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2015 Snaps, Utilization and etc. (1 Viewer)

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So, I didn't think I'd be able to find any time to do this again this year..and I was right. Fear not, because apparently there are random dudes putting together awesome spreadsheets over in the fantasy football subreddit all the time. I think it's okay for me to share this on as long as I give credit where credit is due.

Naly_D's Snaps & Stats & Wires

Naly_D's Week 2 Snaps & Stats & Wires

Naly_D's Week 3 Snaps & Stats & Wires

dfoolio's Targets/Receptions/Yardage/etc.

dfoolio's Week 2 Targets/Receptions/Yardage/etc.

dfoolio's Week 3 Targets/Receptions/Yaradage/etc.

I plan to continually update this week to week. This #### is gold.

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This is really good stuff. Thanks.

Jermaine Kearse and Keenan Allen are sticking out for me. (I'm an East Coaster, so we generally don't get the coverage of the true West/Midwest games)

Also, Rashad Greene from Jax getting thirteen targets and catching seven for twenty-eight yards is ugly. Ouch.

 
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Also, Rashad Greene from Jax getting thirteen targets and catching seven for twenty-eight yards is ugly. Ouch.
This seems a fitting spot for your "zipper" lack of separation comparison, which I had to read and re-read like 5 times before I got it. I like when I have to work for the joke. :)

 
Also, Rashad Greene from Jax getting thirteen targets and catching seven for twenty-eight yards is ugly. Ouch.
This seems a fitting spot for your "zipper" lack of separation comparison, which I had to read and re-read like 5 times before I got it. I like when I have to work for the joke. :)
Clarity isn't necessarily my strong suit, but I do what I can. :P

Also, James Jones just went in my league for about 1/5 of the FAAB budget of one of the guys, so somebody values his volume. I like Jones, I just didn't see anything with the Raiders and then the Giants to have much confidence in him.

Back to the links, though. While some of the snap counts are missing for the teams, this really is useful stuff. Looking at it for the past half an hour and thinking about picking up a guy or two solely based on volume.

 
Random things I find somewhat notable:

SD WRs - Allen-Stevie-Floyd 100%-91%-90%

I'm glad I'm not in this mess, but Woodhead outsnapped Gordon 42-36. Oliver got 5.

Phi WR snaps:

Matthews - 63

Agholor - 59

Cooper - 43

Huff - 36

Austin - 16

Cooper and Huff played on special teams while Agholor did not. I take that to mean he's the clear WR2. Good buy low candidate.

Cleveland RB snaps split very evenly among Crowell (35) and Duke (31).

Sankey and West a perfect 50-50 split.

33-27-10 Dunbar-Randle-DMC

CJA outsnapped Hillman 57-17

Eifert played 67 out of 68 snaps. Only Witten, Miller, and Olsen played 100%. Graham - 92%. Watson - 92%. L.Green - 84%. Kelce - 80%. Ertz - 70%. Allen 68%. Fleener - 48%.

Detroit had the fewest offensive snaps in the league (47). Most teams were between 60-80. So Keenan Allen almost played twice as many snaps as Calvin (79-44).

Miami looks like a mess. Landry-Matthews-Jennings-Stills-Parker 54-45-39-23-1

Andre Johnson played 82% of the snaps.

Sea WRs: Baldin-Kerse-Lockett 93%-92%-70%

Julio Jones' performance was on only 77% of the snaps. Hankerson played 68%.

Car WRs: Brown-Ginn-Cotchery-Funchess 76%-61%-44%-37%

Buf WRs: Watkins-Harvin-Woods 85%-63%-47%

Chi WRs: Royal-Wilson-Jeffrey 84%-83%-78%

 
This is going to be one of the most useful threads all season IMO. Usage/targets/snap counts is where you can find some hidden gems that league mates may be overlooking.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
FF Ninja said:
Sankey and West a perfect 50-50 split.
I've been chewing on this since I saw it on Monday. I want to get rid of West, but it makes me think that if he can come in that fast and be at 50% of the snaps, it has to be a good sign for future usage,
Thinking the same, although Sankey's solid game may have cemented his role as the feature back for the near term.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
FF Ninja said:
Sankey and West a perfect 50-50 split.
I've been chewing on this since I saw it on Monday. I want to get rid of West, but it makes me think that if he can come in that fast and be at 50% of the snaps, it has to be a good sign for future usage,
Thinking the same, although Sankey's solid game may have cemented his role as the feature back for the near term.
Yeah, that's a mess. Kind of funny people whine about losing their advantage by drafting after the preseason starts, but there are some situations that are clear as mud even after the regular season has already begun. If Sankey can put it together, he's got the measurables to be a very good RB (Ray Rice upside), but if he can't, West could certainly be a serviceable RB2 if he takes over and the offense is actually clicking. Really tough call for both West and Sankey owners. Would be nice to own either zero or both.

