Week 12 Sleepers & Emerging Players
Week 12 Sleepers, Potential-Emergent Players, and Opportunistic Plays This article is contributed by Brad Kruse This column is NOT intended to provide Week 12 waiver claims lists. Instead, the purpose is to look at young players whose opportunity could emerge and should be monitored. I will also look at potential injury replacement players, but I will try not to focus on the obvious choices for this week’s slate of games as that is covered elsewhere on the sight. My goal is to help look around corners for the season which might give some ideas for pre-emptive adds to your roster. As we enter week 10, the playoffs are starting to close in. Some teams are finding themselves mathematically out of it, others need to make some aggressive moves to get into the playoffs. Others are positioning themselves for the playoffs. This week I’ll focus exclusively on the young receivers and review how they’ve performed using targets per route run and yards per route run metrics. Young Breakout Receivers The above table looks at all first and second-year WRs who have at least 15% targets per route run (TPRR) and 1.5 Yards per route run (YPRR) through ten weeks this year. Below are some comments on players who stood out in Week 11. Second Year Players Josh Downs: Downs continues to contribute even with the switch back to Anthony Richardson. This week, he caught all five of his targets for 84 yards and a touchdown. That equated to a 23% targets per route run (TPRR) and 3.8 yards per route run (YPRR) both numbers that demonstrate high efficiency for the sophomore receiver. On the year, which gives him a 32% TPRR and 2.5 YPRR efficiency. He’s the most reliable of the Colts receivers. Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Smith-Njigba was the first receiver off the board in his rookie class. He underwhelmed last year, but he continues his breakout campaign. This week, he caught 10 of his 11 targets for 110 yards but no touchdowns. His 31% TPRR and 3.1 YPRR showed he could deliver even with DK Metcalf’s return. That moves his 2024 metrics to 23% TPRR and 1.9 YPRR Jordan Addison: Another first-round rookie in his class, Addison has been up and down a bit this year, but he did collect eight targets on 25 routes this week catching three balls for 61 yards and a TD. That gave him 32% TPRR and 2.4 YPRR on the week. For the year, he has 19% TPRR and 1.6 YPRR. He’s a potential flex play for owners each week hoping for one of his big weeks. Puka Nacua: Nacua just continues to deliver for his owners after a lengthy string of weeks missed due to injury. He recorded 33% TPRR and 1.5 YPRR this week. He caught seven balls for 123 yards and a touchdown. For the year, Nacua has recorded 34% TPRR and 3.2 YPRR over his five-game sample. Quentin Johnston: Johnston only caught two of eight targets, but did get 48 yards and a touchdown to salvage his fantasy day. He’s averaging 12 ppg which is a solid bounce back from a difficult rookie campaign. Johnston also collected a 21% TPRR and a 2.1 YPRR on the year. He appears to be a piece of the rebuilding receiving room for the Chargers. Rookies Ladd McConkey: McConkey continues with his breakout rookie season. He caught six of his nine targets for 123 scoreless yards. That amounted to a 28% TPRR and 3.8 YPRR on the week. That moves his year-to-date performance to 24% TPRR and 2.4 YPRR. He’s a bright rookie and the centerpiece of the Chargers’ passing attack. Devaughn Vele: Vele has been inconsistent but continues to be out there running routes for the Broncos. This week he caught four of five targets for 66 yards giving him a 22% TPRR and 2.9 YPRR for the week. For the year, he’s demonstrated target-earning ability in the seven games he’s played collecting a 21% TPRR and 1.9 YPRR. For him to be trusted, however, he’ll need to more consistently be out there running routes. Rome Odunze: Odunze flashes on and off this report. Once again, he delivered a playable week with ten targets and six receptions for 65 yards. The Bears’ offense leaves a lot to be desired, but Odunze should be a significant piece of the offense if they can get in sync. ENTER OUR WEEK 12 DRAFT CONTEST! How it Works: First, you draft your team using our On-Demand Simulator. Next, try to stack the team with players you think will do well this week. Finally, the highest Week 12 Score wins. (PLUS: You get to see the Thursday Night game and then draft!) Here’s our Week 12 Player Rankings to help. First, it’s a best-ball contest, so no need to submit a lineup. We’ll optimize the best one. Secondly, you just sit back and watch your team climb the leaderboard. Weekly Prizes and a Grand Prize at the end of the season! Finally, the Grand Prize Winner (highest individual week of the season) gets to choose from the amazing prizes below. 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Target & Touch Leaders Week 11
Target & Touch Leaders Week 11 Opportunity is everything in fantasy football. Looking beyond the box score to see what players are earning crucial targets and touches is integral. Our Target & Touch Leaders Week 11 breaks down those opportunities
