Hidden Stat Line: NFL Week 10 Recap

Hidden Stat Line: NFL Week 10 Recap

This article is part of our Hidden Stat Line series.

Here's a short list of highlights to look out for in the game recaps below:

  1. Melvin Gordon thriving under Shane Steichen.
  2. Darren Waller slumping in a spread-the-wealth passing attack.
  3. David Montgomery falls flat, loses some snaps to Tarik Cohen.
  4. Lamar Jackson boosts his MVP case...again.
  5. Joe Mixon sets a career high for carries...in a 36-point loss.
  6. Damien dominates the KC backfield.
  7. A.J. Brown does nothing with 94% snap share.
  8. Devin Singletary gets plenty of snaps but not touches.
  9. Two-back sets with Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt.
  10. Drake over DJ.
  11. Andy Isabella won't be ignored (or will he?).
  12. RoJo shines, then fumbles.
  13. O.J. Howard spikes.
  14. Deep-league Demaryius?
  15. Brian Hill, the last man standing.
  16. Back to the bench for Latavius Murray.
  17. More volume, Moore production.
  18. Time to go shopping for Hollister.
  19. Mostert making things messy in the backfield.

Week 10 QB Leaders

(stats from NFL Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Focus and ESPN)

 Pass AttemptsDeepest aDOTShallowest aDOTQBR
1Patrick Mahomes (50)Ryan Tannehill (13.1)Russell Wilson (5.7)Lamar Jackson (99.8)
2Jameis Winston (48)Philip Rivers (12.9)Drew Brees (5.7)Dak Prescott (87.5)
3Dak Prescott (46)Dak Prescott (12.0)Derek Carr (5.8)Sam Darnold (86.5)
4Jeff Driskel (46)Aaron Rodgers (11.8)Ryan Fitzpatrick (5.8)Patrick Mahomes (81.2)
5Jimmy Garoppolo (46)Lamar Jackson (11.4)Mason Rudolph (5.9)Ryan Fitzpatrick (76.9)
6Drew Brees (45)Brian Hoyer (10.6)Baker Mayfield (6.7)Matt Ryan (73.5)
7Kyler Murray (44)Mitchell Trubisky (10.1)

Here's a short list of highlights to look out for in the game recaps below:

  1. Melvin Gordon thriving under Shane Steichen.
  2. Darren Waller slumping in a spread-the-wealth passing attack.
  3. David Montgomery falls flat, loses some snaps to Tarik Cohen.
  4. Lamar Jackson boosts his MVP case...again.
  5. Joe Mixon sets a career high for carries...in a 36-point loss.
  6. Damien dominates the KC backfield.
  7. A.J. Brown does nothing with 94% snap share.
  8. Devin Singletary gets plenty of snaps but not touches.
  9. Two-back sets with Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt.
  10. Drake over DJ.
  11. Andy Isabella won't be ignored (or will he?).
  12. RoJo shines, then fumbles.
  13. O.J. Howard spikes.
  14. Deep-league Demaryius?
  15. Brian Hill, the last man standing.
  16. Back to the bench for Latavius Murray.
  17. More volume, Moore production.
  18. Time to go shopping for Hollister.
  19. Mostert making things messy in the backfield.

Week 10 QB Leaders

(stats from NFL Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Focus and ESPN)

 Pass AttemptsDeepest aDOTShallowest aDOTQBR
1Patrick Mahomes (50)Ryan Tannehill (13.1)Russell Wilson (5.7)Lamar Jackson (99.8)
2Jameis Winston (48)Philip Rivers (12.9)Drew Brees (5.7)Dak Prescott (87.5)
3Dak Prescott (46)Dak Prescott (12.0)Derek Carr (5.8)Sam Darnold (86.5)
4Jeff Driskel (46)Aaron Rodgers (11.8)Ryan Fitzpatrick (5.8)Patrick Mahomes (81.2)
5Jimmy Garoppolo (46)Lamar Jackson (11.4)Mason Rudolph (5.9)Ryan Fitzpatrick (76.9)
6Drew Brees (45)Brian Hoyer (10.6)Baker Mayfield (6.7)Matt Ryan (73.5)
7Kyler Murray (44)Mitchell Trubisky (10.1)Jeff Driskel (7.0)Daniel Jones (72.0)
8Kyle Allen (43)Kyler Murray (10.1)Daniel Jones (7.0)Kyler Murray (69.8)
9Josh Allen (41)Jameis Winston (9.3)Kirk Cousins (7.0)Baker Mayfield (68.3)
10Jared Goff (41)Josh Allen (9.2)Jared Goff (7.3)Kirk Cousins (67.8)

2019 QB Leaders

(stats from NFL Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Focus and ESPN)

 Pass Attempts per GameDeepest aDOTShallowest aDOTQBR
1Andy Dalton (42.3)Matthew Stafford (10.7)Teddy Bridgewater (6.2)Dak Prescott (82.1)
2Matt Ryan (40.0)Jameis Winston (10.6)Drew Brees (6.3)Patrick Mahomes (80.8)
3Jameis Winston (39.4)Dak Prescott (9.9)Derek Carr (6.5)Russell Wilson (77.9)
4Jared Goff (39.4)Ryan Tannehill (9.6)Joe Flacco (6.8)Lamar Jackson (77.1)
5Tom Brady (39.4)Patrick Mahomes (9.5)Jimmy Garoppolo (6.8)Deshaun Watson (76.9)
6Patrick Mahomes (36.4)Ryan Fitzpatrick (9.5)Case Keenum (7.0)Matthew Stafford (73.1)
7Matthew Stafford (36.4)Russell Wilson (9.3)Tom Brady (7.2)Carson Wentz (69.8)
8Philip Rivers (36.4)Philip Rivers (9.2)Jacoby Brissett (7.2)Derek Carr (63.3)
9Kyler Murray (36.0)Josh Allen (9.2)Kyler Murray (7.3)Kirk Cousins (62.4)
10Dak Prescott (35.4)Lamar Jackson (9.1)Marcus Mariota (7.4)Kyler Murray (60.9)

Note: four-game minimum to qualify

Week 10 RB Leaders

(stats from RotoWire, PFF and airyards.com)

 Snap ShareTarget ShareRoutesAvoided Tackles
1Christian McCaffrey (100%)Kareem Hunt (24%)Christian McCaffrey (44)Dalvin Cook (8)
2Ezekiel Elliott (99%)Dalvin Cook (22%)Alvin Kamara (42)Kareem Hunt (7)
3Chris Carson (96%)Alvin Kamara (22%)Chris Carson (37)Josh Jacobs (7)
4Saquon Barkley (82%)Nyheim Hines (18%)Ezekiel Elliott (35)Melvin Gordon (7)
5Kalen Ballage (82%)Jaylen Samuels (18%)Todd Gurley (32)Peyton Barber (6)
6Nick Chubb (81%)Ronald Jones (17%)J.D. McKissic (29)Nick Chubb (6)
7Alvin Kamara (78%)Tarik Cohen (17%)Saquon Barkley (29)Aaron Jones (5)
8Joe Mixon (76%)Devin Singletary (17%)Damien Williams (28)Christian McCaffrey (5)
9Dalvin Cook (75%)Christian McCaffrey (16%)Kalen Ballage (25)Alexander Mattison (4)
10Todd Gurley (74%)Josh Jacobs (16%)Chubb, Singletary (25)Mack, Drake, Barkley (4)

Note: 10-carry minimum to qualify for YPC after contact

2019 RB Leaders

(stats from RotoWire, PFF and airyards.com)

 Snap ShareTarget ShareRoutesAvoided Tackles
1Christian McCaffrey (93%)Le'Veon Bell (19%)Leonard Fournette (282)Chris Carson (60)
2Le'Veon Bell (89%)Alvin Kamara (19%)Christian McCaffrey (276)Josh Jacobs (54)
3Leonard Fournette (89%)Chris Thompson (19%)Le'Veon Bell (256)Dalvin Cook (53)
4Ezekiel Elliott (82%)Christian McCaffrey (18%)Ezekiel Elliott (245)Nick Chubb (48)
5Chris Carson (75%)Tarik Cohen (18%)Austin Ekeler (223)Christian McCaffrey (47)
6Nick Chubb (74%)Dalvin Cook (17%)Chris Carson (221)Leonard Fournette (42)
7Dalvin Cook (71%)Austin Ekeler (17%)Todd Gurley (206)Le'Veon Bell (42)
8Todd Gurley (65%)James White (17%)Saquon Barkley (206)Alvin Kamara (40)
9Devonta Freeman (62%)Leonard Fournette (16%)Devonta Freeman (203)Derrick Henry (39)
10Derrick Henry (61%)Saquon Barkley (16%)Dalvin Cook (199)Aaron Jones (38)

Note: target share only includes games the player played in. Excludes players on IR. Minimum of four games played to qualify. Minimum of 50 carries to qualify for YPC after contact.

