Target Breakdown: Week 4 WR/TE Recap & Week 5 Sleepers

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Updated on October 5, 2021 6:15PM EST

Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey aside, wideouts seem to be getting the worst of it from an injury standpoint this year. D.J. Chark unfortunately just became the first top-50 wideout to suffer a season-ending injury, but a slew of his position mates have missed time with lesser problems, namely hamstrings and concussions.

The former have been especially bad this year, including two teams — the Giants and Titans — that had multiple starting wideouts miss Week 4 with hamstring injuries. Not that it's anything new for Sterling Shepard or Julio Jones to be banged up, but RotoWire injury expert Jeff Stotts did mention a month ago that other sports leagues (MLB and NBA) had seen increases in soft-tissue injuries in the first year after their pandemic-impacted seasons.

NFL players, of course, had a full regular-season schedule last year, but nearly everything else (practice, OTAs, preseason) was truncated. In any case, it's probably interesting more so than useful, as one would think any effect might hit other positions (RB?) just as hard. Maybe that's coming, or maybe we're just stuck on a strange season where RBs have better injury luck than WRs.

Either way, I've got you covered with everything you need to analyze Week 4 and prepare for Week 5 and beyond. I'll emphasize year-to-date stats a little more in the team-by team breakdowns now, usually only discussing specifics from Week 4 if there was some kind of role change or injury concern. Fewer blurbs allowed me to spend more time on year-to-date leaderboard this week, filtering out target and air-yard shares to only show relevant games for players who have missed part of the season. Check out that, and much more, below...

(Also check out Backfield Breakdown, which is basically the same thing but for RBs instead of WRs and TEs.)

Week 4 Sortable Leaderboards

Wide Receivers

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Calvin Ridley	97.2%	41	13	32.5%	193	49.0%	31.7%	1.95	0
2	Cooper Kupp	95.3%	40	13	31.7%	105	29.6%	32.5%	1.60	0
3	Diontae Johnson	91.4%	40	13	33.3%	131	48.5%	32.5%	2.30	0
4	Terry McLaurin	96.8%	33	13	39.4%	228	74.0%	39.4%	3.73	3
5	DJ Moore	85.3%	39	12	30.8%	114	34.2%	30.8%	2.90	1
6	Tyreek Hill	82.5%	25	12	40.0%	141	69.3%	48.0%	7.44	0
7	Jakobi Meyers	94.4%	43	12	28.6%	68	30.9%	27.9%	1.63	0
8	Deebo Samuel	88.9%	40	12	30.8%	115	31.2%	30.0%	3.90	0
9	Mike Evans	87.8%	42	12	27.9%	128	27.2%	28.6%	1.79	0
10	Robby Anderson	85.3%	40	11	28.2%	140	42.2%	27.5%	1.15	0
11	Tyler Boyd	61.8%	28	11	34.4%	87	35.1%	39.3%	4.21	0
12	Davante Adams	87.5%	38	11	31.4%	78	25.2%	28.9%	1.68	0
13	Keenan Allen	87.8%	38	11	29.7%	78	27.6%	28.9%	0.95	0
14	Antonio Brown	50.0%	28	11	25.6%	127	27.0%	39.3%	2.25	2
15	DeVonta Smith	91.4%	46	10	22.7%	158	45.0%	21.7%	2.65	1
16	Stefon Diggs	73.2%	25	9	31.0%	88	38.0%	36.0%	3.08	0
17	Ja'Marr Chase	80.0%	32	9	28.1%	97	39.3%	28.1%	2.41	0
18	DeVante Parker	89.8%	32	9	30.0%	127	53.9%	28.1%	2.41	2
19	Kadarius Toney	76.7%	33	9	25.0%	73	24.5%	27.3%	2.36	0
20	Jamison Crowder	63.3%	27	9	26.5%	53	16.1%	33.3%	2.26	1
21	Josh Reynolds	77.4%	48	9	18.4%	137	36.1%	18.8%	1.23	1
22	Courtland Sutton	94.9%	42	8	21.6%	158	46.7%	19.0%	1.12	1
23	Amon-Ra St. Brown	71.6%	31	8	21.6%	71	22.1%	25.8%	2.26	0
24	Michael Pittman	85.1%	31	8	25.0%	86	30.4%	25.8%	1.90	1
25	Hunter Renfrow	66.1%	31	8	25.0%	40	14.3%	25.8%	1.45	1
26	Adam Thielen	98.4%	39	8	22.2%	121	42.4%	20.5%	1.18	0
27	Deonte Harris	50.8%	19	8	33.3%	69	33.4%	42.1%	2.74	0
28	JuJu Smith-Schuster	94.8%	40	8	20.5%	98	36.2%	20.0%	0.28	0
29	DK Metcalf	81.5%	24	8	36.4%	84	67.0%	33.3%	2.71	0
30	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	81.7%	48	8	16.3%	92	24.2%	16.7%	0.60	1
31	DeAndre Hopkins	96.0%	35	7	24.1%	86	48.6%	20.0%	1.91	0
32	Sammy Watkins	74.3%	29	7	20.0%	95	23.3%	24.1%	1.69	0
33	Darnell Mooney	70.2%	15	7	41.2%	119	53.0%	46.7%	8.33	0
34	Odell Beckham	79.7%	31	7	22.6%	153	47.8%	22.6%	0.87	2
35	Rashard Higgins	51.4%	23	7	22.6%	91	28.6%	30.4%	2.74	0
36	Brandin Cooks	85.7%	23	7	35.0%	84	51.2%	30.4%	2.04	0
37	Laviska Shenault	76.4%	18	7	31.8%	90	46.4%	38.9%	5.50	0
38	Justin Jefferson	87.3%	39	7	19.4%	92	32.1%	17.9%	2.15	1
39	K.J. Osborn	61.9%	30	7	19.4%	71	24.7%	23.3%	0.87	0
40	Kenny Golladay	91.7%	37	7	19.4%	94	31.6%	18.9%	3.14	0
41	Corey Davis	81.7%	29	7	20.6%	135	41.0%	24.1%	3.83	0
42	Quez Watkins	58.6%	30	7	15.9%	64	18.2%	23.3%	1.10	1
43	A.J. Green	85.3%	33	6	20.7%	47	26.6%	18.2%	2.03	0
44	Devin Duvernay	42.9%	16	6	17.1%	77	18.9%	37.5%	1.94	1
45	James Proche	32.9%	17	6	17.1%	43	10.6%	35.3%	4.35	0
46	Emmanuel Sanders	70.4%	24	6	20.7%	84	36.2%	25.0%	3.08	1
47	Tim Patrick	93.2%	38	6	16.2%	73	21.4%	15.8%	1.03	0
48	Kalif Raymond	74.6%	32	6	16.2%	87	27.3%	18.8%	1.44	0
49	Randall Cobb	45.8%	24	6	17.1%	66	21.4%	25.0%	2.88	1
50	Robert Woods	95.3%	39	6	14.6%	64	18.2%	15.4%	1.23	2
51	Van Jefferson	67.2%	31	6	14.6%	76	21.5%	19.4%	2.90	1
52	Henry Ruggs	80.4%	32	6	18.8%	134	47.5%	18.8%	1.88	0
53	Chester Rogers	65.6%	45	6	12.2%	55	14.5%	13.3%	1.40	0
54	Marquise Brown	62.9%	29	5	14.3%	98	24.1%	17.2%	3.14	1
55	CeeDee Lamb	78.6%	21	5	22.7%	65	38.3%	23.8%	0.62	0
56	Quintez Cephus	86.6%	33	5	13.5%	59	18.4%	15.2%	2.52	0
57	Anthony Miller	73.8%	21	5	25.0%	44	26.8%	23.8%	0.14	0
58	Zach Pascal	80.6%	30	5	15.6%	26	9.4%	16.7%	1.47	0
59	Nelson Agholor	72.2%	36	5	11.9%	63	29.0%	13.9%	1.53	0
60	Kendrick Bourne	59.3%	30	5	11.9%	46	20.9%	16.7%	1.93	0
61	James Washington	82.8%	37	5	12.8%	45	16.5%	13.5%	1.86	0
62	Tyler Lockett	85.2%	25	5	22.7%	31	24.8%	20.0%	0.96	0
63	Mohamed Sanu	48.6%	26	5	12.8%	47	12.8%	19.2%	1.35	0
64	Chris Godwin	93.2%	42	5	11.6%	77	16.4%	11.9%	1.31	1
65	Mike Williams	85.1%	36	4	10.8%	75	26.6%	11.1%	0.31	0
66	Bryan Edwards	89.3%	33	4	12.5%	36	12.6%	12.1%	0.12	0
67	Jaylen Waddle	79.6%	28	4	13.3%	18	7.7%	14.3%	1.18	0
68	John Ross	46.7%	21	4	11.1%	72	24.3%	19.0%	3.67	0
69	Keelan Cole	58.3%	24	4	11.8%	94	28.6%	16.7%	3.83	0
70	Freddie Swain	42.6%	12	4	18.2%	16	12.7%	33.3%	1.67	1
71	Curtis Samuel	35.5%	12	4	12.1%	-6	-2.0%	33.3%	1.58	0
72	Rondale Moore	42.7%	14	3	10.3%	-4	-2.2%	21.4%	2.00	0
73	Olamide Zaccheaus	78.9%	33	3	7.5%	45	11.5%	9.1%	0.45	1
74	Terrace Marshall	72.1%	34	3	7.7%	21	6.2%	8.8%	0.06	0
75	Allen Robinson	68.4%	16	3	17.6%	52	22.9%	18.8%	3.94	0
76	Amari Cooper	46.4%	16	3	13.6%	51	30.1%	18.8%	4.31	0
77	Marvin Jones	92.7%	24	3	13.6%	19	10.0%	12.5%	1.00	0
78	Tavon Austin	72.7%	20	3	13.6%	25	12.7%	15.0%	0.40	0
79	Mecole Hardman	54.0%	18	3	10.0%	11	5.3%	16.7%	0.89	1
80	Brandon Aiyuk	68.1%	29	3	7.7%	44	11.9%	10.3%	0.52	0
81	Cole Beasley	49.3%	20	2	6.9%	3	1.2%	10.0%	0.80	0

