8% | 40.0% | 0.20 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 4.9 | RB48 |
Packers Notes From Week 13:
The Packers just continue to be a “good on the cusp of being great” team, which frustrates fantasy managers because there should be some consistent fantasy goodness and that just isn’t quite there with Green Bay. The Packers took a 24-3 halftime lead and never really looked back as while the Dolphins were more competitive in the second half, the Packers were in cruise control.
Jordan Love threw for two touchdowns: both of them to Jayden Reed on only three catches and 24 yards. Romeo Doubs wasn’t available as he was in concussion protocol, so Christian Watson played by far his most snaps and routes of the season and could only muster three targets and a 2-67 line.
Dontayvion Wicks also saw a huge increase but saw just five targets and 4-30. Tucker Kraft led the Packers (6-78) with the most volume and production amongst the Packers’ pass-catchers.
Josh Jacobs kept his modest three-game touchdown streak intact with a first quarter score but was pretty inefficient at just 2.3 yards per carry. He made up for it in the passing game with 74 yards through the air and catching all four targets.
Houston Texans
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Nico Collins | WR | 11 | 8 | 119 | 0 | 32.0% | 84.2% | 69.8% | 7.5 | 35.5% | 47.8% | 34.4% | 3.72 | 19.9 | WR12 | |||
| Tank Dell | WR | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 34.9% | 86.8% | 68.3% | 30.0 | 9.7% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 0.70 | 3.3 | WR86 | |||
| Robert Woods | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3% | 21.1% | 33.3% | 29.0 | 3.2% | 4.3% | 12.5% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| John Metchie | WR | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5.8% | 55.3% | 49.2% | 7.5 | 6.5% | 4.3% | 9.5% | 0.76 | 3.6 | WR82 | |||
| Jared Wayne | WR | 15.8% | 25.4% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Dalton Schultz | TE | 7 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 12.5% | 73.7% | 68.3% | 4.6 | 22.6% | 21.7% | 25.0% | 2.18 | 17.1 | TE7 | |||
| Cade Stover | TE | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.6% | 34.2% | 58.7% | 4.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.31 | 1.4 | TE55 | |||
| Irv Smith | TE | 5.3% | 27.0% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Mixon | RB | 5 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2.3% | 60.5% | 74.6% | 1.2 | 16.1% | 13.0% | 21.7% | 0.78 | 20 | 101 | 1 | 21.9 | RB4 |
| Dameon Pierce | RB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.4% | 13.2% | 11.1% | -1.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.20 | 1.1 | RB67 | |||
| Dare Ogunbowale | RB | 10.5% | 14.3% | 0.0 | RB72 |
Texans Notes From Week 13:
The Texans typically do stay a bit condensed, especially at the top, with their targets. When they get to throw the ball almost a dozen times to Nico Collins, why would you target at anybody else?
Well, they took that to heart as Tank Dell only saw three targets and he caught just one of them for 23 yards. Dell has been one of the bonafide busts of fantasy football this season for sure and this sophomore slump will depress his 2025 draft day price considerably from the third-round price he was valued at this past summer.
At least Dalton Schultz was decently involved, as he caught C.J. Stroud’s only touchdown pass on the afternoon and was the secondary target earner after Collins.
Joe Mixon continues his massive role (75% snaps, 20 carries) in this offense with every carry for the running back room minus five scrambles for Stroud. He also scored in the second half, continuing the trend of “old running backs go brrr” this season.
Indianapolis Colts
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Michael Pittman Jr. | WR | 7 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 11.8% | 87.5% | 91.9% | 6.1 | 30.4% | 31.6% | 33.3% | 2.00 | 9.2 | WR48 | |||
| Adonai Mitchell | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2% | 62.5% | 58.1% | 18.5 | 8.7% | 10.5% | 13.3% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Alec Pierce | WR | 6 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 35.2% | 83.3% | 71.0% | 21.3 | 26.1% | 26.3% | 30.0% | 0.80 | 9.6 | WR43 | |||
| Laquon Treadwell | WR | 16.7% | 11.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Kylen Granson | TE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.5% | 58.3% | 51.6% | 35.7 | 13.0% | 10.5% | 21.4% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Mo Alie-Cox | TE | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3.3% | 33.3% | 58.1% | 6.0 | 8.7% | 5.3% | 25.0% | 1.88 | 3.5 | TE37 | |||
| Drew Ogletree | TE | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 6.9% | 20.8% | 51.6% | 25.0 | 4.3% | 5.3% | 20.0% | 4.40 | 3.2 | TE38 | |||
| Will Mallory | TE | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.9% | 12.5% | 8.1% | 7.0 | 4.3% | 5.3% | 33.3% | 2.33 | 1.7 | TE49 | |||
| Jonathan Taylor | RB | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.1% | 66.7% | 88.7% | 4.0 | 4.3% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 0.44 | 25 | 96 | 0 | 17.3 | RB13 |
| Trey Sermon | RB | 20.8% | 8.1% | 0.0 | RB72 |
Colts Notes From Week 13:
The Indianapolis Colts feel like somebody makes you close your eyes, puts a dart in your hand and makes you throw it. Who knows where it will end up. The dartboard? In somebody’s drink? On the floor? It’s a wild ride. Maybe NFL teams shouldn’t be like that, and you would think it would be a lot of fun, but it’s not as much fun sometimes. The Colts won, but it’s the old “but at what cost?” question.
Anthony Richardson completed 12 passes (14 if you count the two interceptions) and scored on a rushing touchdown in the second quarter. Michael Pittman Jr. as the top receiver didn’t feel super great with 5-42 on a team-leading seven targets. Nobody else caught more than two passes or had more than 22 yards receiving, though Alec Pierce did catch one of the two touchdowns on six targets.
Jonathan Taylor was the engine, however, as he carried a massive amount of volume on 89% snaps, plus he caught one of Richardson’s two touchdowns.
Jacksonville Jaguars
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Brian Thomas Jr. | WR | 10 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 47.7% | 86.4% | 87.1% | 21.5 | 25.0% | 28.6% | 26.3% | 2.00 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 18.7 | WR16 |
| Parker Washington | WR | 11 | 6 | 103 | 1 | 30.3% | 90.9% | 80.0% | 12.4 | 27.5% | 31.4% | 27.5% | 2.58 | 24.3 | WR4 | |||
| Tim Jones | WR | 15.9% | 24.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Devin Duvernay | WR | 4 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 13.1% | 63.6% | 57.1% | 14.8 | 10.0% | 2.9% | 14.3% | 0.82 | 4.3 | WR78 | |||
| Elijah Cooks | WR | 11.4% | 10.0% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Evan Engram | TE | 8 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 6.0% | 86.4% | 71.4% | 3.4 | 20.0% | 20.0% | 21.1% | 1.08 | 11.1 | TE17 | |||
| Luke Farrell | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7% | 11.4% | 28.6% | 3.0 | 2.5% | 2.9% | 20.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Brenton Strange | TE | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.9% | 27.3% | 41.4% | 6.5 | 5.0% | 5.7% | 16.7% | 1.17 | 2.4 | TE42 | |||
| Travis Etienne | RB | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | -0.5% | 38.6% | 52.9% | -0.7 | 7.5% | 5.7% | 17.6% | 0.71 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 8.8 | RB31 |
| Tank Bigsby | RB | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -0.2% | 50.0% | 45.7% | -1.0 | 2.5% | 2.9% | 4.5% | 0.32 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 4.5 | RB51 |
Jaguars Notes From Week 13:
After a BRUTAL hit on Trevor Lawrence by Azeez Al-Shaair that knocked Lawrence out of the game, Mac Jones came back into the fold for the Jaguars. To his credit, Jones kept the Jags in it, delivering solid, yet inefficient volume to Brian Thomas Jr. (4-76-1) and Parker Washington (6-103-1).
