Target Breakdown: Week 1 WR/TE Usage Recap & Week 2 Waiver Picks

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Updated on September 16, 2022 3:27PM EST

This article will normally be posted on Tuesdays, but an ill-timed illness messed up the author's schedule and pushed things back this week. Rather than making you wait any longer, we're going with a somewhat abridged version (perhaps still too long for most people's taste) of Target Breakdown to start the season.

We still have usage box scores for each team, sortable leaderboards for each position and waiver recommendations for Week 2. Plus, I'll be adding some additional observations throughout the week.

Now, let's get to it...

Week 1 Sortable Leaderboards

Wide Receivers

		Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	Davante Adams	95%	41	98%	17	49%	199	58%	41%	3.44
2	A.J. Brown	88%	31	94%	13	45%	111	73%	42%	5.00
3	Tyreek Hill	68%	30	83%	12	39%	112	45%	40%	3.13
4	Donovan Peoples-Jones	84%	30	86%	11	37%	96	42%	37%	2.00
5	Cooper Kupp	100%	48	100%	15	37%	104	45%	31%	2.67
6	Justin Jefferson	92%	33	100%	11	35%	121	70%	33%	5.58
7	Brandin Cooks	91%	37	93%	12	33%	125	50%	32%	2.22
8	Amon-Ra St. Brown	88%	35	92%	12	32%	61	20%	34%	1.83
9	Diontae Johnson	80%	35	90%	12	32%	121	41%	34%	1.57
10	Robbie Anderson	100%	31	100%	8	32%	76	45%	26%	3.29
11	Christian Kirk	90%	40	91%	12	32%	142	37%	30%	2.93
12	Deebo Samuel	82%	28	93%	8	31%	27	14%

We still have usage box scores for each team, sortable leaderboards for each position and waiver recommendations for Week 2. Plus, I'll be adding some additional observations throughout the week.

Now, let's get to it...

