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 Targets, Air Yards, and Snaps trends analysis article will be some of the best statistics and metrics correlating with fantasy football 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, 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 4 To Week 5
Name | Pos. | Team | WK4 Target Share | WK5 Target Share | Diff (+) |
Garrett Wilson | WR | NYJ | 20.0% | 44.7% | +24.7% |
Jonnu Smith | TE | MIA | 0.0% | 24.1% | +24.1% |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | KC | 0.0% | 23.5% | +23.5% |
George Kittle | TE | SF | 15.4% | 38.7% | +23.3% |
Darius Slayton | WR | NYG | 13.2% | 35.5% | +22.3% |
Brock Bowers | TE | LV | 12.5% | 34.3% | +21.8% |
Zach Ertz | TE | WAS | 10.0% | 30.8% | +20.8% |
Justin Jefferson | WR | MIN | 30.8% | 50.0% | +19.2% |
Zay Flowers | WR | BAL | 11.1% | 28.9% | +17.8% |
Demario Douglas | WR | NE | 10.3% | 27.6% | +17.2% |
Jordan Addison | WR | MIN | 11.5% | 28.6% | +17.0% |
Brandon Aiyuk | WR | SF | 19.2% | 35.5% | +16.3% |
Connor Heyward | TE | PIT | 0.0% | 16.0% | +16.0% |
Rashod Bateman | WR | BAL | 5.6% | 21.1% | +15.5% |
Travis Etienne | RB | JAC | 6.3% | 20.6% | +14.3% |
21 targets will certainly put you at the top here and that's exactly what Garrett Wilson earned. One of the starkest upticks in target share thanks to role change had to be by JuJu Smith-Schuster, who took the Rashee Rice reins and is now running those short aDOT routes. The Chiefs are on bye next week so we can't take advantage immediately, but Smith-Schuster becomes a solid, startable WR3 option for those in need.
It was great to see a guy like Brock Bowers get unstuck from last week to dominate targets for a Raiders team with that competition. This should be the norm for Bowers no matter who is at quarterback.
Largest Target Share % Decreases from Week 4 To Week 5
Name | Pos. | Team | WK4 Target Share | WK5 Target Share | Diff (-) |
Nico Collins | WR | HOU | 39.5% | 5.7% | -33.8% |
Justice Hill | RB | BAL | 33.3% | 2.6% | -30.7% |
Christian Kirk | WR | JAC | 37.5% | 11.8% | -25.7% |
D'Andre Swift | RB | CHI | 31.8% | 7.1% | -24.7% |
Xavier Legette | WR | CAR | 25.0% | 2.9% | -22.1% |
Greg Dortch | WR | ARI | 21.7% | 3.6% | -18.2% |
Courtland Sutton | WR | DEN | 34.8% | 16.7% | -18.1% |
Michael Pittman Jr. | WR | IND | 33.3% | 15.9% | -17.4% |
Jerry Jeudy | WR | CLE | 28.1% | 11.5% | -16.6% |
Jakobi Meyers | WR | LV | 41.7% | 25.7% | -16.0% |
Aaron Jones | RB | MIN | 19.2% | 3.6% | -15.7% |
Chris Olave | WR | NO | 27.8% | 12.5% | -15.3% |
Diontae Johnson | WR | CAR | 32.5% | 17.6% | -14.9% |
Derrick Henry | RB | BAL | 16.7% | 2.6% | -14.0% |
Tre Tucker | WR | LV | 25.0% | 11.4% | -13.6% |
Nico Collins' appearance here was really because of his brutal hamstring injury that will shelve him on injured reserve for the next four weeks. Same with Xavier Legette, as he also left early with an AC joint injury in his shoulder. One of the starkest decreases was because of game script and that was Justice Hill, who we know can be a sort of PPR-style running back, as his production and target share comes in specific games where the Ravens are down.
Arizona Cardinals
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Marvin Harrison Jr. | WR | 7 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 40.7% | 87.5% | 75.9% | 13.3 | 25.0% | 27.3% | 25.0% | 1.29 | 5.6 | WR59 |
Greg Dortch | WR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -3.1% | 53.1% | 41.4% | -7.0 | 3.6% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 0.41 | 1.7 | WR90 |
Michael Wilson | WR | 6 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 40.1% | 84.4% | 72.4% | 15.3 | 21.4% | 18.2% | 22.2% | 2.89 | 12.8 | WR32 |
Chris Moore | WR | 9.4% | 13.8% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Zach Pascal | WR | 12.5% | 17.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Trey McBride | TE | 8 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 23.1% | 84.4% | 87.9% | 6.6 | 28.6% | 31.8% | 29.6% | 1.96 | 11.3 | TE13 |
Elijah Higgins | TE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.8% | 31.3% | 41.4% | 11.0 | 3.6% | 4.5% | 10.0% | 0.20 | 7.2 | TE25 |
Tip Reiman | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.9% | 12.5% | 44.8% | 2.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 1.25 | 1.5 | TE48 |
James Conner | RB | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | -5.2% | 68.8% | 79.3% | -4.0 | 10.7% | 13.6% | 13.6% | 0.64 | 14 | RB18 |
Emari Demercado | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.3% | 28.1% | 22.4% | -3.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 0.00 | 1 | RB61 |
Cardinals Notes from Week 5:
The Cardinals came back from a 23-10 halftime deficit to win 24-23 against the 49ers, who have a real problem of closing out games lately. First against the Rams and now, these pesky Cardinals.
Things got condensed for Arizona with 75% of targets directed at Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson, and Trey McBride. While Harrison (seven targets, 2-36) had a pretty inefficient day, McBride (team-leading eight targets, 6-53) earned almost 30% TPRR on the afternoon after he was questionable late in the week with a rib injury after clearing concussion protocol.
Wilson’s 78 yards led the team in the comeback on six targets. All three ran routes on at least 84% of Kyler Murray’s drop backs with Greg Dortch’s (one target, 1-7) steep decline from 96% routes to 53%.
No running back other than James Conner saw a carry on offense and only Emari Demercado saw a target amongst the backfield. It's very safe to say Conner has this backfield on lockdown right now.
Atlanta Falcons
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Drake London | WR | 13 | 12 | 154 | 1 | 27.5% | 82.8% | 83.9% | 9.2 | 24.1% | 30.2% | 24.5% | 2.91 | 33.4 | WR2 |
Darnell Mooney | WR | 16 | 9 | 105 | 2 | 45.2% | 96.9% | 97.7% | 12.3 | 29.6% | 34.9% | 25.8% | 1.69 | 31.5 | WR3 |
Ray-Ray McCloud III | WR | 9 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 14.9% | 95.3% | 97.7% | 7.2 | 16.7% | 16.3% | 14.8% | 1.08 | 12.6 | WR34 |
KhaDarel Hodge | WR | 2 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 5.3% | 17.2% | 18.4% | 11.5 | 3.7% | 4.7% | 18.2% | 6.09 | 14.7 | WR22 |
Kyle Pitts | TE | 8 | 7 | 88 | 0 | 11.2% | 84.4% | 85.1% | 6.1 | 14.8% | 9.3% | 14.8% | 1.63 | 15.8 | TE6 |
Charlie Woerner | TE | 6.3% | 14.9% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Bijan Robinson | RB | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | -3.9% | 50.0% | 66.7% | -5.7 | 5.6% | 4.7% | 9.4% | 0.50 | 10.7 | RB27 |
Tyler Allgeier | RB | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | -0.2% | 26.6% | 35.6% | -0.3 | 5.6% | 0.0% | 17.6% | 0.76 | 5.5 | RB45 |
Falcons Notes from Week 5:
In the deep and storied annals of Thursday Night Football, there have been many games that put people to sleep and induce copious amounts of boredom. We harken back to the Broncos/Colts game from 2022 where people were leaving the game as it was about to go into overtime at 9-9.
Week 5’s iteration between the Falcons and Buccaneers was not one of them.
Kirk Cousins had 58 pass attempts, which was the most of any team this season. Naturally, with a team that employs Drake London and Kyle Pitts, Darnell Mooney led the team with 16 targets. His 9-105-2 line put him as overall WR3 on the week, but it could have been a little more as Mooney had a very bad drop with about 6:00 left in the fourth quarter on a third down that would have extended their drive.
London (13 targets, 12-154-1) was also awesome in the Falcons’ overtime win and looks every bit the part of a first-round fantasy wide receiver. Also excellent was Ray-Ray McCloud III (nine targets, 6-66) on a bit deeper aDOT (7.2 yards) than in Weeks 3-4, where it was 4.6 yards.
Much was said last week about the demise of Kyle Pitts. He’s not dead, but he’s not totally alive either, just doing better with a 7-88 line on eight targets. With the massive amount of pass volume, it was still only good for a 15% target share. Good, but probably a bit overrated from a team sense.
While Bijan Robinson (12-61 rushing; three targets, 3-16) is still earning a solid workload, he hasn’t gotten over 18 carries or put up better than a RB15 week in any game this season. Tyler Allgeier (5-12 rushing; three targets, 3-13 receiving) is still seeing some involvement within the offense with nine opportunities but hasn't done anything fantasy-wise to matter as of yet through five games.
Baltimore Ravens
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Zay Flowers | WR | 11 | 7 | 111 | 0 | 32.4% | 87.2% | 82.1% | 10.7 | 28.9% | 37.0% | 26.8% | 2.71 | 19 | WR14 |
Rashod Bateman | WR | 8 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 24.0% | 74.5% | 62.8% | 10.9 | 21.1% | 18.5% | 22.9% | 1.66 | 15.8 | WR19 |
Nelson Agholor | WR | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11.0% | 44.7% | 47.4% | 13.3 | 7.9% | 11.1% | 14.3% | 0.19 | 1.4 | WR93 |
Tylan Wallace | WR | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 5.2% | 17.0% | 17.9% | 9.5 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 3.88 | 5.1 | WR64 |
Mark Andrews | TE | 5 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 13.5% | 48.9% | 55.1% | 9.8 | 13.2% | 11.1% | 21.7% | 2.39 | 9.5 | TE18 |
Isaiah Likely | TE | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4.9% | 72.3% | 70.5% | 6.0 | 7.9% | 7.4% | 8.8% | 0.38 | 16.3 | TE4 |
Charlie Kolar | TE | 4 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 11.5% | 12.8% | 26.9% | 10.5 | 10.5% | 7.4% | 66.7% | 10.67 | 15.6 | TE7 |
Derrick Henry | RB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1.6% | 31.9% | 50.0% | -6.0 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 6.7% | 0.27 | 16.6 | RB9 |
Justice Hill | RB | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | -0.8% | 31.9% | 52.6% | -3.0 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 6.7% | 0.53 | 3.5 | RB49 |
Patrick Ricard | FB | 14.9% | 32.1% | 0 | FB5 |
Ravens Notes from Week 5:
In this offensive explosion from the Ravens, it was great to see Lamar Jackson get to 42 pass attempts and a monster game (348 yards, four TD) passing in addition to the rushing (55 yards). Not to mention, one of the most unreal touchdowns you'll ever see.