Washington has been pressed into service following Christian Kirk and Gabe Davis being placed on IR. Washington had been used interchangeably to play outside and, in the slot, but Evan Engram (7-41) and Devin Duvernay (2-23) have taken most of those duties, so Washington has stayed primarily on the outside, opposite Thomas.
Washington did most of his damage with Jones as quarterback, and Jacksonville should be throwing a ton in trailing scripts, so targets should be plenty available for Washington so I’m adding him as a bench stash where I can.
After re-aggravating an ankle jersey in Week 12, Tank Bigsby was back in Week 13 to re-aggravate Travis Etienne’s fantasy managers by virtually splitting the snap share in half. While that only got Bigsby seven carries for 28 yards plus one catch for seven yards, he’s being worked back into the fold. Etienne still took 13 carries, but the run game is going to be a work in progress and taken down a peg with Jones in at quarterback.
Kansas City Chiefs
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Xavier Worthy | WR | 7 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 16.9% | 67.3% | 59.2% | 9.7 | 16.7% | 16.0% | 20.0% | 1.54 | 10.4 | WR41 | |||
| Justin Watson | WR | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20.7% | 42.3% | 45.1% | 27.7 | 7.1% | 8.0% | 13.6% | 0.27 | 7.6 | WR56 | |||
| Mecole Hardman | WR | 9.6% | 11.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1.0% | 55.8% | 56.3% | 4.0 | 2.4% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 0.34 | 2.0 | WR98 | |||
| DeAndre Hopkins | WR | 8 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 30.1% | 65.4% | 59.2% | 15.1 | 19.0% | 24.0% | 23.5% | 2.65 | 13.0 | WR29 | |||
| Travis Kelce | TE | 13 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 18.8% | 88.5% | 90.1% | 5.8 | 31.0% | 28.0% | 28.3% | 1.48 | 13.8 | TE12 | |||
| Noah Gray | TE | 6 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 15.7% | 51.9% | 62.0% | 10.5 | 14.3% | 16.0% | 22.2% | 2.15 | 9.8 | TE21 | |||
| Anthony Firkser | TE | 9.6% | 9.9% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Isiah Pacheco | RB | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1.0% | 19.2% | 36.6% | -4.0 | 2.4% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.50 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 5.9 | RB46 |
| Samaje Perine | RB | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | -0.2% | 26.9% | 25.4% | -1.0 | 2.4% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1.07 | 2.5 | RB57 | |||
| Kareem Hunt | RB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1.8% | 38.5% | 38.0% | -3.7 | 4.8% | 4.0% | 10.0% | 0.00 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 3.5 | RB54 |
Chiefs Notes From Week 13:
The running theme from the last… well most of the season for the Chiefs, has been toying with their food and then doing just enough for the team to barely grasp victory. Kansas City threw a TON here with just 14 running back carries and league-high 19% PROE on the week.
The Chiefs tossed the ball around trying to get everything going, but still only scored 19 points at home against the Raiders, so that’s pretty cool. Total sign of a really good team!
Xavier Worthy’s day could have been better if he had actually tried late in the game on a ball thrown just before the two-minute warning on third down. He didn’t even reach for the ball. Come on!
DeAndre Hopkins continues to produce on between 60-70% routes each week and Travis Kelce led the team in targets and catches. Justin Watson also caught a touchdown that helped pretty much nobody!
Week 13 saw the return of Isiah Pacheco to the Chiefs’ lineup, and he was worked in with Kareem Hunt as they both took seven carries each. Pacheco was much more efficient with his and his snap share was at 37%, just under Hunt’s 38%. Look for that snap disparity to lean heavily towards Pacheco in the next week or two.
Las Vegas Raiders
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Jakobi Meyers | WR | 10 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 47.5% | 91.9% | 92.6% | 13.0 | 32.3% | 33.3% | 29.4% | 2.85 | 15.7 | WR25 | |||
| Tre Tucker | WR | 1 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 14.3% | 100.0% | 97.1% | 39.0 | 3.2% | 4.2% | 2.7% | 1.57 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 13.9 | WR27 |
| DJ Turner | WR | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | -2.2% | 18.9% | 22.1% | -6.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 3.57 | 3.5 | WR83 | |||
| Justin Shorter | WR | 2.7% | 1.5% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Terrace Marshall Jr. | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5% | 29.7% | 23.5% | 4.0 | 3.2% | 4.2% | 9.1% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Brock Bowers | TE | 12 | 10 | 140 | 1 | 38.6% | 97.3% | 89.7% | 8.8 | 38.7% | 37.5% | 33.3% | 3.89 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30.2 | TE1 |
| Michael Mayer | TE | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.9% | 32.4% | 63.2% | 4.0 | 6.5% | 4.2% | 16.7% | 0.42 | 1.5 | TE52 | |||
| Ameer Abdullah | RB | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0.7% | 62.2% | 61.8% | 1.0 | 6.5% | 8.3% | 8.7% | 0.61 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 7.3 | RB40 |
| Sincere McCormick | RB | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3.3% | 18.9% | 38.2% | -4.5 | 6.5% | 8.3% | 28.6% | 0.14 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 8.5 | RB36 |
Raiders Notes From Week 13:
At this point, the Raiders’ offense is essentially a two-man game with Brock Bowers and Jakobi Meyers with anybody coming for the ride if they so choose, like Tre Tucker, whose only target and catch was a 58-yard touchdown.
Bowers and Meyers both had double-digit targets and Bowers was absolutely dominant. He almost beat the Chiefs single-handedly. He’s being used in every part of the field, and he’s clearly the best player on the field, defense included.
Brock Bowers vs Trent McDuffie
— Dan Pizzuta (@danpizzuta.bsky.social) December 4, 2024 at 1:40 PM
What we’re getting from Bowers (who leads ALL NFL players in receptions) is nothing short of amazing for a tight end in this day and age, where we hear all the time about how the position is so demanding, which it is! We’re talking about a player as an 18-year-old true freshman who led the eventual National Championship-winning Georgia Bulldogs as its leading receiver.