Week 10 WR Leaders

(Stats from airyards.com)

 TargetsTarget ShareAir YardsRoutes
1Tyreek Hill (19)Allen Robinson (39%)Tyreek Hill (237)Chris Godwin (53)
2Darius Slayton (14)Tyreek Hill (37%)Christian Kirk (199)Michael Thomas (50)
3Amari Cooper (14)Darius Slayton (35%)Odell Beckham (168)Kenny Golladay (49)
4Michael Thomas (14)Keenan Allen (35%)Amari Cooper (166)Marvin Jones (49)
5Chris Godwin (12)Davante Adams (34%)Michael Gallup (165)D.J. Moore (48)
6Odell Beckham (12)Odell Beckham (32%)Davante Adams (164)Mike Evans (47)
7D.J. Moore (11)Amari Cooper (30%)John Brown (155)Golden Tate (47)
8Deebo Samuel (11)Michael Thomas (30%)Pharoh Cooper (148)Curtis Samuel (46)
9Keenan Allen (11)Demaryius Thomas (30%)Darius Slayton (142)Amari Cooper (46)
10Robert Woods (11)DeVante Parker (30%)Mike Evans (123)Josh Reynolds (45)
11John Brown (11)DK Metcalf (29%)DeVante Parker (120)Robert Woods (45)
12Christian Kirk (10)John Brown (27%)Kenny Golladay (119)Deebo Samuel (45)
13Jarvis Landry (10)Tyler Boyd (27%)Keenan Allen (118)Darius Slayton (45)
14Adams, Gallup (10)Jarvis Landry (26%)Julio Jones (118)Christian Kirk (45)
15Metcalf, Parker (10)D.J. Moore (26%)Randall Cobb (114)Tyreek Hill (44)

2019 WR Leaders

(Stats from airyards.com)

 TargetsTarget ShareAir YardsRoutes
1Michael Thomas (103)Michael Thomas (31%)Mike Evans (1,391)Chris Godwin (391)
2Keenan Allen (95)DeAndre Hopkins (30%)Keenan Allen (1,124)Tyler Boyd (382)
3DeAndre Hopkins (92)Allen Robinson (27%)Kenny Golladay (1,113)Mike Evans (375)
4Cooper Kupp (91)Davante Adams (27%)Julio Jones (1,073)Larry Fitzgerald (370)
5Tyler Boyd (91)Keenan Allen (26%)Curtis Samuel (1,044)Keenan Allen (369)
6Julian Edelman (90)Mike Evans (25%)John Brown (1,020)Tyler Lockett (362)
7Mike Evans (89)Cooper Kupp (25%)Odell Beckham (942)Robert Woods (354)
8Chris Godwin (84)Julian Edelman (25%)DeAndre Hopkins (929)Julian Edelman (354)
9Julio Jones (83)Tyler Boyd (25%)Amari Cooper (927)DeAndre Hopkins (354)
10Allen Robinson (80)Odell Beckham (25%)Mike Williams (894)Michael Thomas (354)
11D.J. Moore (79)Jarvis Landry (25%)Stefon Diggs (890)Mohamed Sanu (350)
12Odell Beckham (79)T.Y. Hilton (25%)DeVante Parker (888)Marvin Jones (350)
13Jarvis Landry (77)Chris Godwin (24%)Chris Godwin (881)DeVante Parker (343)
14Tyler Lockett (76)Courtland Sutton (24%)Allen Robinson (878)Kenny Golladay (341)
15Five players (71)D.J. Moore (24%)Marvin Jones (868)Julio Jones (340)

Note: target share and air-yard share only include games the player played in. Excludes players on IR. Minimum of four games played to qualify.

Week 10 TE Leaders

(Stats from airyards.com and PFF)

 TargetsTarget ShareAir YardsRoutes
1Gerald Everett (12)Mark Andrews (36%)Eric Ebron (134)Travis Kelce (48)
2Eric Ebron (12)Jonnu Smith (32%)Hunter Henry (92)Greg Olsen (47)
3Greg Olsen (10)Eric Ebron (31%)Jared Cook (89)O.J. Howard (41)
4Jared Cook (10)Gerald Everett (29%)Greg Olsen (84)Jared Cook (39)
5Mark Andrews (8)Greg Olsen (23%)Mark Andrews (76)Vance McDonald (37)
6Travis Kelce (7)Hunter Henry (23%)Vance McDonald (67)Jason Witten (34)
7O.J. Howard (7)Jared Cook (22%)Gerald Everett (64)Austin Hooper (33)
8Hunter Henry (7)Anthony Firkser (21%)O.J. Howard (62)Eric Ebron (33)
9Ross Dwelley (7)Irv Smith Jr. (19%)Nick Boyle (52)Hunter Henry (32)
10Vance McDonald (7)Nick Boyle (18%)T.J. Hockenson (49)Gerald Everett (32)

2019 TE Leaders

(Stats from airyards.com and PFF)

 TargetsTarget ShareAir YardsRoutes
1Travis Kelce (81)Mark Andrews (25%)Travis Kelce (733)Travis Kelce (351)
2Zach Ertz (75)George Kittle (25%)Zach Ertz (677)Austin Hooper (332)
3Evan Engram (68)Zach Ertz (24%)Mark Andrews (652)Greg Olsen (299)
4Austin Hooper (67)Darren Waller (23%)Greg Olsen (506)Zach Ertz (298)
5Mark Andrews (66)Evan Engram (22%)Hunter Henry (497)Evan Engram (295)
6Darren Waller (65)Hunter Henry (22%)Austin Hooper (443)Jimmy Graham (255)
7George Kittle (57)Travis Kelce (21%)Darren Waller (440)Darren Waller (249)
8Greg Olsen (56)Austin Hooper (18%)Gerald Everett (437)Jason Witten (246)
9Gerald Everett (56)Delanie Walker (18%)Eric Ebron (427)Mike Gesicki (235)
10Hunter Henry (45)Greg Olsen (17%)George Kittle (409)Gerald Everett (229)

Note: target share and air-yard share only include games the player played in. Excludes players on IR. Minimum of four games played to qualify.

Feedback is encouraged! Time constraints are a factor for every breakdown apart from the Thursday night game, so I'm happy to discuss anything I missed in the comments below or on Twitter (@RotowireNFL_JD).

Chargers 24 Raiders 26

Chargers

  • Philip Rivers got his worst PFF grade (43.8) and second-worst QBR (24.7) of the season, with three interceptions and five sacks against a defense that entered Thursday's game averaging 0.5 INTs and 1.9 sacks per game.
  • At the conclusion of Sunday's games, Rivers held the following ranks among 34 qualified passers: 13th in completion percentage (65.9), 14th in YPA (7.7), 24th in TD rate (3.8), 11th in sack rate (5.5), 26th in INT rate (2.7), 20th in QBR (50.5). The sack and interception rates are similar to last year, but everything else has cratered. In 2018, he completed 68.3 percent of passes (7th) for 8.5 YPA (3rd), with a 69.1 QBR (7th). His 77.0 PFF grade is 15th among QBs, while last year's 90.8 was good for the No. 4 spot.
  • Melvin Gordon had season highs for carries (22) and rushing yards (108), while 62% snap share gave him a fifth straight week in the range of 52-to-63 percent. PFF credited him with six avoided tackles on those carries, after four last week and just three combined in his first four games of the year.
  • Austin Ekeler played 45% of snaps, up from 34% the previous week in Shane Steichen's first game as offensive coordinator. The increase makes sense given that the Chargers were forced to pass more often, but that also dropped Ekeler back to six rushing attempts (12 the previous week), and he only saw two targets. He salvaged his fantasy day with his ninth TD of the season, though he only has three (all receiving) in six games since Gordon returned.
  • Ekeler's averages in Gordon's six games: 5.7 carries for 20 yards and 0 TDs, with 5.5 catches for 48.2 yards and 0.5 TDs on 6.2 targets. That's still RB2 status in most fantasy leagues, but it's a bit concerning to see just six targets in two games since Steichen took over.
  • Mike Williams caught two of three targets for 55 yards on 95% of snaps. He's averaging 3.7 catches for 67.6 yards on 6.9 targets in seven games since he moved to a full-time role (more than two-thirds of snaps), but he still doesn't have a touchdown and now has four straight weeks with six or fewer targets.
  • Keenan Allen played 84% of snaps and drew a team-high 11 targets, adding an 18-yard carry to bolster his 8-68-0 rushing line. He was the intended target on two of Rivers' interceptions, but neither appeared to be Allen's fault in any way.
  • Hunter Henry played 81% of snaps and finished second on the team with seven targets, though he didn't catch a pass after the five-minute mark of the second quarter. He's played five games since returning from a knee injury, with at least four catches, six targets and 30 yards in each contest, averaging 16.6 PPR points and 10.8 standard points.
  • Andre Patton played 81% of snaps and finished with no catches on four targets. He played 82% and 82% the previous two weeks without drawing a single target. He's nothing more than a blocker in this offense, so we could see Geremy Davis (hamstring) or Jason Moore get a shot at the No. 3 receiver role.
  • Last week, I discussed how Steichen improved the Chargers' running game by using three-wide formations to spread the field for Gordon and Ekeler. An ugly two-minute drill creates questions of its own, but the Chargers did find success with the spread-to-run approach for a second straight week, taking 24 carries for 106 yards (4.4 average) and a TD out of 11 personnel. The team's two largest rushing totals of the season came in the past two weeks, with 45 runs from 11 personnel in that stretch, compared to 34 in Gordon's first four games.