ONLY LAMAR. WOW.
📺: #BALvsCIN on CBS/Paramount+
📱: https://t.co/waVpO8ZBqG pic.twitter.com/KenO7criwG— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2024
Primarily coming along for the ride was Zay Flowers, who dominated production and targets for the Ravens to the tune of 7-111 on a team-leading 11 targets. Even Rashod Bateman got involved too with eight targets and a 4-58 line including a touchdown on 75% routes. As usual, the routes were pretty spread out amongst the Ravens’ pass-catchers with Flowers leading the way with 87%.
The tight ends continue to create controversy as Mark Andrews (4-55) was third in targets, but watched two other tight ends catch touchdowns in Isaiah Likely (three targets, 3-13-2, 72% routes) and Charlie Kolar (four targets, 3-64-1, just 13% routes). Andrews is tough to even roster at this point because he’s fallen so out of favor, but the team continues to talk him up and his real-life football skills.
As far as his fantasy prospects, the tightrope surgery on his ankle plus the car accident he had on mid-August seems to have affected his athleticism just a little bit. I’m not sure what else it would be, honestly.
Also, Derrick Henry (15-92-1 rushing; one target, 1-4 receiving) is pretty good, folks. He’s got an easy lockdown on anything rushing-related for the Ravens.
Buffalo Bills
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Curtis Samuel | WR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6% | 66.7% | 55.7% | 3.0 | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12.5% | 0.00 | 0.9 | WR96 |
Keon Coleman | WR | 5 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 21.7% | 72.2% | 62.3% | 15.2 | 19.2% | 29.4% | 19.2% | 1.88 | 11.9 | WR36 |
Mack Hollins | WR | 6 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 35.7% | 63.9% | 54.1% | 20.8 | 23.1% | 23.5% | 26.1% | 1.17 | 4.7 | WR69 |
Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7% | 38.9% | 45.9% | 13.5 | 7.7% | 5.9% | 14.3% | 0.00 | 0 | WR100 |
Tyrell Shavers | WR | 27.8% | 26.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Dalton Kincaid | TE | 6 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 28.8% | 77.8% | 62.3% | 16.8 | 23.1% | 17.6% | 21.4% | 1.21 | 5.4 | TE26 |
Dawson Knox | TE | 38.9% | 54.1% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
James Cook | RB | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.6% | 38.9% | 59.0% | 3.0 | 11.5% | 11.8% | 21.4% | 1.21 | 17.9 | RB7 |
Ray Davis | RB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.9% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 3.0 | 3.8% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 2.00 | 1.4 | RB58 |
Ty Johnson | RB | 41.7% | 34.4% | 1.5 | RB57 | ||||||||||
Reggie Gilliam | FB | 2.8% | 8.2% | 0 | FB5 |
Bills Notes from Week 5:
It was a ROUGH day in the passing game for the Bills’ pass-catchers as Josh Allen only completed 30% of his passes and the Bills lost a close game to the Texans 23-20. He also hit his head incredibly hard and reportedly needed smelling salts to come to and finish out the game. Of course, that got everybody talking about the concussion protocol in regard to his availability. That surely played some part in Allen’s subpar performance in Week 5.
Mack Hollins (2-27) and Dalton Kincaid (2-34) both led the Bills in targets with six, but no Bills receiver had more than two receptions or 34 yards. It was ugly, but Keon Coleman caught 1-of-5 targets for a 49-yard touchdown.
James Cook (20-82-1 rushing; three targets, 2-17) has had to fend off not just Ray Davis, but Ty Johnson as well, but has clearly done so as neither makes enough of a dent in Cook’s work to matter the way Latavius Murray did last season.
Carolina Panthers
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Diontae Johnson | WR | 6 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23.6% | 76.2% | 79.7% | 9.8 | 17.6% | 30.0% | 18.8% | 0.72 | 5.9 | WR57 |
Xavier Legette | WR | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.4% | 28.6% | 35.6% | 6.0 | 2.9% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.67 | 1.8 | WR89 |
Jonathan Mingo | WR | 5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 40.2% | 71.4% | 67.8% | 20.0 | 14.7% | 25.0% | 16.7% | 1.23 | 5.7 | WR58 |
David Moore | WR | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5.2% | 45.2% | 40.7% | 4.3 | 8.8% | 15.0% | 15.8% | 0.68 | 3.3 | WR76 |
Jalen Coker | WR | 4 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 14.9% | 64.3% | 54.2% | 9.3 | 11.8% | 10.0% | 14.8% | 2.52 | 10.8 | WR43 |
Tommy Tremble | TE | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.8% | 21.4% | 27.1% | 3.5 | 5.9% | 0.0% | 22.2% | 0.78 | -0.3 | TE116 |
Ja'Tavion Sanders | TE | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3.6% | 73.8% | 76.3% | 1.8 | 14.7% | 15.0% | 16.1% | 0.42 | 4.3 | TE32 |
Feleipe Franks | TE | 4.8% | 6.8% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Chuba Hubbard | RB | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | -2.0% | 50.0% | 64.4% | -1.0 | 14.7% | 0.0% | 23.8% | -0.10 | 17.5 | RB8 |
Miles Sanders | RB | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 9.3% | 50.0% | 39.0% | 7.7 | 8.8% | 5.0% | 14.3% | 1.29 | 5.3 | RB46 |
Raheem Blackshear | RB | 4.8% | 5.1% | 0 | RB65 |
Panthers Notes from Week 5:
The hammer had to come down some time for the 1-3 now 1-4 Panthers, as the honeymoon may be over for Andy Dalton. The game got so out of hand that Bryce Young came in late to mop things up for the Panthers.
With Diontae Johnson (team-leading six targets, 3-23) blanketed by Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson and Xavier Legette (one target, 1-8) leaving early because of an AC joint sprain, Jalen Coker (four targets, 4-68, 64% routes) of FCS Holy Cross fame led the Panthers in receptions and receiving yards.
It’s certainly possible that Coker sees more work going forward as Jonathan Mingo (five targets, 2-37, 71% routes) saw his lowest routes share of the past three games after being at 91% last week.
One takeaway from the #Panthers game today though that I’m pretty confident standing on…
Jalen Coker should get Jonathan Mingo’s reps.
I know Mingo can block, but I like WR that are receiving threats. Coker should get an extended look in *gestures vaguely* all this mess.
— Ricky Raines (@rickyboboddy) October 7, 2024
Tommy Tremble (two targets, 1-7, 21% routes) left the game due to a concussion, so Ja’Tavion Sanders (five targets, 3-13) ran routes on 74% of Dalton’s dropbacks to replace Tremble, but he didn’t do too much. Maybe he can assert himself a bit more going forward as a receiving option if Tremble misses Week 6.
Chuba Hubbard (13-97-1 rushing, five targets, 4-(-2) receiving) has been one of the best picks in fantasy this year based on the production you’re getting out of him compared to how late you drafted him.
The thesis is always that he would eventually cede his touches to Jonathon Brooks when he’s healthy enough, but it’s going to be hard to keep Hubbard off the field to where there’s certainly a non-0% chance Brooks gets redshirted. Hubbard has been a top eight running back in fantasy for three straight weeks and was just three yards shy of his third-consecutive 100-yard game. As long as he’s starting, Hubard needs to be in your lineup.
Chicago Bears
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
DJ Moore | WR | 8 | 5 | 105 | 2 | 47.0% | 97.2% | 87.8% | 13.1 | 28.6% | 15.8% | 22.9% | 3.00 | 27.5 | WR5 |
Keenan Allen | WR | 6 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 23.4% | 91.7% | 81.1% | 8.7 | 21.4% | 26.3% | 18.2% | 1.00 | 6.3 | WR56 |
Rome Odunze | WR | 6 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 14.8% | 97.2% | 79.7% | 5.5 | 21.4% | 31.6% | 17.1% | 1.14 | 9 | WR46 |
Cole Kmet | TE | 4 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 14.3% | 77.8% | 83.8% | 8.0 | 14.3% | 15.8% | 14.3% | 2.04 | 8.7 | TE21 |
Gerald Everett | TE | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2.2% | 22.2% | 29.7% | 2.5 | 7.1% | 5.3% | 25.0% | 2.75 | 4.2 | TE33 |
Marcedes Lewis | TE | 5.6% | 23.0% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
D'Andre Swift | RB | 2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | -1.8% | 58.3% | 66.2% | -2.0 | 7.1% | 5.3% | 9.5% | 2.24 | 20 | RB2 |
Roschon Johnson | RB | 30.6% | 31.1% | 14.5 | RB16 |
Bears Notes from Week 5:
The Bears are pretty easy to peg each week as long as all of their pass-catchers are healthy. It worked out exactly like that as the Bears throttled the Panthers 36-10. D.J. Moore (eight targets, 5-105-2) led the Bears in everything and scored two touchdowns. Earning some volume was both Keenan Allen (six targets, 3-33) and Rome Odunze (six targets, 5-40), where Allen got up to 92% routes and Odunze was at a whopping 97%.
No other wide receiver ran a route for the Bears besides those three as Tyler Scott was only in when the Bears kneeled three times to end the game.
Cole Kmet (four targets, 3-57) is back to a very strong, consistent routes per dropback (78%) as Gerald Everett (two targets, 2-22) was down to 22%. All is right in the world, especially when Caleb Williams had his best game as a pro, going 20-of-29 for 304 yards and the two touchdowns to Moore.
The Bears skewed run heavy due to the game script that got out of hand for the Panthers (27-7 halftime deficit), so D’Andre Swift ran well for a second-straight game with 21 carries, 73 yards and a touchdown, plus two receptions for 47 yards. Swift (and OC Shane Waldron) are rubbing our collective faces in the dirt for disparaging his good name for the first three weeks, but while he’s on this run, you’ve got to start him, right?
Roschon Johnson got a bunch of carries late (10-25) and Khalil Herbert’s only snaps came in the three kneels to end the game by Tyson Bagent for some reason.