Bowers did all that on the same team as a ton of NFL players, including George Pickens, Ladd McConkey, Jermaine Burton, James Cook, Adonai Mitchell, and Darnell Washington. Just sick stuff.
It’s a bit harder to parse the run game this week since we don’t know about Alexander Mattison or Zamir White’s availability in Week 14, but as a team whose fate is sealed at this point, you’d figure that the Raiders would give a bit more run to Sincere McCormick.
McCormick looked pretty spry and was efficient with his 12 carries for 64 yards. Ameer Abdullah chipped in running the ball and played a ton on pass downs where McCormick didn’t, so perhaps that could just be the backfield going forward?
Los Angeles Chargers
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Joshua Palmer | WR | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7.0% | 67.9% | 63.0% | 11.0 | 4.3% | 6.7% | 5.3% | 0.58 | 4.1 | WR80 | |||
| DJ Chark | WR | 7.1% | 4.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Ladd McConkey | WR | 11 | 9 | 117 | 0 | 65.5% | 89.3% | 63.0% | 9.4 | 47.8% | 60.0% | 44.0% | 4.68 | 20.7 | WR9 | |||
| Quentin Johnston | WR | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 20.6% | 75.0% | 67.4% | 6.5 | 21.7% | 13.3% | 23.8% | 0.57 | 3.2 | WR89 | |||
| Derius Davis | WR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -5.1% | 25.0% | 26.1% | -8.0 | 4.3% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | WR103 |
| Jalen Reagor | WR | 25.0% | 28.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Will Dissly | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2% | 71.4% | 63.0% | 13.0 | 4.3% | 6.7% | 5.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Stone Smartt | TE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.8% | 14.3% | 15.2% | 6.0 | 4.3% | 6.7% | 25.0% | 0.75 | 1.3 | TE56 | |||
| Tucker Fisk | TE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1.3% | 25.0% | 43.5% | -2.0 | 4.3% | 6.7% | 14.3% | 0.14 | 1.1 | TE60 | |||
| Gus Edwards | RB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.6% | 42.9% | 52.2% | 1.0 | 4.3% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.08 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 4.3 | RB52 |
| Kimani Vidal | RB | 21.4% | 26.1% | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2.0 | RB62 | ||||||||||
| Hassan Haskins | RB | 10.7% | 15.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 | RB85 | ||||||||||
| Scott Matlock | FB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.6% | 10.7% | 32.6% | 1.0 | 4.3% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.67 | 1.2 | FB3 |
Chargers Notes From Week 13:
This Chargers game was so weird. You could 100% tell that the Chargers missed J.K. Dobbins as he was placed on IR, so they had to trot out Gus Edwards and Kimani Vidal to very limited success on the ground. Both backs combined for 10 carries for 52 yards, but this team had very little play volume (43 plays) and yet still won over a Falcons team that ran a ton of plays (77) and could only muster 14 points.
The passing game was (without hyperbole) literally Ladd McConkey volume (11 targets, 9-117), a medium amount of inefficient volume for Quentin Johnson (five targets, 2-12) and nobody else with more than one target. Not great. But yet, they got a win in Atlanta!
Los Angeles Rams
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Cooper Kupp | WR | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 26.8% | 92.3% | 91.1% | 9.8 | 23.8% | 26.3% | 20.8% | 0.71 | 4.7 | WR73 | |||
| Puka Nacua | WR | 8 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 24.0% | 80.8% | 78.6% | 5.5 | 38.1% | 42.1% | 38.1% | 2.67 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17.3 | WR19 |
| Demarcus Robinson | WR | 3 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 24.1% | 73.1% | 60.7% | 14.7 | 14.3% | 10.5% | 15.8% | 2.58 | 12.9 | WR30 | |||
| Tutu Atwell | WR | 2 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 21.3% | 38.5% | 39.3% | 19.5 | 9.5% | 10.5% | 20.0% | 3.90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | WR67 |
| Jordan Whittington | WR | 3.8% | 10.7% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Tyler Johnson | WR | 19.2% | 14.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Colby Parkinson | TE | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1.6% | 26.9% | 35.7% | 3.0 | 4.8% | 5.3% | 14.3% | 1.86 | 2.3 | TE44 | |||
| Davis Allen | TE | 19.2% | 32.1% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Hunter Long | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.1% | 23.1% | 33.9% | -2.0 | 4.8% | 5.3% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| Kyren Williams | RB | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.3% | 50.0% | 67.9% | 6.0 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.69 | 15 | 104 | 1 | 18.3 | RB11 |
| Blake Corum | RB | 23.1% | 32.1% | 8 | 42 | 0 | 4.2 | RB53 |
Rams Notes From Week 13:
It’s the same story as always with the Rams, but the “Puka Nacua is the alpha” discourse has reached a fever pitch, as Cooper Kupp may be showing just a tiny bit of his advanced age at 31.5 years old. Nothing wrong with that; the great games will still be there, but Nacua been the featured receiver in this still-condensed Rams target tree. He scored a touchdown while Kupp struggled to just 17 yards on three receptions.
Demarcus Robinson continues his touchdown-or-bust nature with his seventh score of the season on just 28 receptions. It is worth noting that Tutu Atwell’s routes have come up the last couple of weeks to the detriment of Robinson, which is the opposite of what happened last season when Robinson cut into Atwell’s time and then completely usurped his role as the Rams’ WR3. Receivers replacing each other; time is a flat circle.
Blake Corum took the first five carries of the game, and the entire social media world fell apart signaling the end of Kyren Williams. Epitaphs were written, eulogies were practiced in front of mirrors, loved ones were called, and last rites performed. However, Corum only had three more carries the rest of the game and Williams still got over 100 yards rushing and a touchdown in his “set-your-watch-to-it” strong workhorse role.
Corum may continue to get more work, but it’s clear the Rams value Williams immensely too. Nothing to worry about here, people.
