NFL Weekly Notes - Week 2

A weekly statistical summary of the most recent NFL week, brought to you every Monday and updated on Tuesday with the MNF game data.

Jon A

Sep 17, 2024

Week two NFL notes! Here we go! I’m going to add my own notes and thoughts for each game as we go.

Team Pass Rate Over Expectation

Top 5 Teams

SEA: 68 Plays, 75.0% Pass%, 64.0% xPass%, 11.0% Pass% OE

LVR: 62 Plays, 74.2% Pass%, 63.6% xPass%, 10.6% Pass% OE

CIN: 64 Plays, 68.8% Pass%, 58.7% xPass%, 10.1% Pass% OE

CLE: 72 Plays, 58.3% Pass%, 53.5% xPass%, 4.8% Pass% OE

MIN: 51 Plays, 60.8% Pass%, 56.3% xPass%, 4.5% Pass% OE

Bottom 5 Teams

GNB: 70 Plays, 27.1% Pass%, 56.8% xPass%, -29.7% Pass% OE

MIA: 76 Plays, 57.9% Pass%, 77.7% xPass%, -19.8% Pass% OE

PIT: 66 Plays, 50.0% Pass%, 64.9% xPass%, -14.9% Pass% OE

CAR: 48 Plays, 64.6% Pass%, 78.0% xPass%, -13.4% Pass% OE

LAC: 66 Plays, 36.4% Pass%, 49.6% xPass%, -13.2% Pass% OE

Target Share Leaders

Malik Nabers (NYG), 18 Targets, 62.1% Tgt Share

Hunter Henry (NWE), 12 Targets, 50.0% Tgt Share

Chris Godwin (TAM), 8 Targets, 42.1% Tgt Share

Chris Olave (NOR), 6 Targets, 40.0% Tgt Share

Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI), 8 Targets, 38.1% Tgt Share

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 16 Targets, 37.2% Tgt Share

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), 19 Targets, 35.8% Tgt Share

Zay Flowers (BAL), 11 Targets, 35.5% Tgt Share

DeVonta Smith (PHI), 10 Targets, 34.5% Tgt Share

Davante Adams (LVR), 12 Targets, 33.3% Tgt Share

Air Yards - Totals

Malik Nabers (NYG), 208 Air Yards, 11.6 ADoT

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), 189 Air Yards, 9.9 ADoT

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 172 Air Yards, 10.8 ADoT

DK Metcalf (SEA), 159 Air Yards, 11.4 ADoT

Calvin Ridley (TEN), 159 Air Yards, 26.5 ADoT

Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI), 150 Air Yards, 18.8 ADoT

Davante Adams (LVR), 139 Air Yards, 11.6 ADoT

Jameson Williams (DET), 129 Air Yards, 11.7 ADoT

Nico Collins (HOU), 121 Air Yards, 12.1 ADoT

Jalen Tolbert (DAL), 116 Air Yards, 12.9 ADoT

ADoT Leaders - 5 Target Minimum

Calvin Ridley (TEN), 6 Tgt, 159 Air Yards, 26.5 ADoT

Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI), 8 Tgt, 150 Air Yards, 18.8 ADoT

Josh Reynolds (DEN), 5 Tgt, 82 Air Yards, 16.4 ADoT

Darnell Mooney (ATL), 7 Tgt, 113 Air Yards, 16.1 ADoT

Justin Jefferson (MIN), 7 Tgt, 106 Air Yards, 15.1 ADoT

Alec Pierce (IND), 7 Tgt, 106 Air Yards, 15.1 ADoT

Gabriel Davis (JAX), 7 Tgt, 100 Air Yards, 14.3 ADoT

Brenton Strange (JAX), 6 Tgt, 82 Air Yards, 13.7 ADoT

CeeDee Lamb (DAL), 7 Tgt, 95 Air Yards, 13.6 ADoT

Tyreek Hill (MIA), 6 Tgt, 79 Air Yards, 13.2 ADoT

Touch Leaders

Josh Jacobs (GNB), 32 Rushes, 0 Rec, 32 Touches

De'Von Achane (MIA), 22 Rushes, 7 Rec, 29 Touches

Saquon Barkley (PHI), 23 Rushes, 4 Rec, 27 Touches

Isiah Pacheco (KAN), 19 Rushes, 5 Rec, 24 Touches

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 21 Rushes, 2 Rec, 23 Touches

James Conner (ARI), 21 Rushes, 1 Rec, 22 Touches

Tony Pollard (TEN), 17 Rushes, 5 Rec, 22 Touches

Alvin Kamara (NOR), 20 Rushes, 2 Rec, 22 Touches

Breece Hall (NYJ), 14 Rushes, 7 Rec, 21 Touches

Jordan Mason (SFO), 20 Rushes, 1 Rec, 21 Touches

Game-by-Game Breakdowns

BUF vs. MIA

The Bills have been in control for most of this season so far, but it’s still pretty discouraging to have any of their pass catchers. They had no trouble dominating with the run in this one, and that won’t always be the case, but Kincaid’s four targets and Coleman’s zero catches are making those fantasy owners pretty nervous about it. I would not start Coleman until he shows much better usage. Kincaid will be fine though, and if not - you don’t have another choice at tight end. Keep plugging him in.
Tua is out for at least a while, and maybe forevever. That’s bad news for the Miami offense as a whole. I’m not sure how bad it will be for Tyreek Hill. Probably a little bad, but one thing that bad QBs seem to be able to do is get the ball to their stud WRs. My guess is that Hill is still a WR1 in fantasy, but if we’re drafting today I’m not sure he’d be a first rounder.

BUF: 42 Plays, 45.2% Pass%, 51.8% xPass%, -6.6% Pass% OE

MIA: 75 Plays, 54.7% Pass%, 78.7% xPass%, -24.0% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

De'Von Achane (MIA), 22 Rushes, 7 Rec, 29 Touches, 49.2% Touch Shr

James Cook (BUF), 11 Rushes, 1 Rec, 12 Touches, 30.8% Touch Shr

Ray Davis (BUF), 9 Rushes, 1 Rec, 10 Touches, 25.6% Touch Shr

Khalil Shakir (BUF), 1 Rushes, 5 Rec, 6 Touches, 15.4% Touch Shr

Dalton Kincaid (BUF), 0 Rushes, 4 Rec, 4 Touches, 10.3% Touch Shr

Jonnu Smith (MIA), 0 Rushes, 6 Rec, 6 Touches, 10.2% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Khalil Shakir (BUF), 5 Tgts, 27.8 Tgt%

Dalton Kincaid (BUF), 4 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

De'Von Achane (MIA), 7 Tgts, 18.9 Tgt%

Jonnu Smith (MIA), 7 Tgts, 18.9 Tgt%

Tyreek Hill (MIA), 6 Tgts, 16.2 Tgt%

Curtis Samuel (BUF), 2 Tgts, 11.1 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Khalil Shakir (BUF), 43 Air Yds, 30.9 Air Yd%

