Week 2 Target Watch: NFC
Welcome to the Week 2 NFC Target Watch. Below I have all the targets for each player for Week 2 and then below that I have the Red Zone targets and touches for each player for the season to date. The AFC version is HERE. I hope you enjoy and if you get a chance give a follow on Twitter.
Arizona Cardinals
Larry Fitzgerald: - 4 - 10 - (14), Michael Floyd: - 7 - 6 - (13), John Brown: - 5 - 4 - (9), Andre Ellington: - 5 - 3 - (8), John Carlson: - 1 - 3 - (4), Stepfan Taylor: - 3 - 0 - (3), Jonathan Dwyer: - 3 - 0 - (3), Rob Housler: - 3 - 0 - (3), Ted Ginn: - 3 - 0 - (3), Robert Hughes: - 1 - 1 - (2), Troy Niklas: - 0 - 1 - (1)
Larry Fitzgerald got a little of the squeaky wheel treatment on Sunday, but with Drew Stanton at the helm, his and the rest of the team’s targets, weren’t as productive as they are with Carson Palmer. We saw Michael Floyd and John Brown’s production drop sharply in a matchup where they should have been able to keep up their production. Someone give Palmer some fresh nerves please.
Andre Ellington saw 44 snaps to Jonathan Dwyer’s 23 and 16 touches to Dwyer’s nine. It’s hard to know if this would have been the breakdown of snaps if Ellington’s foot wasn’t hurting, but it is. With Dwyer out this week we will most likely see Stepfan Taylor take over his role.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Larry Fitzgerald: Run 0/ Tar 4, John Brown: Run 0/ Tar 3, Andre Ellington: Run 1/ Tar 2, Stepfan Taylor: Run 0/ Tar 2, Robert Hughes: Run 0/ Tar 1, Drew Stanton: Run 0/ Tar 0, Jonathan Dwyer: Run 5/ Tar 0
Dwyer got the lone goal line touch and was able to convert. He has been the go to player for goal line carries and Taylor would most likely get goal line looks in his absence.
Atlanta Falcons
Julio Jones: - 9 - 13 - (22), Roddy White: - 7 - 8 - (15), Harry Douglas: - 7 - 8 - (15), Levine Toilolo: - 6 - 3 - (9), Devin Hester: - 6 - 1 - (7), Devonta Freeman: - 2 - 4 - (6), Antone Smith: - 1 - 4 - (5), Steven Jackson: - 3 - 1 - (4), Jacquizz Rodgers: - 1 - 1 - (2)
For such a high-powered offense it seems like we should be able to get some production from the Falcons’ running backs, but they are a committee to be sure with Steven Jackson at 25 snaps to Jacquizz Rodgers 23 and Devonta Freeman’s 11.
Freeman was used mostly as a receiver with 10 routes run and had four targets, catching two for 22 yards. Rodgers ran the ball five times for 23 yards and Jackson ran it 11 times for 45 yards and caught one pass for 7. All in all that’s completely useless for fantasy, but if one player could get all that work we’d have something. My money is still on Freeman, but that’s not happening overnight. Freeman’s snaps actually went up from seven percent Week 1 to 16 in this game. It looks like they are getting more comfortable with him in the passing game at least.
Devin Hester saw a big drop in snaps and targets, but not in percentage of playing time, which went from 28 to 26 percent. He’ll need a big shootout game like they had with the Saints to have any value.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Julio Jones: Run 0/ Tar 2, Roddy White: Run 0/ Tar 2, Devonta Freeman: Run 0/ Tar 2, Levine Toilolo: Run 0/ Tar 1, Steven Jackson: Run 1/ Tar 1, Jacquizz Rodgers: Run 2/ Tar 0
Steven Jackson has the only goal line carry and no touchdown, while Toilolo and White have a touchdown each from their two goal line targets.