Miami Dolphins
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Tyreek Hill | WR | 8 | 6 | 83 | 1 | 34.0% | 80.8% | 80.3% | 13.0 | 17.8% | 12.9% | 19.0% | 1.98 | 20.3 | WR11 | |||
| Jaylen Waddle | WR | 4 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 15.0% | 92.3% | 91.5% | 11.5 | 8.9% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 1.10 | 11.3 | WR36 | |||
| Malik Washington | WR | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.6% | 46.2% | 38.0% | 3.5 | 8.9% | 12.9% | 16.7% | 0.33 | 0.8 | WR108 | |||
| Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8.8% | 25.0% | 19.7% | 13.5 | 4.4% | 6.5% | 15.4% | 0.69 | 1.9 | WR99 | |||
| River Cracraft | WR | 13.5% | 11.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Jonnu Smith | TE | 11 | 10 | 113 | 0 | 23.7% | 82.7% | 71.8% | 6.6 | 24.4% | 35.5% | 25.6% | 2.63 | 21.3 | TE4 | |||
| Durham Smythe | TE | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.3% | 7.7% | 18.3% | 7.0 | 2.2% | 3.2% | 25.0% | 2.00 | 1.8 | TE48 | |||
| Julian Hill | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.7% | 25.0% | 36.6% | 2.0 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.38 | 1.5 | TE52 | |||
| De'Von Achane | RB | 9 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 4.7% | 63.5% | 69.0% | 1.6 | 20.0% | 12.9% | 27.3% | 1.70 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21.0 | RB7 |
| Raheem Mostert | RB | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 5.6% | 34.6% | 35.2% | 5.7 | 6.7% | 6.5% | 16.7% | 0.83 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 5.4 | RB47 |
| Jaylen Wright | RB | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.0 | RB72 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.0 | RB72 | |||||||||||||
| Alec Ingold | FB | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0.7% | 17.3% | 25.4% | 1.0 | 4.4% | 3.2% | 22.2% | 1.67 | 3.5 | FB2 |
Dolphins Notes From Week 13:
With the Dolphins down 24-3 at halftime, the passing game utilization was heightened that much more as both De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert combined for just 12 carries and 33 yards. Contrast that with 51 dropbacks, and you can expect the passing game to make a much bigger dent into the fantasy side of things.
Jonnu Smith kept his stranglehold on the target-earning upside as he was a top five fantasy tight end for the third straight week with his second consecutive 11-target game. He’s been a league-winner already through the second half of 2024 and if you’ve got him, you’re riding the hot hand.
It stinks that Tyreek Hill has been a massive disappointment considering he was a consensus top three pick in fantasy drafts, but he had his best fantasy output since Week 1 and finished in the top 12 for just the third time this season. Jaylen Waddle wasn’t quite on a milk carton, but he was close as he earned just four targets (8.9% target share), though to his credit, he caught all four for 53 yards.
At least Achane helped his cause in the passing game (8-56-1) as he has all season and believe or not, has more targets than Waddle this season.
Minnesota Vikings
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Justin Jefferson | WR | 8 | 7 | 99 | 0 | 26.8% | 97.4% | 96.2% | 7.6 | 29.6% | 31.6% | 21.1% | 2.61 | 16.9 | WR22 | |||
| Jordan Addison | WR | 6 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 39.1% | 97.4% | 94.3% | 14.8 | 22.2% | 31.6% | 15.8% | 1.42 | 9.4 | WR46 | |||
| Jalen Nailor | WR | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 17.6% | 66.7% | 58.5% | 20.0 | 7.4% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 0.69 | 2.8 | WR92 | |||
| Brandon Powell | WR | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.2% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 5.0 | 3.7% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 4.00 | 1.8 | WR100 | |||
| Trent Sherfield Sr. | WR | 2.6% | 3.8% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| T.J. Hockenson | TE | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 5.7% | 71.8% | 64.2% | 4.3 | 11.1% | 10.5% | 10.7% | 1.00 | 5.8 | TE30 | |||
| Johnny Mundt | TE | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1.3% | 28.2% | 41.5% | 1.5 | 7.4% | 5.3% | 18.2% | 2.00 | 10.2 | TE20 | |||
| Nick Muse | TE | 5.1% | 15.1% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Jones | RB | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7.3% | 43.6% | 52.8% | 3.3 | 18.5% | 15.8% | 29.4% | 0.35 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 9.8 | RB28 |
| Ty Chandler | RB | 7.7% | 9.4% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | RB71 | ||||||||||
| Cam Akers | RB | 17.9% | 30.2% | 4 | 22 | 0 | 2.2 | RB61 | ||||||||||
| C.J. Ham | FB | 12.8% | 28.3% | 0.0 | FB5 |
Vikings Notes From Week 13:
The Vikings were the third-highest team in Week 13 in terms of PROE, and they only had 15 rushing attempts as Sam Darnold, Cam Akers, and Aaron Jones all tied for the team lead with 22 yards rushing.
It’s been a slog for offenses over the last month or so to move the ball on the Arizona Cardinals, who have really turned that side of the ball around with head coach Jonathan Gannon being a defensive coach with the Eagles prior to his stint in Arizona, but also Nick Rallis, one of Gannon’s position coaches with Philadelphia prior to the move westward.
Minnesota struggled a bit, especially with Justin Jefferson getting out of the starting blocks very slowly the last couple of games. He still ended up with a 7-99 line, but it’s been a bit more frustrating than usual with Jefferson as he’s clearly seeing more and more defensive attention. And why shouldn’t he? He’s the best wide receiver on planet Earth.
Subpar games from Jordan Addison and T.J. Hockenson really spelled out the trouble the Vikings had throughout the day, as Johnny Mundt and Jones caught the two touchdowns on the afternoon.
New England Patriots
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| DeMario Douglas | WR | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 5.3% | 71.8% | 62.5% | 2.5 | 13.3% | 12.5% | 14.3% | 0.71 | 6.0 | WR66 | |||
| Ja'Lynn Polk | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6% | 20.5% | 27.8% | 5.0 | 3.3% | 4.2% | 12.5% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Kendrick Bourne | WR | 3 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 15.8% | 69.2% | 63.9% | 10.0 | 10.0% | 12.5% | 11.1% | 1.44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7.5 | WR57 |
| Kayshon Boutte | WR | 6 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 26.2% | 100.0% | 98.6% | 8.3 | 20.0% | 20.8% | 15.4% | 1.05 | 9.1 | WR49 | |||
| Hunter Henry | TE | 9 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 33.2% | 84.6% | 77.8% | 7.0 | 30.0% | 29.2% | 27.3% | 2.27 | 14.5 | TE10 | |||
| Austin Hooper | TE | 4 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 16.9% | 35.9% | 50.0% | 8.0 | 13.3% | 12.5% | 28.6% | 3.00 | 14.2 | TE11 | |||
| Jaheim Bell | TE | 2.6% | 5.6% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 76.9% | 77.8% | 0.0 | 10.0% | 8.3% | 10.0% | 0.70 | 18 | 73 | 0 | 12.4 | RB21 |
| Antonio Gibson | RB | 15.4% | 23.6% | 7 | 62 | 1 | 12.2 | RB22 | ||||||||||
| JaMycal Hasty | RB | 2.6% | 1.4% | 0.0 | RB72 |
Patriots Notes From Week 13:
It’s been hard to find some consistency in the Patriots’ passing game when it comes to the targets and pass-catchers. We’ve had less questions about Drake Maye, however, as he can only work with what he’s got, but the cupboard is barren.
Everything in the passing game flows through the tight ends as Hunter Henry led the team in everything, targets, receptions, and yards. Austin Hooper was the recipient of Maye’s only touchdown on the afternoon. DeMario Douglas (4-20) and Kendrick Bourne (3-39) both chipped in, but the wide receivers desperately need some sort of upgrade and that won’t come until 2025.
