We’re going to get a lot of stuff wrong, but sifting through usage metrics can help us work through what matters and what doesn’t. That’s the goal of this article: to break down the most actionable takeaways from each week in a concise, numbers-filled format and work through what’s important. Let’s get right to it:
1. In Week 1, De’Von Achane played 33 of 36 snaps with Tua Tagovailoa. In Week 2, he played 93% of snaps overall. In Week 3, his snap rate was still solid at 77%, but Ollie Gordon II got nine carries to Achane’s 12 and scored a short goal-line touchdown. It’s possible the Dolphins simply involved Gordon more on a short week, but the fact that Miami gave him high-leverage snaps (near the goal line) indicates real trust and a potentially larger rushing role for Gordon moving forward relative to what we saw in Weeks 1-2. Achane still has the highest-volume pass-catching role of any running back in football with nine targets on 34 attempts. Jaylen Wright was active but did not play.
2. One week after playing only 50.7% of snaps, Keon Coleman‘s snap rate jumped back up to 75%. Khalil Shakir played less than half of the Bills’ offensive snaps in Week 2, but that number rebounded to 70%. Buffalo seemingly played it safe with their top WRs in Week 2 in a blowout before a short week.
3. Ty Johnson out-snapped Ray Davis 15-4, and PFF’s Nathan Jahnke pointed out that Johnson played seven early-down snaps to Davis’ three. Johnson also maintained his role as the primary pass-down back. After more than a year of Davis directly backing up James Cook on early downs with Johnson as the pass-down back, it appears that Johnson is coming for the early-down RB2 role as well.
4. Kyle Pitts ran 43 routes on 45 dropbacks, matching his 96% route rate in Week 2. While he only had 4/39/0 on six targets on Sunday, the role is legitimately elite. The Atlanta passing offense overall has been well below average, but Pitts is finally getting the every-down role fantasy managers have been clamoring for for years.
5. With Atlanta in negative game script, Bijan Robinson out-snapped Tyler Allgeier 53-6, out-carried him 13-1, and out-targeted him 6-1. Allgeier is a thorn in the side of Robinson managers in games where Atlanta is leading, but he’s a near-zero when the Falcons go down.
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