Every week, I scour through every team’s trends, performance, game-logs, and advanced data to find stats that matter for fantasy football. Here’s the Week 7 Stat-Pack:
Arizona Cardinals
Kyler Murray’s weekly finishes this year: QB5 > QB5 > QB10 > QB6 > QB5 > QB3.
Kenyan Drake has two or fewer targets in every game so far.
Drake saw four or more targets in 7-of-8 games last season.
Even though he’s not seeing any usage in the passing game, Drake is still a workhorse. He’s played on 67% of Cardinals’ snaps — which is the ninth-highest rate among running backs.
Atlanta Falcons
Matt Ryan’s weekly finishes when Julio Jones plays this year: QB5 > QB6 > QB1.
Ryan’s weekly finishes without Julio: QB27 > QB25 > QB23.
When Julio has played, Ryan averages 0.34 expected points added per dropback.
Ryan’s EPA when Julio is out: -0.10
Baltimore Ravens
Lamar Jackson gained 75 yards on designed runs in Week 6 — a new season-high.
Jackson’s passing touchdown rate this year is 6.2% (13th among QBs). Last year, Jackson’s 9% TD rate led the league.
Marquise Brown is one of 8 wide receivers that have seen 6 or more targets in every game so far this season.
Buffalo Bills
After missing three games, the Bills eased Zack Moss back in his return. Devin Singletary out-snapped Moss (40 to 13) and out-touched him (11 to 5).
These are Stefon Diggs’ weekly finishes so far: WR22 > WR2 > WR30 > WR17 > WR13 > WR17.
Carolina Panthers
Only four receivers have scored 10 or more PPR points in every game they’ve played so far: Robby Anderson, Stefon Diggs, CeeDee Lamb, and D.K. Metcalf.
Keelan Cole is averaging more fantasy points per game (13.6) than D.J. Moore (13.4).
Over the last four weeks without Christian McCaffrey, Mike Davis leads all running backs in snap rate (80%) and trails only Derrick Henry (28.9) and Alvin Kamara (28.5) in fantasy points per game (21.7).
Chicago Bears
Allen Robinson has now seen eight or more targets in 12 straight games dating back to last year.
Nick Foles’ target distribution in 3 and ½ games: Robinson (41), Jimmy Graham (25), Darnell Mooney (22), and David Montgomery (22).
Jimmy Graham is tied with T.J. Hockenson for the second-most end zone targets among tight ends (6). Mark Andrews (7) is first.
Cincinnati Bengals
Joe Burrow’s passer rating when he targets A.J. Green is 54.6. When he targets Tyler Boyd it’s 101.8 and when he throws to Tee Higgins it’s 110.8.
Over the last month, Higgins is 21st among all receivers in fantasy points per game (15.7).
Burrow is first in pass attempts (246) but 29th in passing touchdown rate (2.9%).
Burrow ranks fourth-from-last in on-target throw rate on passes of 20+ yards per SIS (36%).
Cleveland Browns
Over the last two weeks without Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt has handled 70% of the Browns snaps and 67% of the RB opportunities (attempts + targets).
In Week 7, Hunt gets to face a Bengals defense that is allowing the seventh-most yards per touch to opposing RBs.
Odell Beckham has been held under 90 receiving yards in 16 straight games.
OBJ averaged 92.8 yards per game in his Giants career.
Dallas Cowboys
Andy Dalton’s passer rating on MNF against the Cardinals was 65.8.
Dak Prescott’s worst single-game passer rating over the last two seasons came last year on the road against the Patriots (64.2).
Dalton’s target distribution on 66 throws so far: Amari Cooper (13), CeeDee Lamb (13), Ezekiel Elliott (11), Michael Gallup (9).
Lamb is on pace for 1,325 yards — which would be second-most all-time for a rookie WR behind only Anquan Boldin (1,377).
Denver Broncos
- Tim Patrick very quietly leads the Broncos in both receptions and yards this year.
Detroit Lions
D’Andre Swift’s breakout performance was great to see, but he still played on just 38% of the Lions snaps and Kerryon Johnson ran more routes than him (11 to 10).
Kenny Golladay has out-targeted Marvin Jones 21 to 10 over the last three games.
Green Bay Packers
According to Next Gen Stats, Aaron Rodgers was under pressure on 13.4% of his dropbacks in Week 1-5. In Week 6 against Tampa, he was pressured 33% of the time.
Tampa Bay blitzed Rodgers on 38% of his dropbacks where Rodgers went 3-of-12 for 25 yards and 2 INTs.
Davante Adams has seen 10 or more targets in 12 of his last 13 games (including the postseason).
Houston Texans
If you discount his Week 2 game where he was limited because of a hamstring injury, Will Fuller is averaging 19.5 fantasy points per game in his five other outings.
Adam Thielen is the WR7 in FPG (19.5).
All the Texans needed to do was to fire Bill O’Brien to unlock Brandin Cooks. In four games with O’Brien, Cooks saw just 21 targets and turned them into 10/138 receiving.
In two games with O’Brien gone, Cooks has 21 targets and 17/229/2.
Indianapolis Colts
These are Jonathan Taylor’s weekly finishes over the last five weeks without Marlon Mack: RB14 > RB25 > RB36 > RB18 > RB9.
