Snap counts tell us who is playing but they don’t always paint a clear picture of who is producing for our fantasy football lineups. By digging deep into the snap counts from Week 2, we are able to pull some interesting takeaways that can help us win moving forward.
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(minimum 15 snaps in Week 11)
SNAPS Total offensive snaps played by player.
SNAP % Percentage of offensive snaps played.
RUSH % Percentage of snaps played where player had a rushing attempt.
TGT % Percentage of snaps played where player was targeted by a pass attempt.
TOUCH % Percentage of snaps played where player touched the football (includes pass attempts, rush attempts and receptions).
FPTS Fantasy points scored by player.
PTS/100 SNAPS Average fantasy points scored by player per 100 snaps
Our preseason fantasy Comeback Player of the Year pick, James Conner continues to shine. Conner punched in his 13th touchdown of the season and tied a season-high with 26 touches. That said, Arizona is off this week, and by the time the Cardinals play their next game, Chase Edmonds is expected to be back in the fold.
Jonathan Taylor played 57 snaps and accrued .937 fantasy points per snap- the highest figure we’ve ever tracked for a player who played more than 50 snaps. Taylor is now second overall in that metric, behind only Cordarrelle Patterson for the season.
The Chiefs did, in fact, utilize a near 50/50 rotation in the backfield in Clyde Edwards-Helaire‘s return, but CEH was far more efficient with his 32 snaps, racking up 15.6 PPR points on 14 touches.
There was plenty of overall production out of New England’s backfield, but the team continued to use an unpredictable rotation that makes it hard to trust any one back. For our purposes, Damien Harris is the safest bet but there will be weeks when Rhamondre Stevenson outscored him, and weeks where Stevenson barely plays. Approach with caution.
Najee Harris‘s 75.4% snap rate was his lowest since Week 6 but Harris was briefly knocked out of the game. After being cleared to return, Harris resumed his usual three-down role.
We won’t read too much into the Titans’ backfield because the team unexpectedly had to play from behind to lowly Houston. This led to a surprising result as Dontrelle Hilliard led the backfield in snaps, touches, and production. Hilliard soaked up 10 targets in the game and is certainly worth a look on your league’s waiver wire.
Another guy we loved this summer, Rondale Moore had a career-high 11 reception and an impressive 100% catch rate, while ranking 5th overall at wide receiver for the week with .503 fantasy points per snap. Moore does great things when given touches but just can’t be guaranteed a substantial role on a loaded Arizona roster.
Marquise Goodwin took full advantage of the absence of Allen Robinson and produced his first 100-yard outing in three years. Goodwin was the week’s sixth-most efficient fantasy scorer on a per-snap basis and should be considered a decent WR3/4 if Robinson is sidelined once again.
Cedrick Wilson was the most effective Dallas wideout last week and should be in a good position to produce solid WR3 numbers this Thursday if CeeDee Lamb (concussion) is ruled out.
Byron Pringle has clearly moved past Mecole Hardman as Kansas City’s No. 2 wideout. This is the second week in a row that Pringle out-played Hardman, who had a season-low three targets and two receptions.
Laviska Shenault finally showed signs of life and could finally have a clear path to weekly prominence after the season-ending injury to Jamal Agnew. Shenault was Jacksonville’s most effective wideout last week with 50 yards on five grabs.
Over the last five weeks, New York Jets wideout Elijah Moore has hauled in 25-of-37 targets for 349 yards and 5 total touchdowns. He’s been fantasy’s No. 4 wideout during the stretch, scoring more fantasy points than Chris Godwin, Justin Jefferson, Keenan Allen, and Davante Adams. All on a Jets offense that ranks 23rd overall.
DeAndre Carter is almost entirely un-rostered in fantasy leagues but is playing a pretty significant number of snaps. Carter racked up 50 more snaps last week in Carolina and now has played more than half of Washington’s snaps in each of the club’s past four contests.