Week 1 Sortable Leaderboards

Wide Receivers

		Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	Davante Adams	95%	41	98%	17	49%	199	58%	41%	3.44
2	A.J. Brown	88%	31	94%	13	45%	111	73%	42%	5.00
3	Tyreek Hill	68%	30	83%	12	39%	112	45%	40%	3.13
4	Donovan Peoples-Jones	84%	30	86%	11	37%	96	42%	37%	2.00
5	Cooper Kupp	100%	48	100%	15	37%	104	45%	31%	2.67
6	Justin Jefferson	92%	33	100%	11	35%	121	70%	33%	5.58
7	Brandin Cooks	91%	37	93%	12	33%	125	50%	32%	2.22
8	Amon-Ra St. Brown	88%	35	92%	12	32%	61	20%	34%	1.83
9	Diontae Johnson	80%	35	90%	12	32%	121	41%	34%	1.57
10	Robbie Anderson	100%	31	100%	8	32%	76	45%	26%	3.29
11	Christian Kirk	90%	40	91%	12	32%	142	37%	30%	2.93
12	Deebo Samuel	82%	28	93%	8	31%	27	14%	29%	0.50
13	Ja'Marr Chase	100%	60	100%	16	30%	140	35%	27%	2.15
14	Stefon Diggs	64%	25	76%	9	29%	99	45%	36%	4.88
15	Kyle Philips	43%	20	59%	9	29%	73	25%	45%	3.30
16	Richie James	69%	19	73%	6	29%	64	48%	32%	3.11
17	Jarvis Landry	74%	29	76%	9	28%	125	42%	31%	3.93
18	CeeDee Lamb	97%	45	98%	11	27%	129	35%	24%	0.64
19	Curtis Samuel	69%	34	81%	11	27%	17	6%	32%	1.62
20	Michael Pittman	98%	51	98%	13	27%	108	35%	25%	2.37
21	DK Metcalf	80%	28	93%	7	26%	32	23%	25%	1.29
22	Mike Evans	73%	23	79%	7	26%	85	29%	30%	3.09
23	Greg Dortch	90%	39	95%	9	25%	57	22%	23%	1.62
24	Michael Thomas	61%	29	76%	8	25%	88	29%	28%	1.97
25	DJ Moore	100%	31	100%	6	24%	59	35%	19%	1.39
26	Zay Jones	84%	40	91%	9	24%	93	24%	23%	1.63
27	Jauan Jennings	60%	22	73%	6	23%	61	32%	27%	2.82
28	Noah Brown	88%	39	85%	9	22%	87	24%	23%	1.74
29	Drake London	73%	26	79%	7	22%	87	31%	27%	2.85
30	DJ Chark	82%	35	92%	8	22%	124	41%	23%	1.49
31	Jakobi Meyers	87%	29	94%	6	21%	92	36%	21%	1.90
32	JuJu Smith-Schuster	65%	31	79%	8	21%	79	26%	26%	2.55
33	Amari Cooper	81%	29	83%	6	20%	59	26%	21%	0.59
34	Sterling Shepard	71%	16	62%	4	19%	49	36%	25%	4.44
35	Julio Jones	52%	22	76%	5	19%	99	34%	23%	3.14
36	Darnell Mooney	89%	18	95%	3	18%	41	24%	17%	0.44
37	Equanimeous St. Brown	75%	15	79%	3	18%	37	21%	20%	1.20
38	Rashod Bateman	68%	23	72%	5	17%	104	29%	22%	2.57
39	Nelson Agholor	57%	17	55%	5	17%	47	18%	29%	1.65
40	Hunter Renfrow	82%	37	88%	6	17%	35	10%	16%	0.57
41	Courtland Sutton	95%	43	98%	7	17%	129	43%	16%	1.67
42	Jerry Jeudy	89%	40	91%	7	17%	76	25%	18%	2.55
43	Marquise Brown	95%	39	95%	6	17%	107	42%	15%	1.10
44	Chase Claypool	92%	36	92%	6	16%	39	13%	17%	0.50
45	Gabe Davis	98%	33	100%	5	16%	81	37%	15%	2.67
46	Jaylen Waddle	68%	27	75%	5	16%	48	19%	19%	2.56
47	Treylon Burks	37%	13	38%	5	16%	97	34%	38%	4.23
48	Marvin Jones	82%	38	86%	6	16%	97	25%	16%	1.00
49	Corey Davis	67%	42	68%	9	16%	115	38%	21%	1.83
50	Mecole Hardman	55%	24	62%	6	15%	84	28%	25%	0.67
51	Tyler Lockett	78%	26	87%	4	15%	31	22%	15%	1.08
52	Ben Skowronek	88%	42	88%	6	15%	58	25%	14%	0.60
53	Romeo Doubs	57%	24	63%	5	14%	46	22%	21%	1.54
54	Garrett Wilson	48%	35	56%	8	14%	69	23%	23%	1.49
55	Devin Duvernay	53%	18	56%	4	14%	54	15%	22%	3.00
56	Demarcus Robinson	43%	16	50%	4	14%	39	11%	25%	1.19
57	Ty Montgomery	36%	12	39%	4	14%	13	5%	33%	1.25
58	DeVonta Smith	96%	32	97%	4	14%	32	21%	13%	0.00
59	Tyler Boyd	79%	48	80%	7	13%	86	21%	15%	0.69
60	Jamison Crowder	31%	11	33%	4	13%	25	12%	36%	2.55
61	Adam Thielen	95%	33	100%	4	13%	28	16%	12%	1.09
62	K.J. Osborn	67%	27	82%	4	13%	30	18%	15%	0.52
63	Olamide Zaccheaus	59%	18	55%	4	13%	38	14%	22%	2.72
64	Elijah Moore	89%	55	89%	7	12%	56	19%	13%	0.89
65	Ashton Dulin	34%	14	27%	6	12%	96	31%	43%	3.29
66	Dennis Houston	56%	30	65%	5	12%	66	18%	17%	0.53
67	Jahan Dotson	87%	36	86%	5	12%	79	25%	14%	1.11
68	Shi Smith	76%	24	77%	3	12%	23	14%	13%	0.50
69	Mike Williams	92%	31	91%	4	12%	12	5%	13%	0.32
70	Joshua Palmer	77%	25	74%	4	12%	18	8%	16%	0.20
71	DeAndre Carter	38%	14	41%	4	12%	77	32%	29%	4.57
72	Keenan Allen	32%	12	35%	4	12%	49	21%	33%	5.50
73	Christian Watson	66%	28	74%	4	11%	63	31%	14%	1.21
74	A.J. Green	73%	30	73%	4	11%	39	15%	13%	0.43
75	Braxton Berrios	47%	29	47%	6	11%	11	4%	21%	1.28
76	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	74%	30	77%	4	10%	21	7%	13%	1.47
77	Terry McLaurin	89%	39	93%	4	10%	83	27%	10%	1.49
78	Isaiah McKenzie	43%	19	58%	3	10%	21	9%	16%	1.00
79	Kenny Golladay	76%	18	69%	2	10%	13	9%	11%	1.22
80	Mike Thomas	68%	42	70%	5	9%	71	18%	12%	0.12
81	Chris Olave	72%	30	79%	3	9%	38	13%	10%	1.37
82	Sammy Watkins	67%	28	74%	3	9%	3	1%	11%	0.64
83	Randall Cobb	61%	27	71%	3	9%	49	24%	11%	0.52
84	Nico Collins	66%	31	78%	3	8%	33	13%	10%	0.84
85	Chris Moore	49%	21	53%	3	8%	16	7%	14%	1.48
86	Parris Campbell	77%	42	81%	4	8%	19	6%	10%	0.88
87	Josh Reynolds	80%	33	87%	3	8%	44	15%	9%	0.85
88	George Pickens	70%	34	87%	3	8%	41	14%	9%	0.09
89	Brandon Aiyuk	99%	30	100%	2	8%	25	13%	7%	1.33
90	Marquise Goodwin	51%	16	53%	2	7%	22	16%	13%	1.38
91	Russell Gage	42%	18	62%	2	7%	6	2%	11%	0.72
92	DeVante Parker	100%	31	100%	2	7%	25	10%	6%	0.29
93	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	68%	20	59%	2	6%	17	6%	10%	0.65
94	Robert Woods	68%	25	74%	2	6%	24	8%	8%	0.52
95	Allen Robinson	97%	45	94%	2	5%	35	15%	4%	0.27
96	Alec Pierce	51%	34	65%	2	4%	26	8%	6%	0.00
97	Bryan Edwards	48%	15	45%	1	3%	17	6%	7%	0.00
98	Mack Hollins	88%	38	90%	1	3%	16	5%	3%	0.42
99	KJ Hamler	59%	28	64%	1	2%	30	10%	4%	0.00
100	Quez Watkins	56%	24	73%	0	0%			0%	0.00