Tyreek Hill (MIA), 79 Air Yds, 25.6 Air Yd%

Ty Johnson (BUF), 35 Air Yds, 25.2 Air Yd%

Marquez Valdes-Scantling (BUF), 29 Air Yds, 20.9 Air Yd%

Grant Dubose (MIA), 52 Air Yds, 16.8 Air Yd%

Curtis Samuel (BUF), 22 Air Yds, 15.8 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

De'Von Achane (MIA), 22 Rushes, 64.7 Rush%

James Cook (BUF), 11 Rushes, 42.3 Rush%

Ray Davis (BUF), 9 Rushes, 34.6 Rush%

Jaylen Wright (MIA), 5 Rushes, 14.7 Rush%

Josh Allen (BUF), 2 Rushes, 7.7 Rush%

Mitch Trubisky (BUF), 2 Rushes, 7.7 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Julian Hill (MIA), 2 RZ Tgts, 22.2 RZ Tgt%

Robbie Anderson (MIA), 2 RZ Tgts, 22.2 RZ Tgt%

James Cook (BUF), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

De'Von Achane (MIA), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Braxton Berrios (MIA), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Durham Smythe (MIA), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Jonnu Smith (MIA), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Jaylen Waddle (MIA), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

James Cook (BUF), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

LVR vs. BAL

As a Steelers’ guy, it’s pretty sweet to see the Ravens at 0-2. Gardner Mineshew is competent enough to get the ball to Davante Adams, and he had a big game here.
The Raiders backfield is rough right now. They’re fine with throwing it, and Zamir White has not had a big usage game. He has 22 of 39 RB carries this year with Mattison and Abdullah taking 11 away from him. It’s tough to start any Raiders other than Adams and Brock Bowers right now. Bowers has 17 targets through two games, just one shy of Adams, and he’s at a beautiful 15-156-0 line. He’s a top tight end play right now pretty clearly since all of the top guys are laying eggs.
Isaiah Likely dropped to just three targets and a 2-26-0 line in week two after his bustout week one. Mark Andrews didn’t do much better (4-51-0), but he was the main tight end target, earning 5 of the team’s 30.

BAL: 61 Plays, 55.7% Pass%, 74.7% xPass%, -19.0% Pass% OE

LVR: 59 Plays, 72.9% Pass%, 66.9% xPass%, 6.0% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Derrick Henry (BAL), 18 Rushes, 1 Rec, 19 Touches, 39.6% Touch Shr

Zamir White (LVR), 9 Rushes, 3 Rec, 12 Touches, 25.5% Touch Shr

Brock Bowers (LVR), 0 Rushes, 9 Rec, 9 Touches, 19.1% Touch Shr

Davante Adams (LVR), 0 Rushes, 9 Rec, 9 Touches, 19.1% Touch Shr

Zay Flowers (BAL), 0 Rushes, 7 Rec, 7 Touches, 14.6% Touch Shr

Justice Hill (BAL), 4 Rushes, 2 Rec, 6 Touches, 12.5% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Zay Flowers (BAL), 11 Tgts, 35.5 Tgt%

Davante Adams (LVR), 12 Tgts, 33.3 Tgt%

Brock Bowers (LVR), 9 Tgts, 25.0 Tgt%

Mark Andrews (BAL), 5 Tgts, 16.1 Tgt%

Jakobi Meyers (LVR), 5 Tgts, 13.9 Tgt%

Rashod Bateman (BAL), 4 Tgts, 12.9 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Davante Adams (LVR), 139 Air Yds, 59.1 Air Yd%

Zay Flowers (BAL), 101 Air Yds, 35.2 Air Yd%

Brock Bowers (LVR), 56 Air Yds, 23.8 Air Yd%

Mark Andrews (BAL), 63 Air Yds, 22.0 Air Yd%

Nelson Agholor (BAL), 52 Air Yds, 18.1 Air Yd%

Jakobi Meyers (LVR), 32 Air Yds, 13.6 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Derrick Henry (BAL), 18 Rushes, 66.7 Rush%

Zamir White (LVR), 9 Rushes, 52.9 Rush%

Alexander Mattison (LVR), 4 Rushes, 23.5 Rush%

Lamar Jackson (BAL), 5 Rushes, 18.5 Rush%

Justice Hill (BAL), 4 Rushes, 14.8 Rush%

Ameer Abdullah (LVR), 2 Rushes, 11.8 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Davante Adams (LVR), 3 RZ Tgts, 60.0 RZ Tgt%

Zay Flowers (BAL), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Brock Bowers (LVR), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Jakobi Meyers (LVR), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Alexander Mattison (LVR), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

Derrick Henry (BAL), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

SEA vs. NWE

Charbonnet took all 14 of the RB carries and added 5-31 through the air. So they’ll give him the full RB role when Walker is out, but they have liked to throw the ball so far. JSN had the huge game with 16 targets. Metcalf added 14. That’s 30 targets between the two of them and only two went Lockett’s way. JSN is a must-start now I’d say, not many guys have 16 targets in the range of outcomes.
12 targets for Hunter Henry and an 8-109 line. 23 more touches for Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson has a big role, it’s just a question of whether or not the Patriots can move the ball.

NWE: 66 Plays, 45.5% Pass%, 61.8% xPass%, -16.3% Pass% OE

SEA: 64 Plays, 71.9% Pass%, 68.0% xPass%, 3.9% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 21 Rushes, 2 Rec, 23 Touches, 45.1% Touch Shr

Zach Charbonnet (SEA), 14 Rushes, 5 Rec, 19 Touches, 36.5% Touch Shr

Antonio Gibson (NWE), 11 Rushes, 1 Rec, 12 Touches, 23.5% Touch Shr

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 0 Rushes, 12 Rec, 12 Touches, 23.1% Touch Shr

DK Metcalf (SEA), 0 Rushes, 10 Rec, 10 Touches, 19.2% Touch Shr

Hunter Henry (NWE), 0 Rushes, 8 Rec, 8 Touches, 15.7% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Hunter Henry (NWE), 12 Tgts, 50.0 Tgt%

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 16 Tgts, 37.2 Tgt%

DK Metcalf (SEA), 14 Tgts, 32.6 Tgt%

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 5 Tgts, 20.8 Tgt%

Ja'Lynn Polk (NWE), 3 Tgts, 12.5 Tgt%

Zach Charbonnet (SEA), 5 Tgts, 11.6 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA), 172 Air Yds, 47.6 Air Yd%

Hunter Henry (NWE), 68 Air Yds, 46.9 Air Yd%

DK Metcalf (SEA), 159 Air Yds, 44.0 Air Yd%

Ja'Lynn Polk (NWE), 27 Air Yds, 18.6 Air Yd%

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 18 Air Yds, 12.4 Air Yd%

K.J. Osborn (NWE), 12 Air Yds, 8.3 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Zach Charbonnet (SEA), 14 Rushes, 73.7 Rush%

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 21 Rushes, 58.3 Rush%

Antonio Gibson (NWE), 11 Rushes, 30.6 Rush%

Geno Smith (SEA), 5 Rushes, 26.3 Rush%

Jacoby Brissett (NWE), 2 Rushes, 5.6 Rush%

Ja'Lynn Polk (NWE), 1 Rushes, 2.8 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 3 RZ Tgts, 60.0 RZ Tgt%

DK Metcalf (SEA), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Ja'Lynn Polk (NWE), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Hunter Henry (NWE), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Rhamondre Stevenson (NWE), 2 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

Zach Charbonnet (SEA), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

CLE vs. JAX

The Browns went and split the RB touches between Ford, Strong, and Foreman. Ford dominated the touches in week one, but Foreman played 25 snaps and got himself 15 touches to lead the team. I think you still play Ford while Chubb is out, but that was a pretty bad sign for him.
Tank Bigsby got some work in week one after the Etienne fumble, but he didn’t touch the ball at all in week two. So much for that! Targets are very spread out for this team now: Thomas (8), Etienne (7), Kirk (7), Strange (6), Engram (4), Washington (2), Farrel (2). They’ll have easier matchups ahead, I’d be starting Thomas, Engram, and Kirk while they’re healthy.