The one thing that was a major plus was the run game with Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson; both of whom were excellent and combined for 135 yards rushing and Gibson’s touchdown. They were the main reason why the Patriots were able to move the ball at all, but don’t forget Maye’s 59 yards rushing too, which was buoyed by a 41-yard scamper.
New Orleans Saints
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Cedrick Wilson Jr. | WR | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 6.8% | 35.9% | 32.9% | 16.0 | 3.2% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 1.36 | 2.9 | WR91 | |||
| Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | 3 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 29.3% | 82.1% | 75.7% | 23.0 | 9.7% | 15.8% | 9.4% | 1.13 | 11.6 | WR34 | |||
| Kevin Austin Jr. | WR | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 10.2% | 59.0% | 61.4% | 8.0 | 9.7% | 15.8% | 13.0% | 1.35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7.0 | WR59 |
| Dante Pettis | WR | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.1% | 20.5% | 20.0% | 5.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 0.63 | 3.5 | WR83 | |||
| Juwan Johnson | TE | 6 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 20.9% | 79.5% | 70.0% | 8.2 | 19.4% | 26.3% | 19.4% | 1.16 | 8.6 | TE24 | |||
| Taysom Hill | TE | 6 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 11.7% | 61.5% | 58.6% | 4.6 | 19.4% | 21.1% | 25.0% | 1.54 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 9.7 | TE22 |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17.5% | 48.7% | 65.7% | 10.3 | 12.9% | 5.3% | 21.1% | 0.32 | 2.6 | TE40 | |||
| Dallin Holker | TE | 5.1% | 5.7% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Kamara | RB | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.5% | 74.4% | 85.7% | 0.2 | 19.4% | 10.5% | 20.7% | 0.24 | 23 | 112 | 0 | 15.9 | RB14 |
| Jamaal Williams | RB | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.9% | 7.7% | 5.7% | 2.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 2.33 | 1.7 | RB65 | |||
| Adam Prentice | FB | 2.6% | 18.6% | 0.0 | FB5 |
Saints Notes From Week 13:
Honestly, the Rams/Saints game was pretty inconsequential, and so are the Saints from a fantasy perspective. Minus Alvin Kamara, of course. He’s awesome and has been the Flex-Seal holding together a leaking Saints’ offensive ecosystem.
Because it’s 2024 and anybody with a hyphenated name goes off, Marquez Valdes-Scantling scored for the third game in a row and now has four touchdowns in the last three games. Granted, there’s only 10 targets in those three games, but MVS doesn’t hide who he is: a deep-play merchant who is running hot on a team that is bereft of receiving talent.
Taysom Hill unfortunately tore his ACL during Week 13’s game and is out for the season, but still had a co-team lead in targets (6) with Kamara and Juwan Johnson.
Even with Hill out for the season, Johnson has had solid utilization throughout the season, but with the targets and opportunities gone from Hill’s plate for season, look for Johnson to be the beneficiary of some of that. Johnson ran a season-high 80% of routes per dropback last week and also had a season-high in target share (19.4%) and first-read target share (26.3%) too.
Johnson’s skillset as a solid receiver who can get downfield a little bit isn’t flashy, but it’s good, honest work. With the Saints’ passing game in shambles from a personnel standpoint, look for Johnson to become more involved in the middle of the field.
New York Giants
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Malik Nabers | WR | 12 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 38.3% | 95.2% | 95.2% | 6.1 | 40.0% | 45.0% | 30.0% | 1.73 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15.3 | WR26 |
| Wan'Dale Robinson | WR | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.0% | 92.9% | 77.8% | 1.0 | 6.7% | 10.0% | 5.1% | 0.15 | 2.6 | WR96 | |||
| Darius Slayton | WR | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 51.2% | 71.4% | 68.3% | 19.6 | 16.7% | 25.0% | 16.7% | 0.27 | 2.8 | WR92 | |||
| Jalin Hyatt | WR | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1.6% | 33.3% | 28.6% | 1.5 | 6.7% | 10.0% | 14.3% | 0.57 | 2.8 | WR92 | |||
| Theo Johnson | TE | 5 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 13.1% | 85.7% | 88.9% | 5.0 | 16.7% | 0.0% | 13.9% | 1.50 | 10.4 | TE18 | |||
| Chris Manhertz | TE | 4.8% | 33.3% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Devin Singletary | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.7% | 11.9% | 20.6% | -9.0 | 3.3% | 5.0% | 20.0% | 0.00 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2.3 | RB59 |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr. | RB | 3 | 2 | 33 | 0 | -0.5% | 64.3% | 73.0% | -0.3 | 10.0% | 5.0% | 11.1% | 1.22 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 14.5 | RB17 |
| Eric Gray | RB | 4.8% | 6.3% | 0.0 | RB72 |
Giants Notes From Week 13:
This Thanksgiving game sandwiched in the middle of two games that people had vested interest in was about as exciting as you’d think. Some people took a nap during it. Thank the tryptophan for that.
With Drew Lock propelled into the starting role for the injured Tommy DeVito, Lock was merely a caretaker and didn’t really do much but get sacked six times and when he wasn’t pummeled into the ground, Lock got the ball to Malik Nabers and let him do what he does best; honestly, a wise choice.
Nabers led the Giants in every receiving category on the afternoon, with a whopping 40% target share, 12 targets, and an 8-69 line.
Theo Johnson earned five targets and had a solid day and was the only other non-Tyrone Tracy Giants player to have more than eight receiving yards. Johnson did suffer a Lisfranc injury in his foot which will knock him out for the remainder of the season.
The aforementioned Tracy had a large on-field role (73% snaps) but besides a first-quarter touchdown, Tracy (9) and Devin Singletary (7) split up the carries. Tracy still leads this backfield, but the offensive environment isn’t great for sustained success no matter who the quarterback is.
New York Jets
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Garrett Wilson | WR | 10 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 34.3% | 95.1% | 97.1% | 11.1 | 27.0% | 34.5% | 25.6% | 1.05 | 9.1 | WR49 | |||
| Xavier Gipson | WR | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -0.9% | 31.7% | 27.9% | -3.0 | 2.7% | 3.4% | 7.7% | -0.08 | 0.9 | WR107 | |||
| Malachi Corley | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5% | 61.0% | 60.3% | 17.0 | 5.4% | 3.4% | 8.0% | 0.00 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.8 | WR108 |
| Davante Adams | WR | 11 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 45.2% | 100.0% | 97.1% | 13.3 | 29.7% | 34.5% | 26.8% | 1.61 | 17.6 | WR18 | |||
| Tyler Conklin | TE | 5 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 9.3% | 87.8% | 82.4% | 6.0 | 13.5% | 0.0% | 13.9% | 0.89 | 7.2 | TE27 | |||
| Jeremy Ruckert | TE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.6% | 12.2% | 25.0% | 8.5 | 2.7% | 6.9% | 20.0% | 0.60 | 1.3 | TE56 | |||
| Breece Hall | RB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5% | 51.2% | 61.8% | 4.0 | 5.4% | 3.4% | 9.5% | 0.00 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 6.0 | RB45 |
| Braelon Allen | RB | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | -3.4% | 26.8% | 27.9% | -5.5 | 5.4% | 6.9% | 18.2% | 1.45 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4.7 | RB49 |
| Isaiah Davis | RB | 3 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0.0% | 19.5% | 17.6% | 0.0 | 8.1% | 6.9% | 37.5% | 3.50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12.2 | RB22 |
Jets Notes From Week 13:
The “running on fumes” New York Jets can at least funnel targets to Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams, but mileage may vary with that. Here, it wasn’t super great as a combined 21 targets (57% of total targets) only resulted in 10 catches for 107 yards and an early touchdown to Adams reminiscent of the vaunted Aaron Rodgers-to-Adams connection of yesteryear.