 
Good thread. :thumbup:

I was already thinking about Kearse as he is the only WR on the WW with double digit targets, however he is not exactly distancing himself in targets from the other WRs/TE. Prolly a crapshoot each week.

Any compelling reasons to consider him other than the 10/8 conversion rate? Didn't see the game yet.

 
Also, Rashad Greene from Jax getting thirteen targets and catching seven for twenty-eight yards is ugly. Ouch.
This seems a fitting spot for your "zipper" lack of separation comparison, which I had to read and re-read like 5 times before I got it. I like when I have to work for the joke. :)
Clarity isn't necessarily my strong suit, but I do what I can. :P

Also, James Jones just went in my league for about 1/5 of the FAAB budget of one of the guys, so somebody values his volume. I like Jones, I just didn't see anything with the Raiders and then the Giants to have much confidence in him.

Back to the links, though. While some of the snap counts are missing for the teams, this really is useful stuff. Looking at it for the past half an hour and thinking about picking up a guy or two solely based on volume.
One of them is Kearse, correct? This feels like a possible trap to me unless we can expect Wilson to throw 40+ times a game. Those 41 pass attempts vs. STL were a career high.

 
Also, Rashad Greene from Jax getting thirteen targets and catching seven for twenty-eight yards is ugly. Ouch.
This seems a fitting spot for your "zipper" lack of separation comparison, which I had to read and re-read like 5 times before I got it. I like when I have to work for the joke. :)
Clarity isn't necessarily my strong suit, but I do what I can. :P

Also, James Jones just went in my league for about 1/5 of the FAAB budget of one of the guys, so somebody values his volume. I like Jones, I just didn't see anything with the Raiders and then the Giants to have much confidence in him.

Back to the links, though. While some of the snap counts are missing for the teams, this really is useful stuff. Looking at it for the past half an hour and thinking about picking up a guy or two solely based on volume.
One of them is Kearse, correct? This feels like a possible trap to me unless we can expect Wilson to throw 40+ times a game. Those 41 pass attempts vs. STL were a career high.
Yes, that was a strange game for Wilson airing it out that much.


I don't think we'll see Seattle become a pass-oriented offense, but things can change - the defense may not be as strong, Lynch may not be as dominant, the team trusts Wilson to carry the offense more, etc.

In terms of Kearse, I wouldn't chase those targets. Lockett is proving himself more and more, and that was his first game. I expect Lockett's targets to go higher and Kearse's lower as the rookie gets more and more acclimated to the receving game.

 
Eyebrow raisers for me -

Chris Ivory - 52% of snaps in a blowout win. Tap the brakes a bit here IMO. "Receiving back" Powell gets 48% when game flow should have had them running out the clock. Chan Gailey effect may have Powell as a decent desperation add.

Lamar Miller - 81% of snaps. Buy low?

Frank Gore - 43%. Was it the calf or were they serious about limiting his PT? Potential buy low if this continues a few more games, with the expectation that his workload would increase later in the year.

Crowell/Duke - 49%/44% - RBBC hell on a bad team, but maybe Duke has some upside here if Crow continues to look pedestrian.

Hill/Gio - 53%/44% - might have been due to game flow resting Hill in a blowout, but Hill might be a sell high if this trend continues. Also, zero passing targets for Hill.

Forsett - 72% snaps, plus 50% usage. Buy low from panicky owners before he torches the Raiders this week?

Ertz - 70% snaps plus 8 targets. Seems like he's finally surpassed Celek, but game flow coming from behind may have been the catalyst. Tread carefully.

Randle - 38% snaps hidden by 70% usage. RBBC hell.

Vereen/Jennings/Williams - 42%/34%/23% snaps. RBBC hell.

Coleman/Freeman - 57%/38% snaps, both with ~50% usage. They seem committed to running the ball under Quinn and watching the game, I thought Coleman looked WAY better than Freeman. Buy high?

CJohnson/DJohnson - 29%/8% snaps. Arians doesn't trust the rookie... Yet.

Packers WR - Adams/Jones/Cobb - 97%/92%/90% fine, as expected. BUT, Jarrett Boykin with 48%??? When did they sign Boykin??? Safe to drop Janis/Montgomery in redraft.

Chuck Johnson - 98% of snaps, 5% usage. That's Agholor territory. Don't panic yet, but worth monitoring going forward.