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Week 11 Sleepers & Emerging Players
Week 11 Sleepers, Potential-Emergent Players, and Opportunistic Plays This article is contributed by Brad Kruse This column is NOT intended to provide Week 11 waiver claims lists. Instead, the purpose is to look at young players whose opportunity could emerge and should be monitored. I will also look at potential injury replacement players, but I will try not to focus on the obvious choices for this week’s slate of games as that is covered elsewhere on the sight. My goal is to help look around corners for the season which might give some ideas for pre-emptive adds to your roster. As we enter Week 11, the playoffs are starting to close in. Some teams are finding themselves mathematically out of it, others need to make some aggressive moves to get into the playoffs. Others are positioning themselves for the playoffs. This week I’ll focus exclusively on the young receivers and review how they’ve performed using targets per route run and yards per route run metrics. Young Breakout Receivers The above table looks at all first and second-year WRs who have at least 15% targets per route run (TPRR) and 1.5 Yards per route run (YPRR) through ten weeks this year. Below are some comments on players who stood out in Week 10. Second Year Players Josh Downs: Downs continues to contribute as he delivered seven receptions on ten targets for 72 yards and 0 TDs. He registered a 36% targets per route run (TPRR) and a solid 2.6 yards per route run (YPRR). His only downside is he’s not playing a lot in 12 personnel, but still tends to get targeted enough to deliver for you as a flex or WR3 player. We’ll see how the switch back to Anthony Richardson impacts his play. Demario Douglas: Douglas isn’t in a great offense, but he’s certainly experienced an uptick with the QB change a few weeks ago. This week he delivered four receptions on 50 yards on five targets. He had a 29% TPRR and 2.9 YPRR. He’s more of a dart throw to get into your lineups, but in games where he gets enough volume his high catch percentage will deliver in PPR leagues. Tank Dell: Dell’s target share without Nico Collins for another week was strong with a 29% TPRR. He provided fantasy owners with five receptions for 39 yards on nine targets for a disappointing 1.3 YPRR. When Collins returns, he should get less focus from the defense; the question will be if that will compensate for being a lower priority in the passing attack? Rookies Ricky Pearsall: Pearsall continues to play well. His four receptions on six targets for 73 yards and one touchdown were playable for fantasy teams. His advanced metrics in week 10 of 21% TPRR and 2.6 YPRR were also solid. He’s starting to stack good games together taking advantage of Brandon Aiyuk’s absence from the lineup. Malik Nabers: Nabers was once again heavily involved in the Giants’ offense (again during the second half of the game). Nabers collected six receptions for 50 scoreless yards on ten targets. The advanced metrics were a bit muted with just 28% TPRR and another disappointing 1.4 YPRR but this season to date numbers of 32% TPRR and 2.1 YPRR are still very strong. Puka Nacua: The routes run data for Monday night’s game isn’t available at the time of this writing, but Nacua again dominated the receiving action for the Rams. Nacua led the team with 14 targets, nine receptions, and 98 yards. He failed to score a TD, but his 32% actual target share was very strong. Nacua is delivering 18.2 ppg in his two full games since his return looks like he’s a WR1 for the remainder of the season. Adonai Mitchell: Mitchell received an uncharacteristic 35 routes this week. He rewarded the Colts with catching all six of his targets for 71 yards and no touchdowns. That resulted in a 17% TPRR and 2.0 YPRR. He registered over 30% TPRR with limited usage. Mitchell has a chance to continue to prove himself in this crowded receiving score for a run-heavy offense. ENTER OUR WEEK 11 DRAFT CONTEST! How it Works: Firstly, draft your team using our On-Demand Simulator. Next, try to stack the team with players you think will do well this week. Finally, the highest Week 11 Score wins. (PLUS: You get to see the Thursday Night game and then draft!) Here’s our Week 11 Player Rankings to help. Firstly, it’s a best-ball contest, so no need to submit a lineup. We’ll optimize the best one. Secondly, you just sit back and watch your team climb the leaderboard. Weekly Prizes and a Grand Prize at the end of the season! Finally, the Grand Prize Winner (highest individual week of the season) gets to choose from the amazing prizes below. If you don’t know just how awesome and amazing the Panini Flawless Football briefcase is, make sure and watch the video starting at the 8-minute mark! Trading cards are back! MEMBER PERK! Fulltime Members get 5 Free On-Demand Drafts each month in our contest! DRAFT YOUR WEEK 11 TEAM and enter your REDEMPTION CODE you received by email.
