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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We’re also providing a full table with statistics for each week HERE besides the tables you see in this article which feature even more statistics!
Largest Target Share % Increases from Week 13 To Week 14
Largest Target Share % Decreases from Week 13 To Week 14
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 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 51.3% | 95.2% | 84.5% | 12.6 | 22.2% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 1.23 | 8.9 | WR41 | |||
| Greg Dortch | WR | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1.5% | 50.0% | 38.0% | -3.0 | 2.8% | 0.0% | 4.8% | 0.24 | 1.5 | WR78 | |||
| Michael Wilson | WR | 3 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 17.9% | 90.5% | 83.1% | 11.7 | 8.3% | 12.0% | 7.9% | 1.50 | 13.7 | WR27 | |||
| Zay Jones | WR | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 16.8% | 35.7% | 33.8% | 16.5 | 5.6% | 8.0% | 13.3% | 0.87 | 2.3 | WR70 | |||
| Trey McBride | TE | 12 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 25.7% | 95.2% | 94.4% | 4.2 | 33.3% | 32.0% | 30.0% | 1.75 | 14.0 | TE4 | |||
| Elijah Higgins | TE | 11.9% | 22.5% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Tip Reiman | TE | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | -0.5% | 9.5% | 32.4% | -1.0 | 2.8% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 3.50 | 2.4 | TE34 | |||
| James Conner | RB | 4 | 4 | 32 | 1 | -3.1% | 66.7% | 77.5% | -1.5 | 11.1% | 8.0% | 14.3% | 1.14 | 18 | 90 | 0 | 22.2 | RB7 |
| Trey Benson | RB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2.5% | 16.7% | 14.1% | -5.0 | 2.8% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.57 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2.9 | RB48 |
| Emari Demercado | RB | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | -4.1% | 16.7% | 11.3% | -2.0 | 11.1% | 8.0% | 57.1% | 2.14 | 5.5 | RB34 |
Cardinals Notes From Week 14:
One of these days, the government will step in to help those who drafted Trey McBride with an economic stimulus package with the goal of getting that dude a receiving touchdown. It’s actually insane at this point as a player with this much market share in the receiving game hasn’t gotten a touchdown via the forward pass.
Trey McBride now has the most receptions (76) without a receiving TD in any 12-game span since at least 1970.
— NFL NEWS (@fantasynflnews.bsky.social) December 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
McBride continues to earn a ton of targets (team-leading 12 in Week 14) and while he had a couple of opportunities for red-zone scores, it just hasn’t worked out. Though the Cardinals and Kyler Murray, to their credit, are looking to get McBride off the schneid. “Always a McBridesmaid, never a McBride,” some are saying.
Michael Wilson’s 41-yard touchdown was the highlight of his day, who went 1-16 on two targets outside of that score. It’s not like he’s been that relevant anyway, but he’s the ubiquitous wide receiver in this offense that just hangs around and is good for one of those catches every third week.
The Cardinals have tried to get Marvin Harrison Jr. going, but he’s been pretty inefficient thanks to a 4-49 effort on eight targets. He should be a nice value in drafts next season in the fifth round as we hope for a second-year leap from somebody we clearly over-drafted this season.
The James Conner-ing continues as his huge role is omnipresent with 122 total yards and a receiving touchdown on 78% snaps. Emari Demercado did his thing in a receiving role catching 4-of-4 passes for just 15 yards, and Trey Benson grabbed a couple carries.
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 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 24.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 11.2 | 20.0% | 19.2% | 15.8% | 1.84 | 12.0 | WR34 | |||
| Darnell Mooney | WR | 6 | 6 | 142 | 0 | 40.0% | 94.7% | 94.6% | 18.0 | 20.0% | 23.1% | 16.7% | 3.94 | 20.2 | WR14 | |||
| Ray-Ray McCloud III | WR | 10 | 8 | 98 | 0 | 10.7% | 86.8% | 63.5% | 2.9 | 33.3% | 30.8% | 30.3% | 2.97 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16.1 | WR21 |
| KhaDarel Hodge | WR | 2.6% | 1.4% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Kyle Pitts | TE | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 21.8% | 76.3% | 78.4% | 11.8 | 16.7% | 19.2% | 17.2% | 0.48 | 2.4 | TE34 | |||
| Charlie Woerner | TE | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4.1% | 18.4% | 47.3% | 11.0 | 3.3% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 1.57 | 2.1 | TE39 | |||
| Bijan Robinson | RB | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -1.5% | 52.6% | 85.1% | -2.0 | 6.7% | 7.7% | 10.0% | 0.45 | 22 | 92 | 1 | 20.1 | RB9 |
| Tyler Allgeier | RB | 5.3% | 17.6% | 9 | 63 | 1 | 12.3 | RB22 |
Falcons Notes From Week 14:
The calls are coming from inside the house regarding Kirk Cousins and the fact that the Falcons should be going to Michael Penix for the remainder of the season. I mean, Cousins having eight interceptions to zero touchdowns might have something to do with that. He also hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass since November 3rd. At least the Falcons are condensed in the passing game themselves where the volume helps out our guys.
The top three wide receivers ran routes on 87% or more of Cousins’ dropbacks, which is typical of Drake London, Darnell Mooney, and Ray-Ray McCloud. London was the low man on the totem pole as he received the most attention from the Vikings’ defense. Mooney got back into fantasy managers’ good graces as he was used downfield very early on in an attempt to get him going and that’s exactly what happened, with 142 yards receiving and catching all six of his targets. McCloud earned his most volume of the season and his 8-98 line represented his best fantasy output of the season.
Do we mention Kyle Pitts and his 1-14 line on five targets? I just don’t know where to begin.
Bijan Robinson’s massive role continued with 85% snaps, 22 carries, 101 total yards and a touchdown, but Tyler Allgeier was very effective and efficient with a 9-63 line (7.0 YPC) and a touchdown as well. It was a game up until the fourth quarter when Jordan Addison scored two of his three touchdowns, so the run was very much in play until the middle of the fourth quarter.
Many are saying Robinson is good. Count me in with that contingent that say so.
Bijan Robinson remains a joy to watch
— Nate Tice (@natetice.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Baltimore Ravens
ON BYE IN WEEK 14
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 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0.7% | 61.0% | 60.0% | 1.0 | 8.1% | 8.0% | 12.0% | 0.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.6 | WR62 |
| Khalil Shakir | WR | 7 | 5 | 106 | 1 | 16.0% | 82.9% | 78.3% | 10.4 | 18.9% | 16.0% | 20.6% | 3.12 | 21.6 | WR10 | |||
| Mack Hollins | WR | 6 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 24.4% | 70.7% | 76.7% | 18.5 | 16.2% | 20.0% | 20.7% | 1.97 | 15.7 | WR23 | |||
| Amari Cooper | WR | 14 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 54.2% | 63.4% | 53.3% | 17.6 | 37.8% | 44.0% | 53.8% | 3.65 | 15.5 | WR24 | |||
| Jalen Virgil | WR | 2.4% | 1.7% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Dawson Knox | TE | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -0.4% | 73.2% | 81.7% | -2.0 | 2.7% | 4.0% | 3.3% | 0.17 | 1.5 | TE43 | |||
| Zach Davidson | TE | 29.3% | 26.7% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| James Cook | RB | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -0.7% | 41.5% | 45.0% | -1.5 | 5.4% | 0.0% | 11.8% | 0.53 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 4.9 | RB37 |
| Ray Davis | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4% | 24.4% | 21.7% | 29.0 | 2.7% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | RB62 | |||
| Ty Johnson | RB | 3 | 2 | 55 | 1 | -0.7% | 31.7% | 35.0% | -1.0 | 8.1% | 8.0% | 23.1% | 4.23 | 13.5 | RB19 | |||
| Reggie Gilliam | FB | 2.4% | 5.0% | 0.0 | FB3 |
Bills Notes From Week 14:
Rams vs. Bills was easily in the top two of my favorite games this season, right up there with the Chargers vs. Bengals Sunday Night Football game from a couple of weeks ago and no surprise, because the Bills were absolutely slinging the ball downfield in catch-up mode as they were down 38-21 entering the fourth quarter.
Amari Cooper did his best DeAndre Hopkins impression of earning a ton of targets (14) on only 63% of routes. That’s not a lot of routes for that kind of targeting, so no surprise the 53.8% TPRR was a league-wide high this week for any pass-catcher with more than three targets.
His 246 air yards (17.6 aDOT) were also a league-high in Week 14 and tied for the second-highest total of any pass-catcher this season after Rome Odunze’s 250 air yards in Week 3.
Extending his aDOT out a little bit was Khalil Shakir, who has been typically a shorter aDOT player (sub-5.0 aDOT entering Week 14) but had a couple of long catches. One of them went for a touchdown and one went to Josh Allen QB sneak range, which happened right after.
Still, Shakir has been awesome this season in a slightly unconventional role that we all pegged him for (slot receiver) in drafts, but he’s probably been the one player of a small handful that has completely changed my opinion about him during the season.