Tight Ends

		Snap %	Routes	Routes/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	DB
1	Pat Freiermuth	89%	29	74%	10	27%	72	24%	34%	2.59	39
2	Tyler Higbee	94%	41	85%	11	27%	26	11%	27%	0.95	48
3	Mark Andrews	85%	30	94%	7	24%	95	27%	23%	1.73	32
4	Travis Kelce	64%	28	72%	9	23%	95	31%	32%	4.32	39
5	Dalton Schultz	100%	42	91%	9	22%	53	14%	21%	1.48	46
6	Kyle Pitts	85%	25	76%	7	22%	85	31%	28%	0.76	33
7	T.J. Hockenson	91%	28	74%	7	19%	42	14%	25%	1.36	38
8	Darren Waller	84%	34	81%	6	17%	77	22%	18%	2.32	42
9	Juwan Johnson	75%	28	74%	5	16%	61	20%	18%	1.54	38
10	Hayden Hurst	73%	45	75%	8	15%	44	11%	18%	1.02	60
11	Noah Fant	55%	17	57%	4	15%	16	11%	24%	0.94	30
12	Albert Okwuegbunam	66%	32	73%	6	15%	12	4%	19%	1.03	44
13	Logan Thomas	60%	24	57%	6	15%	68	22%	25%	1.88	42
14	Robert Tonyan	36%	19	50%	5	14%	25	12%	26%	1.89	38
15	Kylen Granson	56%	28	54%	7	14%	34	11%	25%	0.79	52
16	Isaiah Likely	45%	17	53%	4	14%	29	8%	24%	0.00	32
17	Jonnu Smith	68%	16	52%	4	14%	21	8%	25%	2.06	31
18	Dallas Goedert	92%	28	85%	4	14%	7	4%	14%	2.14	33
19	Harrison Bryant	45%	14	40%	4	13%	54	24%	29%	1.29	35
20	Geoff Swaim	73%	15	44%	4	13%	4	1%	27%	1.27	34
21	Tyler Conklin	91%	45	73%	7	12%	22	7%	16%	0.31	62
22	Ian Thomas	66%	17	55%	3	12%	25	15%	18%	3.12	31
23	Gerald Everett	66%	20	59%	4	12%	28	12%	20%	2.70	34
24	Tre' McKitty	58%	13	38%	4	12%	14	6%	31%	1.85	34
25	Zach Ertz	59%	26	63%	4	11%	24	9%	15%	0.54	41
26	Will Dissly	69%	12	40%	3	11%	11	8%	25%	3.58	30
27	Cameron Brate	68%	22	76%	3	11%	15	5%	14%	0.32	29
28	Evan Engram	71%	34	77%	4	11%	23	6%	12%	0.82	44
29	Johnny Mundt	66%	16	48%	3	10%	1	1%	19%	1.06	33
30	Tyler Kroft	55%	13	43%	2	8%	29	15%	15%	0.69	30
31	Ross Dwelley	27%	11	37%	2	8%	16	8%	18%	1.00	30
32	Hunter Henry	79%	27	87%	2	7%	28	11%	7%	0.33	31
33	Dawson Knox	86%	23	70%	2	6%	4	2%	9%	0.22	33
34	Durham Smythe	63%	14	39%	2	6%	11	4%	14%	1.00	36
35	Irv Smith	30%	13	39%	2	6%	3	2%	15%	0.00	33
36	Austin Hooper	62%	21	62%	2	6%	15	5%	10%	0.29	34
37	Cole Kmet	84%	10	53%	1	6%	-4	-2%	10%	0.00	19
38	Brevin Jordan	62%	25	63%	2	6%	8	3%	8%	0.20	40
39	Mo Alie-Cox	54%	19	37%	2	4%	12	4%	11%	1.37	52
40	David Njoku	89%	23	66%	1	3%	2	1%	4%	0.30	35
41	Mike Gesicki	42%	14	39%	1	3%	0	0%	7%	0.07	36
42	Pharaoh Brown	66%	16	40%	1	3%	10	4%	6%	1.06	40
43	John Bates	59%	16	38%	1	2%	2	1%	6%	0.00	42

Injury Report

Inactives

TE George Kittle (groin)

WR Allen Lazard (ankle)

DAL WR Michael Gallup (knee)

LAR WR Van Jefferson (knee)

ARI WR Rondale Moore (hamstring)

CHI WR Velus Jones (hamstring)

LAC TE Donald Parham (hamstring)

In-Game Injuries

LAC Keenan Allen left in the first half with a hamstring injury.