Tight Ends

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	George Kittle	91.7%	35	11	28.2%	97	26.4%	31.4%	1.14	0
2	Noah Fant	93.2%	36	10	27.0%	45	13.2%	27.8%	1.28	1
3	Kyle Pitts	73.2%	33	9	22.5%	87	22.1%	27.3%	1.52	1
4	Mark Andrews	61.4%	33	8	22.9%	77	19.0%	24.2%	2.03	0
5	Dawson Knox	80.3%	22	8	27.6%	37	16.0%	36.4%	1.68	1
6	Dalton Schultz	78.6%	18	8	36.4%	16	9.6%	44.4%	3.22	0
7	T.J. Hockenson	80.6%	39	8	21.6%	63	19.6%	20.5%	1.08	0
8	Zach Ertz	50.0%	29	8	18.2%	63	17.9%	27.6%	2.07	2
9	Robert Tonyan	77.8%	26	7	20.0%	80	26.1%	26.9%	0.31	1
10	Jared Cook	52.7%	30	7	18.9%	65	23.2%	23.3%	2.33	1
11	Darren Waller	92.9%	37	7	21.9%	73	25.9%	18.9%	1.35	1
12	C.J. Uzomah	81.8%	25	6	18.8%	37	14.9%	24.0%	3.80	0
13	Travis Kelce	87.3%	27	6	20.0%	21	10.3%	22.2%	0.85	0
14	Tyler Higbee	79.7%	30	6	14.6%	47	13.2%	20.0%	1.20	2
15	Mike Gesicki	67.3%	24	6	20.0%	52	21.9%	25.0%	2.38	0
16	Tyler Conklin	85.7%	32	6	16.7%	5	1.6%	18.8%	0.56	0
17	Evan Engram	66.7%	25	6	16.7%	20	6.6%	24.0%	1.08	0
18	Cameron Brate	63.5%	29	6	14.0%	84	17.8%	20.7%	1.00	1
19	Maxx Williams	57.3%	18	5	17.2%	21	11.7%	27.8%	3.67	1
20	Austin Hooper	74.3%	18	5	16.1%	16	5.0%	27.8%	0.61	1
21	Mo Alie-Cox	68.7%	16	5	15.6%	70	24.9%	31.3%	2.63	3
22	Hunter Henry	68.5%	26	5	11.9%	29	13.2%	19.2%	1.23	0
23	Jonnu Smith	48.1%	18	5	11.9%	16	7.4%	27.8%	0.78	2
24	Dallas Goedert	74.3%	34	5	11.4%	33	9.3%	14.7%	1.65	1
25	Anthony Firkser	49.5%	36	5	10.2%	36	9.3%	13.9%	0.64	0
26	Hayden Hurst	64.8%	23	4	10.0%	13	3.4%	17.4%	1.26	0
27	Ryan Griffin	56.7%	13	4	11.8%	37	11.3%	30.8%	0.62	1
28	Ricky Seals-Jones	91.9%	26	4	12.1%	29	9.3%	15.4%	0.73	0
29	Ian Thomas	64.7%	23	3	7.7%	-1	-0.2%	13.0%	0.65	0
30	Cole Kmet	98.2%	14	3	17.6%	58	25.7%	21.4%	0.43	1
31	Blake Jarwin	55.4%	6	3	13.6%	22	12.8%	50.0%	3.00	0
32	Donald Parham	52.7%	11	3	8.1%	16	5.7%	27.3%	1.55	1

Links to RotoWire's Red Zone Stats

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Rushing Stats

Year-to-Date Sortable Leaderboards

Wide Receivers

I manually adjusted target share and air-yard shares to only count the following games for the following players, removing games they missed most or all of:

Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton only show Weeks 1-2 for TS and AYS.
Julio Jones & A.J. Brown only show Weeks 1-2 for TS and AYS.
Odell Beckham shows Weeks 3-4.
Tee Higgins shows Weeks 1-2.
Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool only shows Weeks 1 and 2 for TS and AYS
- Johnson missed Week 3. Claypool missed Week 4.