Carolina Panthers
Greg Olsen: - 11 - 8 - (19), Kelvin Benjamin: - 8 - 8 - (16), Mike Tolbert: - 4 - 4 - (8), Jerricho Cotchery: - 4 - 4 - (8), Jason Avant: - 1 - 7 - (8), Jonathan Stewart: - 3 - 1 - (4), Brenton Bersin: - dnp - 1 - (1), DeAngelo Williams: - 1 - dnp - (1), Ed Dickson: - 0 - 1 - (1)
With DeAngelo Williams out Week 2 Jonathan Stewart had 16 touches to Mike Tolbert’s seven and was on the field for 44 snaps to Tolbert’s 27. Stewart also had a goal line carry, which he converted for a touchdown. The Detroit defensive line is stout and it showed with both Stewart and Tolbert’s numbers, but if Williams is out again, Stewart should get enough opportunities to have some value.
Greg Olsen and Kelvin Benjamin remain the target leaders and that should stay that way. Jason Avant put up a good game, but he’s too far down the pecking order to be consistent in this run dominated offense.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Greg Olsen: Run 0/ Tar 2, Kelvin Benjamin: Run 0/ Tar 1, Jason Avant: Run 0/ Tar 1, Jerricho Cotchery: Run 0/ Tar 1, Jonathan Stewart: Run 2/ Tar 0, DeAngelo Williams: Run 2/ Tar 0, Cam Newton: Run 1/ Tar 0, Derek Anderson: Run 1/ Tar 0, Mike Tolbert: Run 4/ Tar 0
The red zone targets are spread out a bit much for my fantasy liking and we should see Benjamin and Olsen farther ahead in targets.
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Chicago Bears
Brandon Marshall: - 12 - 8 - (20), Martellus Bennett: - 10 - 8 - (18), Matt Forte: - 9 - 8 - (17), Alshon Jeffery: - 6 - 6 - (12), Santonio Holmes: - 5 - 2 - (7), Josh Morgan: - 3 - dnp - (3), Micheal Spurlock: - 3 - dnp - (3), Dante Rosario: - 1 - 1 - (2), Josh Bellamy: - dnp - 1 - (1)
Even when the Bears’ players are injured the same players remain the most targeted. This group is probably the most predictable of any in the league with Marshall, Forte, Jeffery and Bennett making up the bulk of their entire offense.
Santonio Holmes continues to see the third wide receiver duties, and should be next in line if one of the big four were to go down.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Brandon Marshall: Run 0/ Tar 5, Martellus Bennett: Run 0/ Tar 2, Santonio Holmes: Run 0/ Tar 1, Matt Forte: Run 2/ Tar 1
Alshon Jeffery remains mainly a mid-range to deep threat, so won’t see as many targets inside the red zone, but he should show up on this list sooner than later. Brandon Marshall is the red zone go to in the passing game and that shouldn’t change.
Dallas Cowboys
Dez Bryant: - 6 - 14 - (20), Jason Witten: - 6 - 7 - (13), Terrance Williams: - 7 - 4 - (11), DeMarco Murray: - 4 - 2 - (6), Cole Beasley: - 5 - 1 - (6), Lance Dunbar: - 3 - 0 - (3), Devin Street: - 3 - 0 - (3), Dwayne Harris: - 2 - 0 - (2), Gavin Escobar: - 1 - 1 - (2)
This week we got a little closer to what we expected from Scott Linehan as the play caller when Dez Bryant was singled out for 14 targets, doubling up the next most targeted player Jason Witten.
The real star of this game was DeMarco Murray, who is leading the NFL in rushing yards. I did expect more targets for him than the six he’s seen so far. The running backs as a whole have just nine targets and seven receptions through two games. Reggie Bush and Joique Bell would sneeze at those numbers under Linehan in Detroit.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Terrance Williams: Run 0/ Tar 3, Cole Beasley: Run 0/ Tar 2, Dez Bryant: Run 0/ Tar 2, Jason Witten: Run 0/ Tar 2, Gavin Escobar: Run 0/ Tar 1, Devin Street: Run 0/ Tar 1, Lance Dunbar: Run 1/ Tar 1, Dwayne Harris: Run 0/ Tar 1, DeMarco Murray: Run 3/ Tar 0
Bryant got one of his patented goal line receptions last week and we can feel good going forward that he will continue to see those since he’s been targeted 22 times inside the opponent’s five yard line in his career and caught 15 touchdown passes off those targets.
