Opportunity Report: Week 7

Why Volume?

Having a pulse on the distribution of volume in the NFL plays a huge role in winning your fantasy leagues. The Opportunity Report is designed so you can see the players getting the best opportunities to produce on the field. After all, you can’t score fantasy points if your fantasy players are not getting opportunities to touch the ball on the field.

Reading the Opportunity Report

Color	What Does It Mean?	Category Name
The player is highlighted in blue	The player is measuring 3 standard deviations above the average players at his position.	I call this the “Elite” category.
The player is highlighted in green	The player is measuring 2 standard deviations above average players at his position.	I call this the “Exceptional” category.
The player highlighted in yellow	The player is measuring 1 standard deviation above average players at his position.	I call this the “Above Average” category.

The only players included in my data set each week are players that received at least 20% of the most targets or implied touches at the position. For example, the running backs included in the data set are players that amassed at least 20% of the implied touches (rushing attempts + targets) of the top running back performer in that category. This is to eliminate the players at each position that are not fantasy-relevant and dial in the true top performers.

The statistics analyzed in each skill position table are the volume statistics that correlate most closely to PPR fantasy points over the last three years. To read more about these stats and what others you should be focusing on to help you score more fantasy points check out my Fantasy 101:What Stats Matter article.

Players in the “Getting Louder” section are players that are showing positive volume statistics but did not get a write-up. They are worth a look based on their volume peripherals included in the charts.

Running Back

Week 6: RB Volume Leaders

NAME	TEAM	SNAPS	SNAP %	IMPLIED TOUCHES	TOUCHES	rATT	GZ rATT	TGT	FPTS
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KC	49	67.1	30	30	26	0	4	20.9
Derrick Henry	TEN	45	60	27	24	22	1	5	40.4
Ronald Jones II	TB	37	56.9	25	25	23	2	2	26.1
David Montgomery	CHI	56	84.8	24	23	19	2	5	13.7
Todd Gurley II	ATL	46	57.5	24	23	20	0	4	9.7
Phillip Lindsay	DEN	40	62.5	23	23	23	2	0	10.1
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	54	60.7	23	20	12	1	11	12
Myles Gaskin	MIA	39	69.6	22	22	18	1	4	16.6
Kenyan Drake	ARI	42	67.7	22	20	20	1	2	28.4
David Johnson	HOU	56	77.8	21	20	19	5	2	13.9
Mike Davis	CAR	60	88.2	21	20	18	2	3	11.5
Joe Mixon	CIN	39	53.4	21	20	18	2	3	14.9
James Conner	PIT	43	66.2	21	21	20	1	1	17.2
Devonta Freeman	NYG	35	72.9	20	19	18	0	2	6.7
Raheem Mostert	SF	35	47.9	19	19	17	1	2	9.6
D’Andre Swift	DET	29	37.7	18	17	14	3	4	27.3
James Robinson	JAX	44	68.8	16	16	12	1	4	15.3
Adrian Peterson	DET	27	35.1	16	16	15	1	1	12.8
Jonathan Taylor	IND	37	58.7	16	16	12	0	4	15.5
Kareem Hunt	CLE	30	52.6	16	15	13	0	3	7.7
Aaron Jones	GB	36	57.1	15	13	10	1	5	13.1
Frank Gore	NYJ	25	35.2	15	15	11	0	4	11
Darrell Henderson Jr.	LAR	32	53.3	14	14	14	1	0	9.2
J.D. McKissic	WAS	39	53.4	14	14	8	0	6	14.4
J.D. McKissic	WAS	39	53.4	14	14	8	0	6	14.4
Antonio Gibson	WAS	27	37	14	13	9	0	5	9.5
Antonio Gibson	WAS	27	37	14	13	9	0	5	9.5
Tony Pollard	DAL	32	36	14	12	10	0	4	6
Gus Edwards	BAL	32	43.8	14	14	14	0	0	8.6
James White	NE	31	54.4	13	12	4	0	9	15.3
J.K. Dobbins	BAL	30	41.1	13	11	9	0	4	4.9
Alexander Mattison	MIN	27	48.2	12	11	10	2	2	4
Brian Hill	ATL	21	26.2	12	12	10	1	2	3.4
Devin Singletary	BUF	40	75.5	12	11	10	0	2	5.5
Giovani Bernard	CIN	35	47.9	11	11	8	1	3	11.8
Miles Sanders	PHI	29	40.3	11	10	9	0	2	12.2
La’Mical Perine	NYJ	41	57.7	10	9	7	0	3	5.6
JaMycal Hasty	SF	15	20.5	10	9	9	0	1	3.7
Jerick McKinnon	SF	23	31.5	9	8	6	0	3	4.8
Royce Freeman	DEN	25	39.1	9	9	8	0	1	4
Jeremy McNichols	TEN	29	38.7	8	7	5	0	3	8.2
Matt Breida	MIA	16	28.6	8	8	6	0	2	4.2
Benny Snell Jr.	PIT	14	21.5	7	7	6	1	1	9.1
Chase Edmonds	ARI	23	37.1	7	6	5	0	2	3.9
Darrel Williams	KC	23	31.5	7	7	6	0	1	11.1
Damien Harris	NE	12	21.1	7	7	6	0	1	4.3
Boston Scott	PHI	35	48.6	6	4	2	1	4	2.9
Nyheim Hines	IND	21	33.3	6	5	0	0	6	7.7
Malcolm Brown	LAR	27	45	6	5	2	0	4	5.2
Duke Johnson	HOU	19	26.4	6	5	4	0	2	2.1
Kerryon Johnson	DET	17	22.1	6	5	4	0	2	3
Ke’Shawn Vaughn	TB	10	15.4	6	5	5	0	1	4.2
Week 6 RB AVG	NFL	27	39.7	11	10	8	0	3	7.7