 
I was indeed talking about Kearse. Roto and others pointed out the 41 throws. If Lockett does indeed eat into his targets, that would be a problem. But in my situation, I'd rather take my chance with Kearse than watch Markus Wheaton again. There are actually a few guys I'd consider over Wheaton right now.

As far as Ivory/Powell above, Ivory ran the ball 21 times and had a catch. Powell was the third down back and ran out the clock because there was no need for Ivory to be in the game in what became a pretty definitive blowout. I'm convinced that the Jets RBs will all get heavy usage this year, but I wouldn't look at that split and convince myself that it will be a regular thing.

 
Chuck Johnson - 98% of snaps, 5% usage. That's Agholor territory. Don't panic yet, but worth monitoring going forward.
Panic? I think that line makes him a great buy-low opportunity. If the Vikes had won 20-3 instead of losing 20-3 I'd be more worried, but even the dumbest OC ought to realize the game plan they threw out there Monday night ain't gonna work. If their offense starts to click against the Lions and Teddy B still isn't looking his way, then I'll get concerned.

 
Chris Ivory - 52% of snaps in a blowout win. Tap the brakes a bit here IMO. "Receiving back" Powell gets 48% when game flow should have had them running out the clock. Chan Gailey effect may have Powell as a decent desperation add.
I agree with pretty much everything else, but I wouldn't read into this one too much. Why beat up your injury prone bell cow in a blow out? Powell had zero rushes/targets in the first quarter and only four in the second quarter. Quarter by quarter they go 0-4-5-7. And if you look closer, Ivory's last touch was with 9:07 left in the 4th. Powell's first touch in that quarter was with 8:28 left so it appears they just pulled Ivory at that point. Prior to that, it was a 21-9 utilization split. 70% is pretty good for a lead back.

 
Chris Ivory - 52% of snaps in a blowout win. Tap the brakes a bit here IMO. "Receiving back" Powell gets 48% when game flow should have had them running out the clock. Chan Gailey effect may have Powell as a decent desperation add.
I agree with pretty much everything else, but I wouldn't read into this one too much. Why beat up your injury prone bell cow in a blow out? Powell had zero rushes/targets in the first quarter and only four in the second quarter. Quarter by quarter they go 0-4-5-7. And if you look closer, Ivory's last touch was with 9:07 left in the 4th. Powell's first touch in that quarter was with 8:28 left so it appears they just pulled Ivory at that point. Prior to that, it was a 21-9 utilization split. 70% is pretty good for a lead back.
Thanks, that clarifies a lot. This is why gameflow and actually watching the games is so important to add color to these utilization numbers.

 
Ertz - 70% snaps plus 8 targets. Seems like he's finally surpassed Celek, but game flow coming from behind may have been the catalyst. Tread carefully.
The Eagles were not playing from that much behind for very long. I can buy that maybe it was game planning as the Eagles went pass heavy for much of the game, but I don't think it was due to come-from-behind mode.

The Ertz/Celek usage split is definitely something to watch - maybe Ertz has improved his blocking enough to warrant more time on the field.

 
This is interesting, I am trying to find some ppr rb value. Lance Dunbar is really catching my attention. It will be interesting to see if his usage increases while Dez is out. I have Vereen and I am trying to get an idea on whether or not i should move to Dunbar or Lewis. Lewis is most likely skewed because of Blount's suspension, but I was looking at the usage for Vereen in 2014 against tough rush defenses. Such as Pats vs Seattle and Pats vs Detroit in 2014.

 
With all that said, somebody will catch passes in Carolina and I would think Cam would at least give us a WR3.

I think Funchess could make an interesting waiver addition later on, when he starts playing more than 37% of the snaps. They don't have anybody to keep him of the field. Seriously, who the hell is Cody Brown?

 
FF Ninja said:
Car WRs: Brown-Ginn-Cotchery-Funchess 76%-61%-44%-37%
I feel bad for Cam.
Easily the worst crop of WRs in the NFL.
From what I saw watching the game rewind, I don't think that Cam is doing them too many favors, though.
He's also got one of the worst offensive lines in the league. But from what I read, Ginn dropped a sure fire TD pass, so Newton was doing enough.

 
You guys are probably going to think I'm insane for wasting my time looking at STL's WRs but you have to admit it was an odd week 1 for them. All we heard during the offseason/preseason from most experts was that Quick would come back as the WR1 as soon as he was healthy yet he was a healthy scratch last week. Fisher made it sound like that wasn't going to change anytime soon.

The week 1 snap % - utilization..