Detroit Lions
Calvin Johnson: - 11 - 13 - (24), Golden Tate: - 6 - 8 - (14), Joique Bell: - 1 - 11 - (12), Reggie Bush: - 6 - 3 - (9), Eric Ebron: - 2 - 5 - (7), Joseph Fauria: - 3 - 1 - (4), Jeremy Ross: - 0 - 3 - (3), Brandon Pettigrew: - 1 - 1 - (2), Jed Collins: - 0 - 2 - (2), Corey Fuller: - 0 - 1 - (1)
The Panthers defense took it to the Lions, but Matthew Stafford still was able to put together 291 yards passing and a touchdown. There were plenty of garbage time yards in there, but that is a good sign that shutting down the Lions still means you can get some fantasy points from them.
Your target leader was of course Calvin Johnson, but second on the list was Joique Bell with 11. He caught six for 61, which isn’t a great percentage, but nobody had a great catch percentage against the Panthers on Sunday. Those targets are a nice change from his total of one last week.
So far this season Bell has played 51% and 58% of the snaps while Reggie Bush has played 46% and 42%. Bell has also seen 37 looks to Bush’s 24 and Bell has had the only goal line carry. It’s still early, but it looks like Bell has a slight edge.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Calvin Johnson: Run 0/ Tar 4, Joseph Fauria: Run 0/ Tar 2, Jed Collins: Run 0/ Tar 1, Golden Tate: Run 0/ Tar 1, Joique Bell: Run 4/ Tar 1, Eric Ebron: Run 0/ Tar 1, Theo Riddick: Run 1/ Tar 0, Reggie Bush: Run 3/ Tar 0, Matthew Stafford: Run 1/ Tar 0
Green Bay Packers
Jordy Nelson: - 14 - 16 - (30), Randall Cobb: - 9 - 6 - (15), Davante Adams: - 0 - 7 - (7), Eddie Lacy: - 3 - 3 - (6), Andrew Quarless: - 4 - 2 - (6), James Starks: - 3 - 0 - (3), Jarrett Boykin: - 0 - 3 - (3), DuJuan Harris: - 0 - 2 - (2), Richard Rodgers: - 0 - 1 - (1), John Kuhn: - 0 - 1 - (1)
Nelson has been the clear target king for the Packers while Cobb continues to see quality targets, but less of them. The biggest news from Sunday is that Davante Adams saw seven targets and played 51% of the snaps to Jarrett Boykin’s 49% and saw most of the snaps after Boykin had a critical drop. This may be temporary, but the fact that Adams made the most out of his targets makes me believe that he has passed Boykin and with no pass catching tight end getting work for the Packers, a third wide receiver should have plenty of opportunity.
Eddie Lacy led the way at running back, but the Jets front line is one of the best in the league. He still managed 61 yards on 15 touches and should see clearer skies ahead.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Randall Cobb: Run 0/ Tar 5, Jordy Nelson: Run 0/ Tar 5, Jarrett Boykin: Run 0/ Tar 2, Eddie Lacy: Run 2/ Tar 2, Andrew Quarless: Run 0/ Tar 1, Davante Adams: Run 0/ Tar 1, Aaron Rodgers: Run 1/ Tar 0, James Starks: Run 2/ Tar 0, John Kuhn: Run 1/ Tar 0
Inside the five yard line the Packers opted to throw three of four times and Randall Cobb was the beneficiary with a touchdown. Against weaker fronts Lacy would have seen a bit more work.