Khalil Shakir deserves more hype. This is the sort of run after catch where people would complain that the video game is broken.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell.com) December 8, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Mack Hollins also caught a touchdown and aside from a random Ty Johnson touchdown in which he returned to 30%+ usage in routes and snaps, no other Bill had more than two catches or 15 receiving yards.
With Allen taking a lot of the running back real estate, James Cook’s upside has been taken out at the knees. He did take all six running back carries, but succumbed to the game script and still is getting shuffled in and out with Ray Davis and the aforementioned Johnson. You’re still starting him in the fantasy playoffs though, but it’s not something you necessarily feel great about.
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 | 11 | 9 | 102 | 0 | 37.8% | 74.5% | 74.6% | 12.0 | 34.4% | 40.9% | 31.4% | 2.91 | 19.2 | WR18 | |||
| Xavier Legette | WR | 9 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 38.7% | 78.7% | 87.3% | 15.0 | 28.1% | 27.3% | 24.3% | 1.05 | 5.9 | WR54 | |||
| David Moore | WR | 4 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 13.5% | 72.3% | 87.3% | 11.8 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 11.8% | 0.74 | 4.5 | WR58 | |||
| Deven Thompkins | WR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.7% | 17.0% | 15.5% | 6.0 | 3.1% | 4.5% | 12.5% | 0.88 | 1.7 | WR74 | |||
| Dan Chisena | WR | 8.5% | 8.5% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Tommy Tremble | TE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.3% | 36.2% | 64.8% | 1.0 | 3.1% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 0.18 | 7.3 | TE17 | |||
| Ja’Tavion Sanders | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7% | 51.1% | 49.3% | 34.0 | 3.1% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE49 | |||
| Chuba Hubbard | RB | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0 | -1.7% | 68.1% | 97.2% | -1.2 | 15.6% | 9.1% | 15.6% | 0.47 | 26 | 92 | 1 | 20.7 | RB8 |
| Jonathon Brooks | RB | 4.3% | 4.2% | 1 | -3 | 0 | -0.3 | RB69 |
Panthers Notes From Week 14:
With the improvement of Bryce Young, fantasy managers of multiple players were hoping it would benefit multiple pass-catchers. Of course, Young isn’t a superstar or anything, so we have to be reasonable about expectations here.
It was fair to assume that Xavier Legette as a first-round rookie wide receiver would stand to benefit. At least in Week 14, that may not be the case as Legette is still having issues with his connection to Young, catching just 2-of-9 targets for 39 yards.
we are so close to living in a world where Bryce Young executed a 97-yard TD drive with 3 incredible plays and no timeouts to beat the Eagles
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Possibly Ja’Tavion Sanders? Well, he had a starting(ish) role with this Panthers team, and then Tommy Tremble returned and relegated Sanders a bit. Not helping is Sanders landing on his head, where he would be out for Week 13 and then return last week to just 51% routes with one target and zero catches.
It’s been Adam Thielen who has benefited the most out of anybody on this Panthers team, with two double-digit target games in a row and two top 20 finishes among wide receivers. That connection with Young has returned from the beginning of last season where Thielen was a top five fantasy wide receiver. Thielen should be a locked-in flex play for the remainder of the season.
Awful, awful luck for Jonathon Brooks as he re-tore his same ACL from the end of last season. It’s going to be difficult to worry about his future because it feels like it’s going to be more of a 2026 return for Brooks than him being back for any part of 2025.
Of course, the Panthers also paid Chuba Hubbard, who has been one of the best value picks in fantasy football for much of the season and he continues his path of destruction on defenses with 107 total yards and a touchdown on a whopping 30 touches.
Brooks’ injury and third string running back Raheem Blackshear getting hurt on a special teams’ play basically meant every touch was going to Hubbard in this one. The Panthers did sign Mike Boone to back up Hubbard, but Hubbard is full go as a low-end RB1 for the rest of the season.
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 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 21.6% | 97.0% | 90.6% | 4.1 | 34.8% | 44.4% | 25.0% | 1.53 | 10.9 | WR35 | |||
| Keenan Allen | WR | 5 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 24.4% | 93.9% | 88.7% | 7.4 | 21.7% | 22.2% | 16.1% | 0.97 | 6.0 | WR53 | |||
| Rome Odunze | WR | 5 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 49.4% | 93.9% | 92.5% | 15.0 | 21.7% | 27.8% | 16.1% | 1.35 | 20.2 | WR14 | |||
| Collin Johnson | WR | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.0% | 3.0% | 9.4% | 3.0 | 4.3% | 5.6% | 100.0% | 6.00 | 1.6 | WR76 | |||
| Cole Kmet | TE | 90.9% | 92.5% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Everett | TE | 3.0% | 15.1% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| D’Andre Swift | RB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.3% | 69.7% | 79.2% | 2.0 | 4.3% | 0.0% | 4.3% | 0.09 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 5.0 | RB36 |
| Travis Homer | RB | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1.4% | 21.2% | 13.2% | 0.7 | 13.0% | 0.0% | 42.9% | 1.57 | 4.1 | RB40 | |||
| Darrynton Evans | RB | 3.0% | 7.5% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | RB60 |
Bears Notes From Week 14:
There aren’t many easier pass-catching groups to break down from a route’s perspective than the Chicago Bears, where their top three wide receivers and tight end Cole Kmet all run 90%+ routes almost every week and they do not use their backups aside from a route or two.
With D.J. Moore in his (now) usual low-aDOT role, he’s being utilized to get out in space and make something out of what’s there, which Moore can do more often than now. He’s always good for volume and predictably led the Bears in targets (8) on the afternoon. Keenan Allen was a disappointment, but the Rome Odunze stuff hit with two scores and 4-42 after saying for weeks that this Bears offense in the passing game was a “two-man game.”
Sure, there’s always going to be more variance for a guy like Odunze than stalwart veterans like Moore and Allen, but Odunze in his rookie season has more of a learning curve than a lot of other receivers, thanks to breaking in a rookie quarterback, a head coach and offensive coordinator firing, and other factors. Still, he’s likely going to be a nice value moving forward into 2025 with Allen a free agent this offseason.
Kmet was on the field for 93% of snaps, 91% of routes, and was untargeted. Not sure how that works, but I hope he got some good cardio in. D’Andre Swift’s role is clear and dominant despite a dud effort which wasn’t helped by the game script being what it was, down 24-0 at halftime.
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 | 17 | 14 | 177 | 2 | 53.9% | 97.8% | 93.0% | 8.4 | 40.5% | 50.0% | 38.6% | 4.02 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 45.1 | WR1 |
| Tee Higgins | WR | 5 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16.6% | 91.1% | 87.3% | 8.8 | 11.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% | 0.56 | 4.3 | WR59 | |||
| Andrei Iosivas | WR | 5 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 11.3% | 66.7% | 67.6% | 6.0 | 11.9% | 8.8% | 16.7% | 1.37 | 8.1 | WR45 | |||
| Jermaine Burton | WR | 13.3% | 12.7% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Gesicki | TE | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 3.4% | 37.8% | 28.2% | 3.0 | 7.1% | 8.8% | 17.6% | 1.41 | 5.4 | TE24 | |||
| Drew Sample | TE | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3.0% | 37.8% | 69.0% | 4.0 | 4.8% | 2.9% | 11.8% | 0.76 | 3.3 | TE31 | |||
| Tanner Hudson | TE | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2.3% | 15.6% | 19.7% | 6.0 | 2.4% | 2.9% | 14.3% | 2.71 | 2.9 | TE33 | |||
| Cam Grandy | TE | 15.6% | 23.9% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Chase Brown | RB | 8 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 10.3% | 71.1% | 83.1% | 3.4 | 19.0% | 14.7% | 25.0% | 2.03 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 24.3 | RB5 |
| Khalil Herbert | RB | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -0.8% | 6.7% | 9.9% | -2.0 | 2.4% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 2.33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | RB52 |
Bengals Notes From Week 14:
Ja’Marr Chase is a supernova and he’s going to win a ton of people fantasy leagues this season. I know there were some people out there who were waiting for truly elite “week in, week out” production from Chase to justify his draft cost for the last couple of seasons, but we’ve got it and now, the decision between for LSU teammates for WR1 next season is going to be a contentious one.
While Jefferson is my choice as the forever 1.01 until he isn’t, the Chase people are certainly with merit to choose him as well.
The last three 10+ catch, 175+ yard, 2+ touchdown games:
Ja’Marr Chase (tonight)
Ja’Marr Chase (Week 10)
Ja’Marr Chase (Week 5)— Benjamin Solak (@benjaminsolak.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 10:14 PM
The last couple of weeks has seen Tee Higgins match or exceed Chase step for step in production, but Higgins took a massive step back with just five targets, two catches, and 23 yards receiving. Even Andrei Iosivas (4-41) and Mike Gesicki (3-24) were more impactful than Higgins was, but we’ll just chalk that up to a bad day at the office.