		Tgt	Tgt Share	Air Yds	AY Share	aDOT	Routes	Yds/Rt	Tgt/Rt	End Zone Tgt
1	Cooper Kupp	46	34.3%	374	32.2%	8.1	133	3.24	34.6%	4
2	Davante Adams	45	36.0%	464	39.0%	10.3	124	3.01	36.3%	0
3	Keenan Allen	44	27.8%	359	31.2%	8.2	153	1.92	28.8%	3
4	DJ Moore	43	30.7%	431	38.7%	10.0	144	2.76	29.9%	2
5	Calvin Ridley	42	26.8%	449	48.1%	10.7	160	1.59	26.3%	2
6	Deebo Samuel	42	32.3%	321	36.0%	7.7	130	3.77	32.3%	0
7	Jakobi Meyers	41	25.8%	352	29.2%	8.6	165	1.49	24.8%	0
8	Stefon Diggs	41	27.3%	504	36.2%	12.3	143	1.87	28.7%	2
9	Brandin Cooks	39	37.1%	500	55.7%	12.8	114	3.24	34.2%	0
10	Terry McLaurin	38	31.4%	442	46.8%	11.6	126	2.81	30.2%	5
11	Tyreek Hill	38	28.6%	483	44.1%	12.7	128	3.54	29.7%	1
12	Justin Jefferson	37	24.2%	415	41.6%	11.2	157	2.15	23.6%	3
13	Mike Evans	37	20.9%	472	31.4%	12.8	170	1.65	21.8%	3
14	Michael Pittman	36	26.3%	388	39.9%	10.8	147	1.90	24.5%	2
15	Diontae Johnson	35	30.6%	299	30.9%	8.6	109	2.14	32.1%	2
16	Mike Williams	35	22.2%	367	31.9%	10.5	143	2.14	24.5%	5
17	Adam Thielen	34	22.2%	306	30.6%	9.0	159	1.43	21.4%	2
18	DK Metcalf	33	32.4%	401	45.2%	12.1	112	2.54	29.5%	2
19	CeeDee Lamb	32	24.4%	340	36.7%	10.6	124	2.13	25.8%	3
20	Cole Beasley	32	21.3%	157	11.2%	4.9	133	1.58	24.1%	1
21	DeVante Parker	32	21.9%	447	42.5%	14.0	144	1.68	22.2%	3
22	Chris Godwin	31	17.5%	277	18.4%	8.9	184	1.61	16.8%	3
23	DeVonta Smith	31	22.6%	470	44.5%	15.2	142	1.67	21.8%	2
24	Jaylen Waddle	31	21.2%	121	11.5%	3.9	141	1.42	22.0%	1
25	Marvin Jones	31	22.6%	371	28.7%	12.0	139	1.57	22.3%	4
26	Hunter Renfrow	30	18.6%	216	14.8%	7.2	119	2.09	25.2%	2
27	Tyler Boyd	30	28.6%	231	26.7%	7.7	105	2.47	28.6%	0
28	Chase Claypool	29	19.4%	364	44.5%	12.6	114	1.85	25.4%	0
29	Corey Davis	29	21.3%	401	32.6%	13.8	126	2.04	23.0%	2
30	Sammy Watkins	29	25.0%	383	27.4%	13.2	114	2.25	25.4%	1
31	Amari Cooper	28	21.4%	269	29.0%	9.6	129	2.00	21.7%	3
32	Courtland Sutton	28	21.5%	484	40.8%	17.3	129	1.99	21.7%	2
33	Laviska Shenault	28	20.4%	201	15.5%	7.2	114	1.70	24.6%	0
34	Marquise Brown	28	24.1%	451	32.2%	16.1	104	3.13	26.9%	4
35	JuJu Smith-Schuster	27	16.0%	170	14.9%	6.3	134	0.96	20.1%	0
36	Darnell Mooney	26	26.0%	276	40.1%	10.6	111	2.04	23.4%	2
37	Emmanuel Sanders	26	17.3%	426	30.6%	16.4	141	1.90	18.4%	4
38	Kenny Golladay	26	18.7%	362	30.2%	13.9	129	2.19	20.2%	2
39	DeAndre Hopkins	25	19.4%	274	27.7%	11.0	137	1.64	18.2%	2
40	Henry Ruggs	25	15.5%	415	28.4%	16.6	121	2.45	20.7%	0
41	Ja'Marr Chase	25	23.8%	360	41.7%	14.4	110	2.70	22.7%	1
42	Robert Woods	25	18.7%	249	21.4%	9.9	120	1.43	20.8%	6
43	Tyler Lockett	25	24.5%	323	36.4%	12.9	113	2.95	22.1%	2
44	A.J. Green	24	18.6%	261	26.4%	10.9	126	1.97	19.0%	2
45	Allen Robinson	24	24.0%	208	30.2%	8.7	104	1.43	23.1%	1
46	K.J. Osborn	24	15.7%	205	20.5%	8.5	130	1.68	18.5%	0
47	Nelson Agholor	23	14.5%	349	28.9%	15.2	151	1.09	15.2%	1
48	Zach Pascal	23	16.8%	197	20.2%	8.6	144	1.08	16.0%	6
49	Braxton Berrios	22	16.2%	145	11.8%	6.6	94	1.60	23.4%	0
50	DJ Chark	22	16.1%	356	27.5%	16.2	105	1.47	21.0%	1
51	Kalif Raymond	22	14.1%	251	23.8%	11.4	125	1.46	17.6%	0
52	Robby Anderson	22	15.7%	343	30.8%	15.6	138	1.08	15.9%	1
53	Sterling Shepard	22	27.9%	190	26.1%	8.6	84	2.65	26.2%	0
54	Antonio Brown	21	11.9%	307	20.4%	14.6	85	2.36	24.7%	2
55	Jalen Reagor	20	14.6%	175	16.6%	8.8	114	1.02	17.5%	0
56	Quintez Cephus	20	12.8%	253	23.9%	12.6	112	1.48	17.9%	2
57	A.J. Brown	19	23.0%	291	39.0%	15.3	80	1.15	23.8%	3
58	Chester Rogers	19	12.8%	181	15.0%	9.5	117	1.31	16.2%	1
59	Kendrick Bourne	19	11.9%	221	18.3%	11.6	122	1.48	15.6%	0
60	Tim Patrick	19	14.6%	208	17.5%	10.9	114	1.87	16.7%	0
61	Amon-Ra St. Brown	18	11.5%	170	16.1%	9.4	112	1.01	16.1%	0
62	Christian Kirk	18	14.0%	266	26.9%	14.8	105	2.32	17.1%	2
63	Elijah Moore	18	13.2%	233	19.0%	13.0	84	0.79	21.4%	0
64	Julio Jones	18	18.9%	233	27.5%	13.0	86	2.37	20.9%	2
65	Mecole Hardman	18	13.5%	129	11.8%	7.2	103	1.19	17.5%	1
66	Rondale Moore	18	14.0%	38	3.8%	2.1	63	3.35	28.6%	1
67	Van Jefferson	18	13.4%	248	21.3%	13.8	113	2.00	15.9%	1
68	Bryan Edwards	17	10.6%	229	15.7%	13.4	139	1.54	12.2%	0
69	Terrace Marshall	17	12.1%	99	8.9%	5.8	106	0.88	16.0%	1
70	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	16	12.8%	326	27.4%	20.4	69	1.10	23.2%	3
71	Odell Beckham	16	26.7%	297	49.2%	18.6	60	1.73	26.7%	2
72	Deonte Harris	15	17.6%	206	26.8%	13.7	61	2.69	24.6%	0
73	Tee Higgins	15	27.3%	148	31.7%	9.8	56	2.11	26.8%	2
74	Darius Slayton	14	19.1%	203	29.9%	14.5	56	2.27	25.0%	0
75	Marquez Callaway	13	15.3%	177	23.0%	13.6	75	1.83	17.3%	2

Tight Ends

Rob Gronkowski only shows Weeks 1-3 for TS and AYS.
- Same for Gerald Everett.
Evan Engram shows Weeks 3 and 4.

		Tgts	Tgt Share	Air Yds	AY Share	aDOT	Routes	Yds/Rt	Tgt/Rt	End Zone Tgt
1	Darren Waller	40	24.8%	401	27.5%	10.0	163	1.68	24.5%	3
2	Travis Kelce	32	24.1%	240	21.9%	7.5	121	2.58	26.4%	0
3	George Kittle	29	22.3%	187	21.0%	6.5	109	2.08	26.6%	0
4	T.J. Hockenson	29	18.6%	214	20.3%	7.4	147	1.46	19.7%	1
5	Noah Fant	27	20.8%	146	12.3%	5.4	101	1.54	26.7%	1
6	Kyle Pitts	26	16.6%	220	23.5%	8.4	134	1.41	19.4%	2
7	Mike Gesicki	26	17.8%	227	21.5%	8.7	109	1.69	23.9%	0
8	Mark Andrews	25	21.6%	272	19.4%	10.9	111	2.28	22.5%	1
9	Dalton Schultz	23	17.6%	99	10.7%	4.3	82	2.45	28.0%	0
10	Jared Cook	23	14.6%	188	16.4%	8.2	115	1.57	20.0%	2
11	Tyler Conklin	22	14.4%	75	7.6%	3.4	104	1.38	21.2%	0
12	Jonnu Smith	21	13.2%	81	6.7%	3.9	63	1.40	33.3%	2
13	Dawson Knox	20	13.3%	118	8.5%	5.9	103	1.40	19.4%	3
14	Rob Gronkowski	20	14.9%	174	16.9%	8.7	83	2.22	24.1%	2
15	Zach Ertz	19	13.9%	158	15.0%	8.3	87	1.76	21.8%	3
16	Hunter Henry	18	11.3%	135	11.2%	7.5	111	1.27	16.2%	0
17	Tyler Higbee	18	13.4%	87	7.5%	4.8	107	1.42	16.8%	3
18	Austin Hooper	16	14.8%	68	6.9%	4.2	65	1.49	24.6%	2
19	Dallas Goedert	16	11.7%	104	9.8%	6.5	93	2.02	17.2%	2
20	Maxx Williams	16	12.4%	92	9.3%	5.8	81	2.21	19.8%	1
21	Cole Kmet	15	15.0%	109	15.9%	7.3	84	0.70	17.9%	1
22	Jack Doyle	15	10.9%	99	10.2%	6.6	77	1.55	19.5%	0
23	Robert Tonyan	15	12.0%	92	7.8%	6.2	81	0.91	18.5%	1
24	Logan Thomas	14	11.6%	124	13.1%	8.8	87	1.34	16.1%	2
25	Blake Jarwin	13	9.9%	85	9.2%	6.6	65	1.37	20.0%	1
26	Ryan Griffin	13	9.6%	75	6.1%	5.7	59	0.76	22.0%	1
27	Evan Engram	12	16.9%	58	10.7%	4.8	49	0.98	24.5%	0
28	C.J. Uzomah	11	10.5%	55	6.4%	5.0	83	1.61	13.3%	0
29	Dan Arnold	11	7.9%	98	8.8%	8.9	58	1.45	19.0%	0
30	Mo Alie-Cox	11	8.0%	99	10.1%	9.0	57	1.30	19.3%	3
31	Pat Freiermuth	11	6.5%	95	8.3%	8.6	72	1.29	15.3%	1
32	Albert Okwuegbunam	10	7.7%	47	4.0%	4.7	50	1.14	20.0%	0
33	David Njoku	10	9.3%	122	12.4%	12.2	59	1.88	16.9%	0
34	Harrison Bryant	10	9.3%	110	11.2%	11.0	39	1.77	25.6%	0
35	Juwan Johnson	10	11.8%	108	14.1%	10.8	36	1.78	27.8%	2
36	Anthony Firkser	9	6.0%	53	4.4%	5.9	61	0.69	14.8%	0
37	Eric Ebron	9	5.3%	74	6.5%	8.2	90	0.30	10.0%	2
38	Gerald Everett	9	11.3%	33	4.3%	3.6	66	1.17	13.6%	0

Injury Report

Didn't Play

CIN WR Tee Higgins (shoulder)

TEN WRs Julio Jones & A.J. Brown (hamstrings)

PIT WR Chase Claypool (hamstring)

NYG WRs Sterling Shepard & Darius Slayton (hamstrings)

ATL WR Russell Gage (ankle)

NYJ WR Elijah Moore (concussion)

SEA WR Dee Eskridge (concussion)

TE Rob Gronkowski (ribs)

SEA TE Gerald Everett (reserve/COVID-19)

BAL WR Rashod Bateman (IR - groin) - was eligible to return Week 4 but didn't.