Minnesota Vikings
Kyle Rudolph: - 4 - 8 - (12), Cordarrelle Patterson: - 5 - 7 - (12), Greg Jennings: - 7 - 4 - (11), Matt Asiata: - 1 - 7 - (8), Jarius Wright: - 3 - 3 - (6), Jerick McKinnon: - 0 - 3 - (3), Adam Thielen: - 0 - 3 - (3), Adrian Peterson: - 3 - dnp - (3), Rhett Ellison: - 1 - 1 - (2)
The Vikings couldn’t run the ball and got behind, so Matt Cassel ended up throwing the ball 36 times with four of those passes being intercepted. So it was a bit of a free for all.
Matt Asiata got the start at running back with Adrian Peterson out for an undetermined amount of time. He had a pitiful 2.8 yards per carry on 13 carries, but was able to catch five of seven targets for 48 yards and a touchdown. His backup, Jerick McKinnon, had five looks, but didn’t do much with them. He is the more skilled player, and did see 23 snaps to Asiata’s 47, but we’ll need to see his usage really shoot up before we can consider him in redraft.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Greg Jennings: Run 0/ Tar 2, Adrian Peterson: Run 1/ Tar 1, Kyle Rudolph: Run 0/ Tar 1, Jarius Wright: Run 0/ Tar 1
The Vikings didn’t get inside the Patriots’ 10-yard line in this one, so there weren’t many looks in the red zone to go from.
New Orleans Saints
Jimmy Graham: - 10 - 13 - (23), Brandin Cooks: - 8 - 6 - (14), Pierre Thomas: - 7 - 3 - (10), Marques Colston: - 8 - 0 - (8), Robert Meachem: - 2 - 5 - (7), Mark Ingram: - 1 - 4 - (5), Kenny Stills: - dnp - 4 - (4), Ben Watson: - 1 - 2 - (3), Joe Morgan: - 3 - dnp - (3), Josh Hill: - 0 - 2 - (2), Khiry Robinson: - 1 - 0 - (1), Travaris Cadet: - 1 - 0 - (1)
The Saints’ outdoor road woes continued in earnest as they went to Cleveland and lost to a team without their starting running back, wide receiver and tight end.
Since the Saints were trailing in this one Drew Brees focused in on his best player Jimmy Graham and it almost got them the win. He targeted Graham 13 times which he caught 10 of for 118 yards and two touchdowns. He’s not bad.
After Graham the targets were all over the place, except for anywhere near Marques Colston who saw zero all game despite running 28 passing routes. Graham ran 34 and Brandin Cooks ran 37. That usage for Cooks is pretty interesting as well. He saw the second most targets with six, but only caught three for 17 yards.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Jimmy Graham: Run 0/ Tar 4, Brandin Cooks: Run 0/ Tar 3, Robert Meachem: Run 0/ Tar 2, Marques Colston: Run 0/ Tar 1, Josh Hill: Run 0/ Tar 1, Kenny Stills: Run 0/ Tar 1, Pierre Thomas: Run 2/ Tar 1, Ben Watson: Run 0/ Tar 1, Drew Brees: Run 1/ Tar 0, Khiry Robinson: Run 3/ Tar 0, Mark Ingram: Run 7/ Tar 0
Mark Ingram continued to dominate the goal line work with two carries and one touchdown. He now has four goal line runs and three touchdowns in two games. But of course he broke his hand during this game! Khiry Robinson will most likely see the goal line work in his absence since he had two goal line carries Week 1.
New York Giants
Larry Donnell: - 8 - 9 - (17), Victor Cruz: - 6 - 10 - (16), Rueben Randle: - 3 - 7 - (10), Jerrel Jernigan: - 7 - 2 - (9), Rashad Jennings: - 5 - 4 - (9), Andre Williams: - 1 - 4 - (5), Preston Parker: - 0 - 2 - (2), Daniel Fells: - 1 - 1 - (2)
Rashad Jennings didn’t get into the end zone, but did manage to put up 110 yards on 22 touches against a pretty good defense. I think there’s something to be said about his work so far this season. He has now averaged over 100 total yards each game against two tough run defenses. He’s caught four passes each game and turned them into good gains and gets the Cowboys, Eagles, Washington, Falcons, Colts all on his docket.