Cincinnati Bengals
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Ja'Marr Chase | WR | 12 | 10 | 193 | 2 | 33.9% | 97.7% | 88.1% | 9.1 | 31.6% | 28.6% | 28.6% | 4.60 | 41.3 | WR1 |
Tee Higgins | WR | 13 | 9 | 83 | 2 | 43.2% | 86.0% | 71.6% | 10.7 | 34.2% | 39.3% | 35.1% | 2.24 | 29.3 | WR4 |
Andrei Iosivas | WR | 2 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 14.6% | 81.4% | 79.1% | 23.5 | 5.3% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 1.11 | 4.9 | WR66 |
Jermaine Burton | WR | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Charlie Jones | WR | 7.0% | 7.5% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Mike Gesicki | TE | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 9.0% | 55.8% | 43.3% | 14.5 | 5.3% | 3.6% | 8.3% | 1.29 | 5.1 | TE29 |
Drew Sample | TE | 16.3% | 43.3% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Erick All Jr. | TE | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.6% | 37.2% | 52.2% | 1.0 | 5.3% | 3.6% | 12.5% | 0.63 | 3 | TE37 |
Zack Moss | RB | 4 | 3 | 28 | 0 | -2.5% | 58.1% | 67.2% | -2.0 | 10.5% | 7.1% | 16.0% | 1.12 | 8.2 | RB34 |
Chase Brown | RB | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1.2% | 18.6% | 32.8% | 1.3 | 7.9% | 10.7% | 37.5% | 1.00 | 16.4 | RB10 |
Bengals Notes from Week 5:
Classic Bengals condensed pass-catching here as the Bengals and Ravens went back and forth here as soon as I started talking about how we needed offenses to stop playing scared and attack downfield. Both Ja’Marr Chase (12 targets, 10-193-2) and Tee Higgins (13 targets, 9-83-2) scored twice and earned double-digit targets in a monster game from both and obviously, Joe Burrow who threw for almost 400 yards and four touchdowns.
No other Bengals really made any kind of dent in the receiving department, but the ascension of Chase Brown (12-46 rushing, three targets, 3-8-1 receiving) is taking shape by the week as he added another touchdown on limited routes and snaps. He’s proving that he deserves to be on the field much more than Zack Moss (9-24 rushing; four targets, 3-28 receiving). Moss is absolutely fine, but probably shouldn’t be on the field for 67% of snaps.
Cleveland Browns
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Amari Cooper | WR | 10 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 71.5% | 92.3% | 82.3% | 17.8 | 38.5% | 52.6% | 27.8% | 1.67 | 10 | WR44 |
Jerry Jeudy | WR | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 18.9% | 87.2% | 75.8% | 15.7 | 11.5% | 10.5% | 8.8% | 0.47 | 2.6 | WR81 |
Elijah Moore | WR | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4.0% | 66.7% | 69.4% | 2.5 | 15.4% | 10.5% | 15.4% | 0.42 | 4.1 | WR72 |
Cedric Tillman | WR | 25.6% | 32.3% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
James Proche II | WR | 5.1% | 8.1% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
David Njoku | TE | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0.4% | 53.8% | 41.9% | 1.0 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 0.67 | 2.4 | TE41 |
Jordan Akins | TE | 3 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 9.6% | 33.3% | 32.3% | 8.0 | 11.5% | 5.3% | 23.1% | 1.69 | 11.2 | TE14 |
Blake Whiteheart | TE | 7.7% | 24.2% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Geoff Swaim | TE | 5.1% | 33.9% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Jerome Ford | RB | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -6.0% | 53.8% | 58.1% | -5.0 | 11.5% | 10.5% | 14.3% | 0.10 | 7.9 | RB36 |
Pierre Strong Jr. | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 6.0 | 3.8% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.00 | 0.2 | RB64 |
D'Onta Foreman | RB | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | -0.8% | 17.9% | 33.9% | -2.0 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 14.3% | 2.29 | 7 | RB37 |
Browns Notes from Week 5:
Are the Browns bad? Yes.
Do we have to talk about then? Unfortunately, yes.
Amari Cooper led everything for the Browns with 10 targets and a 4-60 line, and no other Browns player earned more than four targets, caught more than three receptions, and earned more than 22 yards. David Njoku returned to the lineup on just 54% of the routes, so it feels like he’ll be gradually worked into meaningful routes.
Deshaun Watson is averaging -0.30 EPA per dropback, the lowest number for any Browns QB in Weeks 1-5 since at least 2000.
The second-worst performance? Deshaun Watson last season (-0.20).
— Austin Gayle (@austingayle_) October 6, 2024
Bring on Jameis Winston, please. Please?
Both Jerome Ford (9-47 rushing; three targets, 3-2 receiving) and D’Onta Foreman (9-44 rushing; one target, 1-16) both earned nine carries and Ford out-snapped both Foreman and Pierre Strong Jr., (1-2 rushing; one target, no stats) but they went away from the run given that the Commanders boat-raced the Browns in this one.
Dallas Cowboys
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
CeeDee Lamb | WR | 7 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 22.2% | 95.6% | 86.8% | 8.9 | 17.9% | 21.4% | 16.3% | 1.44 | 11.4 | WR42 |
Jalen Tolbert | WR | 10 | 7 | 87 | 1 | 42.1% | 88.9% | 89.5% | 11.8 | 25.6% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 2.18 | 21.7 | WR12 |
Jalen Brooks | WR | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.6% | 42.2% | 48.7% | 10.0 | 2.6% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.53 | 2 | WR86 |
Ryan Flournoy | WR | 8.9% | 13.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
KaVontae Turpin | WR | 5 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 6.1% | 33.3% | 28.9% | 3.4 | 12.8% | 14.3% | 33.3% | 3.33 | 8.4 | WR48 |
Jake Ferguson | TE | 7 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 8.5% | 86.7% | 75.0% | 3.4 | 17.9% | 25.0% | 17.9% | 1.79 | 13 | TE8 |
Luke Schoonmaker | TE | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.9% | 22.2% | 26.3% | 4.0 | 5.1% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.80 | 1.8 | TE44 |
Brevyn Spann-Ford | TE | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 8.6% | 13.3% | 19.7% | 8.0 | 7.7% | 7.1% | 50.0% | 3.33 | 4 | TE34 |
Ezekiel Elliott | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4% | 31.1% | 30.3% | 1.0 | 2.6% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 0.00 | 1.7 | RB56 |
Rico Dowdle | RB | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 7.5% | 35.6% | 50.0% | 10.5 | 5.1% | 3.6% | 12.5% | 1.69 | 19.4 | RB3 |
Hunter Luepke | FB | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | -1.8% | 33.3% | 30.3% | -5.0 | 2.6% | 3.6% | 6.7% | 1.20 | 3.4 | FB3 |
Cowboys Notes from Week 5:
Dallas’ big win on Sunday night stretched into the wee hours of Monday morning after heavy rain and lightning delayed the start time about 90 minutes. Two players in particular stuck out big time: Jalen Tolbert and Rico Dowdle.
Much has been said during the offseason about the lack of depth for the Cowboys and whether that was an organizational failure by owner/GM Jerry Jones. The Cowboys only brought in UDFA receivers and then signed Ezekiel Elliott to replace Tony Pollard. One could say the Cowboys are getting bailed out a little bit by the emergence of Tolbert.
Tolbert’s electric night (10 targets, 7-87-1) came when the Cowboys didn’t a huge or even a good game from CeeDee Lamb, who posted a 5-62 line on just seven targets. With Brandin Cooks placed on injured reserve, Tolbert ran 89% of routes, earned 42% of the team’s air yards, tied for the team lead in first-read targets (7), and had a robust 25% targets per route run. He was Cooks-plus, which is great to see, but was one game.
On a personal note, I was sweating Jake Ferguson all night and so I was trained to watch No. 87 for the majority of the game. He continues to compile (seven targets, 6-70) targets on leak-outs and shorter routes with a low 3.4-yard aDOT.
It took Dowdle a while, but not only did he get season-high snaps at 50% but made the most of it as he almost doubled his season-high in carries (20-87 rushing, two targets, 2-27-1) and chipped in with a receiving touchdown. More importantly, Dowdle looked the part. Any further touches given to Ezekiel Elliott at this point constitutes unseriousness on the Cowboys’ part.
Denver Broncos
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Courtland Sutton | WR | 4 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 36.7% | 90.3% | 82.0% | 12.8 | 16.7% | 31.3% | 14.3% | 1.14 | 5.2 | WR63 |
Josh Reynolds | WR | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 15.8% | 58.1% | 47.5% | 11.0 | 8.3% | 12.5% | 11.1% | 0.50 | 7.9 | WR49 |
Marvin Mims Jr. | WR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -2.2% | 29.0% | 19.7% | -3.0 | 4.2% | 6.3% | 11.1% | 0.78 | 3.4 | WR74 |
Troy Franklin | WR | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 50.2% | 22.6% | 16.4% | 35.0 | 8.3% | 6.3% | 28.6% | 2.86 | 3 | WR77 |
Lil'Jordan Humphrey | WR | 2 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 11.5% | 67.7% | 63.9% | 8.0 | 8.3% | 6.3% | 9.5% | 2.29 | 6.8 | WR54 |
Adam Trautman | TE | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2.9% | 25.8% | 52.5% | 4.0 | 4.2% | 6.3% | 12.5% | 2.38 | 2.9 | TE39 |
Lucas Krull | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.7% | 32.3% | 29.5% | 1.0 | 4.2% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.50 | 1.5 | TE48 |
Nate Adkins | TE | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3.6% | 19.4% | 50.8% | 5.0 | 4.2% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 1.33 | 1.8 | TE44 |
Javonte Williams | RB | 6 | 5 | 50 | 0 | -7.7% | 51.6% | 62.3% | -1.8 | 25.0% | 6.3% | 37.5% | 3.13 | 16.1 | RB12 |
Jaleel McLaughlin | RB | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -15.1% | 35.5% | 37.7% | -7.0 | 12.5% | 18.8% | 27.3% | 0.27 | 11.5 | RB26 |
Blake Watson | RB | 3.2% | 1.6% | 0 | RB65 | ||||||||||
Michael Burton | FB | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.6% | 16.1% | 18.0% | 5.0 | 4.2% | 6.3% | 20.0% | 1.00 | 1.5 | FB4 |
Broncos Notes from Week 5:
The Broncos were decently efficient at home in their classic uniforms (that should be their default) and without anybody really popping out on the stat sheet besides two interceptions from the best cornerback in the world, Patrick Surtain II, beat the Raiders by two scores.
It was Javonte Williams as the star of the show here, but it could have been a much better day. Williams led the team in all receiving categories with six targets, and a 5-50 line, plus his 13 carries for 61 yards, but missed out on two potential touchdowns.
The first miss was Williams getting a carry for a loss inside the five-yard line and then coming off of the field for Jaleel McLaughlin (three targets, 3-3-1; 6-22 rushing) on third down, who ended up scoring on an easy dump-off pass. The second was Williams getting tackled right on the goal line on first down, where Nix eventually jumped and extended the ball over the goal line for the score.