Pass Distribution in Two Games Under Steichen (Weeks 9-10)

Henry: 17 targets (29%), 197 air yards (31%), 11.6 aDOT

Allen: 15 targets (25%), 175 air yards (28%), 11.7 aDOT

Ekeler: 6 targets (10%), 25 air yards (4%), 4.2 aDOT

Williams: 6 targets (10%), 126 air yards (20%), 21.0 aDOT

Gordon: 5 targets (8%), 2 air yards (0%), 0.4 aDOT

Patton: 4 targets (7%), 82 air yards (13%), 20.5 aDOT

Raiders

  • Derek Carr threw 31 passes, giving him seven straight games in the range of 28-to-34 attempts. He's having his best season in terms of completion percentage (70.8), YPA (7.8) and QBR (63.3), while his 81.6 PFF grade is second to his 85.3 from 2016. However, he hasn't done a ton for fantasy owners, with next-to-zero rushing contribution and just 244.7 yards and 1.6 TDs per game.
  • Josh Jacobs saw his usual workload in terms of snap share (52%) and carries (16), while five targets represents a season high.
  • Jalen Richard had two carries, four targets and 43 yards on 38% of snaps, while DeAndre Washington had one carry, two targets and 19 yards on 10%. It'll be hard to choose one over the other if Jacobs eventually misses time with an injury, as Washington still seems to have a slight advantage when the Raiders need someone to spell a fatigued Jacobs on early downs. Richard has the clear advantage on passing downs, and also the better track record of NFL production.
  • Darren Waller played 97% of snaps and was one of four players tied for the team lead with five targets. There may have been mild concern after his snap share dipped to 79% the previous week, but it's now been at 90% or higher in seven of nine games. The bigger issue is increased competition for a modest number of passes from Carr, with Tyrell Williams now healthy and Hunter Renfrow developing into a solid No. 3 option.
  • Williams saw five targets on 84% of snaps, with Renfrow drawing five targets on 53%. Williams has landed between 81-to-89 percent and 4-to-6 targets in each of his three games since returning from a foot injury. In that same stretch, Renfrow has stayed between 54-to-64 percent and 4-to-7 targets.
  • Zay Jones played 67% of snaps but only had one catch and three targets. He went for 3-21-0 on four targets and 91% of snaps the previous week. He lost a few plays to Marcell Ateman (10%) in Thursday's win.

Pass Distribution Since Williams Returned From Injury (Weeks 8-10)

Renfrow: 16 targets (17%), 105 air yards (15%), 6.6 aDOT

Williams: 15 targets (16%), 251 air yards (35%), 16.7 aDOT

Waller: 15 targets (16%), 126 air yards (17%), 8.4 aDOT

Richard: 11 targets (12%), 50 air yards (7%), 4.5 aDOT

Jacobs: 9 targets (10%), -25 air yards (-3%), -2.8 aDOT

Jones: 9 targets (10%), 78 air yards (11%), 8.7 aDOT

Lions 13 Bears 20

Lions

  • Jeff Driskel's 7.0 aDOT was a stark departure from Matthew Stafford's league-high 10.7. The backup QB led a nice opening drive and later made things interesting in the fourth quarter, but in between was a span of nine drives with just 128 total yards of offense. All in all, Driskel completed 58.7% of passes for 5.9 YPA. Stafford has completed 64.3% for 8.6 YPA this season, including at least 6.3 YPA in every game.
  • Ty Johnson suffered a concussion after 12 snaps, leaving J.D. McKissic to handle 70% snap share, with a 10-36-0 rushing line and 6-19-0 receiving line on seven targets.
  • Paul Perkins chipped in with seven carries for nine yards and one catch for nine yards on 18% of snaps.
  • T.J. Hockenson had six targets and a second straight week with three catches, but 58% snap share was a small drop from 65, 66 and 68 percent the previous three games.
  • Danny Amendola got his usual workload with 67% of snaps, eight targets and four catches for 29 yards. He's drawn five or more targets in four straight games.
  • Kenny Golladay saw nine targets on 94% of snaps, with Marvin Jones getting six passes on 92%. Golladay finished with a 3-57-1 receiving line, leaving a ton of yards on the field with his trio of drops. Jones, on the other hand, made the most of his opportunities, catching five balls for 77 yards. Golladay did find one way to pad his stats, however.

Bears

  • You know it's been a rough season when your best game includes just 173 passing yards, with five sacks on 29 dropbacks. Mitchell Trubisky made a few great throws in Sunday's win, but the Bears opened the game with four consecutive punts and finished it out with five in a row. In between, they had three straight TD drives, spanning 76, 54 and 25 yards.
  • David Montgomery played 60% of snaps, down from 74% and 73% the previous two weeks. He still got 17 carries, but he didn't have a gain longer than nine yards, and he didn't draw a single target (after having nine the past two games).
  • Accordingly, Tarik Cohen played 53% of snaps, up from 36% and 20% the prior two weeks. He only got four targets and three carries, but he scored his second TD of the season from nine yards out on a swing pass.
  • Allen Robinson bounced back from the previous week's disaster, with a 6-86-0 receiving line on a team-high nine targets and 96% of snaps. He accounted for 50% of the team's receiving yards and 39% of the targets, yet didn't get any of the three touchdowns.
  • Taylor Gabriel's 86% snap share marked his first time above 74% since Week 2, and he took advantage with a 4-39-1 receiving line on six targets.
  • Anthony Miller saw two targets on 58% of snaps, landing below 60% snap share for a third straight week.
  • Trey Burton drew just one target on a season-low 35% snap share, exiting early with a calf injury. The Bears used Cornelius Lucas as a sixth offensive lineman on one-fourth of their snaps, with J.P. Holtz (33%) and Ben Braunecker (21%) also getting some work.

Ravens 49 Bengals 13

Ravens

  • At the conclusion of Sunday's games, Lamar Jackson held the following ranks among 34 qualified passers: 14th in completion percentage (65.9), 9th in YPA (8.0), 7th in TD rate (5.9), 19th in sack rate (6.6), 17th in INT rate (2.0), 4th in QBR (77.1), 2nd in PFF grade (88.1), and... 1st in rushing yards (702, LOL). He also leads qualified rushers at 6.6 YPC, and he's fumbled just four times after fumbling 12 times as a rookie. I still favor Russell Wilson as MVP, but maybe we can let Jackson and Christian McCaffrey share the OPOY award as a consolation prize?
  • Mark Ingram's 49% snap share fell in line with his overall mark of 50% this year, but he was limited to a season-low nine carries as the Bengals dominated time of possession. Between a pair of defensive touchdowns and Jackson picking up huge chunks of yards, there weren't many plays left over for the running backs.
  • Gus Edwards had four carries for 17 yards on 23% of snaps, with Justice Hill taking three for 11 on 26%.
  • Mark Andrews' 51% snap share marked a return to his normal range, following a dip to 34% the previous week against New England. He was targeted on eight of his 17 routes, catching six passes for 53 yards and two TDs. Now up to 2.54 yards per route this season, Andrews is second to only George Kittle (2.96) among tight ends, per PFF. Long story short, it's not the end of the world for Andrews to miss a bunch of snaps, especially because those plays are mostly rush attempts. The bigger concern is Baltimore's inconsistent passing volume.
  • Marquise Brown played 40% of snaps, his smallest share since Week 1. He caught each of his four targets for 80 yards and a touchdown, including a 49-yard deep ball on the first snap of the game.
  • Andrews led the team with 17 routes on 24 dropbacks, followed by Nick Boyle (15), Hayden Hurst (14), Willie Snead (12) and Brown (10). Those numbers likely are skewed by the blowout, with Robert Griffin replacing Jackson in the fourth quarter. Brown and Andrews, in particular, presumably would've run more routes per dropback in a closer contest.
  • Boyle is making a push for low-end streaming status, with his two largest stat shares and two best receiving lines occurring the past two weeks. He's played 84 and 77 percent of snaps in those games, catching each of his nine targets for 105 yards and a TD. Granted, he still isn't running a ton of routes — no more than 18 in any game this season, per PFF.