Week 6 Highlighted Players (PPR Points): Joe Mixon (14.9), Justin Jackson (BYE), Chase Edmonds (3.9)

Above Average PPR Performance Week 6 Hit Rate: 50% scored above 7.7 PPR points, the average for the position in Week 6.

David Johnson has been lackluster in the fantasy department this season. He’s turned in just one RB1 performance and that was way back in Week 1. His peripheral numbers show that he is getting solid opportunities so far this season, despite his pedestrian output. He ranks 11th in attempts and 19th in targets this season. Week 6 was an especially good week for Johnson in the opportunity department. He ranked above average for running backs in implied touches and touches. He also had an elite ranking for his green zone work, with five attempts within the five-yard line. Johnson has a lock on the goalline work in the Houston offense this season. He has all eight on the attempts from the running back position and these are the most valuable touches on the field. Despite this, David Johnson may be stuck in RB2 purgatory unless his 10% target share increases. However, with the talk (more talk) of Duke Johnson getting more involved in the offense, that may just be wishful thinking.

Fantasy managers rejoice! D’Andre Swift was sighted making plays in the Detroit Lions offense. By all accounts, this looked like a breakout game for Swift. He has had three RB3 and one RB2 showing so far this season. His usage has been puzzling considering Adrian Peterson and Kerryon Johnson haven’t been setting the fantasy world aflame. Swift’s efficiency numbers are superior to Peterson’s, however, AP is still one of the best backs at creating yards after what is blocked for him. He is 13th in the league in yards created per attempt according to fantasydata.com. Swift ranks 37th in the same metric but offers the ability for the offense to be more dynamic with his ability to run and catch. He’s also leading the Lions with six carries within the 10-yard line. Swift is the back to own in Detroit.

A week with no Melvin Gordon and Phillip Lindsay turns in his best volume performance of the year. It’s clear that this will be his backfield if Gordon misses any time in the future from injury or suspension. Lindsay had a 62.5% snap share in Week 6 against the Patriots. He also saw all the goal-line work, with two attempts within the 5-yard line. The discouraging piece of his Week 6 profile was his 0 targets. While his counterpart, Royce Freeman, only saw one target of his own, it doesn’t seem that throwing the ball to Lindsay is a part of their gameplan going forward. That will cap his ceiling tremendously and keep him in RB3 with RB2 upside territory going forwards.