Besides the running backs, only Courtland Sutton (four targets, 2-32) earned more than two targets, though Troy Franklin (two targets, 1-20) let a long touchdown slip through his hands. I think I was more surprised that Nix got the ball to him, but if there’s going to be any sort of dynamism in this Broncos’ offense, Franklin has to reel those in. He only ran seven routes on 31 dropbacks, and that won’t help him get more of a market share.
Detroit Lions
Lions Notes from Week 5:
ON BYE IN WEEK 5
Green Bay Packers
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Jayden Reed | WR | 6 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 37.3% | 89.7% | 76.3% | 12.7 | 25.0% | 28.6% | 23.1% | 3.00 | 13.7 | WR25 |
Dontayvion Wicks | WR | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 43.5% | 82.8% | 76.3% | 14.8 | 25.0% | 23.8% | 25.0% | 0.83 | 4 | WR73 |
Bo Melton | WR | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6.9% | 44.8% | 49.2% | 7.0 | 8.3% | 9.5% | 15.4% | 0.92 | 2.2 | WR85 |
Malik Heath | WR | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 6.9% | 72.4% | 76.3% | 7.0 | 8.3% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 0.67 | 3.4 | WR74 |
Tucker Kraft | TE | 6 | 4 | 88 | 2 | 10.9% | 79.3% | 84.7% | 3.7 | 25.0% | 19.0% | 26.1% | 3.83 | 24.8 | TE1 |
Ben Sims | TE | 20.7% | 32.2% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Josh Jacobs | RB | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | -2.4% | 55.2% | 74.6% | -5.0 | 4.2% | 4.8% | 6.3% | 1.31 | 16.4 | RB10 |
Emanuel Wilson | RB | 1 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -2.9% | 20.7% | 25.4% | -6.0 | 4.2% | 4.8% | 16.7% | -1.50 | 2.5 | RB53 |
Packers Notes from Week 5:
The big story from the Packers win over the Rams is about Dontayvion Wicks, he and his disappointing 2-20 line on team-leading six targets when everybody in world (including me) was touting him and shouting his name off every rooftop on Earth.
What the deep state media won’t tell you is that Wicks also led the Packers in air yards, ran 83% routes, and put up a robust 25% YPRR. It’s absolutely a fair criticism of Wicks with his drops issue and that should be noted in any analysis of his performance in Week 5, but everything we want out of a wide receiver from a target-earning potential and a fantasy star is there.
If drops are Wicks’ biggest issue, then that is something that’s 100% fixable. He could go out in Week 6 against the Cardinals and erase people’s memories of this game and then we’ve moved on. It’s a week-to-week league and we need to be cognizant of that.
There’s a reason why most of the fantasy industry were touting Wicks over some players, including Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs: the sterling per-route profile, the coach speak comparing Wicks to Davante Adams, the ambiguity of the Packers’ wide receiver room, and the fact that Wicks was the cheapest of the four Packers’ wide receiver being drafted.
Still, the aim of our little game here is to score fantasy points. To reiterate: Wicks does everything you want him to do that helps him score fantasy points. The offense shows explicit intent toward finding ways to get him the ball. Both parties (Jordan Love and Wicks) must do their part toward completing that connection, and you can bet that’s going to be a big point of emphasis for Week 6 and into the near future.
everybody on Twitter: "Dontayvion Wicks was a massive failure after everybody talked him up this week!"
me: *whispers* "Wicks led the Packers in targets and tied Reed/Heath with the most snaps..."
— Kevin Tompkins (@ktompkinsii) October 7, 2024
Wicks has done the hardest part – getting on the field. He also happens to play for the Packers, who seem to give the longest leash to players of any team that I can remember. Matt LaFleur has a TON of loyalty to his players in a league that is incredibly cutthroat. We just saw an owner fire his head coach and have to make a statement to the media saying that the decision to do so was “his and his alone.”
Meanwhile, LaFleur backs his kicker Brayden Narveson when most of the team’s fanbase and more brought out the proverbial pitchforks after Week 4 when he missed two field goals. LaFleur also said all of the right things with Romeo Doubs, who missed this game against the Rams after being suspended for conduct detrimental to the team after not showing up to practice in the lead-up to Week 5’s game.
LaFleur practices patience and understanding more and more in a game and business that outwardly shows very little.
Back to the on-field action, watching Jayden Reed (six targets, 4-78) absolutely “Moss” two human beings for a fantastic catch in the first quarter should give you chills. Love dropped that pass in the bucket and Reed is starting to show a clear talent at all levels of the field. There’s no doubt Reed is the top receiver here for Green Bay and it’s up to everybody else to fight for targets. He also added two rushes for 19 yards and he’s a fantasy WR1.
After I just gushed and waxed poetic about Reed, Tucker Kraft (25% target share) was the most productive pass-catcher with two touchdowns on the afternoon on six targets. With four receptions for 88 yards on top of those scores, Kraft was the top tight end in fantasy for the week, and after letting out his trash talk routine on a podcast, he’s got so much “dawg” in him that you just have to start him in most formats at this point.
After finally scoring his first touchdown as a Packer, Josh Jacobs has taken back the work that Emanuel Wilson had earned from him over a two-week span. Jacobs earned 19-of-25 (76%) running back carries with a solid 19-carry, 73-yard line plus that touchdown while adding a 21-yard reception. Any sort of standalone value that Wilson could have had before MarShawn Lloyd returns has evaporated.
Houston Texans
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Nico Collins | WR | 2 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 26.1% | 11.9% | 13.2% | 26.0 | 5.7% | 8.3% | 40.0% | 15.60 | 15.8 | WR19 |
Stefon Diggs | WR | 8 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 29.3% | 90.5% | 86.8% | 7.3 | 22.9% | 29.2% | 21.1% | 2.16 | 14.2 | WR24 |
Tank Dell | WR | 4 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 10.0% | 85.7% | 67.6% | 5.0 | 11.4% | 12.5% | 11.1% | 1.06 | 7.3 | WR52 |
Robert Woods | WR | 19.0% | 23.5% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Xavier Hutchinson | WR | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 13.1% | 66.7% | 70.6% | 8.7 | 8.6% | 8.3% | 10.7% | 1.11 | 5.1 | WR64 |
John Metchie | WR | 2.4% | 4.4% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Dalton Schultz | TE | 6 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 18.4% | 85.7% | 98.5% | 6.1 | 17.1% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 0.94 | 7.4 | TE23 |
Cade Stover | TE | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.0% | 19.0% | 35.3% | 2.0 | 5.7% | 4.2% | 25.0% | 0.75 | 2.6 | TE40 |
Dare Ogunbowale | RB | 7 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 1.1% | 64.3% | 67.6% | 0.3 | 20.0% | 16.7% | 25.9% | 2.11 | 14.7 | RB14 |
Cam Akers | RB | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 26.2% | 32.4% | 0.0 | 8.6% | 4.2% | 27.3% | 0.45 | 12.7 | RB21 |
Texans Notes from Week 5:
It was tough out here for Texans in many respects, and not just because Nico Collins (two targets, 2-78-1, just five routes total) left early in the game with a hamstring injury that will now put him on injured reserve for the next four (or more) weeks. At least Collins was kind enough to catch a 67-yard touchdown before he exited.
Stefon Diggs (team-leading eight targets, 6-82) and Tank Dell (four targets, 4-38) took most of the reigns with Xavier Hutchinson (three targets, 2-31, 67% routes) coming in to run Collins’ role in the offense. Dalton Schultz (six targets, 4-34) earned a little bit in the way of volume and could see a meaningful bump in the target hierarchy without Collins on the field.
Dare Ogunbowale (15-30 rushing; seven targets, 6-57) took over a lot of the heavy lifting in the offense from the running back position, as he pushed past Cam Akers (9-42-1 rushing; three targets, 2-5 receiving) for work and took both 64% routes and 68% snaps as a featured player.
Indianapolis Colts
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Michael Pittman Jr. | WR | 7 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 10.0% | 88.0% | 88.6% | 5.0 | 15.9% | 18.2% | 15.9% | 0.84 | 14.7 | WR22 |
Josh Downs | WR | 12 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 23.3% | 70.0% | 61.4% | 6.8 | 27.3% | 33.3% | 34.3% | 1.97 | 15.9 | WR17 |
Adonai Mitchell | WR | 7 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 21.4% | 24.0% | 27.1% | 10.7 | 15.9% | 21.2% | 58.3% | 3.17 | 9.16 | WR45 |
Alec Pierce | WR | 3 | 3 | 134 | 1 | 28.0% | 80.0% | 74.3% | 32.7 | 6.8% | 9.1% | 7.5% | 3.35 | 22.4 | WR11 |
Ashton Dulin | WR | 18.0% | 21.4% | 0.9 | WR96 | ||||||||||
Kylen Granson | TE | 24.0% | 25.7% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Mo Alie-Cox | TE | 4 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 17.5% | 32.0% | 41.4% | 15.3 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 25.0% | 2.31 | 11.7 | TE11 |
Drew Ogletree | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.1% | 18.0% | 37.1% | 4.0 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 0.56 | 1.5 | TE48 |
Will Mallory | TE | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.0% | 26.0% | 22.9% | 7.0 | 2.3% | 3.0% | 7.7% | 0.54 | 1.7 | TE46 |
Trey Sermon | RB | 6 | 6 | 25 | 0 | -2.6% | 38.0% | 58.6% | -1.5 | 13.6% | 3.0% | 31.6% | 1.32 | 18.3 | RB6 |
Tyler Goodson | RB | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0 | -0.9% | 44.0% | 41.4% | -1.0 | 6.8% | 3.0% | 13.6% | 1.41 | 8.7 | RB32 |
Colts Notes from Week 5:
In what was a pretty fun game with the Jaguars, the Colts won 37-34 and were led by Joe Flacco with Anthony Richardson inactive, and Flacco turned back the clock with an excellent 359-yard effort and three passing touchdowns. Josh Downs was utterly dominant with a team-high 12 targets and a nine catch, 69-yard game on just 70% routes. That equates to a ridiculous 34% TPRR and 27% targets share.
Downs is going to have to be leaned on by whoever the quarterback is in Week 6, because Michael Pittman (seven targets, 5-37-1) could miss this week and beyond with a back injury. That’s going to give more run to Adonai Mitchell, considering he earned seven targets (4-38) on just 24% routes, gave him a rushing attempt for four yards and even got a pass attempt good for 24 yards. That’s 58% TPRR for those scoring at home.
Alec Pierce (three targets, 3-134-1) had zero targets entering the fourth quarter, but caught a long 65-yard touchdown in the final stanza. He’ll also be leaned on with Pittman potentially out a week or longer.
