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Fantasy Football: What we learned from Week 7, including D'Andre Swift being unleashed as a receiving threat
Each week, SportsLine's Fantasy expert Jacob Gibbs will provide a data-driven deep-dive into the usage for every team's running backs and pass-catchers. You can find full team-by-team data on snap counts, target share, routes run, red-zone usage and more for every Fantasy relevant running back, wide receiver and tight end.
Below, Gibbs covers the 10 most important storylines from Week 7 to help provide a better understanding of what we learned and how it will impact the Fantasy outlook of specific teams and players.
If you have questions about any stats, players, or situations covered or not covered in this article, feel free to reach out to Gibbs on Twitter.
Important Week 7 metrics
Week 7 RB snap rate leaders:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
89% — Darrell Henderson
84% — Alvin Kamara
82% — Devontae Booker
79% — Khalil Herbert
75% — Derrick Henry
73% — D'Andre Swift, Cordarelle Patterson
72% — Michael Carter, Aaron Jones
70% — Chase Edmonds
69% — D'Ernest Johnson
67% — Jonathan Taylor
No stat correlates more closely with Fantasy scoring at the RB position than snap rate.
Week 7 route involvement rate leaders at the RB position:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
84% — D'Andre Swift 🥵
76% — Alvin Kamara, JD McKissic, Chase Edmonds
69% — Darrell Henderson
68% — Aaron Jones
67% — Cordarelle Patterson
63% — Devontae Booker
59% — Michael Carter, Darrel Williams
56% — Myles Gaskin
A player's route involvement rate simply represents the percentage of the team's total dropbacks on which that player ran a route. So, the running backs listed above all have run a route on at least 59 percent of their team's dropbacks. Running routes is the first step towards drawing targets, which is key to unlocking Fantasy upside at the RB position.
On the year:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
(target share on the left, air yard share on the right)
34.1% — Deebo Samuel — 35%
33.8% — Davante Adams — 43.4%
33.8% — Cooper Kupp — 34.4%
31.2% — Brandin Cooks — 49%
These receivers have shown a unique ability to dominate both the target and air yardage share.
TPRR Continued:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
26% — Calvin Ridley, D'Andre Swift, DJ Moore, Terry McLaurin, Rondale Moore
25% — Alvin Kamara, Hunter Renfrow, Sterling Shepard, DK Metcalf
24% — Najee Harris, Justin Jefferson, Chase Claypool, Keenan Allen
23% — CeeDee Lamb, Marquise Brown, Jakobi Meyers, OBJ
Target per route run rate is one of the most important stats available for evaluating pass-catchers in Fantasy. I wrote about it in more detail here, if you are unfamiliar with the stat.
Players who accounted for the largest share of their team's air yards in Week 7:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
63% — Darius Slayton
59% — AJ Brown
58% — Terry McLaurin
55% — Marquise Brown
48% — Michael Pittman
45% — Tee Higgins, Kalif Raymond
42% — Kyle Pitts
41% — Nico Collins, DK Metcalf
Target per route run leaders at the TE position through Week 7:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
23% — Dalton Schultz, Darren Waller, Mark Andrews, Travis Kelce
22% — Mike Gesicki
21% — Noah Fant, Kyle Pitts
19% — TJ Hockenson
18% — Hunter Henry, Jared Cook
17% — Tyler Conklin
15% — Dawson Knox, Tyler Higbee
These tight ends are being targeted at the highest rate when allowed to run routes, but that's only part of the equation when evaluating tight ends for Fantasy purposes. Understanding how often each tight end's offense allows them to actually run routes is another important piece of the puzzle.
Season-long leaders:
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 26, 2021
91% — Darren Waller
87% — Travis Kelce
86% — TJ Hockenson
82% — Mark Andrews
83% — Tyler Higbee
81% — Kyle Pitts
80% — Noah Fant
74% — Mike Gesciki
73% — Cole Kmet
71% — Dawson Knox
69% — Hunter Henry
68% — Dalton Schultz
So which RB saw a surprising role in Week 7? And which top tight end could be impacted by a breakthrough rookie campaign? ... Join SportsLine here to see Jacob Gibbs' What We Learned from Week 6 feature, all from one of the nation's most accurate experts as graded by FantasyPros!
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