For the non-running backs, only Tyler Conklin caught more than one pass and was solidly involved as the third target on 88% routes and 82% snaps.
Breece Hall came into this game banged up with a knee injury and still took 62% of snaps and still had 5.0 yards per carry, which should show you that Hall not at 100% is better than most backs at 100%. Both Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis were plenty involved behind Hall and took a lot of the receiving work that otherwise would have been ticketed for Hall had he been 100%.
Philadelphia Eagles
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| A.J. Brown | WR | 6 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 64.6% | 100.0% | 96.4% | 14.0 | 40.0% | 54.5% | 27.3% | 3.00 | 11.6 | WR34 | |||
| Jahan Dotson | WR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5.4% | 90.9% | 64.3% | 7.0 | 6.7% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.35 | 1.7 | WR101 | |||
| Britain Covey | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1% | 18.2% | 14.3% | 4.0 | 6.7% | 9.1% | 25.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Parris Campbell | WR | 54.5% | 50.0% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Goedert | TE | 4 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 18.4% | 90.9% | 71.4% | 6.0 | 26.7% | 27.3% | 20.0% | 1.75 | 12.5 | TE15 | |||
| Grant Calcaterra | TE | 9.1% | 48.2% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| C.J. Uzomah | TE | 13.6% | 35.7% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Saquon Barkley | RB | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8.5% | 68.2% | 87.5% | 3.7 | 20.0% | 9.1% | 20.0% | 0.67 | 23 | 107 | 1 | 19.7 | RB8 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | RB | 18.2% | 12.5% | 0.0 | RB72 | |||||||||||||
| Will Shipley | RB | 4.5% | 1.8% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | RB68 |
Eagles Notes From Week 13:
The Eagles remain predictably condensed and condensed even further without DeVonta Smith as Jalen Hurts completed only 11 passes for 118 yards. For added context, 101-of-118 passing yards, 10-of-15 targets and 8-of-11 receptions went to A.J. Brown and Dallas Goedert; the latter scoring the only passing touchdown on the day for team #GoBirds.
The Eagles have become the team with the lowest PROE this season (-6.9%) and were the third-lowest team in PROE this week, with only the Colts and the snowy, injury-riddled 49ers being lower. Philadelphia remained run-heavy in their approach despite the Ravens being thoroughly beatable in the passing game as many teams have proven this season.
The rush-heavy gameplan didn’t really make much sense stylistically, but the Eagles are who they are and with Saquon Barkley, all things are possible. Barkley reeled off a 25-yard touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter to cement his fantasy day and continuing to put all of us Barkley faders in the dirt – and rightly so.
Fun fact: the last five Barkley touchdowns from Week 11 to Week 13 have come in the second half, with four of them being in the fourth quarter. The Eagles are wearing teams out and Barkley is taking major advantage of that. He’s making a strong case for next season’s 1.01.
Pittsburgh Steelers
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| George Pickens | WR | 6 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 27.4% | 92.7% | 91.2% | 8.4 | 16.2% | 18.2% | 15.8% | 1.95 | 16.4 | WR23 | |||
| Van Jefferson | WR | 3 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 11.9% | 58.5% | 61.8% | 7.3 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 12.5% | 1.79 | 5.3 | WR70 | |||
| Calvin Austin III | WR | 2 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 18.5% | 34.1% | 23.5% | 17.0 | 5.4% | 9.1% | 14.3% | 2.07 | 10.9 | WR37 | |||
| Ben Skowronek | WR | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 7.1% | 24.4% | 33.8% | 13.0 | 2.7% | 4.5% | 10.0% | 2.30 | 3.3 | WR86 | |||
| Mike Williams | WR | 29.3% | 25.0% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Pat Freiermuth | TE | 7 | 6 | 68 | 1 | 25.1% | 65.9% | 66.2% | 6.6 | 18.9% | 22.7% | 25.9% | 2.52 | 18.8 | TE6 | |||
| Darnell Washington | TE | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 24.4% | 48.5% | 0.0 | 2.7% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 1.00 | 2.0 | TE46 | |||
| Connor Heyward | TE | 2.4% | 7.4% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| MyCole Pruitt | TE | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3.3% | 31.7% | 36.8% | 2.0 | 8.1% | 4.5% | 23.1% | 1.62 | 4.1 | TE36 | |||
| Najee Harris | RB | 6 | 6 | 54 | 0 | -7.5% | 39.0% | 51.5% | -2.3 | 16.2% | 18.2% | 37.5% | 3.38 | 16 | 75 | 1 | 24.9 | RB3 |
| Jaylen Warren | RB | 4 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 1.1% | 41.5% | 36.8% | 0.5 | 10.8% | 4.5% | 23.5% | 3.24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10.4 | RB26 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | RB | 4 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 13.1% | 17.1% | 14.7% | 6.0 | 10.8% | 9.1% | 57.1% | 5.29 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8.3 | RB37 |
Steelers Notes From Week 13:
In what I’m sure was always in the script for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2024, Russell Wilson threw for 414 yards and three touchdowns. Oh yeah, yeah, sure. Of course. Totally expected.
Also pretty expected is Wilson in this offense spreading the ball out as 10 different Steelers caught a pass. So heavy volume games from one pass-catcher isn’t usually in the card but not impossible. George Pickens (3-74-1), Calvin Austin (2-29-1), and Pat Freiermuth (6-68-1) caught Wilson’s three touchdowns.
Amazingly, the running backs as a position group earned the most target volume and caught the most passes. Najee Harris was pretty awesome with 129 total yards and a touchdown. It’s not worth trying to say one back is going to be used over the other (like I tried to do last week with Jaylen Warren) because all of them will just be used in a hot hand situation. Even Cordarrelle Patterson saw a decent amount of run with six touches.