Target & Touch Leaders Week 10
Target & Touch Leaders Week 10 Opportunity is everything in fantasy football. Looking beyond the box score to see what players are earning crucial targets and touches is integral. Our Target & Touch Leaders Week 10 breaks down those opportunities
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Week 10 Sleepers & Emerging Players
Week 10 Sleepers, Potential-Emergent Players, and Opportunistic Plays This article is contributed by Brad Kruse This column is NOT intended to provide Week 10 waiver claims lists. Instead, the purpose is to look at young players whose opportunity could emerge and should be monitored. I will also look at potential injury replacement players, but I will try not to focus on the obvious choices for this week’s slate of games as that is covered elsewhere on the sight. My goal is to help look around corners for the season which might give some ideas for pre-emptive adds to your roster. As we enter Week 10, the playoffs are starting to close in. Some teams are finding themselves mathematically out of it, others need to make some aggressive moves to get into the playoffs. Others are positioning themselves for the playoffs. This week I’ll focus exclusively on the young receivers and review how they’ve performed using targets per route run and yards per route run metrics. Young Breakout Receivers The above table looks at all first and second-year wideouts who have at least 15% targets per route run (TPRR) and 1.5 yards per route run (YPRR) through eight weeks this year. Below are some comments on players who stood out in Week 9. Second-Year Players Josh Downs: Downs delivered a seemingly floor game for him with 12 points on six receptions for 60 yards on nine targets. The nine targets represented an absurd 45% targets per route run performance. Downs is becoming an every-week WR2/3 for lineups. For at least Week 9, Downs gets Flacco under center. With a 31% TPRR and over 2.0 yards per route run, he’s a must-start this week. Tank Dell: Dell led the Texans without Stefon Diggs and Nico Collins in the lineup. He had six receptions on nine targets for 126 yards and no touchdowns. His return to high yards/reception was a positive sign. For the week, he earned a 23% targets per route run and 3.2 yards per route run performance. On the year, which brings him up to 19% targets per route run and 1.4 yards per route run. hose numbers are just below what qualifies him for the table above. Cedric Tillman: Tillman didn’t have great underlying metrics this week, but did turn in a six reception 75 yard and one TD performance. He did that on the strength of 11 targets. That represented a 20% targets per route run and 1.4 yards per route run on the week bringing his season to 18% targets per route run and 1.3 yards per route run. He’s been a strong fantasy receiver the last three weeks and will likely continue to be going forward. Jayden Reed: Reed was highly productive this week collecting five receptions for 113 yards and no touchdowns. That represented 21% targets per route run and 3.9 yards per route run on the week bringing his season total to 21% targets per route run and 2.8 yards per route run. Your lineup needs to be deep to not include Reed each week. Zay Flowers: Flowers again delivered with five receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns. He did this with only six targets and earned 38% targets per route run and an astonishing 7.9 yards per route run. That brings his season to 26% targets per route run and 2.6 yards per route run. Quentin Johnston: Johnston returned to action this week. The Los Angeles Chargers are beginning to pass more now, and Johnston is involved. He collected four receptions with 137 yards and one touchdown. That was good for 21% targets per route run and 5.7 yards per route run. His season performance is now 21% targets per route run and 2.4 yards per route run. Johnston is having a strong bounce-back season averaging a respectable 12.1 ppg. Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Smith-Njigba was the start of Week 9 with seven receptions for 180 yards and two touchdowns. He did this on 13 targets. This represented a 31% targets per route run and 4.3 yards per route run. That brings his season to 22% targets per route run and 1.7 yards per route run. Rookies Brian Thomas: Thomas had a down week with only two receptions for 22 scoreless yards. He played on a questionable tag. But he still sports a very efficient 22% targets per route run and 2.5 yards per route run on the year. Malik Nabers: Nabers was once again heavily involved in the Giants offense (at least during the second half of the game). Nabers collected nine receptions for 59 scoreless yards. The advanced metrics were a bit muted with just 16% targets per route run and a disappointing 0.9 yards per route run but this season to date numbers of 33% targets per route run and 2.2 yards per route run are very strong. Ladd McConkey: McConkey followed up his strong Week 8 with a solid 5-reception, 70-yard performance this week. He recorded 23% targets per route run on the week and 2.3 yards per route run bringing his season total to 25% targets per route run and 2.1 yards per route run. Xavier Legette: Legette continued to play well post-Diontae Johnson trade. He recorded four receptions for 33 yards and one touchdown. That represented 27% targets per route run and 1.5 yards per route run. That brings his total to 21% targets per route run and 1.3 yards per route run. Rome Odunze: Odunze is quietly becoming the most productive of the Bears’ receivers, which isn’t saying a lot, of course. He turned in his second 100-yard effort collecting five receptions for 104 yards and no touchdowns. That represented a 15% targets per route run with a strong 2.3 yards per route run. For the year, Odunze has earned 17% targets per route run and 1.5 yards per route run. He needs to get in better sync with his rookie QB and connect on a few more deep targets to spike his metrics. ENTER
Target & Touch Leaders Week 9
Target & Touch Leaders Week 9 Opportunity is everything in fantasy football. Looking beyond the box score to see what players are earning crucial targets and touches is integral. Our Target & Touch Leaders Week 9 breaks down those opportunities
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Week 9 Sleepers & Emerging Players
Week 9 Sleepers, Potential-Emergent Players, and Opportunistic Plays This article is contributed by Brad Kruse This column is NOT intended to provide Week 9 Waiver Wire picks. Instead, the purpose is to look at young players whose opportunity could emerge and should be monitored. I will also look at potential injury replacement players, but I will try not to focus on the obvious choices for this week’s slate of games as that is covered elsewhere on the sight. My goal with Week 9 Sleepers & Emerging Players is to help look around corners for the season which might give some ideas for pre-emptive adds to your roster. As we enter week 9, the playoffs are starting to close in. Some teams are finding themselves mathematically out of it, others need to make some aggressive moves to get into the playoffs. Others are positioning themselves for the playoffs. This week I’ll focus exclusively on the young receivers and review how they’ve performed using targets per route run and yards per route run metrics. Young Breakout Receivers The above table looks at all first and second-year WRs who have at least a 15% targets per route run (TPRR) and 1.5 Yards per route run (YPRR) through eight weeks this year. Below are some comments on players who stood out in Week 8. Second-Year Players Josh Downs: Downs is averaging 17.7 ppg without Anthony Richardson this year and 12.7 ppg with Richardson as his starting QB. For at least Week 9, Downs gets Joe Flacco under center. With a 31% TPRR and over 2.0 yards per route run, he’s a must-start this week. Tank Dell: Dell caught all four of his targets for 35 yards and a touchdown this week. Nico Collins is on track to return, by the latest reports, in Week 9. Stefon Diggs also suffered a torn ACL ending his season. Dell’s targets should pick up going forward, and he should be getting healthier coming off his off-season surgery. There’s hope we could see a return to his 2023 form and hopefully longer aDOT. But, for now, he’s a flex play in good matchups. Demario Douglas: Douglas played limited snaps in Week 7 due to his illness and followed that up with an unproductive Week 8 while having his starting quarterback be knocked out of the game. Douglas is a borderline waiting for more consistency to develop. Cedric Tillman: Tillman is coming onto the scene after the trade of Amari Cooper. Over the last two weeks, Tillman only trails Jerry Jeudy in route participation but leads all Browns pass catchers in targets, yards, and touchdowns. His targets per route run of 26% and Yards per route run of 2.22 would qualify him in the top category of the table above had he been able to perform to that level all season. But, with his new role, he projects to be a key piece in this offense with Jameis Winston at the helm. Rookies Jordan