Other Week 6 Standouts: David Montgomery, Ronald Jones, Joe Mixon, Alexander Mattison, Ezekiel Elliot

Wide Receiver

Week 6: WR Volume Leaders

NAME	TEAM	SNAPS	SNAP %	ROUTES RUN	TARGETS	TARGET SHARE	AIR YARDS	AIR YARD MS	WOPR	FPTS
DJ Chark Jr.	JAX	57	89.1	43	14	0.32	197	0.47	0.8	11.5
Jamison Crowder	NYJ	63	88.7	45	13	0.33	90	0.26	0.68	11.8
Terry McLaurin	WAS	70	95.9	44	12	0.28	96	0.43	0.71	14.4
D.J. Moore	CAR	64	94.1	38	11	0.41	119	0.5	0.96	14.3
Will Fuller V	HOU	66	91.7	39	11	0.3	174	0.52	0.81	24.3
Justin Jefferson	MIN	50	89.3	34	11	0.31	140	0.44	0.78	39.6
A.J. Green	CIN	58	79.5	36	11	0.28	147	0.42	0.72	17.6
Amari Cooper	DAL	79	88.8	54	10	0.19	59	0.2	0.43	20.9
Julio Jones	ATL	64	80	38	10	0.27	85	0.33	0.64	33.7
Travis Fulgham	PHI	58	80.6	40	10	0.26	112	0.31	0.6	19.5
Robert Woods	LAR	57	95	36	10	0.29	174	0.41	0.72	14
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	60	67.4	43	10	0.19	77	0.26	0.47	13.4
Davante Adams	GB	52	82.5	38	10	0.32	70	0.23	0.65	12.1
Brandin Cooks	HOU	63	87.5	42	9	0.24	59	0.18	0.49	21.8
Cooper Kupp	LAR	55	91.7	38	9	0.23	105	0.25	0.52	4.1
Keelan Cole	JAX	48	75	38	9	0.2	184	0.44	0.61	20.3
Allen Robinson II	CHI	58	87.9	37	9	0.25	61	0.3	0.59	10.3
Tee Higgins	CIN	59	80.8	35	8	0.21	85	0.24	0.48	18.7
Stefon Diggs	BUF	51	96.2	31	8	0.32	111	0.44	0.79	16.6
Breshad Perriman	NYJ	63	88.7	43	8	0.21	126	0.37	0.56	10.2
DeAndre Hopkins	ARI	48	77.4	26	8	0.4	57	0.29	0.8	9.3
Tim Patrick	DEN	59	92.2	26	8	0.33	192	0.49	0.84	14.1
Marcus Johnson	IND	40	63.5	33	8	0.19	145	0.43	0.59	15.8
Tyler Boyd	CIN	57	78.1	36	8	0.21	87	0.25	0.48	12.9
DeVante Parker	MIA	46	82.1	27	8	0.28	71	0.34	0.65	6.5
Zach Pascal	IND	58	92.1	42	7	0.17	91	0.27	0.44	15.4
A.J. Brown	TEN	63	84	36	7	0.17	91	0.29	0.46	22.6
Calvin Ridley	ATL	59	73.8	38	7	0.19	56	0.22	0.44	18.9
James Washington	PIT	43	66.2	23	7	0.3	87	0.51	0.81	16.8
Cole Beasley	BUF	34	64.2	24	7	0.28	62	0.25	0.59	14.5
Chris Godwin	TB	40	61.5	20	7	0.25	32	0.15	0.48	9.8
Laviska Shenault Jr.	JAX	47	73.4	35	7	0.16	-1	0	0.24	4.1
Michael Gallup	DAL	72	80.9	50	6	0.12	75	0.25	0.35	4.3
Adam Humphries	TEN	41	54.7	29	6	0.15	56	0.18	0.35	18.4
Deebo Samuel	SF	60	82.2	29	6	0.18	-30	-0.19	0.14	18
Kenny Golladay	DET	57	74	28	6	0.19	118	0.42	0.58	14.5
Demarcus Robinson	KC	69	94.5	34	6	0.23	64	0.4	0.62	11.9