With no Jonathan Taylor, Trey Sermon was pretty inefficient but scored a rushing touchdown in a wild fourth quarter that saw both teams combine for 41 points. Also working in in Week 5 was Tyler Goodson (5-26 rushing; three targets, 3-31 receiving), who took more of the third downs and long down and distance but was decent in his limited role.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Christian Kirk | WR | 4 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 28.0% | 67.6% | 53.4% | 15.3 | 11.8% | 16.0% | 17.4% | 3.83 | 12.8 | WR32 |
Gabe Davis | WR | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 19.2% | 85.3% | 77.6% | 10.5 | 11.8% | 16.0% | 13.8% | 1.31 | 4.8 | WR68 |
Brian Thomas Jr. | WR | 8 | 5 | 122 | 1 | 47.6% | 79.4% | 63.8% | 13.0 | 23.5% | 32.0% | 29.6% | 4.52 | 23.2 | WR7 |
Parker Washington | WR | 17.6% | 13.8% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Tim Jones | WR | 14.7% | 24.1% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Devin Duvernay | WR | 8.8% | 12.1% | 0.3 | WR99 | ||||||||||
Luke Farrell | TE | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 4.6% | 17.6% | 46.6% | 5.0 | 5.9% | 4.0% | 33.3% | 2.83 | 3.7 | TE35 |
Brenton Strange | TE | 4 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 9.1% | 82.4% | 84.5% | 5.0 | 11.8% | 12.0% | 14.3% | 0.86 | 12.4 | TE9 |
Josiah Deguara | TE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1.4% | 14.7% | 17.2% | -3.0 | 2.9% | 4.0% | 20.0% | 0.40 | 1.2 | TE53 |
Travis Etienne | RB | 7 | 6 | 43 | 0 | -3.5% | 44.1% | 37.9% | -1.1 | 20.6% | 8.0% | 46.7% | 2.87 | 12 | RB23 |
Tank Bigsby | RB | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | -1.8% | 23.5% | 39.7% | -4.0 | 2.9% | 4.0% | 12.5% | 3.50 | 25.9 | RB1 |
D'Ernest Johnson | RB | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -1.8% | 26.5% | 22.4% | -1.3 | 8.8% | 4.0% | 33.3% | 1.00 | 3 | RB51 |
Jaguars Notes from Week 5:
On the other side of the coin from the Indianapolis Colts was the Jaguars, who finally got their first win of season thanks to some huge and slightly unexpected performances.
The expected was Brian Thomas Jr. (eight targets, 5-122-1), who through five games has looked like an unquestioned alpha and top target in this Jags offense, yet hasn’t gotten much of the notoriety as Malik Nabers, Marvin Harrison Jr., and some of the other successful rookie wide receivers. What does the guy have to do, catch an 85-yard touchdown?
(Thomas also did that in Week 5.)
Brian Thomas Jr. is on pace for:
75 RECs, 1350 Yards, 10 TDs#Jaguars Rookie Receiving Records
- RECs: 64 (Justin Blackmon)
- Yards: 865 (Justin Blackmon)
- TDs: 6 (Allen Hurns)
pic.twitter.com/UAEPMO7dzR— Daniel Griffis (@DanDGriffis) October 9, 2024
Besides Christian Kirk’s 61-yard reception, he didn’t do too much (four targets, 4-88) but that mostly padded his afternoon.
Tank Bigsby (13-101-2 rushing; one target, 1-28 receiving) finished as the RB1 with 25.9 fantasy points. It’s unlikely Bigsby just takes the work Travis Etienne (6-17 rushing; seven targets, 6-43 receiving), but Bigsby should earns more work, but the hurdles are still upright for him to outright take the lead on Etienne. Frankly, I don’t think that happens, but an Ezekiel Elliott/Tony Pollard-like workload split is very much in the cards.
Kansas City Chiefs
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Xavier Worthy | WR | 6 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 22.3% | 79.5% | 66.7% | 5.6 | 17.6% | 27.3% | 17.1% | 0.71 | 11.8 | WR38 |
Justin Watson | WR | 70.5% | 70.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Mecole Hardman | WR | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | -7.4% | 13.6% | 9.5% | -2.8 | 11.8% | 18.2% | 66.7% | 5.50 | 7.3 | WR52 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | 8 | 7 | 130 | 0 | 33.4% | 65.9% | 66.7% | 6.3 | 23.5% | 18.2% | 27.6% | 4.48 | 20 | WR13 |
Travis Kelce | TE | 10 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 37.1% | 86.4% | 77.4% | 5.6 | 29.4% | 22.7% | 26.3% | 1.84 | 16 | TE5 |
Noah Gray | TE | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 6.0% | 47.7% | 60.7% | 4.5 | 5.9% | 9.1% | 9.5% | 1.38 | 4.9 | TE31 |
Jared Wiley | TE | 11.4% | 21.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Jody Fortson | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.3% | 11.4% | 13.1% | 2.0 | 2.9% | 4.5% | 20.0% | 1.00 | 1.5 | TE48 |
Samaje Perine | RB | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 7.3% | 34.1% | 25.0% | 5.5 | 5.9% | 0.0% | 13.3% | 1.60 | 3.4 | RB50 |
Carson Steele | RB | 11.4% | 19.0% | 1.2 | RB60 | ||||||||||
Kareem Hunt | RB | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 43.2% | 63.1% | 0.0 | 2.9% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.79 | 18.7 | RB5 |
Chiefs Notes from Week 5:
In this post-Rashee Rice world we’re living in, we actually got some cool things out of the Chiefs! They played a pretty complete game and made it known who their offense will be centered around going forward. The Chiefs’ opening drive started with multiple throws to Travis Kelce, who ended up with a robust 9-70 line on a team-leading 10 targets.
Who said “Elite TE” was dead!?
The short-area targets that were Rice’s bread and butter are now directed to previously dead-now-undead JuJu Smith-Schuster, who turned in an eight-target, 7-130 line that turned back the clock to 2018. If you’re in need of a wide receiver, you can do MUCH worse than Smith-Schuster, but of course, the Chiefs are on bye this week. You’ll have to wait until Week 7 to use him, but he’s an instant WR3 in fantasy as long as he’s playing this role.
JuJu did run only 67% of routes per dropback, which is slightly concerning, but those routes should come up.
I spoke on a couple of podcasts this week talking about Xavier Worthy (six targets, 3-25; 1-3-1 rushing) seeing top coverage from cornerbacks now that Rice is out for the season. He saw some schemed-up touches including a three-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter.
From a target-earning perspective, that may not happen this season, but as a somebody who can be the “change-of-pace” in the passing game, he can be a souped-up version of what Mecole Hardman has been in recent seasons for the Chiefs.
Kareem Hunt’s role was noticeably bumped up from 32% routes and 45% snaps to 43% routes and 63% snaps, with a huge bump to 27 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown. It’s Hunt’s backfield even if Samaje Perine steals some third-down work.
Las Vegas Raiders
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Jakobi Meyers | WR | 9 | 6 | 72 | 0 | 32.1% | 97.6% | 97.1% | 9.8 | 25.7% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 1.76 | 13.2 | WR29 |
Tre Tucker | WR | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 23.7% | 90.5% | 84.3% | 16.3 | 11.4% | 20.8% | 10.5% | 0.47 | 4.6 | WR70 |
DJ Turner | WR | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 22.3% | 76.2% | 74.3% | 15.3 | 11.4% | 8.3% | 12.5% | 0.38 | 2.7 | WR80 |
Alex Bachman | WR | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Brock Bowers | TE | 12 | 8 | 97 | 1 | 24.5% | 85.7% | 78.6% | 5.6 | 34.3% | 41.7% | 33.3% | 2.69 | 23.7 | TE2 |
Harrison Bryant | TE | 21.4% | 45.7% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
John Samuel Shenker | TE | 7.1% | 14.3% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Alexander Mattison | RB | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1.4% | 40.5% | 57.1% | 1.3 | 8.6% | 0.0% | 17.6% | 1.35 | 8.1 | RB35 |
Ameer Abdullah | RB | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | -4.0% | 50.0% | 44.3% | -3.7 | 8.6% | 4.2% | 14.3% | 0.43 | 14.1 | RB17 |
Raiders Notes from Week 5:
Another game without Davante Adams, but a mid-game quarterback swap change didn't fix the Raiders problems on offense. Gardner Minshew was pulled from Week 5’s game with Aidan O’Connell subbing in and not really doing much more to meaningfully change the fortunes or perceptions of Las Vegas moving forward.
At least Brock Bowers (team-high 12 targets, 8-97-1) got a ton of run after seemingly taking a backseat to Harrison Bryant for whatever reason. Jakobi Meyers also had a solid game (6-72) on nine targets. Tre Tucker (four targets, 2-18) continues to run a bunch of routes (91%) but didn’t really amount to much.
Brock Bowers 57 yarder!! 🙌
📺: #LVvsDEN on FOX
📱: https://t.co/waVpO909ge pic.twitter.com/owAbIim8o7— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2024
Alexander Mattison took the bulk of the running back carries (15-of-18) but ran at less than 3.0 YPC. Believe it or not, Ameer Abdullah (5-42-1 rushing; three targets, 3-9) is still kicking around and scored a rushing touchdown, which goes to show how much we don’t want to be targeting this backfield at any point in the near future.
Los Angeles Chargers
Chargers Notes from Week 5:
ON BYE IN WEEK 5
Los Angeles Rams
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Demarcus Robinson | WR | 5 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 20.8% | 97.9% | 97.4% | 16.0 | 11.1% | 12.1% | 10.6% | 0.60 | 11.8 | WR38 |
Tutu Atwell | WR | 10 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 34.6% | 87.5% | 80.8% | 13.3 | 22.2% | 30.3% | 23.8% | 1.38 | 12.5 | WR35 |
Jordan Whittington | WR | 10 | 7 | 89 | 0 | 20.3% | 85.4% | 92.3% | 7.8 | 22.2% | 21.2% | 24.4% | 2.17 | 15.9 | WR17 |
Tyler Johnson | WR | 14.6% | 14.1% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Xavier Smith | WR | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.3% | 6.3% | 10.3% | 0.5 | 4.4% | 6.1% | 66.7% | 2.00 | 2.6 | WR81 |
Colby Parkinson | TE | 13 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 24.7% | 75.0% | 79.5% | 7.3 | 28.9% | 21.2% | 36.1% | 1.44 | 12.2 | TE10 |
Davis Allen | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.3% | 4.2% | 3.8% | -5.0 | 2.2% | 3.0% | 50.0% | 0.00 | 0 | TE54 |
Hunter Long | TE | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2.1% | 16.7% | 21.8% | 4.0 | 4.4% | 3.0% | 25.0% | 2.00 | 3.6 | TE36 |
Kyren Williams | RB | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 68.8% | 85.9% | 0.0 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 0.09 | 15.5 | RB13 |
Blake Corum | RB | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | -1.6% | 10.4% | 14.1% | -6.0 | 2.2% | 3.0% | 20.0% | 1.60 | 4.3 | RB47 |
Rams Notes from Week 5:
Lost in “Dontayvion Wicks-gate” on the other sideline was the Rams playing the Packers incredibly tough despite the loss. That’s coaching, taking what has been a deficient defense and an offense that has lost its top playmakers and making an honest go of it.