Austin 80% - 9 (4 carries, 5 targets)

Britt 77% - 3

Bailey 32% - 4

Givens - 35% - 0

(Cunningham had 7 targets, Cooks 6, Kendricks 2)

Austin's snap count is intriguing here (he only saw 42% of the snaps by years end in 2013 and 50% in 2014). He had a good camp drawing praise from the new OC Cignetti who stated he'd get Austin more involved and Fisher who said Austin could potentially break out this year. Now here we are week one and Cignetti has made good on his word.

This is deep but if STL continues to scheme the ball into Austin's hands effectively he might be worth an add. All he needs is another week where he's on the field a ton/utilized similarly and he'll start to pop up on the PPR radar.

 
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Stl % will change when quick is back.

Cam also has Olsen so i dont feel too bad for him, although i would immediately bench ginn and insert funchess.

 
You guys are probably going to think I'm insane for wasting my time looking at STL's WRs but you have to admit it was an odd week 1 for them. All we heard during the offseason/preseason from most experts was that Quick would come back as the WR1 as soon as he was healthy yet he was a healthy scratch last week. Fisher made it sound like that wasn't going to change anytime soon.

The week 1 snap % - utilization..

Austin 80% - 9 (4 carries, 5 targets)

Britt 77% - 3

Bailey 32% - 4

Givens - 35% - 0

(Cunningham had 7 targets, Cooks 6, Kendricks 2)

Austin's snap count is intriguing here (he only saw 42% of the snaps by years end in 2013 and 50% in 2014). He had a good camp drawing praise from the new OC Cignetti who stated he'd get Austin more involved and Fisher who said Austin could potentially break out this year. Now here we are week one and Cignetti has made good on his word.

This is deep but if STL continues to scheme the ball into Austin's hands effectively he might be worth an add. All he needs is another week where he's on the field a ton/utilized similarly and he'll start to pop up on the PPR radar.
Fisher seems like the type of guy that wants to see you practice a bit before you get thrown into the lineup. I think Quick will eventually be back and take over as the WR1 in this offense, based largely on this article. When that happens I think Austin gets stuck fighting for time with Bailey who is a good player in his own right. Also, it'll be interesting if they reduce the number of 2 TE sets when Quick returns. If they don't, the WR3 in this offense won't have much value. Unless you need WR help right now, or have very deep rosters, I don't think I'd mess with Austin.

 
Ertz - 70% snaps plus 8 targets. Seems like he's finally surpassed Celek, but game flow coming from behind may have been the catalyst. Tread carefully.
The Eagles were not playing from that much behind for very long. I can buy that maybe it was game planning as the Eagles went pass heavy for much of the game, but I don't think it was due to come-from-behind mode.

The Ertz/Celek usage split is definitely something to watch - maybe Ertz has improved his blocking enough to warrant more time on the field.
They were in come from behind mode for the entire 2nd half.

And they have different roles. Celek is the blocking TE and Ertz is the receiver. So since they were in pass mode in the second half, Ertz got more snaps. It wasn't a matter of him surpassing Celek.

If Philly comes out strong early, then look for the 70% to decrease tomorrow afternoon

 
So of particular interest to me and likely a lot of other people, the snap counts for Jeremy Hill and Giovani Bernard thus far in 2015

Week 1 68 total offensive snaps

Hill 36 offensive snaps (53%) 19 rushing attempts 63 yards 3.32ypc 2TD 0 targets 0 receptions

Bernard 30 offensive snaps (44%) 8 rushing attempts 63 yards 7.88ypc 0TD 6 targets 6 receptions 25 yards

Week 2 66 total offensive snaps

Hill 20 offensive snaps (30%) 10 rushing attempts 39 yards 3.9ypc 0TD 1 target 1 reception 2 yards

Bernard 45 offensive snaps (68%) 20 rushing attempts 123 yards 6.15ypc 0TD 3 targets 3 receptions 16 yards

Total 134 offensive snaps

Hill 56 offensive snaps (42%) 29 rushing attempts 102 yards 3.5ypc 2TD 1 target 1 reception 2 yards 104 total yards

Bernard 75 offensive snaps (56%) 28 rushing attempts 186 yards 6.6ypc 0TD 9 targets 9 receptions 41 yards 227 total yards
 
So of particular interest to me and likely a lot of other people, the snap counts for Jeremy Hill and Giovani Bernard thus far in 2015

Week 1 68 total offensive snaps

Hill 36 offensive snaps (53%) 19 rushing attempts 63 yards 3.32ypc 2TD 0 targets 0 receptions

Bernard 30 offensive snaps (44%) 8 rushing attempts 63 yards 7.88ypc 0TD 6 targets 6 receptions 25 yards

Week 2 66 total offensive snaps

Hill 20 offensive snaps (30%) 10 rushing attempts 39 yards 3.9ypc 0TD 1 target 1 reception 2 yards

Bernard 45 offensive snaps (68%) 20 rushing attempts 123 yards 6.15ypc 0TD 3 targets 3 receptions 16 yards

Total 134 offensive snaps

Hill 56 offensive snaps (42%) 29 rushing attempts 102 yards 3.5ypc 2TD 1 target 1 reception 2 yards 104 total yards

Bernard 75 offensive snaps (56%) 28 rushing attempts 186 yards 6.6ypc 0TD 9 targets 9 receptions 41 yards 227 total yards
week 3 will be tellilng: was week 2 just a reaction to hill's fumblitis, or are they philosophically moving back over to gio?