CIN Tee Higgins left in the first half due to a concussion.

Chris Godwin injured his hamstring in the first half and didn't return.

NYG Wan'Dale Robinson left in the first half with a knee injury.

IND Alec Pierce entered concussion protocol after the game.

Waivers & Sleepers for Week 2

Limited to players rostered in less than 60 percent of Yahoo leagues.

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Drops & Benchings

Drop'Em

MIA TE Mike Gesicki

NYJ TE C.J. Uzomah

NYG WR Kenny Golladay

NYG TE Daniel Bellinger

TEN TE Austin Hooper

Bench'Em

BUF WR Isaiah McKenzie

NYG WR Kadarius Toney

CHI TE Cole Kmet

MIN TE Irv Smith

Game-by-Game Breakdowns

Bills (31) at Rams (10)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Gabe Davis	98.3%	33	100%	5	16%	81	37%	15%	2.67
Dawson Knox	86.2%	23	70%	2	6%	4	2%	9%	0.22
Stefon Diggs	63.8%	25	76%	9	29%	99	45%	36%	4.88
Isaiah McKenzie	43.1%	19	58%	3	10%	21	9%	16%	1.00
Jamison Crowder	31.0%	11	33%	4	13%	25	12%	36%	2.55

Davis had two big plays, including a TD, and actually ran eight more routes than Diggs, who had an even bigger game.
The split between McKenzie and Crowder isn't especially encouraging for the prospect of either having mainstream fantasy value. Then again, Crowder gets hurt all the time, and it's still possible one fully separates from the other at some point this year.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Cooper Kupp	100.0%	48	100%	15	37%	104	45%	31%	2.67
Allen Robinson	97.0%	45	94%	2	5%	35	15%	4%	0.27
Tyler Higbee	93.9%	41	85%	11	27%	26	11%	27%	0.95
Ben Skowronek	87.9%	42	88%	6	15%	58	25%	14%	0.60

Matthew Stafford pointed to Buffalo's heavy use of zone coverages as an explanation for Robinson's lack of targets, noting that the Bills played "maybe two snaps of man". Sean McVay just said he'd "have liked to get Robinson more involved".
Sean McVay kept a tight rotation, per usual, with four guys running nearly all the WR/TE routes.
- Depth guys Tutu Atwell and Brycen Hopkins played a combined 17% of snaps, seeing just 10 total routes and one target.
Van Jefferson (knee) didn't play, but he should have no trouble jumping back ahead of Skowronek once he's healthy.

Browns (26) at Panthers (24)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
David Njoku	89.2%	23	66%	1	3%	2	1%	4%	0.30
Donovan Peoples-Jones	83.8%	30	86%	11	37%	96	42%	37%	2.00
Amari Cooper	81.1%	29	83%	6	20%	59	26%	21%	0.59
Harrison Bryant	44.6%	14	40%	4	13%	54	24%	29%	1.29
Anthony Schwartz	29.7%	10	29%	2	7%	19	8%	20%	1.90
David Bell	28.4%	8	23%	0	0%			0%	0.00

Schwartz and Bell essentially split the No. 3 receiver job.
DPJ led the team in targets (11), catches (six) and yards (60).

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
DJ Moore	100.0%	31	100%	6	24%	59	35%	19%	1.39
Robbie Anderson	100.0%	31	100%	8	32%	76	45%	26%	3.29
Shi Smith	76.0%	24	77%	3	12%	23	14%	13%	0.50
Ian Thomas	66.0%	17	55%	3	12%	25	15%	18%	3.12
Tommy Tremble	34.0%	9	29%	1	4%	-1	-1%	11%	0.11

These five and the running backs (including FB Giovanni Ricci) accounted for all of Carolina's skill-position snaps.
2021 second-round pick Terrace Marshall was active but didn't play. Same for Rashard Higgins.
- Smith saw only three targets but was over three-fourths in both snap and route participation.
I've always been a RA fan, but he also had a long TD in Week 1 last year and then did nothing the rest of the season. His 75-yard

Patriots (7) at Dolphins (20)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
DeVante Parker	100%	31	100%	2	7%	25	10%	6%	0.29
Jakobi Meyers	87%	29	94%	6	21%	92	36%	21%	1.90
Hunter Henry	79%	27	87%	2	7%	28	11%	7%	0.33
Jonnu Smith	68%	16	52%	4	14%	21	8%	25%	2.06
Nelson Agholor	57%	17	55%	5	17%	47	18%	29%	1.65

Mac Jones really spread the ball around, including to his RBs, without much success. Agholor and Jonnu saw more targets, but Parker and Henry ran far more routes — don't be fooled by that one.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Jaylen Waddle	68%	27	75%	5	16%	48	19%	19%	2.56
Tyreek Hill	68%	30	83%	12	39%	112	45%	40%	3.13
Durham Smythe	63%	14	39%	2	6%	11	4%	14%	1.00
Cedrick Wilson	47%	15	42%	2	6%	16	6%	13%	1.33
Mike Gesicki	42%	14	39%	1	3%	0	0%	7%	0.07
Trent Sherfield	34%	10	28%	2	6%	22	9%	20%	0.80

It played out as many feared for Gesicki, who was targeted only once on 14 routes.