Chase Brown is just a stud and was the guy that played off of the dominance of Chase with a 6-65 line plus a receiving touchdown to tack onto 58 yards rushing. His role is massive at 83% snaps and even with Khalil Herbert mixing in slightly more than usual here, remains as must-start as it gets now that we’re in the fantasy playoffs.
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 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 19.3% | 91.1% | 91.7% | 10.0 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 14.6% | 1.56 | 17.4 | WR19 | |||
| Elijah Moore | WR | 4 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 12.6% | 82.2% | 83.3% | 9.8 | 11.1% | 12.0% | 10.8% | 0.92 | 6.4 | WR52 | |||
| James Proche II | WR | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 5.8% | 4.4% | 2.8% | 9.0 | 5.6% | 8.0% | 100.0% | 9.00 | 3.8 | WR61 | |||
| Kadarius Toney | WR | 2.2% | 6.9% | -2.0 | WR122 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Woods II | WR | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.8% | 84.4% | 87.5% | 13.3 | 8.3% | 8.0% | 7.9% | 0.32 | 2.2 | WR71 | |||
| David Njoku | TE | 12 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 34.4% | 88.9% | 90.3% | 8.9 | 33.3% | 36.0% | 30.0% | 1.05 | 17.2 | TE2 | |||
| Jordan Akins | TE | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4.5% | 26.7% | 18.1% | 14.0 | 2.8% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 1.17 | 2.4 | TE34 | |||
| Blake Whiteheart | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9% | 20.0% | 18.1% | 6.0 | 2.8% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE49 | |||
| Jerome Ford | RB | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 9.6% | 51.1% | 55.6% | 7.5 | 11.1% | 8.0% | 17.4% | 0.83 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 7.7 | RB32 |
| Pierre Strong Jr. | RB | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 15.6% | 9.7% | 0.0 | 5.6% | 4.0% | 28.6% | 1.29 | 2.9 | RB48 | |||
| Nick Chubb | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.0% | 26.7% | 36.1% | -3.0 | 2.8% | 4.0% | 8.3% | 0.00 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 4.8 | RB38 |
Browns Notes From Week 14:
It wasn’t the best outing from Jameis Winston in this game, as it was not played under idyllic conditions on Thursday Night Football. That said, Winston did support his main guys, with a 12-target, 7-42 game from David Njoku that at least included a touchdown.
Winston’s other touchdown went to the other man of the last couple weeks, Jerry Jeudy, who led the Browns in receiving yards. With no Cedric Tillman yet again, Elijah Moore (3-34) couldn’t capitalize as well in Week 14 as he has in previous weeks, with seven other Browns being targeted and catching at least one pass.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense had some influence here with three sacks, two interceptions, and a lost fumble gumming up the works for Cleveland in Acrisure Stadium.
Nick Chubb was at the very least efficient with over 4.0 yards per carry on the afternoon, but game script got in the way here. Even then, Chubb just hasn’t been anything close to a gamebreaker in his return, but honestly, that’s to be expected.
Jerome Ford has mixed in a lot more in the receiving game and saw 10 carries to Chubb’s 11. It’s a tough backfield to feel confident in for the rest of the season, where it’s essentially “touchdown-or-bust” each week and the offense is so dependent on the pass to move the ball.
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 | 7 | 6 | 93 | 1 | 26.2% | 97.1% | 96.7% | 7.9 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 20.6% | 2.74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.4 | WR11 |
| Brandin Cooks | WR | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13.8% | 77.1% | 60.0% | 9.7 | 10.7% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 0.11 | 7.3 | WR49 | |||
| Jalen Tolbert | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1% | 65.7% | 65.0% | 6.5 | 7.1% | 5.6% | 8.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Ryan Flournoy | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 16.0 | 3.6% | 5.6% | 100.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| KaVontae Turpin | WR | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 20.8% | 20.0% | 16.7% | 22.0 | 7.1% | 5.6% | 28.6% | 2.29 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4.1 | WR60 |
| Jonathan Mingo | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4% | 17.1% | 23.3% | 5.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Jake Ferguson | TE | 6 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 14.2% | 80.0% | 76.7% | 5.0 | 21.4% | 27.8% | 21.4% | 1.14 | 6.2 | TE21 | |||
| Luke Schoonmaker | TE | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 6.1% | 25.7% | 38.3% | 6.5 | 7.1% | 11.1% | 22.2% | 2.44 | 4.2 | TE27 | |||
| Brevyn Spann-Ford | TE | 5.7% | 18.3% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | RB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.9% | 11.4% | 10.0% | 2.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 0.50 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 | RB54 |
| Rico Dowdle | RB | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.9% | 62.9% | 76.7% | 1.0 | 7.1% | 5.6% | 9.1% | 0.45 | 18 | 131 | 0 | 15.1 | RB16 |
| Hunter Luepke | FB | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.9% | 20.0% | 16.7% | 2.0 | 3.6% | 5.6% | 14.3% | 0.71 | 1.5 | FB1 |
Cowboys Notes From Week 14:
— rivers mccown (@riversmccown.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I think this perfectly encapsulates the 2024 Dallas Cowboys.
Outside of CeeDee Lamb’s 6-93 line with a touchdown, none of the 10 other Cowboys’ pass-catchers caught more than three passes or gained more than 32 yards. This is the downside of the Cowboys’ offense, where Lamb may eat fine each week, but expecting Cooper Rush to reliably support multiple pass-catchers in a given week is a bit much.
In his return to the lineup, Jake Ferguson did get back to 77% routes. There was some glimmer of a chance where Luke Schoonmaker may earn a little bit of role following his solid stretch of play with Ferguson out, but his nine total routes out of 35 dropbacks pretty much dropped the hammer on that thought.
Rico Dowdle has been every bit the workhorse for the Cowboys and has been a late-season hammer for fantasy managers with his second-consecutive 100+ yard game on 77% snaps.
Denver Broncos
ON BYE IN WEEK 14
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 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 18.3% | 83.7% | 85.0% | 7.5 | 15.0% | 15.6% | 16.7% | 1.19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.3 | WR37 |
| Jameson Williams | WR | 8 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 28.0% | 74.4% | 68.8% | 8.6 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 2.50 | 13.0 | WR32 | |||
| Tim Patrick | WR | 7 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 20.3% | 62.8% | 66.3% | 7.1 | 17.5% | 12.5% | 25.9% | 1.59 | 22.3 | WR8 | |||
| Allen Robinson II | WR | 4.7% | 6.3% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Sam LaPorta | TE | 7 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 26.5% | 81.4% | 90.0% | 9.3 | 17.5% | 21.9% | 20.0% | 1.54 | 10.4 | TE10 | |||
| Brock Wright | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0% | 44.2% | 61.3% | 27.0 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE49 | |||
| Shane Zylstra | TE | 20.9% | 20.0% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | 6 | 6 | 30 | 1 | -2.9% | 53.5% | 56.3% | -1.2 | 15.0% | 15.6% | 26.1% | 1.30 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 19.3 | RB11 |
| David Montgomery | RB | 5 | 5 | 33 | 0 | -1.2% | 34.9% | 45.0% | -0.6 | 12.5% | 6.3% | 33.3% | 2.20 | 14 | 51 | 1 | 19.4 | RB10 |
Lions Notes From Week 14:
The Lions weren’t exactly condensed, but quite a bit of opportunity when to a handful of players, with five or more targets going to six of the seven pass-catchers. Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams both contributed, but Tim Patrick hit paydirt twice in his “Josh Reynolds-lite” role.
Kalif Raymond went on IR after Week 12, so that role for right now is open with Patrick, who offers more to the Lions as a dependable target with size (6-foot-4) as a compliment to St. Brown, Williams, and Sam LaPorta.
As prolific as the Lions’ offense should be, the player running 60-70% routes per drop back should be rostered for what he can offer for fantasy managers if needed. He’s a “break glass in case of emergency” start rather than a locked-in fantasy asset for playoff-bound managers.
LaPorta also saw seven targets (5-54) in a role that’s improving with two straight top ten fantasy finishes at tight end, but that’s the first time he’s done that this season. To say LaPorta has disappointed fantasy managers is an understatement.
Both Jahmyr Gibbs (73 total yards) and David Montgomery (84 total yards) saw at least five targets and 14 rushing attempts with Gibbs seeing slightly more work with one more target and one more rushing attempt. Montgomery, however, got the touchdown in the backfield while Gibbs caught a receiving touchdown. It’s the league’s most symbiotic and productive backfield for real-life and fantasy purposes.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2% | 62.5% | 50.0% | 4.0 | 5.6% | 10.0% | 6.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Christian Watson | WR | 6 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 48.9% | 91.7% | 92.0% | 14.5 | 33.3% | 30.0% | 27.3% | 5.18 | 13.4 | WR30 | |||
| Dontayvion Wicks | WR | 5 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 28.7% | 75.0% | 78.0% | 10.2 | 27.8% | 40.0% | 27.8% | 2.72 | 8.9 | WR41 | |||
| Bo Melton | WR | 20.8% | 18.0% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Malik Heath | WR | 12.5% | 12.0% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Tucker Kraft | TE | 5 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 19.1% | 95.8% | 88.0% | 6.8 | 27.8% | 20.0% | 21.7% | 1.78 | 13.1 | TE8 | |||
| Ben Sims | TE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.1% | 29.2% | 36.0% | 2.0 | 5.6% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.29 | 1.2 | TE46 | |||
| John FitzPatrick | TE | 4.2% | 12.0% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 41.7% | 80.0% | 18 | 66 | 3 | 24.6 | RB4 | ||||||||||
| Emanuel Wilson | RB | 4.2% | 6.0% | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.7 | RB58 | ||||||||||
| Chris Brooks | RB | 25.0% | 28.0% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | RB60 |
Packers Notes From Week 14:
When you see that the Packers and Jordan Love had a grand total of 20 pass attempts and 44 total plays, the lowest totals on both in Week 14, you can expect there wasn’t much in the way of passing volume.