Bengals

  • The Bengals held the ball for most of the game, but that was partially a product of Ryan Finley giving up two turnovers returned for touchdowns. The rookie completed 16 of 30 passes (53%) for 167 yards (5.6 YPA), adding five carries for 22 yards. His 16.8 QBR from Sunday would be Andy Dalton's second-worst of the season. There wasn't a significant difference in aDOT, with Dalton at 7.6 for the season and Finley at 7.3 on Sunday.
  • Joe Mixon had season highs for snap share (76%), carries (30), rushing yards (114) and receiving yards (37). It helped that the Bengals ran 72 offensive plays, and Giovani Bernard (24% of snaps) missed part of the game with a knee sprain. Bernard did re-enter the contest, but a Week 11 absence in Oakland could set up Mixon for more receiving work.
  • Tyler Boyd played 88% of snaps, leading the team in targets (eight), catches (six) and receiving yards (62).
  • Auden Tate played 100% but caught just three of six targets for 36 yards. He also had his fourth drop of the year, per PFF.
  • Alex Erickson had one carry and two targets on 51% of snaps, splitting the No. 3 role with undrafted rookie Stanley Morgan (51%, four targets).
  • Tyler Eifert's 31% snap share was his third-smallest of the year, and he finished with fewer than five targets for a fourth time in the past five games. He did score his second TD.
  • Boyd ran a route on each of Finley's 35 dropbacks, followed by Tate (33), Erickson (18), Morgan (16), Mixon (15), Eifert (12) and Bernard (7), per PFF.
  • For the season, the Cincinnati defense ranks 32nd in yards per play (6.7), 32nd in NY/A (8.5) and 31st in YPC (5.2), along with 30th in QB pressure rate (16.5%), 29th in INT rate (1.1) and 32nd in sack rate (3.7). With Miami and Atlanta putting forth strong Week 10 performances, Cincinnati now holds the title for worst defense in the NFL.

Chiefs 32 Titans 35

Chiefs

  • Patrick Mahomes completed 72% of passes for 8.9 YPA, with two sacks, no turnovers and an 81.2 QBR...in a loss. The 50 pass attempts were his most since Week 14 of last season, and his most ever in a game that didn't include overtime. The Chiefs ran 78 offensive plays to Tennessee's 49, with a 530-to-371 advantage in yards.
  • With LeSean McCoy a healthy scratch, Damien Williams had 19 carries, five targets and 109 scrimmage yards on 73% of snaps, but he also lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown. Andy Reid didn't shy away from Williams thereafter, but the fumble is especially interesting given that McCoy's fumble the previous week was part of the explanation for his inactive status. To be fair, Williams only has one other fumble in a Chiefs uniform, spanning 164 carries and 55 receptions (including playoffs).
  • Darrel Williams took 21% of snaps, with two carries and one target.
  • Tyreek Hill saw a career-high 19 targets on 84% of snaps. His 11-157-1 explosion — which included three drops — leaves him with averages of 6.2-105.4-1.0 on 10.4 targets in five games since he returned from a shoulder injury (including 2.5 games with Matt Moore). Hill's two full games with Mahomes at QB have produced 16 catches for 237 yards and three TDs on 29 targets.
  • Travis Kelce caught each of his seven targets for 75 yards and a TD on 95% of snaps, once again landing in the range of 6-to-10 targets (every game this season). He's on pace for 90-1,186-5 on 130 targets, with no less than 9.8 PPR points in any game.
  • Sammy Watkins caught five of nine targets for 39 yards on 77% of snaps, adding two carries for 12 yards. His 8.6 aDOT is much shallower than both Hill (14.6) and Demarcus Robinson (13.8), as well as Kelce (9.0) and Mecole Hardman (11.0) to a lesser extent. Watkins had a 9.6 aDOT his first year in KC, so it isn't a seismic change. He just hasn't had much luck picking up YAC since the Week 1 explosion in Jacksonville. In fact, that one game is responsible for 135 of his 255 YAC (53%), with the wideout averaging 3.9 per reception since the opener, per PFF.
  • Robinson played 67% of snaps and caught four of five targets for 56 yards, while Hardman played 22% and worked some magic (a.k.a. incredible speed) for a 63-yard TD on his lone target. Hardman has six targets the past four games, producing five catches for 146 yards and three TDs. It's probably just a matter of time before he takes more work from Robinson.
  • Harrison Butker missed a PAT and had a game-tying FG attempt blocked, but his job security remains strong. He's made 85.2% of field goals and 93.5% of PATs this season, following 88.9% and 94.2% last year.

Titans

  • Ryan Tannehill took four sacks and lost a fumble, but he completed 13 of 19 passes for 181 yards and two TDs, adding three carries for 37 yards (including crucial scrambles for 12 and 18 yards in the fourth quarter, plus a two-point conversion on the ground). I rarely buy the narrative of a QB inspiring his teammates to play harder, but there's an obvious contrast between Tannehill plowing over defenders and Marcus Mariota's borderline-docile style of play. I'll buy the narrative here, happily.
  • Tannehill's 11.1 sack rate places second-to-last among qualified passers...ahead of only Mariota. The Titans are 11th in PFF's team pass-blocking grades, and an ESPN article last week put them at 13th in "pass-block win rate". Mariota has been sacked on a league-high 35.2% of plays where he faces pressure, with Tannehill just a tick behind at 34.7%, per PFF. For a point of reference, Josh Rosen (31.4%) is the only other QB above 29%, while Dak Prescott has the league's lowest rate at 9.2%. I guess Tannehill is kind of like a rich man's Mariota?
  • Derrick Henry rumbled for a season-high 188 rushing yards, with 23 carries his second-most and 71% snap share his third-largest. It's rare to see a power back on a bad team with fantasy production this consistent, but it's also rare to see a player with Henry's pure running talent, or an NFL team with this level of commitment to a back who doesn't catch many passes. Henry has double-digit fantasy points in eight of 10 games, now on pace for 1,331 rushing yards, 267 receiving yards and 16 total TDs.
  • A.J. Brown's snap share skyrocketed to 94% with Corey Davis (hip) out of the lineup, but it didn't translate to production: 1-17-0 on four targets. The rookie made his lone catch in the fourth quarter, and he was unable to make a tough play on fourth down the following drive.
  • Jonnu Smith led the Titans with four catches and six targets, playing 77% of snaps. The every-down role hasn't quite happened, but Ryan Tannehill continues to throw to the tight end on a large percentage of his routes. Smith's mark of 2.53 yards per route the past four weeks ranks third behind only Kittle (3.03) and Nick Boyle (2.84) in that stretch, per PFF. The downside, of course, is that Smith has run a route on just 75 of Tannehill's 139 dropbacks (54%).
  • Tajae Sharpe played 81% of snaps and caught his lone target for a 20-yard gain.
  • Adam Humphries caught his only target for a game-winning, 23-yard TD, logging 65% of snaps.
  • The Titans defense gave up 365 or more yards of total offense each of the past four weeks. The unit is 27th in QB pressure rate (18.6%) and 18th in sack rate (6.8), though the cumulative sack total (27) looks pretty good because the Titans have faced 37.3 pass attempts per game.

