Week 8 Usage Report: How running backs split snaps, targets, red zone work and more for every team
Each week, SportsLine's Fantasy expert Jacob Gibbs will provide a data-driven deep-dive into Sunday's games to help provide a better understanding of what we learned and how it will impact the Fantasy outlook of specific teams and players.
Below, 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. Check back later in the week for What We Learned, where Gibbs will break down all the takeaways you should have from Week 8, pulling largely from the information here and in his usage report for wide receivers and tight ends.Â
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.
Week 8 Leaders
No stat correlates more closely with Fantasy scoring at the RB position than snap rate.
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 ran a route on at least 63 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.
Let's dig into the full data on Week 8 usage rates.
So which running backs were leaned on in the red zone in Week 8? And what do you need to know about how every running back was used in the passing game this past week? ... Join SportsLine here to see Jacob Gibbs' Running Back Usage Report, all from one of the nation's most accurate experts as graded by FantasyPros!
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