For some ridiculous reason, it didn’t even seem like Jayden Reed was even part of a gameplan, with just one target and zero catches on 63% routes. Christian Watson provided much of the downfield element for the Packers with 114 yards on four catches but cost the Packers in the real-life game with a fumble and an offensive pass interference penalty that took points off of the board for the Packers.
QJ but with a better publicist
— kliff kicksbury (@biharikabab.bsky.social) December 5, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Dontayvion Wicks saw 75% routes with Romeo Doubs out yet again with his concussion. Tucker Kraft caught the only touchdown from Love as the scoring was hogged by one certain running back who has been making a habit of that lately.
Yes, that would be Josh Jacobs, who has been a top five fantasy running back in each of the last four weeks, with eight touchdowns that span and three in Week 14 on 66 yards rushing and 80% snaps. He’s been racking up green-zone touchdowns and converting them into scores at a crazy rate.
Houston Texans
ON BYE IN WEEK 14
Indianapolis Colts
ON BYE IN WEEK 14
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 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 71.9% | 97.1% | 79.7% | 10.2 | 37.0% | 47.4% | 30.3% | 2.61 | 16.6 | WR20 | |||
| Parker Washington | WR | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9.2% | 91.2% | 74.6% | 6.5 | 7.4% | 10.5% | 6.5% | 0.48 | 3.5 | WR63 | |||
| Tim Jones | WR | 2.9% | 23.7% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Devin Duvernay | WR | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4.2% | 58.8% | 49.2% | 2.0 | 11.1% | 15.8% | 15.0% | 0.40 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 3.1 | WR64 |
| Joshua Cephus | WR | 11.8% | 10.2% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Evan Engram | TE | 5 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 10.6% | 85.3% | 71.2% | 3.0 | 18.5% | 15.8% | 17.2% | 1.14 | 7.3 | TE17 | |||
| Luke Farrell | TE | 11.8% | 39.0% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Brenton Strange | TE | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 9.9% | 32.4% | 44.1% | 14.0 | 3.7% | 5.3% | 9.1% | 1.91 | 3.1 | TE32 | |||
| Travis Etienne | RB | 4 | 4 | 50 | 0 | -2.3% | 52.9% | 47.5% | -0.8 | 14.8% | 5.3% | 22.2% | 2.78 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11.0 | RB25 |
| Tank Bigsby | RB | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -3.5% | 26.5% | 52.5% | -2.5 | 7.4% | 0.0% | 22.2% | 0.78 | 18 | 55 | 1 | 13.2 | RB20 |
Jaguars Notes From Week 14:
You’ve got to be pretty damn good if you’re Brian Thomas Jr., in THIS particular quagmire of an offense, with THIS abomination of a quarterback in Mac Jones and you’re still able to produce an 8-86 line on a team-leading 10 targets.
Evan Engram ran a bunch of routes and came out with a mediocre 4-33 line on a tiny 3.0-yard aDOT, further illustrating Jones’ limitations at quarterback for this Jaguars’ team who couldn’t get out of their own way, yet scoring 10 points was enough to beat the lowly Titans.
In one of the clearest signs of a baton passing from one running back to another, Tank Bigsby grabbed the baton from Travis Etienne and literally ran with it. In a game with both Bigsby and Etienne both active and playing the entire game, Bigsby had a clear touch advantage on the ground 18-to-4, with Etienne grabbing more of the passing work, third downs, two-minute drill, and the lone goal-line snap.
While the touch disparity between the two backs could even out a little bit more in the next couple of weeks, Bigsby is back into flex consideration for the rest of the season with the Jets, Raiders, and Titans remaining on their fantasy schedule.
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 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 8.0% | 81.4% | 82.6% | 3.4 | 17.6% | 12.0% | 17.1% | 1.17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.6 | WR39 |
| Justin Watson | WR | 41.9% | 50.7% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 7.5% | 51.2% | 49.3% | 9.5 | 5.9% | 4.0% | 9.1% | 1.41 | 5.1 | WR56 | |||
| DeAndre Hopkins | WR | 8 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 62.8% | 65.1% | 55.1% | 20.0 | 23.5% | 32.0% | 28.6% | 1.14 | 13.2 | WR31 | |||
| Travis Kelce | TE | 6 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 18.9% | 88.4% | 85.5% | 8.0 | 17.6% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 1.18 | 9.5 | TE12 | |||
| Noah Gray | TE | 5 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 3.9% | 46.5% | 60.9% | 2.0 | 14.7% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 1.30 | 6.6 | TE19 | |||
| Baylor Cupp | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4% | 7.0% | 5.8% | -1.0 | 2.9% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE49 | |||
| Isiah Pacheco | RB | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.5% | 32.6% | 46.4% | 0.3 | 11.8% | 8.0% | 28.6% | 0.43 | 14 | 55 | 0 | 8.1 | RB31 |
| Samaje Perine | RB | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | -0.4% | 23.3% | 24.6% | -1.0 | 2.9% | 4.0% | 10.0% | 1.60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.9 | RB48 |
| Carson Steele | RB | 4.7% | 8.7% | 0.0 | RB62 | |||||||||||||
| Kareem Hunt | RB | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | -0.8% | 30.2% | 29.0% | -2.0 | 2.9% | 4.0% | 7.7% | 1.00 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3.9 | RB41 |
Chiefs Notes From Week 14:
The Chiefs continue their comedy act as their kicker Matthew Wright hit the upright with a game-winning field goal and it still went in, clinching the AFC West despite their best (or worst) efforts. Nothing about this team screams good except their 12-1 record, but they seem to do enough each week.
They tried to get DeAndre Hopkins going deep (160 air yards – second-most in Week 14, 20.2-yard aDOT) but eventually connected with a touchdown from nine yards out. Xavier Worthy’s aDOT crept much closer to the line of scrimmage (3.4 yards) and earned some volume and tried to get him the D.J. Moore gameplan of getting him the ball and letting him make plays in space.
Travis Kelce was around with a 5-45 game as well, but nobody really stood out in this game offensively with Patrick Mahomes only tallying 210 yards passing.
Growing his role more after coming back from a nine-game layoff was Isiah Pacheco, who doubled up his carries to 14 from last week and jumped up to 46% snaps from last week’s 37%. He’s at the very least worthy of a flex spot for the fantasy playoffs, but Kareem Hunt’s value predictably goes right into contingency territory with no standalone role to speak of with Samaje Perine also involved in his insulated role within the offense.
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 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 27.4% | 97.6% | 91.0% | 7.4 | 27.3% | 29.6% | 22.5% | 1.68 | 13.7 | WR27 | |||
| Tre Tucker | WR | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 32.5% | 92.7% | 88.1% | 15.8 | 15.2% | 14.8% | 13.2% | 0.18 | 2.7 | WR68 | |||
| Terrace Marshall Jr. | WR | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.6% | 19.5% | 22.4% | 4.0 | 3.0% | 3.7% | 12.5% | 0.75 | 1.6 | WR76 | |||
| Brock Bowers | TE | 5 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 14.4% | 87.8% | 85.1% | 7.0 | 15.2% | 14.8% | 13.9% | 1.36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.2 | TE16 |
| Michael Mayer | TE | 9 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 26.6% | 73.2% | 82.1% | 7.2 | 27.3% | 25.9% | 30.0% | 2.27 | 13.8 | TE5 | |||
| Harrison Bryant | TE | 7.3% | 19.4% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Ameer Abdullah | RB | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -0.8% | 39.0% | 38.8% | -1.0 | 6.1% | 3.7% | 12.5% | -0.19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | RB56 |
| Sincere McCormick | RB | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | -1.6% | 24.4% | 61.2% | -2.0 | 6.1% | 7.4% | 20.0% | 1.10 | 15 | 78 | 0 | 10.9 | RB26 |
Raiders Notes From Week 14:
Playing in his third game as a pro, Sincere McCormick has already earned a 61% snap share and has averaged 5.2 yards per carry in his first two games of legitimate, volume-earning work. With Alexander Mattison and Zamir White out, McCormick has earned a big share of the Raiders’ backfield and has relegated Ameer Abdullah back to spell and passing-down duties.