CLE: 65 Plays, 55.4% Pass%, 59.3% xPass%, -3.9% Pass% OE

JAX: 54 Plays, 61.1% Pass%, 77.1% xPass%, -16.0% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Travis Etienne (JAX), 13 Rushes, 3 Rec, 16 Touches, 45.7% Touch Shr

D'Onta Foreman (CLE), 14 Rushes, 1 Rec, 15 Touches, 29.4% Touch Shr

Jerome Ford (CLE), 7 Rushes, 1 Rec, 8 Touches, 15.7% Touch Shr

D'Ernest Johnson (JAX), 5 Rushes, 0 Rec, 5 Touches, 14.3% Touch Shr

Elijah Moore (CLE), 0 Rushes, 6 Rec, 6 Touches, 11.8% Touch Shr

Jerry Jeudy (CLE), 0 Rushes, 5 Rec, 5 Touches, 9.8% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Gabriel Davis (JAX), 7 Tgts, 25.9 Tgt%

Elijah Moore (CLE), 8 Tgts, 25.0 Tgt%

Amari Cooper (CLE), 8 Tgts, 25.0 Tgt%

Brenton Strange (JAX), 6 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Jerry Jeudy (CLE), 6 Tgts, 18.8 Tgt%

Travis Etienne (JAX), 4 Tgts, 14.8 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Amari Cooper (CLE), 73 Air Yds, 33.6 Air Yd%

Jerry Jeudy (CLE), 70 Air Yds, 32.3 Air Yd%

Gabriel Davis (JAX), 100 Air Yds, 27.5 Air Yd%

Brenton Strange (JAX), 82 Air Yds, 22.6 Air Yd%

Brian Thomas (JAX), 81 Air Yds, 22.3 Air Yd%

Christian Kirk (JAX), 72 Air Yds, 19.8 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Travis Etienne (JAX), 13 Rushes, 61.9 Rush%

D'Onta Foreman (CLE), 14 Rushes, 48.3 Rush%

Jerome Ford (CLE), 7 Rushes, 24.1 Rush%

D'Ernest Johnson (JAX), 5 Rushes, 23.8 Rush%

Deshaun Watson (CLE), 5 Rushes, 17.2 Rush%

Trevor Lawrence (JAX), 2 Rushes, 9.5 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Gabriel Davis (JAX), 2 RZ Tgts, 50.0 RZ Tgt%

David Bell (CLE), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Brenton Strange (JAX), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Travis Etienne (JAX), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Travis Etienne (JAX), 2 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

D'Onta Foreman (CLE), 1 GL Carries, 50.0 GL Carry%

Deshaun Watson (CLE), 1 GL Carries, 50.0 GL Carry%

NYJ vs. TEN

Braelon Allen took seven carries and stole a touchdown from Breece Hall, but Hall’s 14 attempts and seven catches are still an elite role. Slow start for Garrett Wilson with just 10-117-0 through two games. He leads the team in targets and his ADoT is a decent 9.2, so I think he’s perfectly fine and you should try to buy low on that if possible.
It seems the Titans are running their offense through Tony Pollard. He has 33 carries and eight catches through two games. That’s the tenth most touches in the NFL so far. He would seem to have been a very good value in drafts this year.

NYJ: 55 Plays, 58.2% Pass%, 62.5% xPass%, -4.3% Pass% OE

TEN: 60 Plays, 53.3% Pass%, 76.5% xPass%, -23.2% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Breece Hall (NYJ), 14 Rushes, 7 Rec, 21 Touches, 50.0% Touch Shr

Tony Pollard (TEN), 17 Rushes, 5 Rec, 22 Touches, 46.8% Touch Shr

Braelon Allen (NYJ), 7 Rushes, 2 Rec, 9 Touches, 21.4% Touch Shr

Tyjae Spears (TEN), 6 Rushes, 2 Rec, 8 Touches, 17.0% Touch Shr

Garrett Wilson (NYJ), 1 Rushes, 4 Rec, 5 Touches, 11.9% Touch Shr

Calvin Ridley (TEN), 1 Rushes, 4 Rec, 5 Touches, 10.6% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Breece Hall (NYJ), 8 Tgts, 27.6 Tgt%

Calvin Ridley (TEN), 6 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Tony Pollard (TEN), 6 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Garrett Wilson (NYJ), 6 Tgts, 20.7 Tgt%

Tyler Boyd (TEN), 5 Tgts, 18.5 Tgt%

Allen Lazard (NYJ), 4 Tgts, 13.8 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Calvin Ridley (TEN), 159 Air Yds, 56.0 Air Yd%

Garrett Wilson (NYJ), 57 Air Yds, 34.1 Air Yd%

Allen Lazard (NYJ), 50 Air Yds, 29.9 Air Yd%

Tyler Boyd (TEN), 50 Air Yds, 17.6 Air Yd%

Treylon Burks (TEN), 48 Air Yds, 16.9 Air Yd%

Mike Williams (NYJ), 17 Air Yds, 10.2 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Tony Pollard (TEN), 17 Rushes, 60.7 Rush%

Breece Hall (NYJ), 14 Rushes, 58.3 Rush%

Braelon Allen (NYJ), 7 Rushes, 29.2 Rush%

Tyjae Spears (TEN), 6 Rushes, 21.4 Rush%

Will Levis (TEN), 4 Rushes, 14.3 Rush%

Aaron Rodgers (NYJ), 2 Rushes, 8.3 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Tony Pollard (TEN), 2 RZ Tgts, 50.0 RZ Tgt%

Allen Lazard (NYJ), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Braelon Allen (NYJ), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Jeremy Ruckert (NYJ), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

DeAndre Hopkins (TEN), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Tyler Boyd (TEN), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

None

IND vs. GNB

Embarassing game for the Colts here. The Packers were pretty much terrified to see Malik Willis do anything with the ball other than run with it or directly hand it to another person. There were only 13 team targets to go around, and nobody saw more than four of them. It’s tough to play Packers pass catchers until Love gets back.
Josh Jacobs ran it 32 times for 151 yards. It’s pretty tough to not have a good fantasy game if you’re getting the ball 25+ times. He did not find the endzone, and that will be an issue with Willis at the healm, but Jacobs is a must-start no matter who is at QB, and it sounds like Love should only miss one or two more games.
Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce earned seven targets to the lead the team, but passing volume is going to be low with Richardson under center. Jonathan Taylor only saw 14 carries. The Colts just didn’t have the ball very much, they ran just 55 plays which was seventh-least in the league in week two. Richardson, Taylor, and Pittman are starts, but there will probably be several duds from this offense.