IND WR T.Y. Hilton (IR - neck) - was eligible to return Week 4 but didn't.

DAL WR Michael Gallup (IR - calf) - eligible to return Week 5.

DET WR Tyrell Williams (IR - concussion) - eligible to return Week 5.

CLE WR Jarvis Landry (IR - knee) - eligible to return Week 6.

WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling (IR - hamstring) - eligible to return Week 7

In-Game Injuries

WR D.J. Chark (ankle) - out for season

DAL WR Amari Cooper (hamstring) - returned to game

MIA WR Will Fuller (broken finger) - out for Week 5

WAS WRs Dyami Brown (knee) & Cam Sims (hamstring) - missed end of game

DEN WR Diontae Spencer (chest) - ruled out for rest of game

WAS TE Logan Thomas (hamstring) - left in first quarter, missed rest of game

Waivers & Sleepers for Week 5

Limited to players rostered in 50 percent or less of Yahoo leagues.

Wide Receivers

Waivers, Pt. 1 — Potential Week 5 Starters/Streamers

Waivers, Pt. 2 — Bench Stashes & Sleepers

Tight Ends

Waivers, Pt. 1 — Potential Week 5 Starters/Streamers

Waivers, Pt. 2 — Bench Stashes & Sleepers

Drops & Benchings

Drop'Em

MIN WR K.J. Osborn

CLE TE Austin Hooper

DAL TE Blake Jarwin

Bench'Em

WR Brandon Aiyuk

PIT WR JuJu Smith-Schuster

WR Mecole Hardman

ARI WR Christian Kirk

PHI TE Dallas Goedert

Game-by-Game Breakdowns

Jaguars (21) at Bengals (24)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	Marvin Jones	92.7%	24	3	13.6%	19	10.0%	12.5%	1.00
2	Laviska Shenault	76.4%	18	7	31.8%	90	46.4%	38.9%	5.50
3	Tavon Austin	72.7%	20	3	13.6%	25	12.7%	15.0%	0.40
4	Chris Manhertz	41.8%	5	1	4.5%	5	2.4%	20.0%	1.40
5	Dan Arnold	30.9%	10	2	9.1%	0	-0.2%	20.0%	2.90

DJ Chark fractured his ankle in the first quarter and will miss the rest of the season.
- Tavon Austin, of all people, joined Jones and Shenault as part of the regular three-wide grouping, while Tyron Johnson played only 16.4% of snaps and Jamal Agnew got 14.5%.
Jacksonville led for most of the game, and never trailed until Cincy's game-winning field goal on the final snap. Trevor Lawrence finished with only 24 pass attempts, down from 51, 33 and 34 over the first three weeks of the season.
Arnold got only 10 routes and two targets in his first game post-trade, catching two passes for 29 yards just three days after the Panthers sent him to the Jaguars. He made his case for more work once he actually knows the playbook.
Shenault has played 81.5% of his snaps in the slot this season, including 78.6% in Thursday's loss. Maybe the Chark injury frees up perimeter snaps moving forward, but it didn't happen Thursday night, with Shenault taking only six of 15 snaps in 12 personnel (two TEs).
- Austin actually played more snaps (53.3%) in 12 personnel.
- That said, Shenault caught six passes for 99 yards and led the team in every major receiving category. Between that and the Chark injury, his value obviously rose.
Jones was quiet, but the Chark injury means good health should be all that's needed to top last year's career-high 115 targets.

Trevor Lawrence & Laviska Shenault (52 yards)
The pass traveled 49.3 yards in the air, Lawrence's longest completion of his NFL career though his first 3+ games.
🔹 Completion Probability: 23.5%#JAXvsCIN | #DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/wHPaa0XBgW
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 1, 2021

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	C.J. Uzomah	81.8%	25	6	18.8%	37	14.9%	24.0%	3.80
2	Ja'Marr Chase	80.0%	32	9	28.1%	97	39.3%	28.1%	2.41
3	Tyler Boyd	61.8%	28	11	34.4%	87	35.1%	39.3%	4.21
4	Auden Tate	32.7%	6	1	3.1%	9	3.8%	16.7%	3.00
5	Mike Thomas	30.9%	10	1	3.1%	0	0.0%	10.0%	0.00
6	Trenton Irwin	29.1%	13	1	3.1%	23	9.4%	7.7%	1.92

Tee Higgins (back) missed a second straight game, but ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported last week that the Bengals expect him to return for Week 5.
- Tate, Thomas and Irwin split snaps in the No. 3 role, after Tate handled most of it (57%) in Week 3. They can all be ignored even if Higgins misses another game.
There's nothing better than a mediocre tight end whose name is fun for fans to shout every time he catches a pass....Ooooze!
- Uzomah went for 5-95-2 and led the skill players in snaps, but only after going 2-35-0, 2-4-0 and 0-0-0 over the first three weeks (while playing 74%, 73% and 70% of snaps).
- Uzomah is averaging 20.8 routes per game, 20th among tight ends, but he's been targeted on only 11 of 83 routes (13.3%) even after the big TNF performance.
In two games without Higgins, Chase has seen 28.0% of targets and Boyd 34.0%.
- Compare that to Weeks 1-2, when Chase got 20.0% and Boyd had 23.6% (while Higgins led the team at 27.3%).
Thirty teams have attempted more passes than the Bengals' 107 (26.8 per game). It's a loss of 9.5 attempts per game compared to last year, though an easy early schedule has been a factor.

Lions (14) at Bears (24)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Quintez Cephus	86.6%	33	5	13.5%	59	18.4%	15.2%	2.52	0
2	T.J. Hockenson	80.6%	39	8	21.6%	63	19.6%	20.5%	1.08	0
3	Kalif Raymond	74.6%	32	6	16.2%	87	27.3%	18.8%	1.44	0
4	Amon-Ra St. Brown	71.6%	31	8	21.6%	71	22.1%	25.8%	2.26	0
5	Trinity Benson	29.9%	12	3	8.1%	24	7.5%	25.0%	1.00	1

D'Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams were quiet in this one, but Jared Goff has still thrown 28.0% of his targets to RBs on the season, third-highest rate in the league (Matt Ryan - 28.9%, Tua Tagovailoa - 29.0%).
St. Brown played 47 of 51 snaps (92.2%) in three-wide sets, and just four of 20 snaps (20.0%) otherwise.
- Cephus played 90.0% in three-wide, plus 14 of 18 (77.8%) in 12/21 personnel.
- Raymond was at 76.5% and 72.2%, respectively.
Cephus, St. Brown and Raymond are all between 4.5 and 5.5 targets per game (18-22 total) for the year.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Cole Kmet	98.2%	14	3	17.6%	58	25.7%	21.4%	0.43	1
2	Darnell Mooney	70.2%	15	7	41.2%	119	53.0%	46.7%	8.33	0
3	Allen Robinson	68.4%	16	3	17.6%	52	22.9%	18.8%	3.94	0
4	Marquise Goodwin	50.9%	11	2	11.8%	7	3.0%	18.2%		0

Mooney went wild in the first quarter, with gains of 4, 4, 21 and then 64 yards. He later had a 10-yard carry and a 32-yard reception to set up a Damien Williams TD in the third quarter.
Justin Fields attempted only 17 passes.
So many tough breaks for Allen Robinson this year. Not sure if he's a "buy low" or "sell while you still can". In dynasty, at least, it's probably the former. He'll get his QB eventually, right?