#Raiders HC Antonio Pierce on whether Sincere McCormick is RB1 when Alexander Mattison returns:
“Yep. He’s deserved it. Last week, he was running his tail off. So, keep running it, keep pushing those numbers up, see if we can get him to 100.”
(reliability rating in comments)
— The Coachspeak Index (@coachspeakindex.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
With McCormick set to take on the Falcons, Jaguars, and Saints in the next three games, he could very well be a league-winning running back and that usually doesn’t pop on the scene this late into the season.
All of the Raiders’ opponents know that Brock Bowers is the guy they want to get the ball to at every opportunity, Week 14 was one of those weeks where he was just taken away, which explains why Michael Mayer had nine targets (7-68) and the Jakobi Meyers (7-67) train kept rolling.
Meyers is a perfectly cromulent WR3 option that will get you some spike weeks out of the WR position just because the depth behind Meyers is so painful.
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 | 9 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 46.8% | 94.4% | 86.7% | 14.9 | 32.1% | 34.8% | 26.5% | 2.29 | 13.8 | WR26 | |||
| DJ Chark | WR | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.4% | 30.6% | 25.0% | 4.0 | 3.6% | 4.3% | 9.1% | 0.82 | 1.9 | WR73 | |||
| Quentin Johnston | WR | 7 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 27.8% | 83.3% | 80.0% | 11.4 | 25.0% | 26.1% | 23.3% | 1.60 | 15.8 | WR22 | |||
| Derius Davis | WR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.3% | 33.3% | 36.7% | 6.0 | 10.7% | 13.0% | 25.0% | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | WR72 |
| Jalen Reagor | WR | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.0% | 36.1% | 31.7% | 3.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.31 | 1.4 | WR82 | |||
| Will Dissly | TE | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1.0% | 44.4% | 40.0% | 1.5 | 7.1% | 8.7% | 12.5% | 1.19 | 3.9 | TE28 | |||
| Stone Smartt | TE | 3 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 15.0% | 36.1% | 36.7% | 14.3 | 10.7% | 13.0% | 23.1% | 4.15 | 8.4 | TE15 | |||
| Tucker Fisk | TE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.3% | 16.7% | 35.0% | -1.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 1.0 | TE47 | |||
| Gus Edwards | RB | 27.8% | 43.3% | 10 | 36 | 1 | 9.6 | RB27 | ||||||||||
| Kimani Vidal | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0% | 47.2% | 53.3% | 3.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 5.9% | 0.00 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 3.4 | RB44 |
| Hassan Haskins | RB | 2.8% | 1.7% | 0.0 | RB62 |
Chargers Notes From Week 14:
With no “smiley boy” Ladd McConkey active for the Chargers, Joshua Palmer took a more increased role, especially downfield. It could have been a much better night, though.
This could have been it for Josh Palmer anytime TD bettors…pic.twitter.com/di2VBwiThU
— Pikkit (@pikkitsports) December 9, 2024
Palmer still had a nice night with nine targets and a 9-78 line with Quentin Johnston chipping in with some volume and getting Justin Herbert’s lone touchdown pass on the night. Will Dissly hurt his shoulder on the first half’s final play and didn’t return. It looks like Stone Smartt will take more of the receiving role in the interim for the Chargers.
It’s worth noting that the Chargers are a team that loves to rotate several tight ends, including Tucker Fisk and Eric Tomlinson, who is still on the Chargers’ practice squad after some games of utilization this season. Both Fisk and Tomlinson are glorified offensive linemen, so Smartt does represent the best receiving option of any of the tight ends still on the roster.
Both Gus Edwards and Kimani Vidal were involved, with Edwards getting a slight 10-to-8 edge over Vidal, but Vidal taking a sizable snaps and routes edge. In this new, murky post-J.K. Dobbins Chargers backfield, it’s still a work in progress, though I’d stash Vidal for any upside and would feel not super great about starting Edwards as it would be very difficult to expect anything other than a touchdown’s worth of fantasy upside.
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 | 7 | 5 | 92 | 1 | 37.4% | 75.0% | 83.1% | 13.8 | 25.0% | 28.0% | 33.3% | 4.38 | 20.2 | WR14 | |||
| Puka Nacua | WR | 13 | 12 | 162 | 1 | 34.7% | 92.9% | 76.6% | 6.9 | 46.4% | 52.0% | 50.0% | 6.23 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 41.8 | WR2 |
| Demarcus Robinson | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4% | 71.4% | 61.0% | 27.0 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Tutu Atwell | WR | 3 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 13.6% | 60.7% | 45.5% | 11.7 | 10.7% | 12.0% | 17.6% | 2.65 | 7.5 | WR48 | |||
| Tyler Johnson | WR | 14.3% | 20.8% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Colby Parkinson | TE | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1.9% | 46.4% | 48.1% | 5.0 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.85 | 2.1 | TE39 | |||
| Davis Allen | TE | 21.4% | 28.6% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Hunter Long | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8% | 10.7% | 23.4% | 2.0 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 33.3% | 0.00 | 6.0 | TE22 | |||
| Kyren Williams | RB | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.2% | 78.6% | 83.1% | 1.5 | 7.1% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 0.45 | 29 | 87 | 2 | 23.7 | RB6 |
| Blake Corum | RB | 10.7% | 16.9% | 8 | 34 | 0 | 3.4 | RB44 |
Rams Notes From Week 14:
This Rams’ passing game is literally two players: Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp. Both receivers accounted for 71% of the team’s targets, 254 of Matthew Stafford’s 320 passing yards, and both receiving touchdowns. Nacua even had five rush attempts and a touchdown too, further proving his alpha status over Kupp, who had a really nice day himself.
No other Ram besides Tutu Atwell’s 3-45 had more than two targets or 11 receiving yards, to illustrate just how condensed this Rams offense is.
Speaking of the run, that was the theme here with 42 rushing attempts and Kyren Williams having 29 of them. 83% of snaps for Williams is such a monster role and even with Blake Corum seeing eight carries himself, Williams is still a locked-in starter and in no danger of losing his role. No matter how much people want that to happen.
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 | 14 | 10 | 115 | 1 | 53.4% | 97.9% | 97.2% | 9.9 | 31.1% | 34.4% | 29.8% | 2.45 | 27.5 | WR6 | |||
| Jaylen Waddle | WR | 12 | 9 | 99 | 0 | 39.7% | 85.4% | 81.9% | 8.6 | 26.7% | 34.4% | 29.3% | 2.41 | 20.9 | WR12 | |||
| Malik Washington | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3% | 41.7% | 41.7% | 19.0 | 2.2% | 3.1% | 5.0% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Dee Eskridge | WR | 2.1% | 5.6% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 18.8% | 13.9% | 0.0 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 0.11 | 1.1 | WR84 | |||
| Jonnu Smith | TE | 4 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 2.8% | 79.2% | 63.9% | 1.8 | 8.9% | 9.4% | 10.5% | 1.16 | 13.4 | TE7 | |||
| Durham Smythe | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5% | 12.5% | 19.4% | 4.0 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE49 | |||
| Julian Hill | TE | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.3% | 27.1% | 44.4% | 6.0 | 2.2% | 3.1% | 7.7% | 1.08 | 2.4 | TE34 | |||
| De’Von Achane | RB | 7 | 6 | 45 | 0 | -4.3% | 81.3% | 83.3% | -1.6 | 15.6% | 15.6% | 17.9% | 1.15 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 18.9 | RB13 |
| Jaylen Wright | RB | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -3.1% | 18.8% | 19.4% | -2.7 | 6.7% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.67 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.3 | RB46 |
| Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.4% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 1.0 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 2.33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | RB52 |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 14.6% | 23.6% | 0.0 | FB3 |
Dolphins Notes From Week 14:
The Miami Dolphins make have looked more “classic Miami Dolphins” in Week 14 than at any point this season. Of course, we mean the hyper-condensed offense at the top of the wide receiver pecking order, a clear third target, and then targets spread out amongst everybody else.
We got all that and then some with Tyreek Hill (10-115) and Jaylen Waddle (9-99) combining for 59% of targets (26-of-45 total targets) and Hill grabbing one of the two touchdowns. Jonnu Smith bailed out his fantasy managers who started him with a 3-44 line and a touchdown; all of which came in overtime.
De’Von Achane ran poorly and inefficiently (24 rushing yards on 14 attempts) but scored a touchdown on the ground and chipped in with six catches for 45 yards. He went into the blue tent in the second quarter with a possible concussion but returned to the game with his usual Guardian cap and still ended up with a massive 83% snaps despite getting checked out.