GNB: 67 Plays, 20.9% Pass%, 59.3% xPass%, -38.4% Pass% OE

IND: 52 Plays, 65.4% Pass%, 80.5% xPass%, -15.1% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Josh Jacobs (GNB), 32 Rushes, 0 Rec, 32 Touches, 49.2% Touch Shr

Jonathan Taylor (IND), 12 Rushes, 2 Rec, 14 Touches, 40.0% Touch Shr

Alec Pierce (IND), 0 Rushes, 5 Rec, 5 Touches, 14.3% Touch Shr

Anthony Richardson (IND), 4 Rushes, 0 Rec, 4 Touches, 11.4% Touch Shr

MarShawn Lloyd (GNB), 6 Rushes, 1 Rec, 7 Touches, 10.8% Touch Shr

Malik Willis (GNB), 6 Rushes, 0 Rec, 6 Touches, 9.2% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Dontayvion Wicks (GNB), 4 Tgts, 30.8 Tgt%

Romeo Doubs (GNB), 3 Tgts, 23.1 Tgt%

Michael Pittman Jr. (IND), 7 Tgts, 22.6 Tgt%

Alec Pierce (IND), 7 Tgts, 22.6 Tgt%

Jayden Reed (GNB), 2 Tgts, 15.4 Tgt%

Tucker Kraft (GNB), 2 Tgts, 15.4 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Romeo Doubs (GNB), 54 Air Yds, 56.2 Air Yd%

Dontayvion Wicks (GNB), 35 Air Yds, 36.5 Air Yd%

Alec Pierce (IND), 106 Air Yds, 25.5 Air Yd%

Adonai Mitchell (IND), 88 Air Yds, 21.2 Air Yd%

Michael Pittman Jr. (IND), 88 Air Yds, 21.2 Air Yd%

Andrew Ogletree (IND), 26 Air Yds, 6.3 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Jonathan Taylor (IND), 12 Rushes, 66.7 Rush%

Josh Jacobs (GNB), 32 Rushes, 60.4 Rush%

Anthony Richardson (IND), 4 Rushes, 22.2 Rush%

MarShawn Lloyd (GNB), 6 Rushes, 11.3 Rush%

Malik Willis (GNB), 6 Rushes, 11.3 Rush%

Trey Sermon (IND), 2 Rushes, 11.1 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Dontayvion Wicks (GNB), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Alec Pierce (IND), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Kylen Granson (IND), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Michael Pittman Jr. (IND), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Josh Jacobs (GNB), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

NOR vs. DAL

The Saints are the surprise of the season so far. They are second in the league in yards per play at 6.6 (Vikings are first at 6.8). Carr leads the league by far at 11.36 yards per attempt. He has a 5:1 TD:INT and a 12.8% touchdown rate. That’s all unsustainble, but at the very least we can say he’s competent enough to pile up fantasy points for guys like Alvin Kamara, Chris Olave, and even Rashid Shaheed. Shaheed leads the team in targets with 9, but it’s been pretty spread out (Olave 8, Kamara 8, Moreau 4). Olave is a buy-low, Shaheed is probably a sell-high. I’d say Kamara is a sell-high as well, but I understand that it’s tough to get rid of a RB with this kind of role (35-198-4 rushing, 7-92-1 receiving so far).
CeeDee Lamb has dominated the passing game for the Cowboys, as expected. He has 17 targets through two games and a 9-151-1 line. The rest of the picture is ugly. Rush attempts have been very split (Zeek 16, Dowdle 15, Vaughn 5). It’s weird to say, but the only guys I’d be happy to start here are Lamb, Dak, and Ferguson when healthy.

DAL: 65 Plays, 67.7% Pass%, 79.5% xPass%, -11.8% Pass% OE

NOR: 53 Plays, 32.1% Pass%, 48.0% xPass%, -15.9% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Alvin Kamara (NOR), 20 Rushes, 2 Rec, 22 Touches, 44.0% Touch Shr

Rico Dowdle (DAL), 7 Rushes, 4 Rec, 11 Touches, 22.4% Touch Shr

Ezekiel Elliott (DAL), 6 Rushes, 2 Rec, 8 Touches, 16.3% Touch Shr

Jamaal Williams (NOR), 8 Rushes, 0 Rec, 8 Touches, 16.0% Touch Shr

Rashid Shaheed (NOR), 3 Rushes, 4 Rec, 7 Touches, 14.0% Touch Shr

Luke Schoonmaker (DAL), 0 Rushes, 6 Rec, 6 Touches, 12.2% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Chris Olave (NOR), 6 Tgts, 40.0 Tgt%

Rashid Shaheed (NOR), 4 Tgts, 26.7 Tgt%

Jalen Tolbert (DAL), 9 Tgts, 22.0 Tgt%

Alvin Kamara (NOR), 3 Tgts, 20.0 Tgt%

CeeDee Lamb (DAL), 7 Tgts, 17.1 Tgt%

Luke Schoonmaker (DAL), 6 Tgts, 14.6 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Chris Olave (NOR), 79 Air Yds, 59.4 Air Yd%

Rashid Shaheed (NOR), 61 Air Yds, 45.9 Air Yd%

Jalen Tolbert (DAL), 116 Air Yds, 33.6 Air Yd%

CeeDee Lamb (DAL), 95 Air Yds, 27.5 Air Yd%

Jalen Brooks (DAL), 72 Air Yds, 20.9 Air Yd%

Rico Dowdle (DAL), 29 Air Yds, 8.4 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Alvin Kamara (NOR), 20 Rushes, 51.3 Rush%

Rico Dowdle (DAL), 7 Rushes, 33.3 Rush%

Ezekiel Elliott (DAL), 6 Rushes, 28.6 Rush%

Jamaal Williams (NOR), 8 Rushes, 20.5 Rush%

Deuce Vaughn (DAL), 4 Rushes, 19.0 Rush%

Dak Prescott (DAL), 2 Rushes, 9.5 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Alvin Kamara (NOR), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Rashid Shaheed (NOR), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Chris Olave (NOR), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Brevyn Spann-Ford (DAL), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

CeeDee Lamb (DAL), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Jalen Tolbert (DAL), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Ezekiel Elliott (DAL), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Alvin Kamara (NOR), 1 GL Carries, 50.0 GL Carry%

Derek Carr (NOR), 1 GL Carries, 50.0 GL Carry%

NYG vs. WAS

Two underrated RBs here for fantasy. Devin Singletary has 26 totes for 132 yards and a touchdown through two weeks and has five catches. That’s not great usage, but it’s not awful for someone you’re probably using in your flex or even further down.
Malik Nabers has dominated through thea ir with 15-193-1 on 25 targets. I don’t believe in rookies, but he’s an exception, I guess!
Jayden Daniels has just a 7.6 yards per attempt through two weeks. He has not taken many deep shots (4.5 ADoT) and has gone for just 410 passing yards in two games. The rushing stuff keeps him as a fantasy starter, but the lack of throwing ability keeps his floor very low. His rushing takes some carries away from Brian Robinson, but he had a big game here and has a 29-173-1 line on the ground so far with an elite 6.0 yards per carry. Terry McLaurin leads the team in targets at 12, but that’s turned into just 8-39-0 through two games.