Ravens (24) at Jets (9)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Mark Andrews	84.9%	30	94%	7	24%	95	27%	23%	1.73
Rashod Bateman	67.9%	23	72%	5	17%	104	29%	22%	2.57
Devin Duvernay	52.8%	18	56%	4	14%	54	15%	22%	3.00
Isaiah Likely	45.3%	17	53%	4	14%	29	8%	24%	0.00
Demarcus Robinson	43.4%	16	50%	4	14%	39	11%	25%	1.19
Josh Oliver	32.1%	4	13%	0	0%			0%	0.00

James Proche barely played, while Duvernay scored twice on four targets.
Bateman and Andrews were the only Ravens above 56% route share. Duvernay had a great game but still shouldn't be started outside of extremely deep leagues unless we see a larger workload increase.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Tyler Conklin	91.1%	45	73%	7	12%	22	7%	16%	0.31
Elijah Moore	88.6%	55	89%	7	12%	56	19%	13%	0.89
Corey Davis	67.1%	42	68%	9	16%	115	38%	21%	1.83
Garrett Wilson	48.1%	35	56%	8	14%	69	23%	23%	1.49
Braxton Berrios	46.8%	29	47%	6	11%	11	4%	21%	1.28
C.J. Uzomah	27.8%	12	19%	0	0%			0%	0.00

Conklin > Uzomah, by a mile apparently. Conklin had less than 20 yards and pass-blocked on a bunch of snaps, but he was also targeted seven times and scored the team's only TD (albeit in garbage time).

Steelers (23) at Bengals (20) - OT

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Chase Claypool	91.8%	36	92%	6	16%	39	13%	17%	0.50
Pat Freiermuth	88.5%	29	74%	10	27%	72	24%	34%	2.59
Diontae Johnson	80.3%	35	90%	12	32%	121	41%	34%	1.57
George Pickens	70.5%	34	87%	3	8%	41	14%	9%	0.09
Zach Gentry	31.1%	6	15%	2	5%	1	0%	33%	6.67

Pickens, Johnson and Claypool were all right around 90% route share, with Freirmuth falling short only because he pass-blocked some.
- The second-year TE never reached 80% snap share in a game last season.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Ja'Marr Chase	100.0%	60	100%	16	30%	140	35%	27%	2.15
Tyler Boyd	78.7%	48	80%	7	13%	86	21%	15%	0.69
Hayden Hurst	73.4%	45	75%	8	15%	44	11%	18%	1.02
Mike Thomas	68.1%	42	70%	5	9%	71	18%	12%	0.12
Drew Sample	30.9%	8	13%	1	2%	2	0%	13%	0.25
Tee Higgins	26.6%	14	23%	2	4%	18	4%	14%	1.93
Trent Taylor	13.8%	9	15%	0	0%			0%	0.00

Higgins caught two balls for 27 yards before exiting with a concussion in the first half. Chase went off in his absence and didn't miss a single snap, while Thomas stepped up as the No. 3 receiver but was targeted just five times on 42 routes.
Hurt's usage was encouraging, running three-fourths of available routes and seeing eight targets (though that's only a 15% share of the team total).

49ers (10) at Bears (19)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Brandon Aiyuk	98.5%	30	100%	2	8%	25	13%	7%	1.33
Deebo Samuel	82.1%	28	93%	8	31%	27	14%	29%	0.50
Jauan Jennings	59.7%	22	73%	6	23%	61	32%	27%	2.82
Tyler Kroft	55.2%	13	43%	2	8%	29	15%	15%	0.69
Charlie Woerner	28.4%	5	17%	0	0%			0%	0.00
Ray-Ray McCloud	26.9%	8	27%	2	8%	31	16%	25%	2.50
Ross Dwelley	26.9%	11	37%	2	8%	16	8%	18%	1.00

George Kittle (groin) didn't play, so the Niners rotated three guys at tight end.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to these stats given the awful weather Sunday.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Darnell Mooney	89.3%	18	95%	3	18%	41	24%	17%	0.44
Cole Kmet	83.9%	10	53%	1	6%	-4	-2%	10%	0.00
Equanimeous St. Brown	75.0%	15	79%	3	18%	37	21%	20%	1.20
Ryan Griffin	53.6%	9	47%	2	12%	30	17%	22%	0.00
Dante Pettis	37.5%	10	53%	1	6%	21	12%	10%	5.10

The Bears presumably won't play all their games in awful weather, though they probably wish it could be that way. Anyway, the big takeaway here is that St. Brown is the No. 2 receiver and Pettis the No. 3.
Kmet's route share is a little worrying, but he did play over 80% of snaps, and it's possible the weather impacted how he was deployed on Chicago's few pass plays.