Trade! The #Dolphins are sending WR Jakeem Grant to the #Bears for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick, per sources.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 5, 2021

Titans (24) at Jets (27) - OT

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	81.7%	48	8	16.3%	92	24.2%	16.7%	0.60	1
2	Josh Reynolds	77.4%	48	9	18.4%	137	36.1%	18.8%	1.23	1
3	Chester Rogers	65.6%	45	6	12.2%	55	14.5%	13.3%	1.40	0
4	Anthony Firkser	49.5%	36	5	10.2%	36	9.3%	13.9%	0.64	0
5	Cameron Batson	24.7%	13	4	8.2%	74	19.4%	30.8%	0.15	2

Julio Jones and A.J. Brown both missed the game with hamstring injuries.
- Westbrok-Ikhine was a flop, despite seeing eight targets. And keep in mind that eight targets was only 16.3% of the team total; RB Jeremy McNichols actually led the team with 12 targets in this one.
- Reynolds, a healthy scratch the week before, saw nine targets on 48 routes and 77.4% of snaps.
Confession: I panicked and spent $4 on Firkser in an auction where Tyler Higbee later went for $5 and Jared Cook for $3. I've done much stupider things, and I'm actually doing well in the league anyway thanks to Deebo Samuel, but for some reason that stupid Firkser decision bothers me nearly every time I look at my roster.
- The 36 routes hint at some short-term potential, mayyybe, but the low target rate all but confirms Firkser will be useless if Brown and Jones ever stay healthy. TBD if he can take advantage of their absences, which may or may not extend beyond Week 4.
Rogers put up 5-63-0, but his role didn't change too much in terms of snap/target share. (He also played 60-some percent of snaps in negative game script Week 1.)
- He played 65 of 73 snaps (89.0%) in 11 personnel, and zero of 15 in 12 personnel.
- Reynolds got 87.7% in 11 personnel. NWI was at 83.6%, and Firkser at 60.3%.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Corey Davis	81.7%	29	7	20.6%	135	41.0%	24.1%	3.83	0
2	Tyler Kroft	76.7%	24	1	2.9%	23	7.1%	4.2%	0	0
3	Jamison Crowder	63.3%	27	9	26.5%	53	16.1%	33.3%	2.26	1
4	Keelan Cole	58.3%	24	4	11.8%	94	28.6%	16.7%	3.83	0
5	Ryan Griffin	56.7%	13	4	11.8%	37	11.3%	30.8%	0.62	1

Crowder made his first appearance of the season, leading the team with nine targets while immediately displacing fellow slot man Braxton Berrios, who finished with one target on 15% of snaps.
Davis had gains of 13 and 30 on consecutive plays in the third quarter, then made a tough catch in coverage for a 53-yard TD in the fourth.
- Davis ranks 36th among WRs in target share (21.3%) and 22nd in AY share (32.6%). His 401 air yards are tied with DK Metcalf for 16th most.

Browns (14) at Vikings (7)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Odell Beckham	79.7%	31	7	22.6%	153	47.8%	22.6%	0.87	2
2	Austin Hooper	74.3%	18	5	16.1%	16	5.0%	27.8%	0.61	1
3	David Njoku	64.9%	16	2	6.5%	-1	-0.3%	12.5%	1.06	0
4	Donovan Peoples-Jones	58.1%	22	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
5	Rashard Higgins	51.4%	23	7	22.6%	91	28.6%	30.4%	2.74	0
6	Harrison Bryant	37.8%	8	2	6.5%	20	6.1%	25.0%	0.38	0

Beckham took on a full workload after playing 64% of snaps in his first game back. He also got a carry for the second straight week, adding four yards to his ugly 2-27-0 receiving line
- Beckham's 26.7% target share (in two games) places 16th among WRs, while his 49.2% AY share is second. With 297 air yards on 16 targets, Beckham has an 18.6 aDOT (it was 13.6 in 2020, 13.0 in 2019).
Higgins put up 4-63-0 while tying OBJ for the team target lead, but Higgins' role was mostly the same. He played only seven of 19 snaps (36.8%) in 12 personnel, and only one of 16 snaps in 13 personnel.
- Beckham played 24 of the 35 snaps (68.6%) in those multi-TE formations, including seven of the 10 pass snaps. Overall, he ran 31 routes on 37 Baker Mayfield dropbacks (0.84 r/db).

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Adam Thielen	98.4%	39	8	22.2%	121	42.4%	20.5%	1.18	0
2	Justin Jefferson	87.3%	39	7	19.4%	92	32.1%	17.9%	2.15	1
3	Tyler Conklin	85.7%	32	6	16.7%	5	1.6%	18.8%	0.56	0
4	K.J. Osborn	61.9%	30	7	19.4%	71	24.7%	23.3%	0.87	0

An oddly even target distribution, with playing time right in the usual range for everyone.
Jefferson is only 23rd among WRs with 24.2% target share, but there isn't much difference between, say, 15th and 30th, at this point. That's close enough to expectations, and slightly ahead of Adam Thielen (22.2%).
- Jefferson's aDOT is 11.2, Thielen's 9.0. Jefferson also has one more EZ target (3-2), though Thielen has a 4-3 TD lead.
Conklin is 11th among TEs in targets (22) and 15th in target share (14.4%). He's lost six routes per game to pass blocking, but he's been targeted on a surprisingly high percentage of his routes (21.2, 16th among TEs) for a career backup who is sharing the field with Thielen and Jefferson.
- (I think some of Conklin's early targets will go toward Thielen/Jefferson as the year progresses... but also, Thielen and Jefferson can't possibly score 89% of the receiving TDs, right?)

Panthers (28) at Cowboys (36)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Robby Anderson	85.3%	40	11	28.2%	140	42.2%	27.5%	1.15	0
2	DJ Moore	85.3%	39	12	30.8%	114	34.2%	30.8%	2.90	1
3	Terrace Marshall	72.1%	34	3	7.7%	21	6.2%	8.8%	0.06	0
4	Ian Thomas	64.7%	23	3	7.7%	-1	-0.2%	13.0%	0.65	0
5	Tommy Tremble	36.8%	17	1	2.6%	34	10.3%	5.9%	0	0

Thomas and Tremble worked in a timeshare in the first game without Dan Arnold, who was traded to Jacksonville last week.
- They combined for four targets on 40 routes, and neither ran a route on more than half of Sam Darnold's 46 dropbacks.
Anderson finally got volume but finished with only 5-46-0.
Marshall actually played the most snaps in 11 personnel, 46 of 50 (92.0%). Anderson got 90.0%, Moore 84.0%, Thomas 52.0% and Tremble 42.0%.
- Thomas played the most snaps (17 of 19 - 89.5%) in 12 and 21 personnel, followed by Moore (84.2%) and Anderson (73.7%). Marshall (21.1%) still really only plays in three-wide sets.
Moore ranks seventh among WRs in target share (30.7%) and 17th in AY share (38.7%). His 10.0 aDOT is down from 13.2 last season, but it's working perfectly so far, with Moore catching 69.8% of his 43 targets.
- Only Cooper Kupp, Davante Adams and Keenan Allen have seen more targets than Moore.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	Dalton Schultz	78.6%	18	8	36.4%	16	9.6%	44.4%	3.22
2	CeeDee Lamb	78.6%	21	5	22.7%	65	38.3%	23.8%	0.62
3	Cedrick Wilson	57.1%	17	2	9.1%	12	6.8%	11.8%	1.76
4	Blake Jarwin	55.4%	6	3	13.6%	22	12.8%	50.0%	3.00
5	Amari Cooper	46.4%	16	3	13.6%	51	30.1%	18.8%	4.31

Cooper hurt his hamstring and returned, but it obviously impacted his workload.
Coming off 6-80-2 on 68% of snaps the previous week, Schultz logged season-high 79% snap share en route to 6-58-1 on eight targets.
- Schultz even ran 18 routes on 24 Dak Prescott dropbacks (75.0%), while Jarwin was at a meager 25.0% route share despite playing 55.4% of snaps.
Schultz took 19 of the 27 snaps (70.4%) in 11 personnel, up from 50.0% in Week 3, 61.9% in Week 2, 54.5% in Week 1.
- The Cowboys are using more two-TE formations than most expected, but that could change when Michael Gallup (calf) returns, or if the team starts to struggle and plays from behind more often. Schultz, however, may be protected, now that he's taking more of the three-wide snaps away from Jarwin.
Lamb and Cooper both have at least 21.4% target share and 29.0% AY share, but the Cowboys are just 22nd in pass attempts (33.3).