San Francisco 49ers
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Deebo Samuel Sr. | WR | 5 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 5.5% | 78.3% | 75.0% | 1.0 | 29.4% | 28.6% | 27.8% | 1.11 | 4.0 | WR81 | |||
| Jauan Jennings | WR | 5 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 70.4% | 95.7% | 95.8% | 12.8 | 29.4% | 28.6% | 22.7% | 2.55 | 8.6 | WR53 | |||
| Ricky Pearsall | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.4% | 78.3% | 72.9% | 24.0 | 5.9% | 0.0% | 5.6% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Chris Conley | WR | 8.7% | 6.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Jacob Cowing | WR | 4.3% | 2.1% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| George Kittle | TE | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5.5% | 87.0% | 100.0% | 2.5 | 11.8% | 14.3% | 10.0% | 0.35 | 1.7 | TE49 | |||
| Eric Saubert | TE | 4.3% | 4.2% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Christian McCaffrey | RB | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | -5.6% | 21.7% | 25.0% | -1.7 | 17.6% | 21.4% | 60.0% | 2.80 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 8.7 | RB34 |
| Jordan Mason | RB | 47.8% | 52.1% | 13 | 78 | 0 | 7.8 | RB38 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Guerendo | RB | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -2.2% | 30.4% | 22.9% | -2.0 | 5.9% | 7.1% | 14.3% | -0.43 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 8.6 | RB35 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | FB | 30.4% | 43.8% | 1 | -1 | 0 | -2.1 | FB9 |
49ers Notes From Week 13:
From the reports of the snow falling as far back as Saturday afternoon, you knew it wasn’t going to be a very pass-heavy game, and the 49ers definitely followed this strategy as Brock Purdy passed for a total of 96 yards and completed just 11 passes on 18 attempts. Needless to say, it was not great. It was a run-heavy game, and the 49ers were on their heels the entire game.
Jauan Jennings and Deebo Samuel co-led the team in targets (5) but neither player even finished in the top 50 of wide receivers on the week. There were only four receptions on the team outside of these two, and two of those receptions were from Christian McCaffrey.
McCaffrey ended up getting hurt, as did Jordan Mason, so Isaac Guerendo becomes the waiver wire pickup you have to have for the playoffs and I’m emptying in the FAAB clip if I have the means to do so and if he’s available. It’s possible Patrick Taylor cuts into a little of Guerendo’s work on passing downs, but nothing that would lessen Guerendo’s potential impact.
Seattle Seahawks
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| DK Metcalf | WR | 9 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 59.5% | 85.7% | 74.6% | 13.3 | 32.1% | 47.4% | 30.0% | 2.20 | 10.6 | WR38 | |||
| Tyler Lockett | WR | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7.5% | 65.7% | 46.0% | 5.0 | 10.7% | 15.8% | 13.0% | 0.70 | 4.6 | WR74 | |||
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | 4 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 30.4% | 82.9% | 76.2% | 15.3 | 14.3% | 10.5% | 13.8% | 2.55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11.9 | WR33 |
| Jake Bobo | WR | 17.1% | 30.2% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Laviska Shenault Jr. | WR | 2.9% | 3.2% | -2.0 | WR155 | |||||||||||||
| Cody White | WR | 5.7% | 9.5% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Noah Fant | TE | 4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 7.6% | 77.1% | 66.7% | 3.8 | 14.3% | 10.5% | 14.8% | 0.96 | 5.6 | TE32 | |||
| Pharaoh Brown | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5% | 22.9% | 41.3% | 5.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE61 | |||
| AJ Barner | TE | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | -2.0% | 25.7% | 41.3% | -2.0 | 7.1% | 0.0% | 22.2% | 1.56 | 9.4 | TE23 | |||
| Kenneth Walker III | RB | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | -6.0% | 34.3% | 61.9% | -4.0 | 10.7% | 10.5% | 25.0% | -0.25 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 6.6 | RB43 |
| Zach Charbonnet | RB | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.5% | 34.3% | 44.4% | 0.5 | 7.1% | 5.3% | 16.7% | 1.08 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 12.1 | RB24 |
Seahawks Notes From Week 13:
One thing I’ve been talking about is seeing the signs of a breakout involving wide receivers running routes at every depth and being successful at it. We saw it with Stefon Diggs in Minnesota and then we got his massive breakout before going off to Buffalo for his run.
We saw it in pieces with D.J. Moore in Carolina, where he was a shorter-aDOT receiver in his rookie season, eventually lengthened out a bit. Then with Curtis Samuel and Robbie Chosen, his aDOT inflated because he was asked to run deeper, long-developing routes.
All of that is part of a skillset and when you combine being able to run routes at all levels, you get the breakout when all of that is combined. We got that with Diggs, we got that Moore, and I think we’re going to get that from Jaxon Smith-Njigba. His aDOT on a per-game basis has fluctuated, but he’s had a ton of success this season in the target-earning department that a massive breakout in 2025 feels imminent.
JSN had a solid, no-frills game as he caught all four targets for 74 yards. DK Metcalf was a bit less efficient but serviceable. Tyler Lockett’s routes have come down in the last couple of weeks and frankly, looks more like a real estate agent than he’s ever looked. Returning in Week 13 was Noah Fant to a strong 77% routes but ceded the touchdown to rookie A.J. Barner.
Those were a fun five or six weeks we had with Kenneth Walker III, right? Walker has not been great since the first part of the season where he reeled off four consecutive top 16 finishes among fantasy running backs.
Walker's role is still strong, but he’s just nowhere near as efficient and isn’t carrying the receiving end of things to buoy his fantasy value. Zach Charbonnet vultured the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter in his typical secondary role.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Mike Evans | WR | 12 | 8 | 118 | 1 | 63.7% | 89.7% | 83.8% | 12.3 | 35.3% | 44.0% | 34.3% | 3.37 | 25.8 | WR3 | |||
| Jalen McMillan | WR | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12.0% | 87.2% | 76.3% | 9.3 | 8.8% | 4.0% | 8.8% | 0.74 | 4.5 | WR75 | |||
| Trey Palmer | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1% | 12.8% | 18.8% | 21.0 | 2.9% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR112 | |||
| Rakim Jarrett | WR | 10.3% | 13.8% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Sterling Shepard | WR | 7 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 19.9% | 71.8% | 43.8% | 6.6 | 20.6% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 1.50 | 8.2 | WR54 | |||
| Ryan Miller | WR | 2.6% | 11.3% | 0.0 | WR112 | |||||||||||||
| Cade Otton | TE | 7 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 3.0% | 89.7% | 93.8% | 1.0 | 20.6% | 12.0% | 20.0% | 0.57 | 6.0 | TE29 | |||
| Payne Durham | TE | 12.8% | 38.8% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Ko Kieft | TE | 2.6% | 11.3% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Rachaad White | RB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2.6% | 56.4% | 52.5% | -6.0 | 2.9% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 0.09 | 11 | 76 | 0 | 8.8 | RB31 |
| Bucky Irving | RB | 3 | 3 | 33 | 0 | -5.2% | 33.3% | 53.8% | -4.0 | 8.8% | 8.0% | 23.1% | 2.54 | 25 | 152 | 1 | 27.5 | RB1 |
Buccaneers Notes From Week 13:
This team has undergone a complete tonal shift thanks to a Chris Godwin injury and some other shorter-term injuries. That’s kind of wild when you look at the Buccaneers’ tendencies over the past couple of seasons.