Eagles (38) at Lions (35)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
DeVonta Smith	95.8%	32	97%	4	14%	32	21%	13%	0.00
Dallas Goedert	91.7%	28	85%	4	14%	7	4%	14%	2.14
A.J. Brown	87.5%	31	94%	13	45%	111	73%	42%	5.00
Quez Watkins	55.6%	24	73%	0	0%	0	0%	0%	0.00
Jack Stoll	34.7%	3	9%	0	0%	0	0%	0%	0.00

Smith finished without a catch on four targets while actually running one more route than Brown, who truly was the apple of Jalen Hurts' eye (and for good reason).
- Goedert also had encouraging snap and route shares but with only four targets. He did catch three of them for 60 yards.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
T.J. Hockenson	90.9%	28	74%	7	19%	42	14%	25%	1.36
Amon-Ra St. Brown	87.9%	35	92%	12	32%	61	20%	34%	1.83
DJ Chark	81.8%	35	92%	8	22%	124	41%	23%	1.49
Josh Reynolds	80.3%	33	87%	3	8%	44	15%	9%	0.85
Brock Wright	34.8%	7	18%	0	0%	0	0%	0%	0.00

St. Brown picked up where left off last year, at least in terms of volume. The Eagles held him under 70 yards but couldn't keep him out of the end zone.

Colts (20) at Texans (20) - OT

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Michael Pittman	97.8%	51	98%	13	27%	108	35%	25%	2.37
Parris Campbell	76.7%	42	81%	4	8%	19	6%	10%	0.88
Kylen Granson	55.6%	28	54%	7	14%	34	11%	25%	0.79
Mo Alie-Cox	54.4%	19	37%	2	4%	12	4%	11%	1.37
Alec Pierce	51.1%	34	65%	2	4%	26	8%	6%	0.00
Ashton Dulin	34.4%	14	27%	6	12%	96	31%	43%	3.29

Campbell was the No. 2 receiver ahead of Pierce, who finished without a catch and even lost some routes to No. 4 receiver Ashton Dulin (who was targeted six times on 14 routes).
Alie-Cox and Granson were in a timeshare at tight end. Many, including me, had been rooting for Alie-Cox to get more of the obvious pass snaps this year. It wasn't so Week 1.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Brandin Cooks	91.2%	37	93%	12	33%	125	50%	32%	2.22
Nico Collins	66.2%	31	78%	3	8%	33	13%	10%	0.84
Pharaoh Brown	66.2%	16	40%	1	3%	10	4%	6%	1.06
Brevin Jordan	61.8%	25	63%	2	6%	8	3%	8%	0.20
Chris Moore	48.5%	21	53%	3	8%	16	7%	14%	1.48
O.J. Howard	17.6%	6	15%	2	6%	27	11%	33%	6.33
Chris Conley	13.2%	5	13%	2	6%	18	7%	40%	0.00

Collins, Jordan and Moore all topped 50% route share while seeing three or fewer targets. Cooks and RB Rex Burkhead got the most looks from Davis Mills.
Howard scored twice, but those were his only targets and he ran just six routes.

Saints (27) at Falcons (26)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Juwan Johnson	75.4%	28	74%	5	16%	61	20%	18%	1.54
Jarvis Landry	73.7%	29	76%	9	28%	125	42%	31%	3.93
Chris Olave	71.9%	30	79%	3	9%	38	13%	10%	1.37
Michael Thomas	61.4%	29	76%	8	25%	88	29%	28%	1.97

Olave actually led the team in routes, but was targeted on three of 30.
Johnson was the clear top tight end, running only two fewer routes than Olave and one fewer than Landry/Thomas.

Interesting nugget from @NextGenStats on Jarvis Landry here: pic.twitter.com/mTfpi51DNh
— Luke Johnson (@ByLukeJohnson) September 14, 2022

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Kyle Pitts	84.5%	25	76%	7	22%	85	31%	28%	0.76
Drake London	73.2%	26	79%	7	22%	87	31%	27%	2.85
Parker Hesse	63.4%	12	36%	2	6%	8	3%	17%	0.42
Olamide Zaccheaus	59.2%	18	55%	4	13%	38	14%	22%	2.72
Bryan Edwards	47.9%	15	45%	1	3%	17	6%	7%	0.00

London led the team in routes despite having the preseason knee injury.

Jaguars (22) at Commanders (28)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Christian Kirk	90.3%	40	91%	12	32%	142	37%	30%	2.93
Zay Jones	83.9%	40	91%	9	24%	93	24%	23%	1.63
Marvin Jones	82.3%	38	86%	6	16%	97	25%	16%	1.00
Evan Engram	71.0%	34	77%	4	11%	23	6%	12%	0.82

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Terry McLaurin	88.6%	39	93%	4	10%	83	27%	10%	1.49
Jahan Dotson	87.1%	36	86%	5	12%	79	25%	14%	1.11
Curtis Samuel	68.6%	34	81%	11	27%	17	6%	32%	1.62
Logan Thomas	60.0%	24	57%	6	15%	68	22%	25%	1.88
John Bates	58.6%	16	38%	1	2%	2	1%	6%	0.00

Dotson, McLaurin and Samuel all topped 80% route share and had major contributions to the win.
- Samuel lost a fumble but also had four carries for 17 yards, on top of 8-55-1 on 11 targets. You might say his usage was more encouraging than his performance.