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 | 7 | 7 | 132 | 2 | 37.5% | 100.0% | 95.0% | 16.4 | 28.0% | 17.6% | 20.0% | 3.77 | 32.2 | WR4 | |||
| Jordan Addison | WR | 10 | 8 | 133 | 3 | 45.8% | 85.7% | 75.0% | 14.0 | 40.0% | 52.9% | 33.3% | 4.43 | 39.3 | WR3 | |||
| Jalen Nailor | WR | 54.3% | 40.0% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Powell | WR | 11.4% | 16.7% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Trent Sherfield Sr. | WR | 17.1% | 16.7% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| T.J. Hockenson | TE | 5 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 15.7% | 82.9% | 61.7% | 9.6 | 20.0% | 23.5% | 17.2% | 1.55 | 8.5 | TE14 | |||
| Johnny Mundt | TE | 5.7% | 18.3% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Josh Oliver | TE | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 6.0 | 4.0% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 3.71 | 3.6 | TE30 | |||
| Aaron Jones | RB | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | -1.0% | 40.0% | 63.3% | -1.5 | 8.0% | 5.9% | 14.3% | 0.79 | 13 | 73 | 1 | 16.4 | RB14 |
| Cam Akers | RB | 22.9% | 31.7% | 5 | 37 | 0 | 3.7 | RB42 | ||||||||||
| C.J. Ham | FB | 17.1% | 31.7% | 0.0 | FB3 |
Vikings Notes From Week 14:
There are condensed offenses and then there are the Minnesota Vikings, who thrived with five Sam Darnold passing touchdowns. Jordan Addison was the massive story with three of those touchdowns, plus a team-leading 10 targets and an 8-133 line on top of that. Don’t forget Planet Earth’s best wide receiver Justin Jefferson, who “only” had two touchdowns and a 7-132 line.
Only three other pass-catchers caught passes from Darnold in Week 14, with T.J. Hockenson chipping in on 83% routes. Not a lot left for anybody else when your top two wide receivers are combining for five touchdown grabs.
Aaron Jones’ solid role continues as he put up 84 total yards and squeezed in a late touchdown with under four minutes to go. Cam Akers saw some work late as well with the Vikings scoring the final 21 points after ending the third quarter deadlocked at 21 apiece.
New England Patriots
ON BYE IN WEEK 14
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 | 18 | 0 | 5.9% | 30.6% | 35.3% | 18.0 | 3.3% | 4.5% | 9.1% | 1.64 | 2.8 | WR66 | |||
| Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | 7 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 40.8% | 86.1% | 70.6% | 17.9 | 23.3% | 31.8% | 22.6% | 1.65 | 9.1 | WR40 | |||
| Kevin Austin Jr. | WR | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 25.4% | 69.4% | 66.2% | 19.5 | 13.3% | 18.2% | 16.0% | 0.20 | 1.5 | WR78 | |||
| Dante Pettis | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5% | 33.3% | 30.9% | 8.5 | 6.7% | 9.1% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Juwan Johnson | TE | 5 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 14.0% | 77.8% | 72.1% | 8.6 | 16.7% | 22.7% | 17.9% | 1.79 | 15.0 | TE3 | |||
| Foster Moreau | TE | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 6.2% | 41.7% | 72.1% | 9.5 | 6.7% | 9.1% | 13.3% | 2.67 | 6.0 | TE22 | |||
| Dallin Holker | TE | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | -1.0% | 8.3% | 8.8% | -3.0 | 3.3% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 3.33 | 2.0 | TE41 | |||
| Alvin Kamara | RB | 5 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 1.3% | 63.9% | 72.1% | 0.8 | 16.7% | 4.5% | 21.7% | 1.52 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 12.9 | RB21 |
| Jamaal Williams | RB | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.3% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 2.0 | 6.7% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 5.00 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | RB43 |
| Kendre Miller | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7% | 16.7% | 26.5% | 2.0 | 3.3% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.00 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 9.2 | RB28 |
| Adam Prentice | FB | 27.8% | 38.2% | 0.0 | FB3 |
Saints Notes From Week 14:
While it may feel like water torture here or something I’m forced to scribe with guards watching my every move, I get to write about what is still one of the 32 member clubs of the National Football League (for now), the New Orleans Saints.
Unfortunately, they are very real. Alvin Kamara is very much a real NFL football player no matter what club he is on, as he continues to pile up fantasy production with 79 total yards and five receptions in a down game.
Back from his four-game banishment in former head coach Dennis Allen’s last gasp as Saints’ head coach, Kendre Miller looked solid and even scored a touchdown. How soon we forget the Week 18 Miller experience where he went 13 carries, 73 yards and a touchdown. With Kamara looking a little creaky, that could be on the menu in the next couple weeks.
Derek Carr may be lost for the remainder of the season due to a left hand (non-throwing) injury suffered while diving for first down late in their Week 14 win. That further downgrades a pass-catching group from deplorable to simply hopeless.
When Marquez Valdes–Scantling turns into your target-earning option, there’s questions. MVS, to his credit, ran more than just downfield routes and earned a team-high seven targets. Tight end Juwan Johnson caught Carr’s only touchdown throw of the day and that plus Miller’s touchdown was good enough to defeat our next team…
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 | 9 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 31.9% | 92.9% | 93.6% | 14.0 | 22.5% | 31.0% | 17.3% | 1.52 | 14.9 | WR25 | |||
| Wan’Dale Robinson | WR | 9 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 22.4% | 98.2% | 98.7% | 9.8 | 22.5% | 27.6% | 16.4% | 0.69 | 7.8 | WR47 | |||
| Darius Slayton | WR | 6 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 24.6% | 85.7% | 84.6% | 16.2 | 15.0% | 17.2% | 12.5% | 0.56 | 4.7 | WR57 | |||
| Jalin Hyatt | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9% | 23.2% | 23.1% | 15.5 | 5.0% | 3.4% | 15.4% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Daniel Bellinger | TE | 5 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 6.6% | 82.1% | 78.2% | 5.2 | 12.5% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 0.98 | 9.5 | TE12 | |||
| Chris Manhertz | TE | 5.4% | 19.2% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Dulcich | TE | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Devin Singletary | RB | 16.1% | 17.9% | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.8 | RB56 | ||||||||||
| Tyrone Tracy Jr. | RB | 9 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 6.6% | 71.4% | 83.3% | 2.9 | 22.5% | 10.3% | 22.5% | 0.95 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 19.3 | RB11 |
Giants Notes From Week 14:
…yeah, it’s the New York Giants. Of all the talk about how bad the New Orleans Saints are, the Giants just might be worse. At least they have young offensive talent in Malik Nabers and Tyrone Tracy Jr., but the quarterback situation might be worse than the Saints.
Drew Lock started out 0-for-8 passing and ended the day with a -12.2% completion percentage over expectation (CPOE) and just 21 completions on 49 pass attempts. It was u-g-l-y, and Lock clearly has no alibi. With Lock now injured, the Giants turn to Tommy DeVito, but does it really matter?
Tracy (5-38), Nabers (5-79), and Wan’Dale Robinson (4-38) led the team with nine targets apiece and Daniel Bellinger took injured tight end Theo Johnson’s role as Bellinger is essentially a one-for-one Johnson replacement with 82% routes per dropback and a 5-45 line.
Tracy retains his massive role and should for the rest of the season, with just shy of 3.0 yards per carry. He at least buoyed the lack of efficiency on the ground with his receiving work and a rushing touchdown.
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 | 9 | 114 | 0 | 39.1% | 100.0% | 98.5% | 10.4 | 26.3% | 29.6% | 23.3% | 2.65 | 20.4 | WR13 | |||
| Xavier Gipson | WR | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Allen Lazard | WR | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 6.0% | 76.7% | 77.9% | 16.0 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 3.0% | 0.55 | 2.8 | WR66 | |||
| Davante Adams | WR | 10 | 9 | 109 | 1 | 25.9% | 95.3% | 85.3% | 6.9 | 26.3% | 29.6% | 24.4% | 2.66 | 25.9 | WR7 | |||
| Tyler Conklin | TE | 4 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 9.8% | 74.4% | 79.4% | 6.5 | 10.5% | 14.8% | 12.5% | 1.03 | 6.3 | TE20 | |||
| Jeremy Ruckert | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6% | 25.6% | 29.4% | 15.0 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 9.1% | 0.00 | 0.0 | TE49 | |||
| Kenny Yeboah | TE | 7.0% | 17.6% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Braelon Allen | RB | 5 | 4 | 38 | 0 | -0.4% | 51.2% | 54.4% | -0.2 | 13.2% | 14.8% | 22.7% | 1.73 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 12.1 | RB23 |
| Isaiah Davis | RB | 7 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 13.9% | 46.5% | 52.9% | 5.3 | 18.4% | 3.7% | 35.0% | 1.35 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 15.7 | RB15 |
| Kene Nwangwu | RB | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.0 | RB62 |
Jets Notes From Week 14:
Now to be outdone by the Dolphins in their condensed nature at the top of the wide receiver food chain were the New York Jets, who had 10 targets each from Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams for 53% of the targets with Adams scoring the Jets’ lone touchdown through the passing game. Besides the running backs, only Tyler Conklin (3-33) had more than one target.
Without Breece Hall active for the Jets, the backfield was about as even as it gets for rookies Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis. With Davis active last week, I had said it was difficult to imagine a week if Hall was inactive that Allen didn’t split with Davis, and that’s exactly what happened.