Marquise Brown	BAL	62	84.9	28	6	0.24	76	0.47	0.69	9.7
Julian Edelman	NE	43	75.4	27	6	0.22	39	0.25	0.51	4.32
Adam Thielen	MIN	52	92.9	34	5	0.14	70	0.22	0.37	14.1
Chad Beebe	MIN	22	39.3	16	5	0.14	35	0.11	0.29	3.3
Marvin Jones Jr.	DET	62	80.5	29	5	0.16	52	0.18	0.37	2.8
Jerry Jeudy	DEN	47	73.4	26	5	0.21	76	0.19	0.45	5.2
Isaiah Wright	WAS	57	78.1	34	5	0.12	22	0.1	0.26	6.6
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	GB	53	84.1	37	5	0.16	125	0.42	0.53	6.2
Robby Anderson	CAR	59	86.8	38	5	0.19	72	0.3	0.49	11.7
Dontrelle Inman	WAS	66	90.4	43	5	0.12	37	0.16	0.3	9.5
T.Y. Hilton	IND	59	93.7	45	5	0.12	30	0.09	0.24	2.1
Josh Reynolds	LAR	50	83.3	35	5	0.11	74	0.17	0.29	12.5
Darnell Mooney	CHI	44	66.7	31	5	0.14	67	0.34	0.44	6.6
Jarvis Landry	CLE	44	77.2	25	5	0.19	41	0.27	0.48	7
Randall Cobb	HOU	44	61.1	31	4	0.11	16	0.05	0.2	10.7
John Hightower	PHI	43	59.7	30	4	0.1	119	0.33	0.38	6
Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	38	61.3	20	4	0.2	27	0.14	0.4	5.2
Jeff Smith	NYJ	60	84.5	40	4	0.1	72	0.21	0.3	1.8
Damiere Byrd	NE	55	96.5	33	4	0.15	77	0.49	0.57	6.8
Russell Gage	ATL	51	63.8	35	4	0.11	54	0.21	0.31	10.5
John Brown	BUF	51	96.2	30	4	0.16	69	0.28	0.43	0
Odell Beckham Jr.	CLE	48	84.2	29	4	0.12	41	0.27	0.36	4.5
Chase Claypool	PIT	51	78.5	22	4	0.17	50	0.29	0.47	18.1
Darius Slayton	NYG	40	83.3	19	4	0.21	62	0.43	0.62	11.8
JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	42	64.6	24	4	0.17	19	0.11	0.34	2.6
Kalif Raymond	TEN	21	28	16	4	0.1	76	0.24	0.32	6.2
Jakeem Grant Sr.	MIA	20	35.7	12	4	0.14	26	0.13	0.29	8.8
Brandon Aiyuk	SF	62	84.9	31	3	0.12	48	0.31	0.4	9.2
Preston Williams	MIA	40	71.4	22	3	0.1	58	0.28	0.35	9.8
Cedrick Wilson	DAL	25	28.1	16	3	0.06	29	0.1	0.15	3
Tyreek Hill	KC	67	91.8	33	3	0.12	11	0.07	0.22	5.5
Christian Kirk	ARI	50	80.6	24	3	0.1	37	0.19	0.28	22.6
Greg Ward	PHI	58	80.6	39	3	0.08	12	0.03	0.14	5.9
Kendrick Bourne	SF	41	56.2	26	3	0.09	37	0.24	0.3	6.4
Anthony Miller	CHI	44	66.7	31	3	0.08	-5	-0.03	0.11	3.8
Mike Thomas	CIN	26	35.6	14	3	0.08	23	0.07	0.16	2
Devin Duvernay	BAL	26	35.6	17	3	0.12	3	0.02	0.19	6.1
Braxton Berrios	NYJ	16	22.5	11	3	0.08	37	0.11	0.19	2.8
C.J. Board	NYG	10	20.8	6	3	0.16	28	0.19	0.37	1.8
DeMichael Harris	IND	12	19	9	3	0.07	4	0.01	0.12	5.9
Week 6 WR AVG	NFL	41	62	25	5	0.14	52	0.2	0.35	8.2