Bills 16 Browns 19

Bills

  • Josh Allen had one sack, no turnovers and two rushing TDs, but he completed just 22 of 41 passes (53.7%) for 266 yards (6.5 YPA).
  • Stephen Hauschka missed a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 53-yarder that would've tied the game in the final minute. He's now eight of 13 on FG attempts (61.5%) this season, albeit with three misses in the 50+ range. He also struggled a bit last year (78.6%), so the Bills may want to look at other kickers soon.
  • Devin Singletary had eight carries, seven targets and 50 scrimmage yards on 67% of snaps. The final stat line was a major disappointment, but it was his third straight week landing right around two-thirds of the playing time.
  • Frank Gore had five carries, one target and 16 yards on 33% of snaps. He got the lone goal-line carry for the Bills' RBs and was stuffed...again. Allen ran it in on the next play.
  • John Brown matched a season high with 11 targets, catching five for 77 yards on 95% of snaps. He now has six straight games with either four or five catches for no more than 83 yards and no less than 51. He's on pace for 1,209 yards but hasn't reached 20 PPR points since Week 1.
  • Cole Beasley caught four of six targets for 74 yards on 67% of snaps, with yardage making up for the end of his three-game TD streak. The nature of his scoring has been odd, but he has just one game this year with fewer than 9.0 PPR points. I'm not sure "consistency" is the right word, as it's mostly just a matter of his TDs and his better yardage totals coming in different weeks. It's inevitable that he eventually falls shot in both departments in the same week, especially given that he hasn't topped seven targets in a game since September.
  • Dawson Knox dropped down to 58% of snaps after 76% the previous week, but his four catches and six targets were season highs.
  • Isaiah McKenzie got 54% of snaps, with Robert Foster (23%) and Andre Roberts (19%) also mixing in. The trio combined for four catches, 46 yards and eight targets.
  • Tyler Kroft finished without a target on 43% of snaps.
  • Brown ran 43 routes on Allen's 44 dropbacks, followed by Beasley (34), Singletary (27), McKenzie (23), Knox (23), Foster (11) and Gore (9), per PFF.
  • The Bills defense failed to force a turnover for a second straight week and third time in the past five games. Buffalo is sixth in opponent completion percentage (61.6) and third in YPA (6.1), but 24th in QB pressure rate (19.4), 16th in sack rate (6.8) and 17th in INT rate (2.0). The opposing QB list? Sam Darnold, Eli Manning, Andy Dalton, Tom Brady, Marcus Mariota, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Carson Wentz, Dwayne Haskins, Baker Mayfield. One might argue that Fitzpatrick is the third-best QB the Bills have faced this year (and they'll face him again Week 11).

Browns

  • Baker Mayfield avoided turnovers for a second straight week (and second time all season), with a season-best 74.8 QBR. He did take a sack for a safety, however, and a 68.1 PFF grade was only his fourth-best of the year. He played a clean game, but 6.3 YPA is still 6.3 YPA...
  • Nick Chubb took exactly 20 carries for a fourth straight game, with 81% snap share representing a rise from 65% and 60% the previous two weeks. He ran for 116 yards and added two catches for five yards on four targets.
  • Kareem Hunt played 54% of snaps, taking four carries for 30 yards and catching seven of nine targets for 44 yards. His 38 plays were divided between the backfield (24), slot (nine) and out wide (five), including two plays lined up as a fullback in front of Chubb, per PFF.
  • The frequent use of two-back sets left just 47% of snaps for No. 3 receiver Rashard Higgins, who caught his one target for a seven-yard touchdown. Antonio Callaway was inactive.
  • Jarvis Landry went for 9-97-1 on 10 targets and 93% of snaps, while Odell Beckham caught just five of 12 targets for 57 yards on 96%. Landry now has more catches, yards and TDs this season, though their stat lines are nearly identical. Landry has three straight games with double-digit targets.
  • Demetrius Harris played 49% of snaps and drew two targets, with Stephen Carlson getting 26% and Pharaoh Brown at 24%. Cleveland's offense was all about the two WRs and the two RBs.
  • Beckham and Landry both ran 41 routes on Mayfield's 41 dropbacks, followed by Chubb (25), Higgins (25), Hunt (23) and Harris (13), per PFF. That formula could allow all of Chubb, Hunt, Beckham and Landry to be useful fantasy assets, with minimal contribution from tight ends or the No. 3 receiver spot. Granted, Ricky Seals-Jones (knee) had been getting a few targets per game before his injury, and it isn't clear if he'll miss any more time after sitting out Sunday's game. The Browns face the Steelers on Thursday in Week 11, FWIW.

Cardinals 27 Buccaneers 30

Cardinals

  • Kyler Murray's 10.1 aDOT was his deepest since Week 1 and represents a stark contrast from Week 9 (3.9). The Arizona offense has mostly tried to stretch opponents horizontally rather than vertically, but the plan was different against Tampa's lousy secondary. The rookie completed 61.4% of his throws for 7.4 YPA, with three touchdowns, two sacks and an interception.
  • David Johnson was a disaster, with five carries, one target, 10 scrimmage yards and a lost fumble on 43% of snaps. Maybe it's just the ankle injury, but he looked way, way slower than Kenyan Drake, who also struggled in this contest: 10 carries for 35 yards and six catches for six yards on seven targets, playing 64% of snaps.
  • The backfield split was much closer before Johnson's fumble at the end of the third quarter. Drake had five carries and two targets in the final quarter, while Johnson didn't have a single touch.
  • Christian Kirk ate his entire touchdown-regression sandwich in one sitting, with six catches for 138 yards and three scores on 10 targets. He entered the game with 34 catches for 329 yards and no TDs, with at least five targets and 86% of snaps in each game. He played 96% of snaps Sunday.
  • Larry Fitzgerald also popped back to life, hauling in each of his eight targets for 71 yards on 79% of snaps. He had either three or four targets in each of the previous three games, and he hadn't reached 70 yards since Week 2.
  • KeeSean Johnson was 0-for-4 on 53% of snaps, while Andy Isabella was 3-for-3 for 78 yards on a season-high 37% snap share. You might remember that Isabella caught his lone target for an 88-yard touchdown the previous week, breaking a few ankles in the process.
  • Charles Clay got 46% of snaps, Maxx Williams got 44%, and depth receivers Pharoh Cooper (29%) and Trent Sherfield (9%) also had some playing time. The Cardinals have become a three-wide offense, predominantly, rather than the four-wide stuff we saw more often in September.

Buccaneers

  • Jameis Winston went over 300 yards for a fourth straight game but also added two interceptions and four sacks to his league-high totals (14 and 34, respectively).
  • Named the starter last week, Ronald Jones had a big fantasy day with an 11-29-1 rushing line and 8-77-0 receiving line, but he also lost a fumble while playing just 47% of snaps. He didn't have any touches after the fourth-quarter fumble, giving way to Peyton Barber for the game-winning drive.
  • Barber finished with an 11-43-1 rushing line and one catch for four yards on 26% of snaps, with Dare Ogunbowale adding three catches for 24 yards while also logging 26%. Even T.J. Logan got a bit of action, with a carry and a target on 5% snap share.
  • Chris Godwin led the team with 12 targets, catching six for 74 yards. He's drawn eight or more targets in six consecutive games, but the first three featured 125 or more yards, while the last three have seen him fall shy of 75.
  • Following three straight games with at least a dozen targets, nine catches and 96 yards, Mike Evans drew just six targets in game where Jameis Winston threw 48 passes. He appears to have been shadowed by Patrick Peterson for much of Sunday's game, though Evans caught three of four passes for 63 yards when the Cardinals' star cornerback had primary coverage, per PFF. Furthermore, Evans drew pass-interference penalties for 12 and 16 yards in the fourth quarter after Peterson left with a calf injury.
  • No. 3 receiver Breshad Perriman caught two of four targets for 17 yards, playing 67% of snaps. No. 4 receiver Scott Miller hauled in two of three targets for 33 yards on 13%. Perriman is now at 2.7 YPT on 28 targets this season, with more than half his receiving yards coming Week 9 in Seattle. He doesn't belong on the field.
  • Apologies for burying the lede. O.J. Howard hit pay dirt for the first time in 2019, buoyed by season highs for snap share (99%) and targets (seven). The only downside? His 11 pass-blocking snaps were second most by a tight end in Week 10, per PFF. Even so, he ran routes on 43 of Winston's 55 dropbacks, with 0.78 routes per dropback representing a major upgrade from his mark of 0.64 through the first six weeks of the season, per PFF.
  • Cameron Brate played 18% of snaps and didn't draw a target.

Giants 27 Jets 34

Giants

  • Daniel Jones' 66.8 QBR was his best since his first NFL start Week 3 in Tampa Bay. He also put up his third game of the season with four total touchdowns, but he also took six sacks, bringing his four-week total to 22. The offensive line is a big part of that, but Jones bears some responsibility for having the third-worst sack rate (9.7) among qualified passers. His 21.3% sack rate on plays where he's pressured is 12th-highest among 36 QBs with 100 or more dropbacks, per PFF.
  • Saquon Barkley had 13 carries for one yard and caught five of five targets for 30 yards while playing 82% of snaps. I'm not even sure what else to say.
  • Golden Tate played 94% of snaps and caught four of eight targets for 95 yards and two TDs, while Darius Slayton exploded for 10-121-2 on 14 targets and 93% of snaps.
  • Slayton has scored four of his five TDs from outside the red zone, and he's averaging 14.6 yards per catch and 8.8 target, with a 60% catch rate to boot. He only has two games with more than five targets, but Sunday's performance should help him earn more work...even if Sterling Shepard eventually returns from the concussion protocol.
  • No. 3 receiver Bennie Fowler took 76% of snaps, catching two of three targets for 16 yards.
  • Rhett Ellison caught each of his three targets for 42 yards on 49% of snaps, perhaps losing some work due to a concussion that was reported Monday. Each of his catches occurred in the second quarter.
  • Kaden Smith filled in at tight end with 57% of snaps and one target.