Texans (0) at Bills (40)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	Brandin Cooks	85.7%	23	7	35.0%	84	51.2%	30.4%	2.04
2	Chris Conley	85.7%	23	1	5.0%	19	11.9%	4.3%	0
3	Pharaoh Brown	73.8%	16	2	10.0%	7	4.3%	12.5%	0.38
4	Anthony Miller	73.8%	21	5	25.0%	44	26.8%	23.8%	0.14
5	Jordan Akins	38.1%	7	1	5.0%	5	2.8%	14.3%	0.57

Cooks was held to 5-47-0, which is actually good given how poorly the rest of his team played. He's your league leader in target share and air-yard share, also ranking top 10 in air yards, yards per route, targets per route... basically everything we track besides number of routes, end-zone targets and touchdowns.
- I did warn last week that the efficiency is far from sustainable. But the usage shouldn't slow down, as nothing else the Texans do works nearly as well.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Dawson Knox	80.3%	22	8	27.6%	37	16.0%	36.4%	1.68	1
2	Stefon Diggs	73.2%	25	9	31.0%	88	38.0%	36.0%	3.08	0
3	Emmanuel Sanders	70.4%	24	6	20.7%	84	36.2%	25.0%	3.08	1
4	Cole Beasley	49.3%	20	2	6.9%	3	1.2%	10.0%	0.80	0
5	Gabriel Davis	43.7%	9	1	3.4%	16	7.0%	11.1%	0.00	1

Knox has blocked on just eight of 130 pass snaps (6.2%), per PFF. Last year it was 16.0%.
- He dropped 12 passes his first two seasons, but has just one drop and 15 receptions this year.
Knox is 18th among TEs in TS (13.3%), but he's one of five with three end-zone targets on the year. He and Gronk are the only TEs with four touchdowns.
Beasley's snap share was way down, but he still got 77.5% in 11 personnel, including 91.7% in the first half.
Prior to halftime, Diggs and Knox played 89.2% of snaps, Sanders 75.7%, Beasley 64.9% and Davis only 32.4%.

Giants (27) at Saints (21) - OT

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Kenny Golladay	91.7%	37	7	19.4%	94	31.6%	18.9%	3.14	0
2	Kadarius Toney	76.7%	33	9	25.0%	73	24.5%	27.3%	2.36	0
3	Evan Engram	66.7%	25	6	16.7%	20	6.6%	24.0%	1.08	0
4	Kyle Rudolph	60.0%	17	3	8.3%	23	7.8%	17.6%	1.41	1
5	John Ross	46.7%	21	4	11.1%	72	24.3%	19.0%	3.67	0

Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard both missed the game with hamstring injuries.
- Ross returned from IR and split snaps with C.J. Board. Ross finished with 3-77-1 on five targets, scoring a 50-yard TD.
Toney didn't score, but he led the team in targets and played 78% of snaps, running only four fewer routes than Golladay (who finally had a big game of his own... 6-116-0).
- Toney took 58.7% of his routes in the slot, down a bit from 69.0% in Week 2 (when he managed only 2-16-0 on 66% of snaps).
- Toney played 36 of 38 snaps (95%) in 11 personnel, and 12 of 18 snaps (67%) in 12 personnel.
The Giants have the eighth-highest pass rate (62%) in neutral game script.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	Marquez Callaway	81.5%	21	2	8.3%	64	30.9%	9.5%	3.52
2	Adam Trautman	56.9%	7	1	4.2%	1	0.7%	14.3%	0.43
3	Ty Montgomery	52.3%	16	3	12.5%	30	14.3%	18.8%	2.63
4	Deonte Harris	50.8%	19	8	33.3%	69	33.4%	42.1%	2.74
5	Kenny Stills	23.1%	6	1	4.2%	4	1.9%	16.7%
6	Juwan Johnson	20.0%	9	3	12.5%	21	10.1%	33.3%	2.22

Harris put up 5-52-0 on a team-high eight targets but still played only 49% of snaps.
Johnson scored his third TD, but he still hasn't topped 18 snaps in a game, and has just 10 targets for the year.
The Saints are t-27th in play volume (57.5 per game) and dead last in pass attempts (22.5).
- Their 54.0% run rate in neutral game script is a league high. Other teams at 50 percent or higher are Chicago (52%), Cleveland (52%), Jacksonville (50%), Baltimore (50%), Detroit (50%) and Tennessee (50%)
  - 'neutral game script' = excludes 2-minute warning of the first half + all of Q4 + all plays run with a score differential of more than 7.

Chiefs (42) at Eagles (30)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Travis Kelce	87.3%	27	6	20.0%	21	10.3%	22.2%	0.85	0
2	Tyreek Hill	82.5%	25	12	40.0%	141	69.3%	48.0%	7.44	0
3	Demarcus Robinson	66.7%	21	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
4	Mecole Hardman	54.0%	18	3	10.0%	11	5.3%	16.7%	0.89	1

Hardman played 85.3% of snaps in 11 personnel, but the Chiefs used more multi-TE sets while playing with a decent lead for the first time all year.
The Chiefs are only 15th in neutral game script pass rate (57%). In 2019, they were No. 1 (67%). In 2020, they were No. 3 (63%). In other words, Andy Reid is making a bit more effort to run the ball on early downs this year. Or at least he has so far.
I don't really but into Josh Gordon mattering at this point, but I understand the argument for stashing him. Upside! (or what remains of it.)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	DeVonta Smith	91.4%	46	10	22.7%	158	45.0%	21.7%	2.65	1
2	Dallas Goedert	74.3%	34	5	11.4%	33	9.3%	14.7%	1.65	1
3	Jalen Reagor	71.4%	36	1	2.3%	-1	-0.2%	2.8%	0.25	0
4	Quez Watkins	58.6%	30	7	15.9%	64	18.2%	23.3%	1.10	1
5	Zach Ertz	50.0%	29	8	18.2%	63	17.9%	27.6%	2.07	2
6	Greg Ward	30.0%	16	2	4.5%	19	5.4%	12.5%	0.94	1

Reagor and Watkins split snaps in 12 personnel, while Watkins and Ward rotated in 11 personnel. Ward only poached two targets (including a TD), but that's enough to matter for guys like Reagor and Watkins that are already fringe.
- And Reagor was looking pretty good after last week, too. He did run 36 routes in this one, and he played 79.2% of snaps in the fourth quarter. So it's not like he was benched; he just lost a few more snaps... and saw just one target on 36 routes.
Smith ranks 28th among WRs in TS (22.6%) but 6th in AYS (44.5%). His 15.2 aDOT is tied with Nelson Agholor for 10th deepest, helping explain the 56.3% catch rate.
- The rookie had a 34-yard TD taken off the board because he stepped out of bounds before catching the ball. Reagor had the same thing happen earlier this year...
Goedert rebounded for 5-56-1, but he still lost too many snaps to Ertz, getting only 64.6% of the playing time in 11 personnel. That was at least better than Week 3, when Goedert had only a 51-47 advantage over Ertz there.
Ertz put up 6-60-0 on eight targets, with both incompletions coming in the red/end zone. And he had a TD wiped out by a Quez Watkins OPI penalty. So, Ertz was busy, but he ran only the fifth most routes on the team. Hard to count on either him or Goedert right now.

Colts (27) at Dolphins (17)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Michael Pittman	85.1%	31	8	25.0%	86	30.4%	25.8%	1.90	1
2	Zach Pascal	80.6%	30	5	15.6%	26	9.4%	16.7%	1.47	0
3	Mo Alie-Cox	68.7%	16	5	15.6%	70	24.9%	31.3%	2.63	3
4	Parris Campbell	46.3%	24	3	9.4%	51	18.1%	12.5%	0.92	0
5	Kylen Granson	41.8%	17	2	6.3%	4	1.4%	11.8%	0.18	0
6	Jack Doyle	29.9%	5	1	3.1%	23	8.2%	20.0%	4.80	0

Doyle was limited in practice last week with a back injury. That likely explains his reduced playing time and Alie-Cox's increased playing time, though the latter still ran a route on less than half of Carson Wentz's dropbacks (16 of 34).
- I know some of you have already learned a lesson about chasing Alie-Cox's touchdowns.
Alie-Cox and Granson each played 42.4% of snaps in 11 personnel.

	Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
DeVante Parker	89.8%	32	9	30.0%	127	53.9%	28.1%	2.41	2
Jaylen Waddle	79.6%	28	4	13.3%	18	7.7%	14.3%	1.18	0
Mike Gesicki	67.3%	24	6	20.0%	52	21.9%	25.0%	2.38	0
Albert Wilson	49.0%	19	2	6.7%	22	9.5%	10.5%	0.58	0
Durham Smythe	40.8%	9	2	6.7%	-2	-0.7%	22.2%	0.67	0
Adam Shaheen	38.8%	7	1	3.3%	9	3.8%	14.3%	0	0
Will Fuller	26.5%	8	2	6.7%	11	4.7%	25.0%	0.75	0

Fuller left in the first half, allowing Wilson to jump back in as the No. 3 receiver. Fuller will be out for at least one game with a broken finger.
Waddle took 66.7% of his snaps in the slot. Wilson took 20.8% of his there. Same as at the beginning of the season, Miami mostly wants the rookie playing inside even if there's another supposed slot guy on the field.
I'm sure Matthew Berry would give you some fun statistic like 'DeVante Parker is one of three players with seven or more targets in every game this season'
- I made up the statistic — at least the second part — and would rather have Waddle r-o-s.