Whittington: Whittington has been productive in the brief stint without both Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua in the lineup; however, they are both back so Whittington is only a stash play hoping for an opportunity. Ladd McConkey: McConkey had a huge game this past week with six receptions for 111 yards and two touchdowns. McConkey has had at least six targets in the last in all games but one this year. This is the first week he broke 67 yards receiving and found the end zone multiple times. He’s now averaging 13.1 points per game. He’s a flex consideration play going forward. Devaughn Vele: Vele’s targets have dropped to three targets in each of the last two games after collecting 14 in his first two games. He’s probably on the outside looking in with his declining participation combined with his low draft capital. Adonai Mitchell: Mitchell gets some recognition this week due to the change at quarterback. Mitchell’s impressive 36% targets per route run this year is impressive. His low catch percentage contributes to his sub-standard 1.4 yards per route run. For the year, Mitchell has only caught about 25% of his targets from Richardson. This increases to 55% under Flacco. He’s a risky start any given week, but his prospects increase with Flacco under center. Xavier Legette: With Diontae Johnson traded, each of the receivers on the team move up the pecking order. Legette, Carolina’s first-round draft in 2024, would seem to benefit. He is not likely to be a huge difference maker in the Panther’s offense, but his 21% targets per route run and catching touchdowns in successive weeks could lead to playable weeks for this rookie receiver. ENTER OUR WEEK 9 DRAFT CONTEST! How it Works: Firstly, draft your team using our On-Demand Simulator. Next, try to stack the team with players you think will do well this week. Finally, the highest Week 9 Score wins. (PLUS: You get to see the Thursday Night game and then draft!) Here’s our Week 9 Player Rankings to help. Firstly, it’s a best-ball contest, so no need to submit a lineup. We’ll optimize the best one. Secondly, you just sit back and watch your team climb the leaderboard. Weekly Prizes and a Grand Prize at the end of the season! Finally, the Grand Prize Winner (highest individual week of the season) gets to choose from the amazing prizes below. If you don’t know just how awesome and amazing the Panini Flawless Football briefcase is, make sure and watch the video starting at the 8-minute mark! Trading cards are back! MEMBER PERK! Fulltime Members get 5 Free On-Demand Drafts each month in our contest! DRAFT YOUR WEEK 9 TEAM and enter your REDEMPTION CODE you received by email.
Target & Touch Leaders Week 8
Target & Touch Leaders Week 8 Opportunity is everything in fantasy football. Looking beyond the box score to see what players are earning crucial targets and touches is integral. Our Target & Touch Leaders Week 8 breaks down those opportunities
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Week 8 Sleepers & Emerging Players
Week 8 Sleepers, Potential-Emergent Players, and Opportunistic Plays This article is contributed by Brad Kruse This column is NOT intended to provide Week 8 Waiver Wire lists. Instead, the purpose is to look at young players whose opportunity could emerge and should be monitored. I will also look at potential injury replacement players, but I will try not to focus on the obvious choices for this week’s slate of games as that is covered elsewhere on the sight. My goal with Week 8 Sleepers is to help look around corners for the season which might give some ideas for pre-emptive adds to your roster. As we enter week 8, more young players are potentially emerging, but time is becoming critical for them to help your teams get into the fantasy playoffs. In many cases, decisions have to be made on who you continue to trust or who you need to shed for players who might have a near-term opportunity to contribute. Young Running Backs and Their Opportunity Status Chase Brown: Chase Brown is the clear 1A in this backfield at this point. He had 15 carries to Zach Moss’ 6 while gaining 44 yards to Moss’ 7. Moss did out-targeted Brown 3:2 in the receiving game, but Brown is consistently the better fantasy play at this point. Braelon Allen: With the recent coaching change, it’s clear that Breece Hall has been re-inserted as the workhorse running back. This change has benefited Hall, but the Jet’s backfield has also been more effective as well. Allen has fallen back into premium handcuff territory, unfortunately for his owners. Jaylen