Jets

  • Sam Darnold's 73.2 QBR was his best of the season, slightly ahead of 72.7 from the Week 6 upset win over Dallas. He's now looked decent back-to-back weeks, albeit against the Dolphins and Giants.
  • Le'Veon Bell had an 18-34-1 rushing line and 4-34-0 receiving line on 74% of snaps, his first time under 83% all season. He's down to 3.1 YPC, despite ranking 18th out of 47 (min. 50 carries) in PFF's elusive rating.
  • Bilal Powell had a 7-15-0 rushing line and no targets on 26% of snaps, working ahead of Ty Montgomery, who finished without a touch or target on 8%. It seems like Powell will be the smart waiver add if Bell eventually misses time. Granted, the Jets can't block. At all.
  • Robby Anderson caught one of three targets for 11 yards on 83% of snaps, giving him four straight weeks of heavy playing time and minimal production. He's done nothing since the Dallas game, catching eight of 21 targets for 97 scoreless yards. Anderson doesn't have any drops this season, but his 60.7 PFF grade ranks just 85th among 120 qualified wide receivers. He doesn't seem to be getting open...
  • Jamison Crowder, on the other hand, caught five of six targets for 81 yards and a TD on 72% of snaps, giving him four games above 15 PPR points in Darnold's six starts. Crowder has averaged 15.6 points in those contests.
  • Demaryius Thomas got 74% of snaps, leading the team in targets (nine), catches (six) and receiving yards (84). He's now played five games with Darnold, averaging 4.0 catches for 54.0 yards on 6.0 targets, i.e., better numbers than Anderson.
  • Ryan Griffin saw just one target on 65% of snaps, but he may soon return to his every-down role with Chris Herndon (rib) expected to miss multiple games.
  • No. 4 receiver Vyncint Smith played 26% of snaps, drawing one target. He hasn't made any noise, but the fact he gets 15-to-25 snaps each week is a minor annoyance for anyone that's still counting on Anderson or Thomas...hopefully not you!

Falcons 26 Saints 9

Falcons

  • Matt Ryan's 35 pass attempts were his second fewest in a game he's finished this season. He actually had season lows for both completion percentage (57.1) and YPA (5.2), yet the Falcons won by 17 points playing on the road as 13.5-point underdogs. This is your No. 1 "WTF" game of the year.
  • A foot injury limited Devonta Freeman to 38% of snaps, 10 carries and four targets, allowing Brian Hill to step in with a 20-61-0 rushing line and 1-10-1 receiving line (two targets) on 51% of snaps. Kenjon Barner got one carry for 12 yards on 14% of snaps, while rookie Qadree Ollison strictly played special teams. Hill looks like the top waiver add for Week 11.
  • Julio Jones led the team in targets (nine) and receiving yards (79), though he only had three catches on 80% of snaps.
  • Calvin Ridley's 89% snap share was a season high, up from 80% in the previous game without Mohamed Sanu. The second-year pro was limited to a 3-28-0 receiving line on five targets, adding a carry for 19 yards.
  • No. 3 receiver Russell Gage logged 62% of snaps, catching four of five targets for 23 yards, after going for 7-58-0 on nine targets the first week without Sanu (57% snap share).
  • Austin Hooper found the end zone and played 73% of snaps, but he may be looking at a multi-week absence with an MCL sprain.
  • Luke Stocker was second among Atlanta TEs with 39% snap share Sunday, followed by Jaeden Graham (10%). Stocker has a long history as a blocking specialist, while Graham is some random guy nobody has ever heard of. A quick search through the RotoWire (and Google) files shows that Graham had a 26-380-4 receiving line in 2017...as a senior at Yale. He spent 2018 on the Falcons' practice squad and may now have an opportunity as the team's top pass-catching option at tight end. In other words, it sounds like Jones and Ridley will be busy these next few weeks.

Saints

  • Drew Brees completed 71.1% of his passes but for just 6.4 YPA. His 5.7 aDOT was shallowest among all QBs in Week 10, giving him the second-shallowest mark (6.3) on the season. Teddy Bridgewater (6.2) is the only guy behind him. Dink. And. Dunk.
  • Brees averaged 10.4 YPA on passes to Michael Thomas and 4.8 YPA on all other throws. Brees' 13.9 QBR was second worst of Week 10, ahead of only Brian Hoyer.
  • Alvin Kamara had a 4-24-0 rushing line and 8-50-0 receiving line (10 targets) on 78% of snaps.
  • Latavius Murray played 25% of snaps, with five carries for 12 yards and two catches for seven yards. So much for keeping both running backs heavily involved....
  • The final margin was 17 points, but apart from the fourth quarter, Atlanta only led by more than seven points for 90 seconds of game time. The Saints could've run the ball more if they had wanted to.
  • Michael Thomas now has six straight games with at least eight catches and 89 yards. His worst fantasy games this season? 16.4 PPR points Week 3, or 8.9 standard points in Weeks 3 and 6. He's on pace for 153-1,826-7, which would give him the single-season record for receptions and leave him 138 receiving yards shy of that record.
  • Tre'Quan Smith caught one of two targets for 13 yards, playing 83% of snaps in his first game back from an ankle injury. It may not show in the box score, but he got a little more run than Ted Ginn, who finished without a catch on three targets while playing 70% of snaps.
  • Jared Cook caught six of 10 targets for 74 yards on 71% of snaps. The catches, targets and yards were all season highs, while the snap share was his second largest.
  • This was the first time since Week 1 that Brees and all his main weapons made it through a game healthy. The sample is small, and both games featured a ton of passing volume, but here's a look at that distribution:

Saints' Pass Distribution Weeks 1, 10

Thomas: 27 targets (30%), 236 air yards (41%), 8.7 aDOT

Kamara: 18 targets (20%), 10 air yards (2%), 0.6 aDOT

Cook: 13 targets (15%), 128 air yards (22%), 9.8 aDOT

Ginn: 10 targets (11%), 147 air yards (26%), 14.7 aDOT

Murray: 5 targets (6%), -10 air yards (-2%), -2.0 aDOT

Smith: 4 targets (4%), 53 air yards (9%), 13.2 aDOT

Dolphins 16 Colts 12

Dolphins

  • Ryan Fitzpatrick threw 33 passes, following 35, 34 and 36 the previous three weeks. The Dolphins have won two of four games since he retook the starting job, with Fitzpatrick completing 64.5% of passes for 6.7 YPA, with six passing TDs, two rushing TDs, four INTs, 11 sacks and four fumbles.
  • Kalen Ballage played 82% of snaps, taking 20 carries for 43 yards and catching each of his four targets for two yards. He avoided just three tackles and averaged only 1.6 YPC after contact (2.2 YPC total), per PFF.
  • Patrick Laird served as the No. 2 back, with two carries for four yards and two catches for 15 yards on 12% of snaps. Myles Gaskin got 8% of snaps and caught his lone target for no gain.
  • In the first game with Preston Williams (knee) out of the lineup, DeVante Parker led the team in every major receiving category — five catches for 69 yards on 10 targets — while playing 95% of snaps. Parker's snap share has typically been in the 80s, so that represented a small bump.
  • Allen Hurns was the No. 2 receiver with 89% of snaps, catching two of four targets for 32 yards.
  • Albert Wilson finally got the No. 3 job, though he caught just one pass for no gain on three targets while playing 53% of snaps. He took 29 of his 35 snaps from the slot, per PFF.
  • Jakeem Grant was the one WR with no role expansion sans Williams, catching both of his targets for 15 yards on 23% of snaps.
  • Mike Gesicki's six targets tied for his second most this season, but he caught just three passes for 28 yards and lost a fumble on one of those. He played 60% of snaps, following 61% and 63% the previous two weeks.
  • Parker ran a route on each of Fitzpatrick's 39 dropbacks, followed by Hurns (37), Gesicki (29), Ballage (25), and Wilson (23), per PFF.
  • The Dolphins gave up 59 points in Week 1 and 43 points in Week 2, but they haven't allowed more than 31in their past seven games. They've been outscored by 8.3 points per game since Week 2.
  • The Miami defense is 23rd in YPC (4.6),  27th in YPA (8.1), 17th in completion percentage (64.2), 29th in QB pressure rate (17.1%) and 29th in sack rate (4.4). That's really bad, but it's not quite worst-in-the-league material any more.