Packers (7) at Vikings (23)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Sammy Watkins	67.2%	28	74%	3	9%	3	1%	11%	0.64
Christian Watson	65.6%	28	74%	4	11%	63	31%	14%	1.21
Randall Cobb	60.7%	27	71%	3	9%	49	24%	11%	0.52
Romeo Doubs	57.4%	24	63%	5	14%	46	22%	21%	1.54
Marcedes Lewis	37.7%	5	13%	0	0%			0%	0.00
Robert Tonyan	36.1%	19	50%	5	14%	25	12%	26%	1.89
Josiah Deguara	24.6%	10	26%	2	6%	17	8%	20%	2.80

No Packer reached 75% route share or 70% route share, though Watkins, Watson and Cobb all came fairly close. None can be started confidently Week 2, even if Allen Lazard misses another game.
- The Packers also rotated at tight end, though Tonyan should pick up more snaps and routes as the year goes along (and he did see five targets Sunday) given that this was his first game back after ACL surgery.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Adam Thielen	95.1%	33	100%	4	13%	28	16%	12%	1.09
Justin Jefferson	91.8%	33	100%	11	35%	121	70%	33%	5.58
K.J. Osborn	67.2%	27	82%	4	13%	30	18%	15%	0.52
Johnny Mundt	65.6%	16	48%	3	10%	1	1%	19%	1.06
Irv Smith	29.5%	13	39%	2	6%	3	2%	15%	0.00

A brutal start for Smith, even with coach Kevin O'Connell saying afterward that the young tight end will be more involved in the future.

Giants (21) at Titans (20)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Kenny Golladay	75.9%	18	69%	2	10%	13	9%	11%	1.22
Sterling Shepard	70.7%	16	62%	4	19%	49	36%	25%	4.44
Richie James	69.0%	19	73%	6	29%	64	48%	32%	3.11
Daniel Bellinger	50.0%	6	23%	0	0%			0%	0.00
David Sills	46.6%	15	58%	0	0%			0%	0.00
Tanner Hudson	31.0%	14	54%	0	0%			0%	0.00
Wan'Dale Robinson	15.5%	5	19%	1	5%	5	4%	20%	1.00

Bellinger led the TEs in snaps but was taken off for Hudson in obvious passing situations, thus running only six routes.
Kadarius Toney played seven snaps, taking two carries for 23 yards. At least he was an effective gadget player!
Robinson played 42% of snaps in the first quarter before exiting in the second quarter with a knee injury.
Did anyone predict James leading the team in Week 1 routes? And finishing second in targets? (Behind RB Saquon Barkley)

Rookie WR Wan'Dale Robinson working on the side with a trainer. Has a brace on his right knee. Not doing any running.
Coach Brian Daboll is considering him "day to day" but it certainly looks like he'll miss some time. #giants pic.twitter.com/PBhpEOM64Z
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) September 14, 2022

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Geoff Swaim	73.3%	15	44%	4	13%	4	1%	27%	1.27
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	68.3%	20	59%	2	6%	17	6%	10%	0.65
Robert Woods	68.3%	25	74%	2	6%	24	8%	8%	0.52
Austin Hooper	61.7%	21	62%	2	6%	15	5%	10%	0.29
Kyle Philips	43.3%	20	59%	9	29%	73	25%	45%	3.30
Treylon Burks	36.7%	13	38%	5	16%	97	34%	38%	4.23

Another team that rotated a good amount, with only Woods reaching even two-thirds route share.
- Philips, the fifth-round rookie, was targeted on nine of his 20 routes, with Burks seeing the pass on five of his 13.
- Philips finished with 6-66-0 but lost a fumble, while Burks went 3-55-0, making his case for more snaps moving forward.
  - Note that starting wideouts Woods and BWI combined for four targets and 26 yards.
Hooper's shares are discouraging across the board, though he did at least run six more routes than Swaim, who led the team's skill-position players in snaps. Hooper could have big weeks here and there, but it looks like he won't have a true three-down role given how the Titans value Swaim's blocking.

Chiefs (44) at Cardinals (21)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	74.2%	30	77%	4	10%	21	7%	13%	1.47
JuJu Smith-Schuster	65.2%	31	79%	8	21%	79	26%	26%	2.55
Travis Kelce	63.6%	28	72%	9	23%	95	31%	32%	4.32
Mecole Hardman	54.5%	24	62%	6	15%	84	28%	25%	0.67
Noah Gray	54.5%	9	23%	2	5%	17	6%	22%	1.11
Jody Fortson	33.3%	9	23%	1	3%	9	3%	11%	0.11
Skyy Moore	19.7%	6	15%	1	3%	15	5%	17%	5.00

Kelce played 86% of snaps in the first half and 32% in the second half. So his snap share isn't too worrisome, especially given his 26.1 PPR points. But it does appear the Chiefs are being a bit more careful with him this year... they've typically left their star players in longer than necessary in blowout wins, as do many teams.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Marquise Brown	95.2%	39	95%	6	17%	107	42%	15%	1.10
Greg Dortch	90.5%	39	95%	9	25%	57	22%	23%	1.62
A.J. Green	73.0%	30	73%	4	11%	39	15%	13%	0.43
Zach Ertz	58.7%	26	63%	4	11%	24	9%	15%	0.54
Andy Isabella	33.3%	13	32%	3	8%	30	12%	23%	0.77

Rondale Moore (hamstring) was inactive, and Dortch stepped in with 7-63-0 on a team-high nine targets, also tying Hollywood for the lead in route share (95%).