 
I really wish I had access to snaps, utilization and etc. before the Tues. waiver period but it looks like it takes a little bit of time for them to come out. There's a lot of WR snaps/targets I'm interested in looking at.

 
I really wish I had access to snaps, utilization and etc. before the Tues. waiver period but it looks like it takes a little bit of time for them to come out. There's a lot of WR snaps/targets I'm interested in looking at.
Hankerson v. Roddy would be interesting to know. Also Hurns v. Lee.

 
I really wish I had access to snaps, utilization and etc. before the Tues. waiver period but it looks like it takes a little bit of time for them to come out. There's a lot of WR snaps/targets I'm interested in looking at.
Hankerson v. Roddy would be interesting to know. Also Hurns v. Lee.
Thought I read that Roddy played more snaps than Hankerson last week. Hankerson was more involved in the passing game obviously, but Roddy didn't lose any playing time it sounded like.

 
I really wish I had access to snaps, utilization and etc. before the Tues. waiver period but it looks like it takes a little bit of time for them to come out. There's a lot of WR snaps/targets I'm interested in looking at.
The above is updated for snaps,at least.

 
I really wish I had access to snaps, utilization and etc. before the Tues. waiver period but it looks like it takes a little bit of time for them to come out. There's a lot of WR snaps/targets I'm interested in looking at.
This is where the Sharkpool band of brothers needs to come together. Here is my proposal, gentleman. No one has the time to look up every team, but if 32 of us agree to take one team a piece, we can all come together here on Monday/Tuesday to track the SNU numbers from the following database before waivers run for the week. Pick your favorite team (or three) and let's do this.

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I'll start us off with my team, da Raidahs:

Wk 2 - snap% - targets - carries

Cooper - 81% - 11

Crabtree - 89% - 16

Roberts - 66% - 1

Holmes - 19% - 4

Murray - 76% - 3 - 15

Jones - 14% - 1 - 2

Reece - 14% - 2 - 0

Helu - 5% - 0 - 0

Smith - 55% - 1

Rivera - 53% - 5

Walford - 27% - 2

 
Even better, how about 16 of us do your favorite team, plus their opponent each week. Takes about 5 minutes per team...

Week 2 Ravens - snap% - targets - carries

M. Brown - 85% - 4

S. Smith - 83% - 16

Aiken - 67% - 7

Campanaro - 21% - 0

Forsett - 51% - 4 - 15

Taliaferro - 41% - 3 - 7

J. Allen - 7% - 1 - 1

Gillmore - 93% - 6

M. Williams - 24% - 1

 
Forsett - 51% - 4 - 15

Taliaferro - 41% - 3 - 7

J. Allen - 7% - 1 - 1
They're bringing Taliaferro in, but he's not getting the ball so much. What's the deal with that?
Watching the game, he looked like the goal-line, short yardage and breather RB. Forsett ran well but didn't break a long one, so overall his day was productive but quiet. Taliaferro showed nice vision vulturing a TD run from just inside the 10.

Forsett came into the game nursing a sore shoulder, so Tal may have been the preferred pass blocker in the coaches' game plan. At one point I saw Justin go down pretty hard on the dirt infield, at which point Tal came in for an extended series of plays. Forsett did come back later though and didn't seem worse for the wear.

 
I'll play:

PHI:

Wk 2 - snap% - targets - carries

Murray - 55.9% - 5 - 13

Sproles - 30.2% - 4 - 1

Mathews - 16.2% - 1 - 0

Ertz - 67.7% - 7

Celek - 42.7% - 0

Matthews - 83.1% - 9

Agholar - 77.9% - 6

Cooper - 57.4% - 2
Huff - 50.7% - 3

Austin - 18.4% - 1

 
Thought I read that Roddy played more snaps than Hankerson last week. Hankerson was more involved in the passing game obviously, but Roddy didn't lose any playing time it sounded like.
Sounds like Hankerson may have had a good match up game 2; a week to week play. Perhaps Roddy's game is coming.

 

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