Colts

  • Brian Hoyer completed 46.2% of passes for 5.2 YPA and tossed a trio of interceptions. His 5.0 QBR was the worst of Week 10.
  • Marlon Mack played 46% of snaps, his second-smallest share this season. He took 19 carries for 74 yards and caught his only target for an eight yard gain.
  • Mack is down to 4.2 YPC for the season, boosted by a 25-174-1 rushing line from Week 1. He hasn't done better than 4.63 YPC in any game since the opener, averaging 19.1 carries for 72.4 yards and 0.25 TDs per game. He's well on his way to a 1,000-yard season, but with just one game of 20+ PPR points through nine weeks. Mack hasn't avoided many tackles, with his 38.5 elusive rating from PFF placing 36th among 47 RBs with 50 or more carries. He's 37th in YPC after contact (2.61), and he's 12th in avoided tackles on run plays (27) despite being tied for fourth in carries (178). Mack also has been a liability in pass protection, allowing three sacks and two hurries on just 27 pass-blocking snaps, per PFF. Only Phillip Lindsay and Adrian Peterson have worst pass-blocking grades among qualified RBs. On the bright side, Mack still hasn't fumbled this year.
  • Nyheim Hines took three carries for 14 yard and caught four of a season-high seven targets for 30 yards, with 43% snap share his second-largest of the season.
  • Zach Pascal played 99% of snaps, with two catches for 26 yards on seven targets.
  • Marcus Johnson came out of nowhere for the No. 2 receiver job, catching one of three targets for nine yards on 80% of snaps.
  • Chester Rogers held down his slot role with two catches for 31 yards on four targets, playing 50% of snaps.
  • Eric Ebron had season highs for snap share (61%), targets (12) and catches (five), finishing with 56 yards and no touchdowns. He also had his customary drop. His previous highs this season were five targets (Week 7) and 52% snap share (Week 3).
  • Jack Doyle dropped to a season-low 60% snap share, after landing in the 68-to-77 percent range in every other game. He nonetheless had his best fantasy game of the year, catching three of four targets for 44 yards and a score.
  • Adam Vinatieri missed an extra-point attempt that would've extended the Colts' lead to three points in the fourth quarter. The Dolphins then kicked two field goals, and the Colts ended up trailing by four instead of three on their final drive. Said drive ended with an unsuccessful 4th-and-10 from Miami's 16-yard line.
  • Random note: This game didn't have a single play from scrimmage spanning more than 23 yards on either side.

Panthers 16 Packers 24

Panthers

  • Kyle Allen's 51.4 QBR was his second best in any game and his best since his first start. He also had his first 300-yard game but also took three sacks, lost a fumble and threw an interception. There was also a dropped pick by Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander in the fourth quarter.
  • Although it's far from a perfect comparison, I kind of view Allen as a poor man's Ryan Fitzpatrick. The 23-year-old makes some high-difficulty throws, but he also has a well-above-average rate of boneheaded mistakes. To be fair, Fitzpatrick isn't as panicky as Allen under pressure.
  • Christian McCaffrey never left the field for Carolina's offense, taking 20 carries for 108 yards and his 14th total touchdown of the season, plus six catches for 33 yards on seven targets.
  • D.J. Moore also played every snap, catching nine of 11 targets for 190 yards. He still has just one TD this season, but he's gone five straight games with at least eight targets and five catches, reaching 15 PPR points in four of those contests. Moore is on pace for 96-1,216-2.
  • Curtis Samuel played 84% of snaps and went 4-34-1 on eight targets. He's seen at least six targets in every game since Week 1, with three TDs in his past four games. He's third in the NFL with 19 targets 20-plus yards downfield, but only four of those have been catchable throws, per PFF.
  • Greg Olsen was another member of the 100% snap club, also setting season highs for targets (10) and receptions (eight). It was his first time with double-digit PPR points since Allen's initial start Week 3 in Arizona. Even after the big performance, Olsen's stats playing with Allen prorate to 57-647-5 on 87 targets over a 16-game season.
  • Jarius Wright got 62% of snaps and caught one of two targets for 21 yards.
  • It seems weird for a mediocre offense led by Allen to support the No. 1 overall player (CMac) as well as three other fantasy-viable pass catchers (Moore, Samuel, Olsen). The explanation? Carolina essentially gives zero volume to its backup RBs, backup TEs and fourth and fifth WRs. Moore, Samuel, McCaffrey, Olsen and Wright are the only players on the team that have more than five targets, with the rest of the roster combining for just 13 all season. It may not sound like a big deal, but most teams send at least five targets per game to some combination of the No. 2 RB, No. 2 TE and No. 4 WR.  The Panthers only use five players, and even Wright (3.4 targets per game) is often an afterthought.

Packers

  • Aaron Rodgers only threw for 233 yards without a single TD, but he avoided turnovers for a fourth straight week.
  • Aaron Jones had a 13-93-3 rushing line and no targets on 50%, while Jamaal Williams had a 13-63-0 rushing line and one target (incomplete) on 50%.
  • Jones' role sets up favorably for touchdowns, but his current rate of touches/TD and yards/TD is unsustainable in almost any context. It's inevitable that some of the scoring opportunities that have gone to him and Williams eventually will go to the Packers' wide receivers, namely Davante Adams.
  • Adams caught seven of 10 targets for 118 yards on 79% of snaps. He's back.
  • Geronimo Allison finished second among the WRs with 62% snap share, catching each of his three targets for six yards.
  • Allen Lazard was second on the team with six targets, but he only played 44% of snaps, catching three passes for 27 yards.
  • Jake Kumerow caught both of his targets for 23 yards on 34% of snaps, while Marquez Valdes-Scantling had just one incomplete target on 16%. These guys aren't doing nearly enough to have fantasy value, but their continued involvement limits Lazard's upside.
  • Jimmy Graham played 65% of snaps, catching two of four targets for 59 yards.
  • Preston Smith had four QB hits and two sacks, with Za'Darius Smith adding three QB hits. The rest of the defense has been far from impressive in recent weeks, so we'd probably be looking at a bottom-10 unit if the Packers hadn't signed "the Smith brothers" this past offseason.

Rams 12 Steelers 17

Rams

  • Jared Goff had two interceptions, four sacks and three fumbles (one lost), completing just 22 of 41 passes (53.7%) for 243 yards (6.0 YPA). He's now gone five straight games completing less than 60% of his throws, dropping to 30th among 34 qualified passers in completion percentage (60.3).
  • Todd Gurley had 12 carries for 73 yards but wasn't able to haul in any of his four targets (a drop didn't help). He played 74% of snaps, his largest share since Week 5 in Seattle.
  • Malcolm Brown played 16% of snaps and took five carries for 10 yards, with Darrell Henderson getting 10% and taking four carries for four yards (neither was targeted).
  • Gerald Everett led the team with 12 targets and eight receptions, playing 70% of snaps. He's gone as low as 39% and as high as 88% this season, with the Rams inconsistent in their weekly usage of two-TE formations.
  • Robert Woods played every snap on offense, catching seven of 11 targets for 95 yards. He's on pace for 80 catches and 1,006 yards on 126 targets, but he still hasn't scored a TD through the air.
  • Cooper Kupp took a goose egg on four targets and 92% of snaps. He also had a drop.
  • Josh Reynolds filled in for Brandin Cooks (concussion) with 95% of snaps, catching three of five targets for 49 yards. Reynolds went 3-73-1 on eight targets and 88% of snaps when Cooks was forced out in the first quarter Week 8 against Cincinnati (in London).
  • Last year, Reynolds had seven regular-season games with snap share above 80%, with PPR totals of 2.9, 19.0, 20.0, 3.9, 6.6, 12.0 and 21.5. That's an average of 12.3 points.
  • Not only did the plan not work, but the Rams lost starting center Brian Allen to a season-ending knee injury and starting right tackle Rob Havenstein to a less serious knee injury (though he's still expected to miss at least one or two games). Allen has PFF's No. 27 grade among 36 qualified centers, and Havenstein is No. 67 among 75 offensive tackles. Even so, there's no reason to think the backups will be any better.