Matthew Stafford had the fifth-highest dropbacks among quarterbacks in Week 5 and three of his pass-catchers earned double-digit targets on the afternoon.
Tutu Atwell (10 targets, 6-58) earned his usual allotment of high-aDOT (13.3) targets and led the team in air yards, while Colby Parkinson (team-leading 13 targets, 7-52) and Jordan Whittington (10 targets, 7-89) both earned targets about half of Atwell’s aDOT but for PPR purposes. It just remains to be seen which of the wide receivers is left standing when/if Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua return from injured reserve.
Perhaps it could be the veteran Demarcus Robinson, who earned five targets (3-28) but caught Stafford’s only touchdown on the day? He continues to run the highest number of routes per dropback each week.
Kyren Williams is still the engine of the offense with 86% of snaps, but we got a Blake Corum sighting as he got his first action of the season. Corum was the spell for Williams, not Ronnie Rivers, and got some sporadic schemed-up touches. If you’re still holding onto Corum, you have exhibited much more patience than I. If Corum is available in your leagues, you can probably get him at a severe discount due to the Rams bye in Week 6.
Miami Dolphins
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Tyreek Hill | WR | 8 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 38.9% | 80.6% | 79.5% | 14.2 | 27.6% | 33.3% | 27.6% | 2.38 | 12.9 | WR31 |
Jaylen Waddle | WR | 8 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 27.2% | 86.1% | 78.2% | 9.9 | 27.6% | 25.0% | 25.8% | 1.48 | 8.6 | WR47 |
Braxton Berrios | WR | 16.7% | 19.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Malik Washington | WR | 30.6% | 25.6% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2% | 25.0% | 14.1% | 9.0 | 6.9% | 4.2% | 22.2% | 0.00 | 0 | WR100 |
Jonnu Smith | TE | 7 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 20.9% | 58.3% | 41.0% | 8.7 | 24.1% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 2.95 | 11.1 | TE15 |
Durham Smythe | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9% | 11.1% | 34.6% | 23.0 | 3.4% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 0.00 | 0 | TE54 |
Julian Hill | TE | 30.6% | 51.3% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
De'Von Achane | RB | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.7% | 16.7% | 14.1% | -5.0 | 3.4% | 4.2% | 16.7% | -0.17 | 2.7 | RB52 |
Raheem Mostert | RB | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0.7% | 47.2% | 56.4% | 1.0 | 6.9% | 8.3% | 11.8% | 1.06 | 11.8 | RB24 |
Jaylen Wright | RB | 27.8% | 32.1% | 8.6 | RB33 | ||||||||||
Alec Ingold | FB | 27.8% | 53.8% | 6.3 | FB2 |
Dolphins Notes from Week 5:
In terms of what we’ve known about the Dolphins in the last couple of seasons, the Dolphins were much closer to that than they have been in the last few weeks. Tyreek Hill (6-69) and Jaylen Waddle (4-46) both co-led the team with eight targets, and Jonnu Smith’s seven targets (5-62) consolidated things for the Dolphins, as that trio combined for 79% of the available targets.
The Dolphins only scored 15 points and nothing through the passing game, so it was rather moot, but the production just isn’t going to be where it was previously with Tua Tagovailoa. We all pretty much knew that, though.
Suffering a concussion in the first quarter was De’Von Achane (3-18 rushing; one target, 1-(-1) receiving, 14% snaps), so Raheem Mostert (19-80 rushing; 2-18 receiving, 56% snaps) and Jaylen Wright (13-86, 32% snaps) combined to pace the workload for the Dolphins in their win. Fullback Alec Ingold vultured a fullback touchdown on his only carry, because of course he did.
Minnesota Vikings
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Justin Jefferson | WR | 14 | 6 | 92 | 0 | 54.2% | 100.0% | 94.5% | 15.6 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 37.8% | 2.49 | 15.2 | WR21 |
Jordan Addison | WR | 8 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 36.9% | 97.3% | 89.0% | 18.6 | 28.6% | 36.4% | 22.2% | 1.00 | 6.6 | WR55 |
Jalen Nailor | WR | 56.8% | 56.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Brandon Powell | WR | 10.8% | 8.2% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Trent Sherfield Sr. | WR | 2.7% | 12.3% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Johnny Mundt | TE | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 5.2% | 54.1% | 53.4% | 10.5 | 7.1% | 4.5% | 10.0% | 1.55 | 5.1 | TE29 |
Josh Oliver | TE | 43.2% | 61.6% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Robert Tonyan | TE | 2.7% | 1.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Aaron Jones | RB | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 5.5% | 21.6% | 21.9% | 22.0 | 3.6% | 4.5% | 12.5% | 3.00 | 6.3 | RB41 |
Ty Chandler | RB | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -1.2% | 43.2% | 63.0% | -2.5 | 7.1% | 4.5% | 12.5% | 0.56 | 5.9 | RB43 |
Myles Gaskin | RB | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | -0.5% | 5.4% | 6.8% | -2.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 5.50 | 2.3 | RB54 |
C.J. Ham | FB | 18.9% | 31.5% | 7 | FB1 |
Vikings Notes from Week 5:
The Vikings weren’t as dynamic as usual but were good enough to hold off the Jets in London. Justin Jefferson (14 targets, 6-92) is the man, as expected and led all receivers in air yards (218) in Week 5. Right there in the air yards department was Jordan Addison (eight targets, 3-38), who was seventh among all wide receivers, but couldn’t parlay the deep targets into anything usable for fantasy.
Addison did have a chance at a long touchdown, but the ball came up a bit short on Sam Darnold’s end.
Only playing 22% snaps and routes was Aaron Jones (7-29 rushing; one target, 1-24 receiving), who left early on due to a hip injury, so Ty Chandler (14-30 rushing; two targets, 2-9 receiving) was the de facto workhouse and was relatively ineffective as the Vikings go on bye in Week 6.
New England Patriots
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Demario Douglas | WR | 8 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 30.3% | 78.4% | 66.7% | 10.1 | 27.6% | 27.3% | 27.6% | 2.03 | 11.9 | WR36 |
Ja'Lynn Polk | WR | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 35.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 15.7 | 20.7% | 27.3% | 16.2% | 0.35 | 2.3 | WR83 |
Kendrick Bourne | WR | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -0.7% | 27.0% | 26.7% | -2.0 | 3.4% | 4.5% | 10.0% | 0.60 | 1.6 | WR91 |
Tyquan Thornton | WR | 2.7% | 1.7% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Kayshon Boutte | WR | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 12.0% | 59.5% | 66.7% | 16.0 | 6.9% | 4.5% | 9.1% | 1.55 | 5.4 | WR62 |
Hunter Henry | TE | 4 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 20.2% | 86.5% | 93.3% | 13.5 | 13.8% | 13.6% | 12.5% | 1.00 | 5.2 | TE28 |
Austin Hooper | TE | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12.4% | 35.1% | 41.7% | 11.0 | 10.3% | 9.1% | 23.1% | 0.69 | 1.9 | TE43 |
Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -7.2% | 32.4% | 46.7% | -4.8 | 13.8% | 9.1% | 33.3% | 0.25 | 19.2 | RB4 |
Antonio Gibson | RB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2.2% | 40.5% | 46.7% | -6.0 | 3.4% | 4.5% | 6.7% | 0.27 | 6.6 | RB39 |
JaMycal Hasty | RB | 5.4% | 5.0% | 0 | RB65 |
Patriots Notes from Week 5:
Not much going on here in Patriot land as DeMario Douglas (eight targets, 6-59) led the Patriots in everything and no other player other than Rhamondre Stevenson caught more than two balls.
The team has seen enough of Jacoby Brissett and will turn to their rookie Drake Maye in Week 6 against the Texans, so because of that, I do like taking measured stabs at Ja’Lynn Polk if there’s room on my fantasy bench in case Maye can lift all boats in the New England offense. Polk (six targets, 1-13) has been running increasing routes, starting last week with 87% routes and a full 100% route participation.
Antonio Gibson (6-52 rushing; one target, 1-4) got the start as Rhamondre Stevenson (12-89-1 rushing; four targets, 4-3 receiving) was “benched” earlier in the week, but Stevenson ended up with the same exact snap share (47%) as Gibson with Gibson taking a slight edge on routes. In the end, the suspension “mattered” for real-life football reasons, but for fantasy, it really didn’t matter.
New Orleans Saints
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Chris Olave | WR | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11.3% | 100.0% | 94.3% | 11.5 | 12.5% | 15.8% | 10.5% | 0.26 | 3 | WR77 |
Rashid Shaheed | WR | 9 | 4 | 86 | 1 | 50.9% | 86.8% | 86.8% | 23.1 | 28.1% | 31.6% | 27.3% | 2.61 | 18.6 | WR15 |
Cedrick Wilson Jr. | WR | 23.7% | 22.6% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Mason Tipton | WR | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25.3% | 47.4% | 35.8% | 25.8 | 12.5% | 15.8% | 22.2% | 0.11 | 1.2 | WR95 |
Juwan Johnson | TE | 5 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 4.9% | 71.1% | 79.2% | 4.0 | 15.6% | 15.8% | 18.5% | 1.15 | 8.1 | TE22 |
Foster Moreau | TE | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3.7% | 34.2% | 52.8% | 7.5 | 6.3% | 5.3% | 15.4% | 1.00 | 9.3 | TE19 |
Dallin Holker | TE | 10.5% | 9.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Alvin Kamara | RB | 8 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 3.9% | 73.7% | 88.7% | 2.0 | 25.0% | 15.8% | 28.6% | 1.43 | 12.6 | RB22 |
Jamaal Williams | RB | 7.9% | 15.1% | 0.9 | RB62 | ||||||||||
Adam Prentice | FB | 5.3% | 13.2% | 0 | FB5 |
Saints Notes from Week 5:
The Saints were so bad on Monday Night Football that Chris Olave’s brother put out a tweet about it. The Chiefs played their most complete game of football in the last couple of years and New Orleans felt the brunt of that, even losing Derek Carr to an oblique injury that will sideline him for the next few games.