NYG: 51 Plays, 56.9% Pass%, 73.3% xPass%, -16.4% Pass% OE

WAS: 67 Plays, 50.7% Pass%, 69.6% xPass%, -18.9% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Devin Singletary (NYG), 16 Rushes, 1 Rec, 17 Touches, 44.7% Touch Shr

Brian Robinson (WAS), 17 Rushes, 1 Rec, 18 Touches, 31.0% Touch Shr

Malik Nabers (NYG), 0 Rushes, 10 Rec, 10 Touches, 26.3% Touch Shr

Austin Ekeler (WAS), 8 Rushes, 3 Rec, 11 Touches, 19.0% Touch Shr

Jayden Daniels (WAS), 10 Rushes, 0 Rec, 10 Touches, 17.2% Touch Shr

Daniel Jones (NYG), 5 Rushes, 0 Rec, 5 Touches, 13.2% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Malik Nabers (NYG), 18 Tgts, 62.1 Tgt%

Terry McLaurin (WAS), 8 Tgts, 27.6 Tgt%

Darius Slayton (NYG), 6 Tgts, 20.7 Tgt%

Zach Ertz (WAS), 4 Tgts, 13.8 Tgt%

Dyami Brown (WAS), 4 Tgts, 13.8 Tgt%

Wan'Dale Robinson (NYG), 4 Tgts, 13.8 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Malik Nabers (NYG), 208 Air Yds, 72.2 Air Yd%

Zach Ertz (WAS), 51 Air Yds, 42.9 Air Yd%

Noah Brown (WAS), 39 Air Yds, 32.8 Air Yd%

Terry McLaurin (WAS), 31 Air Yds, 26.1 Air Yd%

Darius Slayton (NYG), 50 Air Yds, 17.4 Air Yd%

Dyami Brown (WAS), 17 Air Yds, 14.3 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Devin Singletary (NYG), 16 Rushes, 72.7 Rush%

Brian Robinson (WAS), 17 Rushes, 48.6 Rush%

Jayden Daniels (WAS), 10 Rushes, 28.6 Rush%

Austin Ekeler (WAS), 8 Rushes, 22.9 Rush%

Daniel Jones (NYG), 5 Rushes, 22.7 Rush%

Tyrone Tracy Jr. (NYG), 1 Rushes, 4.5 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Malik Nabers (NYG), 3 RZ Tgts, 50.0 RZ Tgt%

Dyami Brown (WAS), 2 RZ Tgts, 50.0 RZ Tgt%

Brian Robinson (WAS), 2 RZ Tgts, 50.0 RZ Tgt%

Darius Slayton (NYG), 2 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Wan'Dale Robinson (NYG), 1 RZ Tgts, 16.7 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

SFO vs. MIN

The stunner of the week was the Vikings upsetting the 49ers. Sam Darnold has been great at a 9.7 yards per attempt and four touchdowns on 49 attempts through two games. That’s good for Justin Jefferson, but nobody else on this team aside from Aaron Jones is a great fantasy start, and Jones isn’t really functioning as a workhorse RB either with just 23 attempts through two games.
The 49ers lost Deebo Samuel for a few weeks. Their targets so far: Samuel 19, Kittle 13, Aiyuk 10, Jennings 9, Jusz 8. So they don’t have CMC or Deebo. I think they’ll probably just struggle to move the ball, but it’s a boost for Kittle, Aiyuk, and Jennings.
Jordan Mason should also get all the carries. He has 48 through two games, and nobody other than Deebo (who has 10) has more than one. He seems like a guy who will be touchdown dependent. Has just two targets and nine yards through the air. If the 49ers aren’t scoring multiple touchdowns, he’ll have some dud games where he goes like 16-80-0, and that is not a good result in PPR.

MIN: 51 Plays, 56.9% Pass%, 56.3% xPass%, 0.6% Pass% OE

SFO: 67 Plays, 62.7% Pass%, 74.9% xPass%, -12.2% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Jordan Mason (SFO), 20 Rushes, 1 Rec, 21 Touches, 39.6% Touch Shr

Aaron Jones (MIN), 9 Rushes, 5 Rec, 14 Touches, 34.1% Touch Shr

Ty Chandler (MIN), 10 Rushes, 0 Rec, 10 Touches, 24.4% Touch Shr

Deebo Samuel (SFO), 2 Rushes, 8 Rec, 10 Touches, 18.9% Touch Shr

George Kittle (SFO), 0 Rushes, 7 Rec, 7 Touches, 13.2% Touch Shr

Sam Darnold (MIN), 5 Rushes, 0 Rec, 5 Touches, 12.2% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Justin Jefferson (MIN), 7 Tgts, 29.2 Tgt%

Deebo Samuel (SFO), 10 Tgts, 27.8 Tgt%

Aaron Jones (MIN), 6 Tgts, 25.0 Tgt%

George Kittle (SFO), 8 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Jalen Nailor (MIN), 4 Tgts, 16.7 Tgt%

Brandon Aiyuk (SFO), 5 Tgts, 13.9 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Justin Jefferson (MIN), 106 Air Yds, 66.2 Air Yd%

Deebo Samuel (SFO), 104 Air Yds, 33.9 Air Yd%

Jalen Nailor (MIN), 51 Air Yds, 31.9 Air Yd%

George Kittle (SFO), 58 Air Yds, 18.9 Air Yd%

Jauan Jennings (SFO), 55 Air Yds, 17.9 Air Yd%

Brandon Aiyuk (SFO), 42 Air Yds, 13.7 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Jordan Mason (SFO), 20 Rushes, 80.0 Rush%

Ty Chandler (MIN), 10 Rushes, 41.7 Rush%

Aaron Jones (MIN), 9 Rushes, 37.5 Rush%

Sam Darnold (MIN), 5 Rushes, 20.8 Rush%

Deebo Samuel (SFO), 2 Rushes, 8.0 Rush%

Brock Purdy (SFO), 2 Rushes, 8.0 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Aaron Jones (MIN), 3 RZ Tgts, 50.0 RZ Tgt%

Jalen Nailor (MIN), 2 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Brandon Aiyuk (SFO), 2 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

George Kittle (SFO), 2 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Brandon Powell (MIN), 1 RZ Tgts, 16.7 RZ Tgt%

Deebo Samuel (SFO), 1 RZ Tgts, 16.7 RZ Tgt%

Jauan Jennings (SFO), 1 RZ Tgts, 16.7 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Deebo Samuel (SFO), 1 GL Carries, 50.0 GL Carry%

Jordan Mason (SFO), 1 GL Carries, 50.0 GL Carry%

TAM vs. DET

Amon-Ra St. Brown dominated this game and now has a team-leading 25 targets. He’s at 14-132-0 through the air, and almost all of that was this week.
David Montgomery (28 carries, 5 targets) and Jahmyr Gibbs (24 carries, 13 targets) are both getting a lot of work. Gibbs has 17 fantasy points in both games, so he has a pretty decent floor even while splitting snaps - the pass game role is very nice. Montgmoery also has 16 and 17 fantasy points, but the lack of catches keeps him pretty touchdown dependent (he’s scored in both games so far).
Tampa Bay is very concentrated. Chris Godwin has 16 targets and Mike Evans has 12, no other non-RB has more than five. Godwin is at 15-200-2 and Evans is at 8-103-2. Both are great starts. Rachaad White got hurt, so Bucky Irving got seven carries. They only ran the ball 23 times though, so we might just see them fully shift to the pass. That’s still fine for White, as he’s a great pass catching back, but he could end up losing the RB1 role to Irving who has a better 5.3 yards/carry this year (White is at 2.0).