Allen took one more carry (11-to-10) than Davis, but Davis had the rushing touchdown. Davis earned more targets (7) than Allen (5), but Allen caught more and had the better receiving day. Neither had a significant routes or snaps edge on each other, so all of that to say: start either as a low-end flex option if Hall remains out for Week 15.
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 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 33.0% | 96.3% | 94.8% | 8.0 | 22.2% | 40.0% | 15.4% | 1.65 | 8.3 | WR44 | |||
| DeVonta Smith | WR | 5 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 35.1% | 100.0% | 89.7% | 6.8 | 27.8% | 40.0% | 18.5% | 1.37 | 13.7 | WR27 | |||
| Jahan Dotson | WR | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10.3% | 63.0% | 41.4% | 5.0 | 11.1% | 0.0% | 11.8% | 0.29 | 1.5 | WR78 | |||
| Johnny Wilson | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 9.0 | 5.6% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Grant Calcaterra | TE | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 12.4% | 92.6% | 91.4% | 4.0 | 16.7% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 0.64 | 10.6 | TE9 | |||
| E.J. Jenkins | TE | 3.7% | 3.4% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| C.J. Uzomah | TE | 7.4% | 24.1% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Saquon Barkley | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.1% | 48.1% | 75.9% | -3.0 | 5.6% | 10.0% | 7.7% | 0.00 | 20 | 124 | 0 | 14.4 | RB17 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | RB | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.1% | 33.3% | 24.1% | 1.5 | 11.1% | 0.0% | 22.2% | 0.78 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 5.3 | RB35 |
Eagles Notes From Week 14:
As it stands right now through 14 weeks of the NFL regular season, the Eagles have the lowest PROE in the league at -6.6%, ahead of teams like the Colts and Steelers. The Eagles will pass only when they have to, and they haven’t reached 30 or more pass attempts in a game since Week 4, just before their Week 5 bye. In fact, since Week 4, Jalen Hurts hasn’t had a game with 18 completions.
DeVonta Smith made his return to his awesome 100% route participation role, and led the Eagles in targets (5), co-led with A.J. Brown in receptions (4), and scored one of Hurts’ two touchdown passes.
In this condensed offense that now is without Dallas Goedert following his placement on IR, Grant Calcaterra will be running a ton of routes (93% in Week 14) for one of the most prolific offenses in the NFL and kicked off his starting gig with three receptions for 16 yards and a touchdown. It may not look like much, but that was still top ten amongst tight ends on the week.
For those who started Calcaterra, that was a great step, but he’s still lower on the totem pole than most streamers because of the lack of passing volume in the Eagles’ offense.
Ho hum, just another 124 rushing yards for Saquon Barkley. No touchdown, but still. He’s been awesome all season. There’s not much else to say about Barkley, the wire-to-wire league winner.
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 |
| Van Jefferson | WR | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6.2% | 72.4% | 73.8% | 10.0 | 5.0% | 0.0% | 4.8% | 0.48 | 8.0 | WR46 | |||
| Calvin Austin III | WR | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9.9% | 51.7% | 35.4% | 5.3 | 15.0% | 21.4% | 20.0% | 0.27 | 1.4 | WR82 | |||
| Scotty Miller | WR | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 28.2% | 44.8% | 52.3% | 11.3 | 20.0% | 28.6% | 30.8% | 2.92 | 6.8 | WR50 | |||
| Ben Skowronek | WR | 27.6% | 30.8% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Williams | WR | 4 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 47.5% | 44.8% | 29.2% | 19.0 | 20.0% | 21.4% | 30.8% | 2.77 | 6.6 | WR51 | |||
| Pat Freiermuth | TE | 3 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 20.6% | 72.4% | 61.5% | 11.0 | 15.0% | 7.1% | 14.3% | 2.29 | 13.8 | TE5 | |||
| Darnell Washington | TE | 41.4% | 58.5% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Connor Heyward | TE | 13.8% | 16.9% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| MyCole Pruitt | TE | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.9% | 17.2% | 30.8% | -3.0 | 5.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | -0.20 | 0.9 | TE48 | |||
| Najee Harris | RB | 20.7% | 41.5% | 16 | 53 | 1 | 11.3 | RB24 | ||||||||||
| Jaylen Warren | RB | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | -7.5% | 69.0% | 52.3% | -4.0 | 15.0% | 14.3% | 15.0% | 1.25 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 9.2 | RB28 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | RB | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -3.1% | 13.8% | 13.8% | -5.0 | 5.0% | 7.1% | 25.0% | -0.50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -0.9 | RB70 |
Steelers Notes From Week 14:
With no George Pickens as a surprise inactive in Week 14, the passing game minus him was about what you’d expect: 158 passing yards to mostly a bunch of depth receivers rotating in an out with no rhyme or reason. Pat Freiermuth led the team in receiving yards with 48 and caught a third-quarter touchdown to put the Steelers up 27-7 and comfortably ahead.
Freiermuth and Van Jefferson tied for the most routes on the team but still, that only amounted to 72%. Jefferson scored on his only target, which is apropos. Mike Williams only ran routes on 45% of Russell Wilson’s dropbacks for some reason.
Najee Harris wasn’t very efficient with a sub-4.0 yards per carry but scored a second-quarter touchdown from a yard out to put the Steelers in the lead for good. Jaylen Warren (72 total yards, 69% routes, 52% snaps – both routes/snaps ahead of Harris) was very much involved too and looked markedly better than Harris, but we know how this goes with ol’ Arthur Smith.
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 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 6.7% | 86.7% | 78.7% | 9.0 | 8.0% | 9.5% | 7.7% | 0.85 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5.5 | WR55 |
| Jauan Jennings | WR | 8 | 7 | 90 | 2 | 32.0% | 83.3% | 73.8% | 10.8 | 32.0% | 33.3% | 32.0% | 3.60 | 28.0 | WR5 | |||
| Ricky Pearsall | WR | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12.2% | 70.0% | 49.2% | 16.5 | 8.0% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 0.24 | 1.5 | WR78 | |||
| Chris Conley | WR | 16.7% | 24.6% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Jacob Cowing | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2% | 10.0% | 4.9% | 25.0 | 4.0% | 4.8% | 33.3% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| George Kittle | TE | 6 | 6 | 151 | 0 | 17.8% | 76.7% | 85.2% | 8.0 | 24.0% | 28.6% | 26.1% | 6.57 | 21.1 | TE1 | |||
| Eric Saubert | TE | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.5% | 16.7% | 27.9% | 4.0 | 4.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.80 | 1.4 | TE44 | |||
| Isaac Guerendo | RB | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 9.2% | 56.7% | 55.7% | 12.5 | 8.0% | 4.8% | 11.8% | 2.94 | 15 | 78 | 2 | 26.8 | RB2 |
| Patrick Taylor Jr. | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 32.8% | 0.0 | 4.0% | 4.8% | 20.0% | 0.00 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 8.5 | RB30 |
| Ke’Shawn Vaughn | RB | 3.3% | 4.9% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | RB59 | ||||||||||
| Kyle Juszczyk | FB | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11.5% | 33.3% | 50.8% | 15.5 | 8.0% | 4.8% | 20.0% | 0.30 | 1.3 | FB2 |
49ers Notes From Week 14:
Did people jump too hastily on the “the 49ers are dead” bandwagon? Well, it’s my civic duty to announce that that proclamation may be a bit too premature. No game further illustrates that point than in Week 14 against the Chicago football Bears, who couldn’t look more puzzled and frazzled (and I hate to use that word) against the 49ers’ defense and when trying to defend Jauan Jennings and George Kittle.
Jennings and Kittle may be the last two remnants of solid, usable fantasy pass-catchers out of this team, but they’re crushing it right now. Especially Kittle, who put up a massive 151-yard game from the tight end position. Jennings caught two touchdowns and 7-of-8 targets for 90 yards.
Sure, the 49ers may be on their RB4, RB5, and RB6 heading into Week 15’s game tonight against the Rams. Sure, Deebo Samuel might actually be a useless cadaver of a fantasy asset right now, but they seem to find a way to look good when they need to. Samuel has averaged 4.7 fantasy points in the last four weeks and less than three receptions for 21 yards in that same stretch. It’s not great!
Back to the running game, where Isaac Guerendo looked excellent but now has a foot injury which has him questionable for Week 15. If he can’t go, it’s going to be a combination of Patrick Taylor Jr., Ke’Shawn Vaughn and Israel Abanikanda toting the rock for the 49ers. Just like we drew it up, of course.
I’d be starting Taylor if I was incredibly hard up for a running back just because he gets a solid role even if Guerendo is active. I just don’t know how much fantasy ceiling a player like Taylor has where he’s destined for a PPR-centric role ala Justice Hill, just without the snap share.