This is where I would say it’s hard to take what happened in the previous weeks and apply that to a different quarterback, whether it’s Jake Haener or Spencer Rattler. But the Saints just couldn’t move the ball with any regularity if it wasn’t to Rashid Shaheed. Shaheed (nine targets, 4-86-1) was pretty inefficient but got there in the end with 208 air yards (second-highest in Week 5), 32% first-read targets, and 27% TPRR.
The aforementioned Olave (four targets, 2-10) was “Trent McDuffie’d” as he was locked down the entire night. We did see Juwan Johnson (five targets, 5-31) run his highest routes per dropback of the season at 79%, so he could become a bit of an option at a thin tight end position, but again, the quarterbacks.
It’s going to trickle down to Alvin Kamara (11-26 rushing; eight targets, 6-40 receiving) as well for the efficiency, which we know has dwindled over the past couple of seasons, but Kamara at least put up a usable week despite the lack of offense.
1 target ?
— Josh Olave (@josh_olave) October 8, 2024
New York Giants
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Wan'Dale Robinson | WR | 9 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 24.1% | 92.5% | 81.9% | 4.4 | 29.0% | 29.6% | 24.3% | 0.97 | 16 | WR16 |
Darius Slayton | WR | 11 | 8 | 122 | 1 | 72.9% | 95.0% | 90.3% | 10.9 | 35.5% | 37.0% | 28.9% | 3.21 | 26.2 | WR6 |
Jalin Hyatt | WR | 72.5% | 66.7% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Isaiah Hodgins | WR | 27.5% | 34.7% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Daniel Bellinger | TE | 7.5% | 19.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Theo Johnson | TE | 5 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 12.8% | 75.0% | 77.8% | 4.2 | 16.1% | 11.1% | 16.7% | 1.60 | 9.8 | TE17 |
Chris Manhertz | TE | 5.0% | 26.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Tyrone Tracy Jr. | RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2.4% | 42.5% | 62.5% | -2.0 | 6.5% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 0.06 | 14 | RB18 |
Eric Gray | RB | 4 | 3 | 50 | 0 | -7.3% | 30.0% | 36.1% | -3.0 | 12.9% | 14.8% | 33.3% | 4.17 | 6.4 | RB40 |
Giants Notes from Week 5:
As we all certainly expected, the New York Giants went three time zones west to Seattle and beat the Seahawks minus Malik Nabers and Devin Singletary, if there was ever a time for a football version of “Suzyn, you can’t predict baseball!”, it’s now.
With no Nabers, Wan’Dale Robinson (nine targets, 6-36-1) continued PPR scamming his little heart out and added a touchdown to boot on a miniscule 4.4-yard aDOT. Somebody else had to step up here if the Giants were to knock off the Seahawks and Darius Slayton answered the call.
In what is likely to be his most fantasy-useful game of the season, Slayton led everything with 11 targets, eight receptions and 122 yards, plus a nice touchdown where Slayton on the outside gradually broke inside, the safety went with the Robinson in motion and had two steps on his defender the entire way for a throw even Daniel Jones could capably complete.
Even Theo Johnson (5-48) was moderately relevant, but he’s run a lot of routes all season and picked up some slack with missing offensive pieces. He’ll likely return to sporadic pass-game usage with the team back at full strength.
The big story was Tyrone Tracy’s 129 yards rushing, which led all running backs in Week 5. Tracy also had the second-most RYOE (+47), plus the 11th-highest success rate (44.4%) of 35 qualified rushers on the week. It’s a big “you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube” moment for Tracy, who may not have earned 63% snaps like he got in Week 5, but he’s certainly earned a much bigger role with this performance.
#Giants rookie RB Tyrone Tracy led the NFL in rushing yards Sunday with 128 and a TD.
First rookie to lead the NFL in rushing on the week this year and since Week 9 of last year.
Remember talking about Tracy with our @ShrineBowl team during last year, and as a former WR, I… pic.twitter.com/EkqD43ZY8u
— Eric Galko (@EricGalko) October 8, 2024
That’s not to say Eric Gray wasn’t moderately useful, because he was (four targets, 3-50 receiving; 2-9 rushing) as he took all snaps on third downs, 80% of the goal-line snaps, and half of the short-yardage snaps, but Tracy clearly made the most of his touches.
New York Jets
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Garrett Wilson | WR | 21 | 13 | 101 | 0 | 44.3% | 98.2% | 95.8% | 7.4 | 44.7% | 48.6% | 37.5% | 1.80 | 23.1 | WR9 |
Mike Williams | WR | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12.4% | 80.7% | 70.8% | 14.5 | 6.4% | 10.8% | 6.5% | 0.54 | 4.5 | WR71 |
Xavier Gipson | WR | 3.5% | 2.8% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Allen Lazard | WR | 9 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 30.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 12.0 | 19.1% | 21.6% | 15.8% | 0.60 | 13.4 | WR27 |
Tyler Conklin | TE | 8 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 12.5% | 78.9% | 81.9% | 5.5 | 17.0% | 13.5% | 17.8% | 1.22 | 11.5 | TE12 |
Jeremy Ruckert | TE | 19.3% | 33.3% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Brenden Bates | TE | 7.0% | 13.9% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Breece Hall | RB | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | -0.3% | 63.2% | 73.6% | -0.3 | 8.5% | 2.7% | 11.1% | 0.39 | 6.7 | RB38 |
Braelon Allen | RB | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.3% | 10.5% | 26.4% | 0.5 | 4.3% | 2.7% | 33.3% | 2.50 | 3.8 | RB48 |
Jets Notes from Week 5:
The Jets traveled to London and besides the multitude of memes that came from Aaron Rodgers crawling on the ground, there were plenty of fantasy implications. Namely Garrett Wilson’s massive 21-target game. Hilariously, he only went 13-101 and only putting up 4.8 yards per target on those, finishing as WR9 on the week. At its core, it was number compiling and not really efficiency based.
Allen Lazard (nine targets, 4-34-1) continues to earn targets and routes (100% route participation) as Rodgers’ trusted pass-catcher, and that’s the only reason why. He’s fine, but you can’t really roster him or even start him. Same with Mike Williams, and it’s weird to say, but at this point, he’s a lesser Lazard. He’s only running 81% of routes and lagging behind in production to where it’s not worth it to consider him.
On the other hand, thanks to how barren the tight end position is in fantasy, Tyler Conklin might be either a low-end starter or a high-end streamer, especially with bye weeks here. Conklin (eight targets, 6-55) has been the closest thing to a second target for Rodgers and the Jets from a target-earning perspective.
This Breece Hall situation with the last two games combing for 19 carries and 27 yards rushing has been pretty wild to see, but whether it’s a defensive adjustment thing or the offense going away from the run – which true to an extent – you’ve still got to start Hall because the snaps (74%) and routes (63%) are as strong as ever.
Even Braelon Allen (5-13 rushing; two targets, 1-15 receiving) has felt that effect too, but it’s something that needs to get right soon or we’re really going to be up a creek without a paddle.
And now we get Robert Saleh being fired, but not offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. Jeff Ulbrich will be the interim head coach. Honestly? No idea what that could mean considering Rodgers is pretty much trusted to run the ship there as a veteran with Hackett. We'll see next week?
Nathaniel Hackett when he heard that Robert Saleh was fired, but he was somehow retained as Offensive Coordinator pic.twitter.com/A9FkwbperT
— TheOGfantasyfootball (@TheOGfantasy) October 8, 2024
Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles Notes from Week 5:
ON BYE IN WEEK 5
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
George Pickens | WR | 6 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 20.7% | 64.5% | 58.6% | 9.5 | 24.0% | 22.2% | 30.0% | 1.30 | 5.6 | WR59 |
Van Jefferson | WR | 5 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 29.7% | 80.6% | 81.0% | 16.4 | 20.0% | 22.2% | 20.0% | 1.04 | 5.6 | WR59 |
Calvin Austin III | WR | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15.6% | 80.6% | 75.9% | 21.5 | 8.0% | 5.6% | 8.0% | 0.24 | 1.6 | WR91 |
Scotty Miller | WR | 19.4% | 22.4% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Brandon Johnson | WR | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.4% | 9.7% | 8.6% | 4.0 | 4.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 3.00 | 1.9 | WR88 |
Pat Freiermuth | TE | 3 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 4.3% | 77.4% | 79.3% | 4.0 | 12.0% | 16.7% | 12.5% | 0.92 | 9.2 | TE20 |
Darnell Washington | TE | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10.5% | 32.3% | 51.7% | 14.5 | 8.0% | 5.6% | 20.0% | 0.50 | 1.5 | TE48 |
Connor Heyward | TE | 4 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 18.8% | 22.6% | 22.4% | 13.0 | 16.0% | 16.7% | 57.1% | 3.29 | 10.3 | TE16 |
Najee Harris | RB | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | -1.1% | 64.5% | 74.1% | -1.5 | 8.0% | 11.1% | 10.0% | 1.75 | 9.7 | RB29 |
Aaron Shampklin | RB | 6.5% | 19.0% | 1.4 | RB58 | ||||||||||
Jonathan Ward | RB | 3.2% | 5.2% | 0.9 | RB62 |
Steelers Notes from Week 5:
The “Arthur Smithening” of the Steelers’ offense continues to take shape by the week, as George Pickens (six targets, 3-26) was only allotted 65% of the routes and 59% snaps for as head coach Mike Tomlin explained in the post-game press conference, “snap management” reasons.
Mike Tomlin says George Pickens was limited because of “snap management” — compared it to resting and rotating defensive lineman like Cam Heyward — and there’s “no underlying story”
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) October 7, 2024
Of course, you don’t hear this from other NFL teams and their best playmaker on offense, because they are professional, serious organizations who understand that it’s important to have your best players on the field when healthy. Instead, we get games like this where the Steelers have no pass-catcher above three receptions or 35 receiving yards.
Pat Freiermuth (three targets, 3-22-1) rescued his night with a touchdown, but that was really anything meaningful for this offense. Yet people want Davante Adams to play for the Steelers? People wanted Brandon Aiyuk to come to Pittsburgh?
Najee Harris (14-42 rushing; two targets, 2-35 receiving) maintained his large workload (74% snaps) in the absence of Jaylen Warren and Cordarrelle Patterson.
