San Diego WR corps:
Snap Percentages
Brown - 91% - 94% - 93% - 99% - 96% - 87%
Allen - 0% - 53% - 83% - 94% - 100% - 99%
Royal - 55% - 73% - 54% - 84% - 85% - 21%
Targets
Brown - 4 - 7 - 3 - 9 - 8 - 4 (35 total)
Allen - 0 - 3 - 1 - 6 - 9 - 12 (31 total)
Royal - 6 - 8 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 0 (27 total)
* Gates - 4 - 10 - 7 - 10 - 10 - 8 (49 total)
* Woodhead - 3 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 9 - 5 (41 total)
Summary
While this was more of a look-back, since at this point most people know where these guys are at now, it's interesting to see how things are fleshing out. Gates has definitely turned back the clock, and is an every week TE/excellent value this year. Woodhead is a great PPR asset, as he's getting the 2nd most targets even without his rushes (and I just snagged him this week). The Allen train has probably left the station in your respective league at this point, but if not, hop on (I know I did). At this point we can probably ignore Royal, and only use Brown in deeper leagues.
San Diego backfield:
Snap Percentages:
Ryan Mathews - 38% - 33% - 32% - 49% - 4% - 53%
Ronnie Brown - 45% - 18% - 22% - 7% - 33% - 9%
Danny Woodhead - 17% - 49% - 46% - 44% - 62% - 37%
Utilization
Ryan Mathews - 15 - 17 - 16 - 23 - 3 - 23 (8 targets, 89 rushes)
Ronnie Brown - 7 - 4 - 5 - 1 - 10 - 2 (6 targets, 23 rushes)
Danny Woodhead - 3 - 18 - 13 - 12 - 18 - 14 (41 targets (3rd in RB targets), 37 rushes)
Summary
As a Woodhead owner, this is music to my ears, because it looks like Brown is going to be phased out as much as possible. Additionally, it looks like Mathews is going to be getting his 20+ snaps finally that he deserves, and actually get a few catches here and there. I won't be buying Mathews since I'm in PPR, but I think his buy-low period is up/just about up
Minn WR corps:
Snap Percentage
Jennings - 85% - 84% - 81% - 69% - BYE - 85%
Simpson - 76% - 69% - 59% - 54% - BYE - 68%
*Rudolph - 98% - 98% - 91% - 94% - BYE - 77%
Targets
Jennings - 7 - 6 - 6 - 4 - BYE - 10 (33 total, 60.6% rec)
Simpson - 8 - 5 - 8 - 11 - BYE - 7 (39 total, 5% rec)
*Rudolph - 4 - 6 - 8 - 2 - BYE - 11 (31 total, 67.6% rec)
Summary
While, at this point, we can probably cut ties/ignore Wright and Patterson, I'm still not sure which of these two is the 'right' WR going forward. Jennings saw a nice bump in targets and snaps after the bye, but Simpson is still getting his.
New England WR corps:
Snap Percentage
Amendola - 62% - DNP - DNP - DNP - 62% - 57%
Edelman - 89% - 97% - 89% - 97% - 95% - 48%
Thompkins - 96% - 83% - 91% - 86% - 97% - 67%
Dobson - DNP - 51% - 72% - 38% - 60% - 92%
Collie - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - 10%
Utilization
Danny Amendola - 14 - DNP - DNP - DNP - 9 - 4 (27 total)
Julian Edelman - 9 - 19 - 7 - 9 - 7 - 11 (35 total)
Kenbrell Thompkins - 14 - 7 - 7 - 11 - 4 - 6 (28 total)
Aaron Dobson - DNP - 10 - 10 - 3 - 4 - 10 (20 total)
Collie - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - 2 (2 total)
Production
Danny Amendola - 10/104/0 - DNP - DNP - DNP - 4/55/0 - 2/0/0 (16/159/0)
Julian Edelman - 7/79/2 - 13/78/0 - 7/44/0 - 7/118/0 - 2/35/0 - 5/57/0 (41/411/2)
Kenbrell Thompkins - 4/42/0 - 2/47/0 - 3/41/2 - 6/127/1 - 3/16/0 - 3/45/1 (21/318/4)
Aaron Dobson - DNP - 3/56/1 - 7/52/0 - 1/10/0 - 2/49/0 - 6/63/0 (19/230/1)
Collie - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - 2/24/0 (2/24/0)
Summary
At this point, I don't know who I could trust in this offense. In theory? A healthy Amendola would be amazing, but at this point I cut ties with him personally. Edelman will get his when Amendola is out, but outside of PPR he's only averaging 8.85 points a game, so I don't like him even as a WR2. Thompkins at this point is exactly where he's going to stay this year in my opinion (9.3 ppg average, but boom or bust long ball type guy). I WANT to buy Dobson as he's getting his snaps and targets finally, but he's getting next to no production, and I can't see who I'd cut for him. I picked up Collie this week personally, and here's why: 1) Veteran receiver on a team where Julian Edelman has been poised to take the #1 spot from an ailing Amendola. 2) The only real healthy veteran. 3) Brady trusted him on the GAME WINNING DRIVE without him having played before, and he made the catches where it counted. Other than that, this receiving squad is poised to give Gronk a huge bump if he can ever get healthy, but far be it from me to figure out who's losing their targets.
Giants WR corps:
Snap Percentage
Cruz - 90% - 96% - 87% - 95% - 93% - 93%
Nicks - 85% - 91% - 87% - 95% - 96% - 96%
Randle - 67% - 78% - 67% - 63% - 53% - 41%
Utilization
Cruz - 8 - 11 - 8 - 16 - 12 - 5
Nicks - 8 - 7 - 1 - 9 - 12 - 8
Randle - 6 - 9 - 4 - 4 - 13 - 5
Production
Cruz - 5/118/3 - 8/118/0 - 3/25/0 - 10/164/1 - 5/48/0 - 4/68/0 (35/541/4)
Nicks - 5/114/0 - 4/83/0 - 0/0/0 - 3/33/0 - 9/142/0 - 4/70/0 (25/442/0)
Randle - 5/101/0 - 3/15/0 - 2/40/0 - 1/7/0 - 6/96/2 - 3/75/1 (20/333/3)
Summary
So, we all knew Cruz was the man, but his production isn't the best if he doesn't get a long TD, no surprises there. I still like Nicks as a bye low, because even in his poorer weeks he's putting up decent PPR numbers, and landing on a team like Carolina or New England could jump him to top 10, top 5 arguments possibly. I do like how Randle is trending though, so if you need a WR now, or want to stash, now may be your last chance if you already missed on someone like Allen, or want another
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