Raiders (19) at Chargers (24)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Davante Adams	94.6%	41	98%	17	49%	199	58%	41%	3.44
Mack Hollins	87.5%	38	90%	1	3%	16	5%	3%	0.42
Darren Waller	83.9%	34	81%	6	17%	77	22%	18%	2.32
Hunter Renfrow	82.1%	37	88%	6	17%	35	10%	16%	0.57
Foster Moreau	32.1%	7	17%	0	0%			0%	0.00

Encouraging snap/route numbers for Waller/Renfrow/Hollins, but with Adams absolutely dominating the targets and air yards.
- So far, Rodgers misses Adams more than Adams misses Rodgers. But who's counting?

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Mike Williams	92.3%	31	91%	4	12%	12	5%	13%	0.32
Joshua Palmer	76.9%	25	74%	4	12%	18	8%	16%	0.20
Gerald Everett	66.2%	20	59%	4	12%	28	12%	20%	2.70
Tre' McKitty	58.5%	13	38%	4	12%	14	6%	31%	1.85
DeAndre Carter	38.5%	14	41%	4	12%	77	32%	29%	4.57
Keenan Allen	32.3%	12	35%	4	12%	49	21%	33%	5.50

Keenan Allen left with a hamstring injury, bumping Palmer to the No. 2 role and Carter to No. 3.
- Jalen Guyton ran only three routes.
I love the symmetry of everyone above seeing four targets. Williams' and Allen's fantasy managers probably love it less.

After Keenan Allen went down in Week 1, Joshua Palmer took every snap in 2-TE sets alongside Mike Williams (per @PFF).
Palmer is the #Chargers WR2 with Allen out & rostered in just 36% of @SleeperHQ leagues.
TNF likely a high-scoring affair against the #Chiefs 👀 https://t.co/iuBcc7B94c
— NerdBall Fantasy Football (@nerdballff) September 14, 2022

Buccaneers (19) at Cowboys (3)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Mike Evans	72.6%	23	79%	7	26%	85	29%	30%	3.09
Cameron Brate	67.7%	22	76%	3	11%	15	5%	14%	0.32
Julio Jones	51.6%	22	76%	5	19%	99	34%	23%	3.14
Cade Otton	48.4%	3	10%	0	0%			0%	0.00
Breshad Perriman	41.9%	10	34%	3	11%	85	29%	30%	0.00
Russell Gage	41.9%	18	62%	2	7%	6	2%	11%	0.72
Chris Godwin	30.6%	10	34%	3	11%	2	1%	30%	3.50

Godwin left with a hamstring injury.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Dalton Schultz	100.0%	42	91%	9	22%	53	14%	21%	1.48
CeeDee Lamb	96.9%	45	98%	11	27%	129	35%	24%	0.64
Noah Brown	87.5%	39	85%	9	22%	87	24%	23%	1.74
Dennis Houston	56.3%	30	65%	5	12%	66	18%	17%	0.53
Simi Fehoko	23.4%	14	30%	3	7%	42	11%	21%	0.86

Encouraging target and route shares for Lamb/Schultz/Brown, but the Dallas offense was brutal and now loses QB Dak Prescott (thumb) for at least a few weeks... and possibly longer.

Broncos (16) at Seahawks (17)

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
Courtland Sutton	95.3%	43	98%	7	17%	129	43%	16%	1.67
Jerry Jeudy	89.1%	40	91%	7	17%	76	25%	18%	2.55
Albert Okwuegbunam	65.6%	32	73%	6	15%	12	4%	19%	1.03
KJ Hamler	59.4%	28	64%	1	2%	30	10%	4%	0.00
Eric Tomlinson	31.3%	4	9%	1	2%	9	3%	25%	0.00
Eric Saubert	28.1%	8	18%	1	2%	22	7%	13%	0.00
Andrew Beck	15.6%	4	9%	3	7%	21	7%	75%	13.00

Four guys ran most of the routes, and it was the four everyone expected, though only Jeudy had a strong stat line in a game where Javonte Williams led the team with 12 targets.

	Snap %	Routes	R/DB	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
DK Metcalf	79.6%	28	93%	7	26%	32	23%	25%	1.29
Tyler Lockett	77.6%	26	87%	4	15%	31	22%	15%	1.08
Will Dissly	69.4%	12	40%	3	11%	11	8%	25%	3.58
Noah Fant	55.1%	17	57%	4	15%	16	11%	24%	0.94
Marquise Goodwin	51.0%	16	53%	2	7%	22	16%	13%	1.38
Colby Parkinson	38.8%	8	27%	2	7%	28	20%	25%	5.38