Wright: With the Dolphin’s top three running backs all healthy, Wright again slotted in as RB3. And again, led the team in yards per carry. Only Achane received a target out of the three. The good news is Tua Tagovailo returns in week 8. This could propel the offense back to being one of the elite offenses. I can’t give up on Wright yet; however, it gets late early in fantasy football. Tank Bigsby: The Jaguars met the Patriots in London last week. With Etienne injured and the game turning into a positive game script, Bigsby delivered a huge game. He recorded 118 yards and two rushing TDs. Unfortunately, he was quiet again in the passing game. It’s clear D’Ernest will be a solid backfield play in negative game scripts and Bigsby will optimize his skill set in positive game scripts. Bucky Irving: Similar to Jalen Wright, all three Buccaneer running backs were active this week. Sean Tucker did earn a piece of the running back rotation as the coach promised; however, it was the smallest share. Each of the running backs played fairly well against the tough Raven run defense. Tucker led the group with 5.8 yards per carry on five carries. White led the backfield with 6 receptions 71 yards and two TDs on 6 targets. Irving had a solid fantasy day catching all three of his targets for 54 yards while adding 23 yards and a touchdown on the ground in his nine attempts. This has turned into one of the better rushing attacks and may be leaned upon more with Chris Godwin now out for the year. Ray Davis: Ray Davis showed well in limited usage this week. He had 41 yards and a touchdown on five carries as well as catching his only target for six yards. Davis received significantly more opportunities than Ty Johnson and may have elbowed his way into the RB2 role for the Bills. That could lead to emergency flex consideration for fantasy teams. Young Breakout Receivers Second Year Players Jayden Reed: The Packers v Texans matchup did not yield the fantasy day Reed owners anticipated (two receptions for 10 scoreless yards). However, he still led the team with 86% route participation. Don’t give up on Reed. His role hasn’t changed. Dontayvion Wicks: After two disappointing weeks for Wicks, he bounced back with three receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown. However, with everyone healthy, he and Christian Watson split the WR3 role with each running 44% of the routes. Wicks turned in a strong 38% targets per route run and 3.00 yards per route run. They are encouraging efficiency numbers, but he’ll need to be on the field to contribute consistently. Zay Flowers: Flowers seemed to get injured early in the game. He only missed a handful of snaps before returning, however. But he put in a muted game effort. Was that due to being hobbled? It’s unclear. He should bounce back. Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Smith-Njigba continues to run hot and hold. In a day that was supposed to be a fast-paced game, Smith-Njigba only managed three receptions for nine scoreless yards on six targets. Metcalf left this game injured. Smith-Njigba will need to step up if Metcalf misses time. Josh Downs: Downs’ is a strong fantasy start when Richardson doesn’t play it seems. But his game doesn’t seem to mesh with Richardson’s who prefers the downfield targets better. Downs ran as the WR3 on the team with 69% route participation behind Pittman and Pierce. It’s difficult to say when the young receiver and his young QB games will mesh and unlock them both. Demario Douglas: Douglas opened the game on fire with two receptions in the first three plays. However, he succumbed to his illness and played limited snaps after that encouraging start. Hunter Henry capitalized on his absence to take many of the looks afterward. This could have been a strong day for Douglas had he been able to remain on the field. Kayshon Boutte: Boutte repeated his starter-level snap share while leading the receivers with a 76% route participation rate. That didn’t translate to production this week with only a 6% targets per route run performance, however. It’ll be interesting to continue to monitor if Boutte keeps the role, he’s in right now or if Javon Baker or another receiver gets tried in this role. Drake Maye has the arm to
Target & Touch Leaders Week 7
Target & Touch Leaders Week 7 Opportunity is everything in fantasy football. Looking beyond the box score to see what players are earning crucial targets and touches is integral. Our Target & Touch Leaders Week 7 breaks down those opportunities
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