Week 6 Highlighted Players (PPR Points): Robby Anderson (11.7), Darius Slayton (11.8), Jeff Smith (1.8)

Above Average PPR Performance Week 6 Hit Rate: 66% scored above 8.2 PPR points, the average for the position in Week 6.

Can Amari Cooper matter without Dak Prescott at the helm of the Cowboys offense? In Week 6 the Cowboys ran 87 plays in 60 minutes, the most plays they have run all season, with Andy Dalton at quarterback. they threw the ball at the third-highest rate all season. Throwing the ball on 68% of their plays according to the Rotoviz Pace Tool. If the passing game maintains, Cooper’s volume should have the ability to hold as well. He is currently second at the position in targets and receptions. He also ranks sixth in receiving yards. Cooper’s biggest problem this year has been the endzone. He ranks 24th in receiving touchdowns. He only has two so far this year. Using his receiving yardage, which correlates strongly to touchdowns, he should have at least three touchdowns so far this year. In fact, the two weeks he had touchdowns, Weeks 4 and 6, he was a WR1 in fantasy. Cooper in a bona fide WR1 going forward and one that looks to be showing a bit more consistency so far in 2020. (We will chalk up the Week 5 blunder to the Dak injury.)

Brandin Cooks has entered the chat. Over the last three games, Cooks has lived up to the Will Fuller arbitrage some fantasy experts were predicting he’d be during draft season. Cooks looks to be fully healed from his quad injury earlier in the season and has had two WR1 weeks in a row. Cooks did have far fewer air yards than Fuller last week and two fewer targets, but he saw two targets within the five-yard line. Those targets are almost as valuable as a rush is to a running back from the same area of the field. This does not appear to be a trend unless it’s the beginning of one since all the Houston receivers are about even in targets within that area of the field. Cooks big weeks have been boosted by some touchdown help, but his target share still makes him a very valuable option in an offense that, though low-volume passes at the fifth-highest rate in the league.

While Marcus Johnson was the big play receiver that jumped off the screen in the Colts 21 point comeback in Week 6, Zach Pascal once again should be the receiver piquing interests. This isn’t the first time that Pascal has been covered in this report. Week 6 showed that Pascal is a viable target in this Colts passing attack, especially within the red zone. Of his above-average seven targets, an elite ranking of 3 came within the red zone. One of those also came within the five yard-line. Pascal does need to improve his catch percentage as he ranks 73rd in the league in true catch percentage which takes into account the percentage of catchable balls caught only. He has to hang onto the ball to truly ascend to a strong fantasy option, but the volume is there.

Other Week 6 Standouts: Julio Jones, Michael Gallup, D.J. Moore, Cooper Kupp, Tee Higgins, Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen, Randall Cobb, Brandon Aiyuk, Preston Williams, Chris Conley, Trent Taylor

Tight End

Week 6: TE Volume Leaders

NAME	TEAM	SNAPS	SNAP %	ROUTES RUN	TARGETS	TARGET SHARE	RZ TARGETS	AIR YARDS	AIR YARD MS	WOPR	FPTS
Zach Ertz	PHI	48	66.7	28	10	0.26	2	73	0.2	0.52	7.3
George Kittle	SF	71	97.3	28	10	0.3	0	66	0.43	0.75	23.9
Anthony Firkser	TEN	41	54.7	27	9	0.22	2	68	0.22	0.48	25.3
Rob Gronkowski	TB	55	84.6	22	8	0.29	2	83	0.39	0.7	18.8
Jimmy Graham	CHI	45	68.2	29	8	0.22	1	31	0.16	0.44	8.4
Darren Fells	HOU	63	87.5	29	7	0.19	1	55	0.17	0.4	20.5
Travis Kelce	KC	65	89	29	7	0.27	2	59	0.37	0.66	21.5
Albert Okwuegbunam	DEN	24	37.5	15	6	0.25	2	85	0.22	0.53	6.5
Austin Hooper	CLE	40	70.2	21	6	0.23	0	23	0.15	0.45	10.2
T.J. Hockenson	DET	46	59.7	21	5	0.19	3	38	0.13	0.38	9.7
Irv Smith Jr.	MIN	44	78.6	28	5	0.14	2	29	0.09	0.28	11.5
Trey Burton	IND	35	55.6	27	5	0.12	1	42	0.13	0.27	21.9
Dalton Schultz	DAL	72	80.9	44	5	0.1	0	24	0.08	0.2	7.5
Logan Thomas	WAS	63	86.3	36	4	0.1	1	41	0.18	0.28	13.2
Kyle Rudolph	MIN	38	67.9	23	4	0.11	1	31	0.1	0.24	7.7
Eric Ebron	PIT	46	70.8	16	4	0.17	1	30	0.18	0.38	2.9
Hayden Hurst	ATL	68	85	41	4	0.11	0	22	0.09	0.22	15.7
Tyler Higbee	LAR	45	75	18	4	0.11	0	36	0.09	0.23	8.6
Robert Tonyan	GB	37	58.7	26	4	0.13	0	23	0.08	0.25	5.5
Mark Andrews	BAL	37	50.7	23	4	0.16	0	25	0.16	0.35	4.1
Gerald Everett	LAR	30	50	17	4	0.11	0	30	0.07	0.22	5.7
Adam Shaheen	MIA	16	28.6	9	3	0.1	1	16	0.08	0.21	14.1
Jack Doyle	IND	39	61.9	24	3	0.07	1	26	0.08	0.16	9.9
Nick Boyle	BAL	56	76.7	21	3	0.12	1	24	0.15	0.28	12.3
Kaden Smith	NYG	23	47.9	5	3	0.16	1	1	0.01	0.24	4.5
Evan Engram	NYG	39	81.2	17	3	0.21	0	47	0.32	0.54	5
Richard Rodgers	PHI	43	59.7	19	3	0.08	0	29	0.08	0.17	6.1
Ryan Izzo	NE	35	61.4	13	3	0.11	0	26	0.17	0.28	4.8
Demetrius Harris	CHI	24	36.4	9	3	0.06	0	23	0.12	0.16	0
Ryan Griffin	NYJ	26	36.6	12	3	0.08	0	17	0.05	0.15	3.7
Geoff Swaim	TEN	49	65.3	12	3	0.07	0	2	0.01	0.11	3
David Njoku	CLE	23	40.4	8	3	0.12	0	6	0.04	0.2	1.7
Durham Smythe	MIA	19	33.9	4	2	0.07	2	11	0.05	0.14	7.4
Tyler Davis	JAX	16	25	10	2	0.05	1	27	0.06	0.11	0
Pharaoh Brown	HOU	30	41.7	10	2	0.05	1	19	0.06	0.12	4.8
Jesse James	DET	42	54.5	14	2	0.03	1	2	0.01	0.05	1.3
Cole Kmet	CHI	23	34.8	8	2	0.06	1	15	0.07	0.14	10
Mike Gesicki	MIA	37	66.1	24	2	0.07	0	30	0.14	0.2	0
Marcedes Lewis	GB	21	33.3	10	2	0.06	0	31	0.1	0.17	0
Tyler Kroft	BUF	30	56.6	18	2	0.08	0	5	0.02	0.13	1.7
Jonnu Smith	TEN	29	38.7	13	2	0.05	0	13	0.04	0.1	2.3
Chris Manhertz	CAR	33	48.5	8	2	0.07	0	10	0.04	0.14	1.6
Harrison Bryant	CLE	21	36.8	7	2	0.08	0	5	0.03	0.14	2.1
Week 6 AVG. TE	NFL	38	57.6	18	4	0.11	1	25	0.1	0.24	6.8