DET: 82 Plays, 67.1% Pass%, 74.8% xPass%, -7.7% Pass% OE

TAM: 46 Plays, 52.2% Pass%, 58.7% xPass%, -6.5% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Jahmyr Gibbs (DET), 13 Rushes, 7 Rec, 20 Touches, 32.3% Touch Shr

Rachaad White (TAM), 10 Rushes, 1 Rec, 11 Touches, 31.4% Touch Shr

David Montgomery (DET), 11 Rushes, 4 Rec, 15 Touches, 24.2% Touch Shr

Chris Godwin (TAM), 0 Rushes, 7 Rec, 7 Touches, 20.0% Touch Shr

Bucky Irving (TAM), 7 Rushes, 0 Rec, 7 Touches, 20.0% Touch Shr

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), 0 Rushes, 11 Rec, 11 Touches, 17.7% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Chris Godwin (TAM), 8 Tgts, 42.1 Tgt%

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), 19 Tgts, 35.8 Tgt%

Mike Evans (TAM), 6 Tgts, 31.6 Tgt%

Jameson Williams (DET), 11 Tgts, 20.8 Tgt%

Jahmyr Gibbs (DET), 7 Tgts, 13.2 Tgt%

Jalen McMillan (TAM), 2 Tgts, 10.5 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Chris Godwin (TAM), 76 Air Yds, 50.0 Air Yd%

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), 189 Air Yds, 49.7 Air Yd%

Jameson Williams (DET), 129 Air Yds, 33.9 Air Yd%

Mike Evans (TAM), 43 Air Yds, 28.3 Air Yd%

Jalen McMillan (TAM), 39 Air Yds, 25.7 Air Yd%

Kalif Raymond (DET), 21 Air Yds, 5.5 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Jahmyr Gibbs (DET), 13 Rushes, 48.1 Rush%

Rachaad White (TAM), 10 Rushes, 43.5 Rush%

David Montgomery (DET), 11 Rushes, 40.7 Rush%

Bucky Irving (TAM), 7 Rushes, 30.4 Rush%

Baker Mayfield (TAM), 5 Rushes, 21.7 Rush%

Jared Goff (DET), 2 Rushes, 7.4 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Jahmyr Gibbs (DET), 4 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Jameson Williams (DET), 4 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET), 2 RZ Tgts, 16.7 RZ Tgt%

Cade Otton (TAM), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

David Montgomery (DET), 1 RZ Tgts, 8.3 RZ Tgt%

Kalif Raymond (DET), 1 RZ Tgts, 8.3 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

David Montgomery (DET), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

Rachaad White (TAM), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

LAC vs. CAR

Carolina is so bad. You’ll want to start running backs against them every single week. Their offense will improve with Andy Dalton taking over. I’d say that’s very good for Diontae Johnson.
JK Dobbins leads the league in yards per rush at 9.9. He’s at 27-266-2 through two games. He feels like a must-start, but he’ll have some much worse games when they face some good rushing defenses.
There’s no wide receivers to really love on the Chargers. Targets: Johnston 11, McConkey 11, Palmer 6, Hurst 5. McConkey went just 2-26-0 in his second game after a nice week one, but the Chargers really did not have to throw th ball very much here (Herbert threw it just 20 times in this game).

CAR: 46 Plays, 60.9% Pass%, 81.4% xPass%, -20.5% Pass% OE

LAC: 62 Plays, 33.9% Pass%, 52.8% xPass%, -18.9% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Chuba Hubbard (CAR), 10 Rushes, 4 Rec, 14 Touches, 38.9% Touch Shr

J.K. Dobbins (LAC), 17 Rushes, 1 Rec, 18 Touches, 31.0% Touch Shr

Gus Edwards (LAC), 18 Rushes, 0 Rec, 18 Touches, 31.0% Touch Shr

Miles Sanders (CAR), 7 Rushes, 3 Rec, 10 Touches, 27.8% Touch Shr

Justin Herbert (LAC), 6 Rushes, 0 Rec, 6 Touches, 10.3% Touch Shr

Quentin Johnston (LAC), 0 Rushes, 5 Rec, 5 Touches, 8.6% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Quentin Johnston (LAC), 6 Tgts, 31.6 Tgt%

Diontae Johnson (CAR), 6 Tgts, 23.1 Tgt%

Ladd McConkey (LAC), 4 Tgts, 21.1 Tgt%

Chuba Hubbard (CAR), 5 Tgts, 19.2 Tgt%

Will Dissly (LAC), 3 Tgts, 15.8 Tgt%

Tommy Tremble (CAR), 4 Tgts, 15.4 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Diontae Johnson (CAR), 39 Air Yds, 50.6 Air Yd%

Quentin Johnston (LAC), 61 Air Yds, 43.3 Air Yd%

Ladd McConkey (LAC), 52 Air Yds, 36.9 Air Yd%

Adam Thielen (CAR), 18 Air Yds, 23.4 Air Yd%

Tommy Tremble (CAR), 15 Air Yds, 19.5 Air Yd%

David Moore (CAR), 8 Air Yds, 10.4 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Chuba Hubbard (CAR), 10 Rushes, 55.6 Rush%

Gus Edwards (LAC), 18 Rushes, 40.9 Rush%

Miles Sanders (CAR), 7 Rushes, 38.9 Rush%

J.K. Dobbins (LAC), 17 Rushes, 38.6 Rush%

Justin Herbert (LAC), 6 Rushes, 13.6 Rush%

Hassan Haskins (LAC), 3 Rushes, 6.8 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Diontae Johnson (CAR), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Quentin Johnston (LAC), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

LAR vs. ARI

The Rams laid a dud here and lost Cooper Kupp for multiple weeks. That is very bad news for their ability to move the ball. He still led the team in targets in one half with six. Kyren Williams was second with five. Tutu Atwell (4), Demarcus Robinson (4), and Tyler Johnson (3) saw work, but none of them were able to do much. I’m not sure who the big beneficiary of the Kupp injury will be. It’s probably just bad news for everybody. Kyren will get a ton of work, but now teams can really focus in on him. I’d probably be adding Tyler Johnson if I had to pick someone.
Marvin Harrison went 4-130-2, catching two long touchdowns. He earned eight targets in this one, so that’s very good news for him.
Trey McBride leads the team in targets with 15, but just 11-97-0 through two games. Keep starting him, he’s clearly right there with Harrison in the passing games. And James Conner just continues to get the ball. He has 42 carries this year while Trey Benson is down at just 16.