Steelers

  • Mason Rudolph's 5.9 aDOT was fifth shallowest of Week 10, after 5.5 in Week 9 and a league-high 12.8 in Week 8. His aDOT for the season is 7.6, buoyed by the one outlier game.
  • Jaylen Samuels took 14 carries for 29 yards and caught three of seven targets for 11 yards, playing 55% of snaps (down from 65%) the previous week.
  • Trey Edmunds had four carries for one yard and caught two of three targets for 14 yards on 28% of snaps, while Tony Brooks-James had six carries for 11 yards on 14%.
  • JuJu Smith-Schuster led the WRs with 74% of snaps, followed by Diontae Johnson (72%), James Washington (50%) and Johnny Holton (30%).
  • Washington went off for 6-90-1 on seven targets, after going 4-69-0 on four targets the previous week. He's seen at least four passes in each of his past four games, despite his snap share sticking in the 42-to-53 percent range. He did lose a fumble in Sunday's win.
  • Smith-Schuster's 3-44-0 line on six targets put him south of 10 PPR points for a third time in the past four games, though one of those was a Duck start. JuJu hasn't seen double-digit targets in any game this season, after reaching that mark 10 times last year.
  • Johnson bounced back with four catches for 64 yards on six targets, after catching one pass the previous week.
  • Vance McDonald was the only every-down skill player for Pittsburgh, logging 97% of snaps but catching just three of seven targets for 11 yards. It was his second time above 81% snap share all season, and also his second week in a row matching a season high of seven targets.
  • Smith-Schuster and McDonald tied for the team lead with 37 routes on Rudolph's 41 dropbacks, followed by Johnson (35), Washington (25), Samuels (16) and Nick Vannett (12), per PFF.

Vikings 28 Cowboys 24

Vikings

  • Kirk Cousins threw multiple TD passes for a fifth time in the past six games.
  • Dalvin Cook played 75% of snaps, with 26 carries representing a season high and seven targets tied for his second most this year. Among 39 running backs with 20 or more targets, Cook's 2.13 yards per route places him fourth, behind Miles Sanders (2.56), Austin Ekeler (2.41) and James White (2.23), per PFF. Cook has been targeted on 23.6% of his routes, a higher rate than teammate Stefon Diggs (21.9%)
  • Alexander Mattison had eight carries for 52 yards and one catch for two yards on 18% of snaps, with Ameer Abdullah getting 8% of snaps but no touches or targets. Cook and Mattison both are averaging 4.9 YPC.
  • Diggs was quiet for a second straight week, catching three of six targets for 49 yards on 79% of snaps.
  • Bisi Johnson played 71% of snaps filling in for Adam Thielen (hamstring), catching two of four targets for 25 yards.
  • No. 3 receiver Laquon Treadwell caught his only target for 10 yards on 17% of snaps.
  • Irv Smith Jr. handled a season-high 74% snap share and matched his personal best of six targets (also seen in Weeks 7 and 9). Prior to Sunday, his snap share had landed in the 42-to-64 percent range each week. The rookie has averaged 4.3 catches for 37 yards on 5.3 targets over the last four weeks.
  • Kyle Rudolph had a 4-14-2 on five targets and 79% of snaps. He had a 2-2-2 receiving line on two targets at one point in the game, catching a pair of one-yard TD passes early on.

Cowboys

  • Dak Prescott had a season-high 46 pass attempts, completing 60.9% of his throws for 8.6 YPA, with three touchdowns, one interception and one sack. He's now on pace for 4,937 passing yards, 32 passing TDs, 311 rushing yards, five rushing TDs, 16 INTs and only 20 sacks.
  • Ezekiel Elliott got stuffed to the tune of a 20-47-0 rushing line and 2-16-0 receiving line.
  • Amari Cooper went ham for 11-147-1 on a team-high 14 targets, playing 89% of snaps.
  • Michael Gallup played 87% of snaps and finished second on the team with 10 targets, catching four balls for 76 yards and a score. Touchdowns have kept him productive for fantasy owners, but Gallup hasn't caught more than four passes in a game since Week 5.
  • Jason Witten was unable to replicate his productive Week 9, catching two of five targets for 17 yards on 79% of snaps.
  • Blake Jarwin caught three of four targets for 35 yards on 32% of snaps, with three targets on consecutive plays on the final drive of the game.
  • Randall Cobb played 80% of snaps, landing between 71-to-83 percent for a seventh time in eight games. He also had six catches and eight targets for a second straight week, but this time he produced 106 yards and a TD, rather than 35 yards and no score. His stats this year prorate to 62-760-4 on 92 targets over 16 games... that's WR4/5 material in many leagues.

Seahawks 27 49ers 24 (OT)

Seahawks

  • Russell Wilson took a season-high five sacks and produced his second-worst mark for YPA (6.9). He fell shy of 17 standard-scoring fantasy points for the fifth time this season, but he also has four games with 28.9 or more. His 5.7 aDOT on Sunday was a major contrast from his 9.3 mark for the year.
  • Chris Carson had a 25-89-1 rushing line and 3-12-0 receiving line (four targets) on season-high 96% snap share.
  • Rashaad Penny had two carries for two yards and a lost fumble, never seeing another touch after he coughed the ball up on the opening drive of the second half.
  • Tyler Lockett had a 3-25-0 receiving line on 72% of snaps, after playing 88% or more in each of the previous nine games. A leg contusion seems to have limited him.
  • DK Metcalf played 97% of snaps, catching six passes for 70 yards while tying for the team lead with 10 targets. He also lost a fumble and dropped a pass, but the broader picture shows five consecutive games with at least a handful of targets. Metcalf averages 4.6 catches for 65.6 yards and 0.6 TDs on 7.6 targets in that stretch.
  • Jacob Hollister finished with 8-62-1 on 10 targets, playing 78% of snaps. That's Will Dissly usage for a second straight week, and this time there's no injury for Luke Willson (19% of snaps) to use as an excuse. The past two weeks have seen Hollister log snap shares of 80 and 78 percent, piling up 12 catches for 109 yards and three TDs on 16 targets.
  • Correction: Willson suffered a hamstring injury, per Curtis Crabtree. The Seahawks have Ed Dickson (knee) on track to return after a Week 11 bye, but it isn't clear if he'll take snaps or targets away from Hollister.
  • Josh Gordon caught both of his targets for 27 yards on 38% of snaps, with a crucial third-down conversion in the fourth quarter and another in overtime.
  • Malik Turner played 47% of snaps and caught both of his targets for 35 yards, with David Moore getting 27% and finishing without a catch on one target. Both are in danger of falling out of the rotation now that Gordon is in the picture.

49ers

  • Jimmy Garoppolo had five sacks, two lost fumbles and an interception, completing 52.25% of his passes for 5.4 YPA (both season lows). He was awful, and he also didn't get much help. George Kittle (leg/ankle) was already out, and Emmanuel Sanders (ribs) couldn't make it through the first half. The remaining pass catchers combined for five drops, including two by Kendrick Bourne.
  • Tevin Coleman had a 9-40-0 rushing line and 4-32-0 receiving line on 50% of snaps, with Matt Breida adding 10-18-0 and 2-7-0 on 28% while Raheem Mostert picked up 6-28-0 and 1-7-0 on 22%. It was a true three-way split, with Mostert getting a bunch of work in the fourth quarter and overtime after Breida was unable to return from an ankle injury.
  • Coleman caught passes on three consecutive plays to set up the game-tying field goal, but Mostert handled the first drive of overtime, eventually getting stuffed on 3rd-and-2 and again on 4th-and-2 before fill-in kicker Chase McLaughlin shanked a 47-yard FG attempt. Meanwhile, Breida's final touch came on the second snap of the fourth quarter.
  • Update: Breida reportedly suffered yet another ankle injury.
  • Deebo Samuel had career highs for targets (11), catches (eight) and yards (112), with 83% snap share his largest since Week 1. It was his first game this season outside the range of 3-to-7 targets. He made up for an ugly drop by piling up 71 yards after the catch, forcing four missed tackles along the way, per PFF.
  • Samuel now has five drops and four penalties this season, but his average of 7.5 YAC per reception places No. 3 among 87 WRs with 25 or more targets, behind only Mecole Hardman (12.7 YAC on 29 targets) and John Ross (9.9 YAC on 31 targets), per PFF.
  • Bourne was the No. 2 receiver after Sanders left, with a 4-42-1 receiving line on eight targets and 70% of snaps.
  • Dante Pettis and Marquise Goodwin drew three targets apiece, failing to catch any of them. Pettis played 38% of snaps, while Goodwin saw 14% (possibly injury-related).
  • Ross Dwelley filled in for Kittle with 91% of snaps, catching three of seven targets for 24 yards.

Editor's Note: Many stats that include a player's rank in a category don't account for the Monday game. 

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Jerry Donabedian
Jerry was a 2018 finalist for the FSWA's Player Notes Writer of the Year and DFS Writer of the Year awards. A Baltimore native, Jerry roots for the Ravens and watches "The Wire" in his spare time.
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