Mike Evans is still a rockstar and consistently carries a large chunk of the weekly volume. Evans’ team-leading 12 targets and 8-118-1 paced the Bucs with Sterling Shepard and Cade Otton also seeing volume (7 targets each) but a bit less efficient and much less impactful.
Back to the complete tonal shift: this team goes where it goes because of the run game now and Bucky Irving put up a monster game with 185 total yards and a touchdown, plus Rachaad White chipping in with 78 total yards. Both are startable with Irving needing to be much more prioritized to start in fantasy. No touches for Sean Tucker in Week 13, so the running game is a bit less condensed and that’s not a bad thing.
Tennessee Titans
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Calvin Ridley | WR | 5 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 31.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 22.4 | 15.6% | 18.5% | 12.8% | 1.15 | 6.5 | WR64 | |||
| Tyler Boyd | WR | 4 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 11.0% | 89.7% | 85.5% | 9.8 | 12.5% | 14.8% | 11.4% | 1.06 | 6.7 | WR63 | |||
| Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | WR | 7 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 24.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 12.3 | 21.9% | 25.9% | 17.9% | 1.56 | 21.1 | WR8 | |||
| Jha'Quan Jackson | WR | 5.1% | 3.6% | -2.0 | WR155 | |||||||||||||
| Chig Okonkwo | TE | 6 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 14.8% | 71.8% | 65.5% | 8.8 | 18.8% | 18.5% | 21.4% | 0.96 | 5.7 | TE31 | |||
| Josh Whyle | TE | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12.9% | 25.6% | 21.8% | 15.3 | 9.4% | 3.7% | 30.0% | 0.30 | 1.3 | TE56 | |||
| Nick Vannett | TE | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -0.8% | 7.7% | 20.0% | -3.0 | 3.1% | 3.7% | 33.3% | 2.00 | 1.6 | TE51 | |||
| Tony Pollard | RB | 6 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 6.7% | 56.4% | 72.7% | 4.0 | 18.8% | 14.8% | 27.3% | 1.50 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 8.8 | RB31 |
| Tyjae Spears | RB | 23.1% | 25.5% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | RB70 |
Titans Notes From Week 13:
The Titans were down 28-0 to the Commanders after Terry McLaurin’s second touchdown of the day, so you can imagine that there was some passing involved with only 11 rushing attempts and nine running back carries.
As usual with the Titans, targets were spread out amongst the pass-catchers, but nobody really did anything of note save for one hyphenated king. Calvin Ridley was present and accounted for with just 2-45. Chig Okonkwo earned six targets but was inconsequential.
Now for what the haters have been waiting for. I have been beaten down; rendered a shell of my former self. Sometimes, you just have to throw in the towel.
I’ve resisted the Nick Westbrook-Ikhine stuff, but the calls are ringing off the hook, and I can’t ignore them anymore. Westbrook-Ikhine, who has had EIGHT touchdowns in eight games now with his two touchdowns in Week 13, should be added this week. NWI should probably be starting on somebody’s roster this week with six teams on bye.
The laws of reality clearly do not apply to Westbrook-Ikhine, as while I would love to mention that he has only three games in his last eight where he’s only caught more than two receptions, he’s still been a top 24 fantasy wide receiver in half of those games. I apologize in advance if I ruin the Westbrook-Ikhine experience for you.
Tony Pollard only saw eight carries thanks to the negative script, but the role is still strong. No worries here.
Washington Commanders
| Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | Rush Att. | Rush Yds. | Rush TD | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
| Terry McLaurin | WR | 8 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 34.5% | 86.8% | 79.3% | 7.0 | 27.6% | 34.8% | 24.2% | 2.21 | 27.3 | WR2 | |||
| Dyami Brown | WR | 5 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 20.4% | 44.7% | 51.2% | 6.6 | 17.2% | 21.7% | 29.4% | 2.06 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.9 | WR55 |
| Luke McCaffrey | WR | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 26.3% | 29.3% | 0.0 | 6.9% | 4.3% | 20.0% | 1.30 | 3.3 | WR86 | |||
| Olamide Zaccheaus | WR | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1.3% | 36.8% | 35.4% | 0.7 | 10.3% | 8.7% | 21.4% | 1.00 | 4.4 | WR77 | |||
| Noah Brown | WR | 4 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 22.2% | 50.0% | 45.1% | 9.0 | 13.8% | 13.0% | 21.1% | 1.42 | 5.7 | WR69 | |||
| Zach Ertz | TE | 5 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 23.4% | 76.3% | 65.9% | 7.6 | 17.2% | 13.0% | 17.2% | 1.21 | 12.5 | TE15 | |||
| Ben Sinnott | TE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.2% | 21.1% | 29.3% | 2.0 | 3.4% | 4.3% | 12.5% | 0.38 | 1.3 | TE56 | |||
| John Bates | TE | 47.4% | 64.6% | 0.0 | TE61 | |||||||||||||
| Brian Robinson Jr. | RB | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -3.1% | 34.2% | 46.3% | -5.0 | 3.4% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.46 | 16 | 103 | 1 | 17.9 | RB12 |
| Jeremy McNichols | RB | 26.3% | 25.6% | 6 | 32 | 0 | 3.2 | RB55 | ||||||||||
| Chris Rodriguez Jr. | RB | 18.4% | 28.0% | 13 | 94 | 1 | 15.4 | RB15 |
Commanders Notes From Week 13:
The Washington Commanders get their bye in Week 14, but head into it with a ton of momentum thanks to a 42-19 destruction of the Tennessee Titans. The Commanders were up 28-0 midway through the second quarter thanks to two Terry McLaurin touchdowns that led to his best fantasy performance of the season and second-straight top 10 finish among fantasy wide receivers.
Terry McLaurin has the most contested catches (20) this season per @profootballfocus.bsky.social
Also has the best catch percentage (20/27) for anyone over 12 targets, so he's a high volume shooter that is extremely efficient. The NFL's Jokic!
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal.bsky.social) December 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Zach Ertz hit the end zone as well for his third straight game with a touchdown; a mark that’s gone entirely underrated with Nick Westbrook-Ikhine’s massive touchdown boom in the past two months. After the bye, the Commanders get the Saints, Eagles, and Falcons, so Ertz is a fantasy playoffs starter in two, if not all three weeks.
Brian Robinson set the tone early with a 40-yard touchdown and from there, it was off to the races as Robinson put in a 100-yard day plus that touchdown. Jeremy McNichols saw a little bit of work, but in the blowout, Chris Rodriguez took the bulk of the blowout-script rushing with 94 yards and a touchdown himself.
Lots of people are recommending Rodriguez as an add in leagues, but here’s some context: Rodriguez played a grand total of two total snaps in the first three quarters and cleaned up a lot of the fourth-quarter carries, which led to his robust stat line.
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