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 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 36.6% | 86.7% | 79.4% | 10.2 | 20.7% | 31.6% | 23.1% | 1.88 | 8.9 | WR41 | |||
| Tyler Lockett | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1% | 90.0% | 66.7% | 22.0 | 3.4% | 5.3% | 3.7% | 0.00 | 0.0 | WR85 | |||
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | 5 | 5 | 82 | 1 | 35.2% | 96.7% | 96.8% | 11.8 | 17.2% | 21.1% | 17.2% | 2.83 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19.6 | WR17 |
| Jake Bobo | WR | 16.7% | 27.0% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Noah Fant | TE | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 21.0% | 73.3% | 58.7% | 8.8 | 13.8% | 21.1% | 18.2% | 0.82 | 4.8 | TE26 | |||
| Pharaoh Brown | TE | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.2% | 10.0% | 25.4% | 3.5 | 6.9% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 2.00 | 1.6 | TE42 | |||
| AJ Barner | TE | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | -1.2% | 16.7% | 38.1% | -2.0 | 3.4% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 2.60 | 2.3 | TE38 | |||
| Zach Charbonnet | RB | 7 | 7 | 59 | 0 | -8.4% | 63.3% | 79.4% | -2.0 | 24.1% | 15.8% | 36.8% | 3.11 | 22 | 134 | 2 | 38.3 | RB1 |
| Kenny McIntosh | RB | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.6% | 23.3% | 23.8% | 0.5 | 6.9% | 5.3% | 28.6% | 1.00 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 6.5 | RB33 |
| George Holani | RB | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.2% | 6.7% | 3.2% | -2.0 | 3.4% | 0.0% | 50.0% | -0.50 | 0.9 | RB55 |
Seahawks Notes From Week 14:
The Seahawks’ offense was led by Zach Charbonnet, who thrived without Kenneth Walker III, out with a calf and ankle injury. Charbonnet took a robust 79% snaps and turned that into 193 total yards and two touchdowns. He was the engine, but the passing game had its moments with some Geno Smith volume.
Charbonnet actually led the Seahawks in targets as well with a 7-59 line in what can on be described as a vintage Saquon Barkley on the Giants-style game where his volume role manifested in both rushing AND receiving.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba was the only real fantasy play amongst the receivers and tight ends as he grabbed Smith’s only passing touchdown on the day. JSN could have had another where Smith-Njigba caught a ball over the middle but had to slow up and catch it low which curbed his momentum, because that would have been an 80-yard touchdown.
The end zone view of Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s shoestring catch. Geno Smith regretted not hitting him in stride, saying he would’ve scored (with no deep defender). Still a nice job by Smith to get the ball out as he was hit on an all-out blitz. pic.twitter.com/dhNgf0T1Iq
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) December 11, 2024
DK Metcalf was present and accounted for but didn’t really contribute a ton and speaking of not contributing a ton, Tyler Lockett was held without a reception in a game for the first time since Week 13 of 2019. All good things must come to an end, as Lockett has looked more like a real estate agent than a productive NFL football player in 2024.
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 | 5 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 28.0% | 82.9% | 82.3% | 13.4 | 19.2% | 20.0% | 17.2% | 2.38 | 10.9 | WR35 | |||
| Jalen McMillan | WR | 7 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 27.2% | 82.9% | 79.0% | 9.3 | 26.9% | 26.7% | 24.1% | 2.03 | 21.9 | WR9 | |||
| Trey Palmer | WR | 14.3% | 11.3% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Rakim Jarrett | WR | 17.1% | 16.1% | 0.0 | WR85 | |||||||||||||
| Sterling Shepard | WR | 6 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 23.3% | 65.7% | 48.4% | 9.3 | 23.1% | 20.0% | 26.1% | 2.74 | 10.3 | WR37 | |||
| Cade Otton | TE | 4 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 20.6% | 82.9% | 96.8% | 12.3 | 15.4% | 20.0% | 13.8% | 2.41 | 10.0 | TE11 | |||
| Payne Durham | TE | 20.0% | 40.3% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Rachaad White | RB | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0.4% | 57.1% | 75.8% | 0.5 | 7.7% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 0.95 | 17 | 90 | 1 | 24.9 | RB3 |
| Bucky Irving | RB | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | -1.3% | 14.3% | 16.1% | -3.0 | 3.8% | 6.7% | 20.0% | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.8 | RB51 |
| Sean Tucker | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7% | 20.0% | 17.7% | 4.0 | 3.8% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.00 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 4.7 | RB39 |
Buccaneers Notes From Week 14:
Jalen McMillan was a late-Day 2 pick for the Buccaneers and in Week 1, he caught a touchdown and ran 88% of routes per drop back. It was supposed to be a solid ramp-up, but then McMillan got hurt throughout the middle of the season and had a two-game stretch where he earned 15 targets in two games. McMillan got hurt again and couldn’t get much of a foothold in the offense until after their Week 11 bye.
Over the last two weeks, McMillan has run 85% of routes per drop back and Week 14 was McMillan’s best game of the season by far with 4-59 and two touchdowns, so hopefully this can be some momentum building for next season with Chris Godwin a free agent in 2025 and no clue if the Bucs bring him back after he dislocated his ankle which ended his 2024 season.
The rest of the Buccaneers’ receivers were fine with Mike Evans (4-69) and Sterling Shepard (4-63) grabbing the rest of the volume, plus Cade Otton (3-70) chipping in a bit more than he has in recent weeks.
With Bucky Irving pretty banged up and having to leave the game in the first half with his back and hip injury, the game was pretty much all Rachaad White’s and he didn’t disappoint with 109 total yards and two touchdowns on 76% snaps. Sean Tucker saw some action too and peeled off a nice 34-yard run to show his ability as well.
If Irving remains out or at least limited as he didn’t practice on Wednesday, White should be upgraded big time for the fantasy playoffs with Tucker getting some work in as well.
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 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 39.9% | 91.2% | 82.8% | 6.1 | 37.9% | 57.1% | 35.5% | 1.90 | 12.9 | WR33 | |||
| Tyler Boyd | WR | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 27.3% | 73.5% | 59.4% | 15.3 | 10.3% | 4.8% | 12.0% | 0.28 | 1.7 | WR74 | |||
| Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | WR | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19.6% | 91.2% | 93.8% | 16.5 | 6.9% | 9.5% | 6.5% | 0.61 | 2.9 | WR65 | |||
| Bryce Oliver | WR | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5.4% | 5.9% | 9.4% | 9.0 | 3.4% | 4.8% | 50.0% | 8.00 | 2.6 | WR69 | |||
| Chig Okonkwo | TE | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11.4% | 67.6% | 71.9% | 4.8 | 13.8% | 9.5% | 17.4% | 0.35 | 3.8 | TE29 | |||
| Josh Whyle | TE | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 1.2% | 14.7% | 7.8% | 1.0 | 6.9% | 4.8% | 40.0% | 6.20 | 5.1 | TE25 | |||
| Nick Vannett | TE | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.6% | 29.4% | 43.8% | 3.0 | 6.9% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.40 | 1.4 | TE44 | |||
| David Martin-Robinson | TE | 5.9% | 7.8% | 0.0 | TE49 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Pollard | RB | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | -4.2% | 41.2% | 62.5% | -3.5 | 6.9% | 4.8% | 14.3% | 1.57 | 21 | 102 | 0 | 14.4 | RB17 |
| Tyjae Spears | RB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4.2% | 47.1% | 37.5% | -3.5 | 6.9% | 4.8% | 12.5% | 0.13 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 3.3 | RB46 |
| Julius Chestnut | RB | 5.9% | 3.1% | 0.0 | RB62 |
Titans Notes From Week 14:
It WAS a great matchup for the Tennessee Titans this week against a generationally BAD Jacksonville Jaguars pass defense that featured a defense that is:
- dead last in EPA per pass attempt
- second-to-last in defensive DVOA
- allows the second-most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks
But in typical Titans fashion, they stink in the passing game and couldn’t capitalize. Sure, the brutal, sack on Will Levis by Josh Hines-Allen that had a ton of body weight directly on his shoulder may have had a lasting effect on Levis for the second half
Josh Hines-Allen crushes Will Levis pic.twitter.com/rMXzt1VW2s
— Fitz (@LaurieFitzptrck) December 8, 2024
The passing game was essentially Calvin Ridley’s 7-59 on a team-leading 11 targets and the jinxing I did earlier in the week on Nick Westbrook-Ikhine where I made a pie bet with co-host Keith Flemming and led me to NOT get a pie to the face this week. #thankful
Westbrook-Ikhine did get a chance at touchdown redemption late in the game on a back-corner fade, but the defender broke up the pass. Besides Ridley, no other receiver had over three catches or 31 yards receiving, so you can’t be serious if you’re trying to install one of these other Titans’ pass-catchers into a fantasy playoffs lineup.
Tony Pollard on the other hand, remains excellent and should have had a touchdown on his ledger besides his 124 total yards from scrimmage, but his four-yard touchdown was called back on a holding penalty. The Titans had six plays from inside the four-yard line on that drive and turned the ball over on downs. The Titans didn’t deserve to score a touchdown and 100% deserved to lose to the Jaguars.
Washington Commanders
ON BYE IN WEEK 14
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