ARI: 62 Plays, 35.5% Pass%, 51.6% xPass%, -16.1% Pass% OE

LAR: 52 Plays, 61.5% Pass%, 72.6% xPass%, -11.1% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Kyren Williams (LAR), 12 Rushes, 4 Rec, 16 Touches, 41.0% Touch Shr

James Conner (ARI), 21 Rushes, 1 Rec, 22 Touches, 38.6% Touch Shr

Trey Benson (ARI), 11 Rushes, 1 Rec, 12 Touches, 21.1% Touch Shr

Blake Corum (LAR), 8 Rushes, 0 Rec, 8 Touches, 20.5% Touch Shr

Trey McBride (ARI), 0 Rushes, 6 Rec, 6 Touches, 10.5% Touch Shr

Cooper Kupp (LAR), 0 Rushes, 4 Rec, 4 Touches, 10.3% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI), 8 Tgts, 38.1 Tgt%

Trey McBride (ARI), 6 Tgts, 28.6 Tgt%

Cooper Kupp (LAR), 6 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Kyren Williams (LAR), 5 Tgts, 18.5 Tgt%

Demarcus Robinson (LAR), 4 Tgts, 14.8 Tgt%

Tutu Atwell (LAR), 4 Tgts, 14.8 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI), 150 Air Yds, 70.1 Air Yd%

Demarcus Robinson (LAR), 56 Air Yds, 35.2 Air Yd%

Tutu Atwell (LAR), 55 Air Yds, 34.6 Air Yd%

Cooper Kupp (LAR), 42 Air Yds, 26.4 Air Yd%

Trey McBride (ARI), 33 Air Yds, 15.4 Air Yd%

Michael Wilson (ARI), 24 Air Yds, 11.2 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Kyren Williams (LAR), 12 Rushes, 60.0 Rush%

James Conner (ARI), 21 Rushes, 52.5 Rush%

Blake Corum (LAR), 8 Rushes, 40.0 Rush%

Trey Benson (ARI), 11 Rushes, 27.5 Rush%

Kyler Murray (ARI), 5 Rushes, 12.5 Rush%

Emari Demercado (ARI), 2 Rushes, 5.0 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Kyren Williams (LAR), 3 RZ Tgts, 42.9 RZ Tgt%

Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI), 2 RZ Tgts, 66.7 RZ Tgt%

Tyler Johnson (LAR), 2 RZ Tgts, 28.6 RZ Tgt%

Elijah Higgins (ARI), 1 RZ Tgts, 33.3 RZ Tgt%

Colby Parkinson (LAR), 1 RZ Tgts, 14.3 RZ Tgt%

Demarcus Robinson (LAR), 1 RZ Tgts, 14.3 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Kyren Williams (LAR), 3 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

James Conner (ARI), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

CIN vs. KAN

The Bengals put up a good fight here and lost at the last minute. They’re third in the league now with a 71% Pass% and their 9.7 PROE is the highest in the league. And that is without their full passing attack. Zack Moss leads the team in carries, but it’s only 21-78-1 through two games. He’s at 3-30-0 through the air. Burrow leaned on Mike Gesicki in this one, and he now leads the team in targets and has a nice 10-109-0 line through two games. Ja’Marr Chase hasn’t had the big game, but it should be coming. He’s at 11 targets and 10-97-0 through two games with a low 5.5 ADoT.
Rashee Rice is the guy for the Chiefs. He has 15 targets and a big 12-178-1 line through two games. Xavier Worthy has eight targets and did not follow up his big week one game, going just 2-17-0 here.
Isiah Pacheco will miss several weeks now. Carson Steele is his backup, he’s gone 9-27-0 with no targets through two games in very limited usage. The add might be Samaje Perine. He was a late addition to the club, so he’s just been getting integrated. I would imagine he’s out there a lot next week, and he can get you a decent fantasy game on catches alone.
I’d think the Chiefs just go full out pass attack now, they’ve shown the willingness to do that for years now.

CIN: 61 Plays, 63.9% Pass%, 61.6% xPass%, 2.3% Pass% OE

KAN: 59 Plays, 45.8% Pass%, 68.0% xPass%, -22.2% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Isiah Pacheco (KAN), 19 Rushes, 5 Rec, 24 Touches, 48.0% Touch Shr

Zack Moss (CIN), 12 Rushes, 1 Rec, 13 Touches, 28.9% Touch Shr

Mike Gesicki (CIN), 0 Rushes, 7 Rec, 7 Touches, 15.6% Touch Shr

Carson Steele (KAN), 7 Rushes, 0 Rec, 7 Touches, 14.0% Touch Shr

Joe Burrow (CIN), 6 Rushes, 0 Rec, 6 Touches, 13.3% Touch Shr

Rashee Rice (KAN), 0 Rushes, 5 Rec, 5 Touches, 10.0% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Mike Gesicki (CIN), 9 Tgts, 26.5 Tgt%

Rashee Rice (KAN), 6 Tgts, 25.0 Tgt%

Isiah Pacheco (KAN), 5 Tgts, 20.8 Tgt%

Xavier Worthy (KAN), 5 Tgts, 20.8 Tgt%

Trenton Irwin (CIN), 6 Tgts, 17.6 Tgt%

Ja'Marr Chase (CIN), 5 Tgts, 14.7 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Rashee Rice (KAN), 43 Air Yds, 41.3 Air Yd%

Jermaine Burton (CIN), 67 Air Yds, 29.8 Air Yd%

Xavier Worthy (KAN), 29 Air Yds, 27.9 Air Yd%

Mike Gesicki (CIN), 62 Air Yds, 27.6 Air Yd%

Travis Kelce (KAN), 21 Air Yds, 20.2 Air Yd%

Andrei Iosivas (CIN), 29 Air Yds, 12.9 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Isiah Pacheco (KAN), 19 Rushes, 59.4 Rush%

Zack Moss (CIN), 12 Rushes, 54.5 Rush%

Joe Burrow (CIN), 6 Rushes, 27.3 Rush%

Carson Steele (KAN), 7 Rushes, 21.9 Rush%

Chase Brown (CIN), 4 Rushes, 18.2 Rush%

Patrick Mahomes (KAN), 4 Rushes, 12.5 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Trenton Irwin (CIN), 5 RZ Tgts, 55.6 RZ Tgt%

Andrei Iosivas (CIN), 2 RZ Tgts, 22.2 RZ Tgt%

Isiah Pacheco (KAN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Xavier Worthy (KAN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Justin Watson (KAN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Travis Kelce (KAN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Wanya Morris (KAN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Ja'Marr Chase (CIN), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Mike Gesicki (CIN), 1 RZ Tgts, 11.1 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Zack Moss (CIN), 2 GL Carries, 66.7 GL Carry%

Carson Steele (KAN), 2 GL Carries, 40.0 GL Carry%

Isiah Pacheco (KAN), 2 GL Carries, 40.0 GL Carry%

Joe Burrow (CIN), 1 GL Carries, 33.3 GL Carry%

Travis Kelce (KAN), 1 GL Carries, 20.0 GL Carry%

PIT vs. DEN

There’s really nothing interesting on either team for fantasy here. Bo Nix stinks, Justin Fields has just 6.4 yards per attempt on 43 passes through two games. The Steelers do not want to throw it. Eventually they’ll have to, though. They’ve have the lead all season, I think. It might even be Russell Wilson at QB next week, we’ll see. Wilson would be better for George Pickens who leads the team in targets with 11. He hasn’t been awful with 8-114-0 through the air. He’ll have some big games, he’s getting multiple shots downfield per game, but the floor is almost zero.