Week 6 Highlighted Players (PPR Points): Travis Kelce (21.5), Austin Hooper (10.2)

Above Average PPR Performance Week 6 Hit Rate: 100% scored above 5.6 PPR points, the average for the position in Week 6.

This should be the year two breakout for Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson. He’s shown flashes with two TE1 finishes this season, but he’s trapped in a perpetual low volume offense in Detroit. Detroit passes on a middling 55% of their passes in neutral game scripts and Hockenson sees 15% of the target share. That’s not a terrible number, but it’s not great and it is forcing Hockenson to be extremely efficient and touchdown dependent to be fantasy relevant. However, over the last three games, Hockenson has seen the second-most targets for tight ends in the red zone to Travis Kelce. Those targets have the strongest correlation to PPR fantasy points at the tight end position. It helps also that he can run. Hockenson is ranks 7th at the tight end position at yards after the catch per reception. That helps him make the most of every opportunity he gets. It’s quite clear that Hockenson is a dangerous weapon in the Lions offense, but unless they shift more targets his way or move to a more pass-heavy offense, Hock will continue to be a touchdown-dependent option at tight end.

Finally, Irv Smith is showing some signs of life in the Minnesota Vikings offense. Smith was a trendy late-round dart throw at the tight end position in drafts because of his athletic profile. Over the last two games, Smith was top 10 in targets for tight ends in the red zone. He also has been utilized more in the slot. In Weeks 1-4 he didn’t see a single snap from the slot where he was utilized on about 41% of his snaps last year. Over the last two weeks, he has been moved back to the slot and seen some good positional matchups. If Minnesota’s defense continues to struggle, it may spell more opportunity for Smith as well. He may just live up to that late-round sleeper hype after all.

Rob Gronkowski, The Artist Formerly Known as Gronk, saw his largest target share of the season in Week 6 and put up Gronk-like numbers for old time’s sake. In just his second TE1 performance this year, Gronk was targeted a season-high eight times with one of those coming within the 5-yard line. He also had two more targets within the red zone, one of which he scored on for his first touchdown of the year. Gronkowski should continue to be a threat within the red zone this season, especially with O.J. Howard hitting season-ending IR. He can be very dangerous still in the red zone as he is 10th in yards after the catch per reception, averaging 6 yards with each catch and run. Look for Gronk to return each week he enters the end zone.

Other Week 6 Standouts: Zach Ertz, Durham Smythe, Darren Fells, Logan Thomas, Adam Shaheen

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