Washington Football Team (34) at Falcons (30)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Terry McLaurin	96.8%	33	13	39.4%	228	74.0%	39.4%	3.73	3
2	Ricky Seals-Jones	91.9%	26	4	12.1%	29	9.3%	15.4%	0.73	0
3	Adam Humphries	67.7%	26	1	3.0%	12	3.7%	3.8%	0.73	0
4	Dyami Brown	45.2%	14	2	6.1%	36	11.7%	14.3%	1.36	1
5	Curtis Samuel	35.5%	12	4	12.1%	-6	-2.0%	33.3%	1.58	0

Samuel returned from IR with a part-time role in his first appearance for Washington, sharing snaps with Dyami Brown while Adam Humphries maintained his familiar role as the slot/third receiver.
Brown played two-thirds of snaps through three quarters, but then left with a knee injury. Samuel played only 28.3% of snaps before the fourth quarter, then got 50.0% in the fourth.
- Samuel should see more work in his next game, assuming no setbacks, especially after Brown and No. 5 receiver Cam Sims (hamstring) were unable to finish out Sunday's win. Plus....
Logan Thomas exited after five snaps with a hamstring injury, leaving Seals-Jones to take over his every-down role. RSJ finished with only 2-19-0 on four targets, but he tied for second on the team in routes (26) and also saw an unofficial, uncatchable target on a two-point conversion attempt late in the game.
McLaurin lit up the stat sheet in every way possible with A+ usage and production. Just look how pretty it was ^^^
- Seven of his 13 targets travelled 20-plus yards downfield, and he caught four of them for 94 yards and two TDs, per PFF.
Star RG Brandon Scherff suffered an MCL sprain and is expected to miss 2-3 weeks.
- Washington really took a beating. In addition to Thomas, Scherff, Brown and Sims, the team lost starting LB Jon Bostic to a pectoral tear (likely season-ending) and backup CB Torry McTyer to an ACL tear (definitely season-ending).

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Calvin Ridley	97.2%	41	13	32.5%	193	49.0%	31.7%	1.95	0
2	Olamide Zaccheaus	78.9%	33	3	7.5%	45	11.5%	9.1%	0.45	1
3	Kyle Pitts	73.2%	33	9	22.5%	87	22.1%	27.3%	1.52	1
4	Hayden Hurst	64.8%	23	4	10.0%	13	3.4%	17.4%	1.26	0
5	Tajae Sharpe	26.8%	14	2	5.0%	11	2.9%	14.3%	1.07	0

Russell Gage (ankle) was out again.
Zaccheaus and Hurst played all 27 snaps in 12 personnel. Ridley took 26, and Pitts got 23.
In 11 personnel, Zaccheaus played 21 of 21 snaps, with Sharpe and Ridley each getting 20. Hurst got 11, and Pitts took 10. But only five of Hurst's were pass snaps, and all 10 of Pitts' were.
Zaccheaus really only came off the field for one-wide sets; the Falcons just use those more than most teams.
For the year, Pitts has played 63.7% of snaps in 11 personnel. You'd like to see a little more, but he's getting plenty of routes and targets.
The Falcons ran 23 plays in 13 personnel with Pitts, Hurst and Lee Smith all on the field at TE. Ridley was the lone WR for 21 of those plays, of which 10 were passes.
Ridley finally saw deep work, going 1-for-4 on targets 20-plus yards downfield. He's now 1-for-7 on the year, with two drops.
- This bumped his aDOT up to 10.7, far closer to what we expected. Last week we discussed the lack of downfield work and surprising sub-10 aDOT.
Ridley is tied for fifth in inside-the-10 targets (four) and fourth in red-zone targets (seven).

Calvin Ridley has basically caught all his low-leverage targets (fantasy) and not caught all his high-leverage ones (fantasy). So he's either suddenly a choke artist -- a weird one who makes an exception for 3rd downs -- or he's about to go absolutely bananas.
— Jerry Donabedian (@JerryDonabedian) October 5, 2021

Seahawks (28) at 49ers (21)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Tyler Lockett	85.2%	25	5	22.7%	31	24.8%	20.0%	0.96	0
2	Will Dissly	81.5%	16	2	9.1%	-6	-4.8%	12.5%	0.31	0
3	DK Metcalf	81.5%	24	8	36.4%	84	67.0%	33.3%	2.71	0
4	Colby Parkinson	70.4%	15	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
5	Freddie Swain	42.6%	12	4	18.2%	16	12.7%	33.3%	1.67	1

Gerald Everett (reserve/COVID-19) didn't play. But he did test negative Monday, and can now return for Thursday's game against the Rams with another negative Tuesday.
- Dissly and Parkinson both played a lot, but it was Dissly who got 72.7% of the snaps in 11 personnel (i.e., when they only had one TE on the field).
- Dissly blocked on only three of 22 pass snaps (13.6%). Last year, he blocked on 28%. So maybe there's a hint of upside if Everett misses more time.
The Seahawks haven't passed or scored as much as Metcalf drafters hoped for, but he does now rank fourth in TS (32.4%) and fifth in AYS (45.2%).

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	George Kittle	91.7%	35	11	28.2%	97	26.4%	31.4%	1.14
2	Deebo Samuel	88.9%	40	12	30.8%	115	31.2%	30.0%	3.90
3	Brandon Aiyuk	68.1%	29	3	7.7%	44	11.9%	10.3%	0.52
4	Mohamed Sanu	48.6%	26	5	12.8%	47	12.8%	19.2%	1.35
5	Trent Sherfield	27.8%	13	2	5.1%	24	6.5%	15.4%	-

Aiyuk lost snaps to Sherfield again, after returning to a full-time role with 86% of snaps in the Week 3 loss to Green Bay. Serves me right for actually trusting him/Shanahan.
Kittle took on a massive workload despite playing through a calf injury.

Cardinals (37) at Rams (20)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	DeAndre Hopkins	96.0%	35	7	24.1%	86	48.6%	20.0%	1.91	0
2	A.J. Green	85.3%	33	6	20.7%	47	26.6%	18.2%	2.03	0
3	Christian Kirk	72.0%	30	1	3.4%	4	2.0%	3.3%	0.17	0
4	Maxx Williams	57.3%	18	5	17.2%	21	11.7%	27.8%	3.67	1
5	Rondale Moore	42.7%	14	3	10.3%	-4	-2.2%	21.4%	2.00	0

Little change in terms of playing time; Moore still the fourth WR, poaching snaps mostly from Kirk. I'd take Green over both r-o-s, as he's looked pretty good and has a comfortable edge in targets (24-18-18). Then again, he's definitely not his old self, and Moore makes more sense as a lottery ticket in shallower formats where stable mediocrity means nothing.
- Green has six targets in every game.
I worry about Hopkins more than I worry about other top receivers who are off to slow starts. Not that he'll have a bad year, but that he just won't see enough targets to live up to ADP even if he starts to ball out. He's always been on teams that needed to throw him the ball. Now he's on a team that can throw to other players, run effectively and even play a bit of defense. Not to say I'm all-in on AZ, but the Cards are certainly a good team even if it's too early to call them a great one.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Robert Woods	95.3%	39	6	14.6%	64	18.2%	15.4%	1.23	2
2	Cooper Kupp	95.3%	40	13	31.7%	105	29.6%	32.5%	1.60	0
3	Tyler Higbee	79.7%	30	6	14.6%	47	13.2%	20.0%	1.20	2
4	Van Jefferson	67.2%	31	6	14.6%	76	21.5%	19.4%	2.90	1
5	DeSean Jackson	32.8%	10	3	7.3%	62	17.4%	30.0%	0.60	0

Woods got a pair of EZ targets and finished with 4-48-1, but he still saw less than half as many looks as Kupp overall.
- Woods is down to 18.7% TS and 21.4% AYS, roughly the same neighborhood as Laviska Shenault and Chris Godwin (an odd trio, come to think of it). And all disappointing, but not necessarily busts just yet.
Jefferson got six targets for a second straight game, even with Jackson taking about one-third of his snaps. And Jefferson put up 6-90-1, scoring for the second time this year.
- Jefferson has been targeted on only 15.9% of his routes, however. No surprise given his teammates.