DEN: 56 Plays, 66.1% Pass%, 82.7% xPass%, -16.6% Pass% OE

PIT: 58 Plays, 37.9% Pass%, 73.8% xPass%, -35.9% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

Javonte Williams (DEN), 11 Rushes, 5 Rec, 16 Touches, 41.0% Touch Shr

Najee Harris (PIT), 17 Rushes, 1 Rec, 18 Touches, 36.7% Touch Shr

Jaylen Warren (PIT), 9 Rushes, 2 Rec, 11 Touches, 22.4% Touch Shr

Justin Fields (PIT), 8 Rushes, 0 Rec, 8 Touches, 16.3% Touch Shr

Bo Nix (DEN), 4 Rushes, 0 Rec, 4 Touches, 10.3% Touch Shr

Lil'Jordan Humphrey (DEN), 0 Rushes, 4 Rec, 4 Touches, 10.3% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

Greg Dulcich (DEN), 8 Tgts, 24.2 Tgt%

George Pickens (PIT), 4 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Pat Freiermuth (PIT), 4 Tgts, 22.2 Tgt%

Van Jefferson (PIT), 3 Tgts, 16.7 Tgt%

Javonte Williams (DEN), 5 Tgts, 15.2 Tgt%

Lil'Jordan Humphrey (DEN), 5 Tgts, 15.2 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

George Pickens (PIT), 48 Air Yds, 33.1 Air Yd%

Van Jefferson (PIT), 40 Air Yds, 27.6 Air Yd%

Josh Reynolds (DEN), 82 Air Yds, 25.2 Air Yd%

Greg Dulcich (DEN), 63 Air Yds, 19.4 Air Yd%

Marvin Mims (DEN), 55 Air Yds, 16.9 Air Yd%

Calvin Austin (PIT), 23 Air Yds, 15.9 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

Javonte Williams (DEN), 11 Rushes, 57.9 Rush%

Najee Harris (PIT), 17 Rushes, 47.2 Rush%

Jaylen Warren (PIT), 9 Rushes, 25.0 Rush%

Justin Fields (PIT), 8 Rushes, 22.2 Rush%

Bo Nix (DEN), 4 Rushes, 21.1 Rush%

Jaleel McLaughlin (DEN), 3 Rushes, 15.8 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Courtland Sutton (DEN), 3 RZ Tgts, 60.0 RZ Tgt%

Darnell Washington (PIT), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Van Jefferson (PIT), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Jaylen Warren (PIT), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Pat Freiermuth (PIT), 1 RZ Tgts, 25.0 RZ Tgt%

Greg Dulcich (DEN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Tyler Badie (DEN), 1 RZ Tgts, 20.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

None

CHI vs. HOU

Caleb Williams has a lot of adjusting to do, and he’s killed this team for fantasy purposes. He’s at a 55% completion rate and a 4.0 yards per attempt, both of those numbers are awful. Defenses have just focused in on D’Andre Swift, who has averaged a pathetic 2.0 yards per carry. So the Bears can’t move the ball. They’ll improve as we move forward, there’s no place to go but up.
The Texans are running through Joe Mixon and Nico Collins. Collins has a huge 14-252-1 line through two weeks to lead the league in receiving. Mixon has 46 touches even after missing snaps to an injury. He’s questionable for next week. If he were to miss, it would be some combination of Dameon Pierce, Cam Akers, and Dare Ogunbowale.

CHI: 66 Plays, 66.7% Pass%, 82.6% xPass%, -15.9% Pass% OE

HOU: 60 Plays, 65.0% Pass%, 68.9% xPass%, -3.9% Pass% OE

Touches & Touch Share Leaders

D'Andre Swift (CHI), 14 Rushes, 4 Rec, 18 Touches, 40.0% Touch Shr

Joe Mixon (HOU), 9 Rushes, 3 Rec, 12 Touches, 26.7% Touch Shr

Cam Akers (HOU), 7 Rushes, 1 Rec, 8 Touches, 17.8% Touch Shr

Nico Collins (HOU), 0 Rushes, 8 Rec, 8 Touches, 17.8% Touch Shr

DJ Moore (CHI), 0 Rushes, 6 Rec, 6 Touches, 13.3% Touch Shr

Caleb Williams (CHI), 5 Rushes, 0 Rec, 5 Touches, 11.1% Touch Shr

Target Share Leaders

DJ Moore (CHI), 10 Tgts, 29.4 Tgt%

Nico Collins (HOU), 10 Tgts, 29.4 Tgt%

Stefon Diggs (HOU), 6 Tgts, 17.6 Tgt%

Joe Mixon (HOU), 5 Tgts, 14.7 Tgt%

Rome Odunze (CHI), 5 Tgts, 14.7 Tgt%

D'Andre Swift (CHI), 5 Tgts, 14.7 Tgt%

Air Yards Share Leaders

Nico Collins (HOU), 121 Air Yds, 43.7 Air Yd%

DJ Moore (CHI), 112 Air Yds, 39.3 Air Yd%

Rome Odunze (CHI), 63 Air Yds, 22.1 Air Yd%

Stefon Diggs (HOU), 59 Air Yds, 21.3 Air Yd%

DeAndre Carter (CHI), 46 Air Yds, 16.1 Air Yd%

Cole Kmet (CHI), 44 Air Yds, 15.4 Air Yd%

Rush Share Leaders

D'Andre Swift (CHI), 14 Rushes, 63.6 Rush%

Joe Mixon (HOU), 9 Rushes, 40.9 Rush%

Cam Akers (HOU), 7 Rushes, 31.8 Rush%

Caleb Williams (CHI), 5 Rushes, 22.7 Rush%

Tank Dell (HOU), 3 Rushes, 13.6 Rush%

Khalil Herbert (CHI), 2 Rushes, 9.1 Rush%

Red Zone Targets

Rome Odunze (CHI), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Dalton Schultz (HOU), 1 RZ Tgts, 100.0 RZ Tgt%

Goal Line (inside the 5) Carries

Cam Akers (HOU), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

Khalil Herbert (CHI), 1 GL Carries, 100.0 GL Carry%

ATL vs. PHI

47 carries so far for Saquon Barkley. He has 204 rushing yards and 44 receiving with three total touchdowns. Jalen Hurts took the rushing TD from him last night. The Eagles struggled without AJ Brown and lost the game. Britain Covey was the beneficiary with six targets. He caught all six but had just a 1.8 ADoT, so it wasn’t a good fantasy result.
Falcons targets so far: (McLoud 12, London 11, Mooney 10, Robinson 10, Pitts 7). That is really spread out. The only guys you can really lean on here are London and Bijan.

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