The Colts offensive line hasn’t been as dominant to start this season so far. According to FootballOutsiders, the Colts are 26th in adjusted offensive line yards after ranking 12th in 2019 and 4th in 2018.
Since 2015, T.Y. Hilton has played in 36 games with Luck and 42 without him. With Andrew Luck, Hilton averages 16.9 fantasy points and 89.2 yards per game and just 11.0 FPG and 55.7 YPG with all other Colts’ quarterbacks in this timeframe.
Jacksonville Jaguars
- D.J. Chark saw 32% of Jags’ targets in Week 6, a new season-high.
Kansas City Chiefs
Clyde Edwards-Helaire is third among all running backs in scrimmage yards per game.
Travis Kelce has now finished as a TE1 (top-12) in 20 of his last 22 games.
Las Vegas Raiders (Bye)
Los Angeles Chargers (Bye)
Los Angeles Rams
Cam Akers played one (1) snap this past week.
After randomly only getting 8 carries in a game the Rams largely controlled against the Giants in Week 4, Darrell Henderson has handled 29 carries over the last two games.
Malcolm Brown has just 10 carries over Week 5-6.
Miami Dolphins
With Jordan Howard (healthy scratch) out over the last two weeks, Myles Gaskin has handled six of the Dolphins 7 RB touches inside of the 10-yard line (red-zone).
Gaskin has handled 43 opportunities (attempts + targets) in Week 5-6 — seventh-most among all RBs in this span.
Minnesota Vikings
Justin Jefferson leads all receivers in yards and fantasy points over the last month.
After running 82% of his routes from the slot in Week 1-2, Jefferson has run 73% of his routes out wide in Week 3-6.
Jefferson is fifth among all receivers in yards after the catch per reception behind only Robert Woods, Terry McLaurin, Cooper Kupp, and Kendrick Bourne.
New England Patriots
James White led the Patriots in targets (9) with Cam Newton back this past week.
Cam Newton is averaging a career-high 11.3 carries and 56.3 yards per game on the ground.
Despite missing a game and having their game rescheduled last week, Newton leads all QBs in designed runs with 30 per SIS. Lamar Jackson is second (27).
Julian Edelman’s catch rate is 56% — which would be a career-low. Edelman’s catch rate from 2013-19 was 67%.
New Orleans Saints (Bye)
New York Giants
The Giants offense is completely anemic. They’re 31st in the NFL in both yards per play and points per drive. Only the Jets are worse.
Daniel Jones’ best weekly finish so far? QB19.
Evan Engram has been held under 50 yards in nine of his 12 career starts with Daniel Jones.
New York Jets
The Jets rank last in yards per play, points per drive, third-down conversion rate, red-zone touchdown rate, and drives ending in a score.
They’re 31st in time of possession per drive, penalties per snap, and starting field position.
Philadelphia Eagles
Travis Fulgham is currently leading all receivers in fantasy points per game (21.5).
Zach Ertz is currently 26th among all tight ends in fantasy points per game (8.0).
On throws of 20+ yards, Carson Wentz has been on-target just 41% of the time — which is the fifth-worst rate in the NFL.
On throws between 10-19 yards downfield, Wentz has been on-target 56% of the time (third-worst).
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chase Claypool leads all receivers in yards per route run.
Over the last month, Claypool is the WR3 in fantasy points per game (21.4).
JuJu Smith-Schuster ranks 95th in YPRR (out of 118).
JuJu has seen just 15% of the Steelers targets over their last three games.
San Francisco 49ers
Raheem Mostert leads all running backs in yards per touch this year with 7.3. The next closest back is Alvin Kamara (6.8).
After Mostert went down with an ankle injury and missed the second half in Week 6, Jamycal Hasty actually out-snapped Jerick McKinnon (15 to 13).
Deebo Samuel has out-targeted Brandon Aiyuk 14 to 8 over the last two weeks.
Seattle Seahawks (Bye)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In the three games Chris Godwin has missed this year, Mike Evans has posted 7/104/1, 7/122/1, and 5/41/1 on 27 targets.
When Godwin has played, Evans has gone for 1/2/1, 2/2/2, and 1/10 on just 10 targets.
Over the last three weeks, Ronald Jones is the RB8 in fantasy points per game (20.1).
Among the 35 RBs with 50 or more carries on the season, Jones ranks second-best in yards after contact per rush and 11th-best in success rate.
Tennessee Titans
Last year, Ryan Tannehill ranked 1st in passer rating, 1st in yards per attempt, 2nd in touchdown rate, and 3rd in completion percentage.
This year, Tannehill is 3rd in passer rating, 10th in YPA, 2nd in touchdown rate, and 6th in completion percentage.
A.J. Brown has finished as the WR11 and WR4 over the last two weeks.
Derrick Henry has gone over 75 yards or scored a touchdown in 21 of his last 22 games (including postseason).
Washington
Terry McLaurin has seen 26% of Washington’s targets — which is the eighth-highest target share among WRs.
McLaurin has also seen 41% of the team’s air yards — the fourth-highest share among WRs.
Per SIS, Kyle Allen has been on-target on 84% of his throws while Dwayne Haskins was on-target just 70% of the time.