San Francisco 49ers
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Deebo Samuel Sr. | WR | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6.9% | 80.5% | 81.3% | 7.0 | 9.7% | 17.6% | 9.1% | 0.33 | 3 | WR77 |
Brandon Aiyuk | WR | 11 | 8 | 147 | 0 | 47.7% | 92.7% | 92.2% | 13.2 | 35.5% | 23.5% | 28.9% | 3.87 | 22.7 | WR10 |
Jauan Jennings | WR | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 16.4% | 63.4% | 56.3% | 12.5 | 12.9% | 17.6% | 15.4% | 0.50 | 2.3 | WR83 |
Ronnie Bell | WR | 17.1% | 15.6% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Trent Taylor | WR | 4.9% | 3.1% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
George Kittle | TE | 12 | 8 | 64 | 1 | 27.6% | 82.9% | 90.6% | 7.0 | 38.7% | 41.2% | 35.3% | 1.88 | 20.4 | TE3 |
Eric Saubert | TE | 9.8% | 20.3% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Jordan Mason | RB | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.3% | 61.0% | 64.1% | 4.0 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 0.36 | 8.8 | RB31 |
Isaac Guerendo | RB | 7.3% | 14.1% | 2.2 | RB55 | ||||||||||
Kyle Juszczyk | FB | 53.7% | 62.5% | 0 | FB5 |
49ers Notes from Week 5:
Brandon Aiyuk is finally out of preseason mode. For what seemed like eons waiting for Aiyuk to finally have a game that was even passable for fantasy purposes, we got that and then some in Week 5 with 11 targets, eight receptions, and 147 yards.
Aiyuk’s 48% air yards, 93% routes, 29% TPRR, and 13.4-yard aDOT all led the 49ers, and the offensive output shrank considerably to Aiyuk and George Kittle. Kittle (8-64-1) led the 49ers in targets with 12 and caught Brock Purdy’s only touchdown on the afternoon. Both Aiyuk and Kittle vaporized Deebo Samuel (three targets, 1-11; 3-9 rushing), who obviously wasn’t a factor.
Neither was Jauan Jennings (four targets, 1-13, 63% routes), whose routes have steadily declined now that everybody is back healthy for the team.
Jordan Mason was solid as usual (14-89 rushing; one targets, 1-9 receiving) and continued his firm grasp on the rushing workload even with Isaac Guerendo taking five rushes on his nine snaps.
Seattle Seahawks
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
DK Metcalf | WR | 7 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 33.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 9.0 | 19.4% | 24.0% | 14.0% | 1.10 | 7.5 | WR50 |
Tyler Lockett | WR | 5 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 38.6% | 84.0% | 84.5% | 14.6 | 13.9% | 20.0% | 11.9% | 1.79 | 11.5 | WR41 |
Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | 6 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 12.7% | 88.0% | 87.9% | 4.0 | 16.7% | 12.0% | 13.6% | 0.70 | 13.1 | WR30 |
Jake Bobo | WR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.1% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 2.0 | 2.8% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 1.50 | 1.3 | WR94 |
Laviska Shenault Jr. | WR | 8.0% | 8.6% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Noah Fant | TE | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 6.8% | 72.0% | 69.0% | 4.3 | 8.3% | 8.0% | 8.3% | 0.67 | 5.4 | TE26 |
Pharaoh Brown | TE | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.6% | 10.0% | 13.8% | 5.0 | 2.8% | 4.0% | 20.0% | 1.40 | 1.7 | TE46 |
AJ Barner | TE | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3.7% | 16.0% | 25.9% | 7.0 | 2.8% | 4.0% | 12.5% | 1.63 | 2.3 | TE42 |
Brady Russell | TE | 2.0% | 3.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Kenneth Walker III | RB | 8 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 2.1% | 60.0% | 67.2% | 0.5 | 22.2% | 20.0% | 26.7% | 1.90 | 14.6 | RB15 |
Zach Charbonnet | RB | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | -1.1% | 34.0% | 36.2% | -0.5 | 11.1% | 8.0% | 23.5% | 1.12 | 6 | RB42 |
Seahawks Notes from Week 5:
A reasonably odd game plan going into this game as the Giants stretched out their time of possession and Seattle only got the ball for 22 minutes. The play volume for Seattle (18 plays in the first half) just wasn’t there. I mean, Kenneth Walker (5-19 rushing; eight targets, 7-57 receiving) had TWO carries in the first half?
If anything, this game showed that Walker maybe is one of the top handful of running backs in the league and certainly for fantasy. He still finished RB15 on the week with just five total carries.
When Seattle was trying to pass their way into staying in the game, it was the usual suspects doing the damage and half of the team’s targets. DK Metcalf (seven targets, 4-55) and Tyler Lockett (five targets, 4-75) were just fine, but Jaxon Smith-Njigba (six targets, 4-31-1) salvaged his day as the recipient of Geno Smith’s only touchdown throw.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Mike Evans | WR | 6 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 49.3% | 93.3% | 86.8% | 11.5 | 26.1% | 27.3% | 21.4% | 2.21 | 23.2 | WR7 |
Chris Godwin | WR | 6 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 24.4% | 90.0% | 98.1% | 5.7 | 26.1% | 22.7% | 22.2% | 2.37 | 11.6 | WR40 |
Kameron Johnson | WR | 3.3% | 7.5% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Sterling Shepard | WR | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 37.8% | 73.3% | 67.9% | 26.5 | 8.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 0.18 | 7.4 | WR51 |
Cody Thompson | WR | 6.7% | 5.7% | 0 | WR100 | ||||||||||
Cade Otton | TE | 4 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 7.1% | 80.0% | 100.0% | 2.5 | 17.4% | 18.2% | 16.7% | 1.83 | 7.4 | TE23 |
Payne Durham | TE | 3.3% | 22.6% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Rachaad White | RB | 3 | 3 | -6 | 0 | -10.1% | 56.7% | 64.2% | -4.7 | 13.0% | 13.6% | 17.6% | -0.35 | 9.6 | RB30 |
Bucky Irving | RB | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | -8.6% | 36.7% | 43.4% | -6.0 | 8.7% | 9.1% | 18.2% | 1.09 | 5.6 | RB44 |
Buccaneers Notes from Week 5:
Where the Falcons had 59 total attempts, the Buccaneers and Baker Mayfield only threw the ball 24 times. They were quite efficient with the lack of passing volume as Mayfield threw three touchdowns.
Mike Evans (six targets, 5-62-2) caught two of them and the resurrected Sterling Shepard (two targets, 1-4-1) caught the other as he ran 73% of routes filling in for the injured Jalen McMillan and Trey Palmer. Chris Godwin (six targets, 5-64) also saw some solid volume as well as Cade Otton’s four targets, three receptions and 44 yards.
The major note here was in the running game with the split between Rachaad White (10-72 rushing; three targets, 3-(-6) receiving) and Bucky Irving (9-44 rushing; two targets, 2-12 receiving). White reeled off a plodding 56-yard run and then on his 12 remaining carries, earned just 10 yards.
So, I’m not sure the White stat line is something to really celebrate even if he got 64% of the snaps to Irving’s 43%.
That said, Irving had a bad fumble late in regulation that could have set him back even further in the race to take the majority of Tampa’s running back workload. The team gave him some more carries after that, but it feels like we’re back where we started after an eventful game: with White garnering ~60% of the total workload and Irving with about 35-40%.
Both are startable where White is still a low-end RB2 and Irving is a flex play with bye weeks in full swing, but if you’re an Irving manager looking to start him, it’s best to temper expectations. Trust me, I’m talking to myself here as an ardent “Bucky guy.”
Tennessee Titans
Titans Notes from Week 5:
ON BYE IN WEEK 5
Washington Commanders
Name | Pos | Targets | Rec. | Rec. Yards | TD | Air Yards % | Route % | Snap % | aDOT | Target Share % | First Read Target % | TPRR | YPRR | PPR FPTS | PPR Finish |
Terry McLaurin | WR | 8 | 4 | 112 | 0 | 56.5% | 77.8% | 66.7% | 22.0 | 30.8% | 31.8% | 28.6% | 4.00 | 13.4 | WR27 |
Dyami Brown | WR | 2 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 16.7% | 55.6% | 54.5% | 26.0 | 7.7% | 9.1% | 10.0% | 2.85 | 13.7 | WR25 |
Luke McCaffrey | WR | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2.9% | 66.7% | 65.2% | 3.0 | 11.5% | 13.6% | 12.5% | 0.79 | 4.9 | WR66 |
Olamide Zaccheaus | WR | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.5% | 52.8% | 51.5% | 5.5 | 7.7% | 4.5% | 10.5% | 0.53 | 2 | WR86 |
Brycen Tremayne | WR | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -1.3% | 5.6% | 7.6% | -4.0 | 3.8% | 4.5% | 50.0% | -1.00 | 0.8 | WR98 |
Zach Ertz | TE | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 23.9% | 75.0% | 57.6% | 9.3 | 30.8% | 27.3% | 29.6% | 0.37 | 3 | TE37 |
Ben Sinnott | TE | 19.4% | 36.4% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
John Bates | TE | 22.2% | 51.5% | 0 | TE54 | ||||||||||
Brian Robinson Jr. | RB | 13.9% | 33.3% | 13.8 | RB20 | ||||||||||
Austin Ekeler | RB | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | -2.2% | 47.2% | 48.5% | -3.5 | 7.7% | 9.1% | 11.8% | 1.76 | 11.7 | RB25 |
Jeremy McNichols | RB | 11.1% | 22.7% | 10.4 | RB28 |
Commanders Notes from Week 5:
There’s no getting around the fact that Jayden Daniels is a legitimate MVP candidate so far this season and while he has been awesome for fantasy, the fact that he’s doing what he’s doing with let’s face it, a subpar cast of receivers outside of Terry McLaurin is pretty wild.
One of the impressive QB plays of the season period from Jayden Daniels pic.twitter.com/Z3JE2oMGs4
— Davis Mattek (@DavisMattek) October 6, 2024
McLaurin (eight targets, 4-112) led the Commanders in all receiving categories and has been a top 30 fantasy receiver in each of the last three weeks. Besides McLaurin and Zach Ertz (eight targets, 2-10), no other Commander earned more than three targets or caught more than three receptions.
Dyami Brown (two targets, 2-57-1, 56% routes) caught a long bomb for a touchdown, but nobody is starting him or picking him up on waivers. Come on.
All Brian Robinson Jr. (7-18-2 rushing) does is score fantasy points, so while his day wasn’t efficient whatsoever, he still scored two touchdowns. He’s been dealing with a knee injury, so once the game got out of hand, the team probably just yanked him at the earliest convenience.
Austin Ekeler (6-67 rushing; two targets, 2-30 receiving) also returned this week and was extremely efficient and in this particular game script, it’s a wonder why the Commanders didn’t choose to give him more run to bank more of that efficiency. He just came off of a concussion too, so that’s likely the reason for that. Jeremy McNichols (7-44) saw seven carries and scored another touchdown to give both backs a break.
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