Steelers (17) at Packers (27)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	JuJu Smith-Schuster	94.8%	40	8	20.5%	98	36.2%	20.0%	0.28
2	Diontae Johnson	91.4%	40	13	33.3%	131	48.5%	32.5%	2.30
3	James Washington	82.8%	37	5	12.8%	45	16.5%	13.5%	1.86
4	Pat Freiermuth	53.4%	18	1	2.6%	10	3.5%	5.6%	0.61
5	Eric Ebron	48.3%	21	2	5.1%	5	1.7%	9.5%	0.38

Chase Claypool (hamstring) didn't play, but coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that he'd return to practice this week.
- Washington filled in and caught four of five targets for 69 yards. He'd played 80% of snaps filling in for Johnson the previous week, with 3-20-0 on five targets. That's only 10.3% target share on 82% of snaps over the past two games.
Freiermuth v. Ebron remains close to 50/50. Any perceived movement in favor of one guy's playing time has then reversed the following week.
Smith-Schuster plays a ton of snaps but still has just 16.0% TS and 14.9% AYS. Hard to see much upside for redraft.

Tomlin said Okorafor and Claypool will return to practice this week.
— Ray Fittipaldo (@rayfitt1) October 5, 2021

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Davante Adams	87.5%	38	11	31.4%	78	25.2%	28.9%	1.68	0
2	Allen Lazard	79.2%	35	3	8.6%	29	9.5%	8.6%	0.94	1
3	Robert Tonyan	77.8%	26	7	20.0%	80	26.1%	26.9%	0.31	1
4	Marcedes Lewis	48.6%	9	2	5.7%	27	8.9%	22.2%	0.78	0
5	Randall Cobb	45.8%	24	6	17.1%	66	21.4%	25.0%	2.88	1

With Marquez Valdes-Scantling (hamstring) out for the first of at least three games, Lazard saw a slight bump from his previous snap shares (68%, 65%, 67%)
Cobb, however, was the clear winner, though 45.8% snap share and 60.0% route share aren't exactly great numbers. The bet would need to be that his solid performance leads to more playing time, but even that might just be temporary (or not... Rodgers does love him).

Aaron Rodgers says Cobb has a knack for playing in the slot, and it's important to have him alongside strong outside receivers like Adams. Rodgers says Cobb even stayed with him for 7-10 days after returning to GB to help regain chemistry, and it paid off tonight. pic.twitter.com/n04XLymCNO
— Evan Hong (@EvanHong18) October 4, 2021

Ravens (23) at Broncos (7)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Sammy Watkins	74.3%	29	7	20.0%	95	23.3%	24.1%	1.69	0
2	Marquise Brown	62.9%	29	5	14.3%	98	24.1%	17.2%	3.14	1
3	Mark Andrews	61.4%	33	8	22.9%	77	19.0%	24.2%	2.03	0
4	Devin Duvernay	42.9%	16	6	17.1%	77	18.9%	37.5%	1.94	1
5	James Proche	32.9%	17	6	17.1%	43	10.6%	35.3%	4.35	0

Brown atoned for his infamous Week 3 drops with a ridiculous diving TD grab.
Watkins is 20th among WRs with 25.0% target share. He's seen seven or eight targets in each game, and has caught exactly four passes for 44 or more yards in each contest. Watkins still hasn't scored a touchdown, but his per-game averages for catches (4.0), targets (7.3) and yards (64.3) would all be the best numbers he's posted since 2015.
Andrews had a 30-yard TD called back for an O-line penalty. He finished with 5-67-0 on a season-high eight targets.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Courtland Sutton	94.9%	42	8	21.6%	158	46.7%	19.0%	1.12	1
2	Noah Fant	93.2%	36	10	27.0%	45	13.2%	27.8%	1.28	1
3	Tim Patrick	93.2%	38	6	16.2%	73	21.4%	15.8%	1.03	0
4	Kendall Hinton	40.7%	18	3	8.1%	24	7.2%	16.7%	0.72	0
5	David Moore	32.2%	12	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
6	Albert Okwuegbunam	25.4%	8	2	5.4%	38	11.1%	25.0%	1.38	0

Diontae Spencer replaced KJ Hamler (torn ACL) as the No. 3 receiver but then left the game with a chest injury. Moore and HInton filled in, while Sutton, Fant and Patrick predictably dominated targets on a brutal day for the Denver offense.
Teddy Bridgewater suffered a concussion in the second quarter, and Drew Lock was a disaster in the second half.
- Fant saw the most target (six) from Lock, followed by Sutton (five) and then Patrick (three) and Javonte Williams (three).

Buccaneers (19) at Patriots (17)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Chris Godwin	93.2%	42	5	11.6%	77	16.4%	11.9%	1.31	1
2	Mike Evans	87.8%	42	12	27.9%	128	27.2%	28.6%	1.79	0
3	O.J. Howard	67.6%	14	1	2.3%	4	0.8%	7.1%	0	0
4	Cameron Brate	63.5%	29	6	14.0%	84	17.8%	20.7%	1.00	1
5	Antonio Brown	50.0%	28	11	25.6%	127	27.0%	39.3%	2.25	2
6	Tyler Johnson	21.6%	10	2	4.7%	44	9.4%	20.0%	0	1

Godwin saw 14 targets Week 1 but has received just five, seven and five in three subsequent games.
With Gronk out, Howard and Brate split snaps. Brate drawing more targets was no fluke, as he ran more than twice as many routes as Howard. But Brate still ran fewer routes than a healthy Gronk would've, plus he's not likely to produce at quite the same rate per-route or per-target.
- Brate finished with 2-29-0 on six targets, including an end-zone target. The Bucs do throw a lot...

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Jakobi Meyers	94.4%	43	12	28.6%	68	30.9%	27.9%	1.63	0
2	Nelson Agholor	72.2%	36	5	11.9%	63	29.0%	13.9%	1.53	0
3	Hunter Henry	68.5%	26	5	11.9%	29	13.2%	19.2%	1.23	0
4	Kendrick Bourne	59.3%	30	5	11.9%	46	20.9%	16.7%	1.93	0
5	Jonnu Smith	48.1%	18	5	11.9%	16	7.4%	27.8%	0.78	2
6	N'Keal Harry	25.9%	10	1	2.4%	11	4.8%	10.0%	1.00	0

Smith saw two EZ targets and finished with 3-14-1, scoring his first TD for the Pats.
- He has 21 targets, 12th most among TEs, but his 3.9 aDOT is third shallowest (Tyler Conklin - 3.4, Gerald Everett - 3.6).
Henry has 18 targets, t-16th, with a 7.5 aDOT. He has the edge in terms of snaps, routes and yards, but not with dominant shares in any of those categories. Looks like both are more TE2 than TE1, though it's hard to tell the difference at some point.
Meyers is t-7th in targets (41) and 19th in target share (25.8%). And his 8.6 aDOT isn't all that shallow.

Raiders (14) at Chargers (28)

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Darren Waller	92.9%	37	7	21.9%	73	25.9%	18.9%	1.35	1
2	Bryan Edwards	89.3%	33	4	12.5%	36	12.6%	12.1%	0.12	0
3	Henry Ruggs	80.4%	32	6	18.8%	134	47.5%	18.8%	1.88	0
4	Hunter Renfrow	66.1%	31	8	25.0%	40	14.3%	25.8%	1.45	1

Edwards and Ruggs picked up some extra snaps with the Raiders playing from behind all night. They normally lose a few more plays to Zay Jones and Willie Snead / to the backup tight ends.
Renfrow is 46th among WRs with 18.6% target share, ahead of both Ruggs (15.5%) and Edwards (10.6%).
- But Ruggs has the 16.6 aDOT, and he's caught four of eight deep throws for 172 yards and a TD this year. While that level of efficiency isn't likely to continue, he and Derek Carr do seem to have a good thing cooking.... and Carr in general has been excellent throwing deep the past couple seasons.

		Snap %	Routes	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	AY	AY %	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt	EZ Tgts
1	Keenan Allen	87.8%	38	11	29.7%	78	27.6%	28.9%	0.95	0
2	Mike Williams	85.1%	36	4	10.8%	75	26.6%	11.1%	0.31	0
3	Jalen Guyton	55.4%	29	2	5.4%	25	8.9%	6.9%	0.31	0
4	Jared Cook	52.7%	30	7	18.9%	65	23.2%	23.3%	2.33	1
5	Donald Parham	52.7%	11	3	8.1%	16	5.7%	27.3%	1.55	1

Williams finally had a dud, but his season stats remain awesome.
Cook finally had the game we've been promising.
- Cook has run the fifth most routes (115) among TEs, drawing a target on 20.0% of those routes (17th). He's t-9th in total targets (23) and 7th in air yards (188). He should be one of the better bad tight ends, if not the best of them!