Victor Cruz saw an uptick in targets, but was only able to come up with five receptions on ten targets while Rueben Randle did what we were hoping he would when he caught a short touchdown pass in the red zone. Now if Eli could just compose himself enough to make better throws!
Larry Donnell is one of the biggest surprises of the young season. He leads the Giants in targets, receptions, receiving yards and is tied for most touchdowns with one. He’s looked pretty good while doing so as well, so I’m not going to mark this one off as luck or just Manning dumping off easy targets.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Larry Donnell: Run 0/ Tar 2, Daniel Fells: Run 0/ Tar 1, Rueben Randle: Run 0/ Tar 1, Preston Parker: Run 0/ Tar 1, Rashad Jennings: Run 6/ Tar 1, Corey Washington: Run 0/ Tar 1, Victor Cruz: Run 0/ Tar 1
Rashad Jennings has four carries inside the five-yard line and his one touchdown in Week 1. That’s half of all the Giants plays down there, so that’s not too bad.
Philadelphia Eagles
Jeremy Maclin: - 10 - 11 - (21), Darren Sproles: - 6 - 7 - (13), LeSean McCoy: - 6 - 5 - (11), Zach Ertz: - 5 - 6 - (11), Riley Cooper: - 7 - 3 - (10), Jordan Matthews: - 4 - 4 - (8), Brent Celek: - 4 - 1 - (5), Jeff Maehl: - 1 - 0 - (1)
Darren Sproles was the story of this one as he caught seven of seven targets for 152 yards and ran four times for 26 yards and a touchdown. He did all of this on 24 snaps. He didn’t see as many run attempts as Week 1, but made up for it with his tremendous runs after the catch. He is made for this offense.
Zach Ertz continues to move up the ranks as far as playing time goes. In Week 1 he played 61% of the snaps and in Week 2 he hit 75%. He also saw one more target on two less pass routes run. And when he does make a catch they are of the long variety. On the season he has seven receptions for 163 yards and a touchdown, that’s 23.3 yards per reception.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Jeremy Maclin: Run 0/ Tar 4, Brent Celek: Run 0/ Tar 2, Jordan Matthews: Run 0/ Tar 1, LeSean McCoy: Run 9/ Tar 1, Riley Cooper: Run 0/ Tar 1, Nick Foles: Run 0/ Tar 0, Darren Sproles: Run 3/ Tar 0
I don’t think you need to worry about LeSean McCoy. Yes, Darren Sproles had the big game Monday night, but McCoy is averaging 25.5 touches per game and last season he averaged 22.9. And as you can see, he is used often in the red zone and had two goal line carries Monday night, scoring on one of them.
San Francisco 49ers
Anquan Boldin: - 9 - 6 - (15), Michael Crabtree: - 4 - 9 - (13), Vernon Davis: - 6 - 3 - (9), Steve Johnson: - 2 - 4 - (6), Derek Carrier: - dnp - 4 - (4), Frank Gore: - 0 - 2 - (2), Vance McDonald: - 0 - 2 - (2), Carlos Hyde: - 0 - 2 - (2), Brandon Lloyd: - 1 - dnp - (1), Bruce Ellington: - 0 - 1 - (1), Bruce Miller: - 1 - 0 - (1)
Michael Crabtree looks to be healed from his calf injury and led the team in targets, receptions and yards by quite a bit. I think we can safely call him the team’s best fantasy player at the moment. After him we have an injured Vernon Davis and an old Anquan Boldin who saw six targets, but caught just two of them.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Michael Crabtree: Run 0/ Tar 3, Carlos Hyde: Run 4/ Tar 2, Steve Johnson: Run 0/ Tar 1, Anquan Boldin: Run 0/ Tar 1, Vernon Davis: Run 0/ Tar 1, Colin Kaepernick: Run 2/ Tar 0, Frank Gore: Run 3/ Tar 0
Frank Gore continues to see around 70% of the snaps while Carlos Hyde is around 28%, but Hyde has seen six red zone looks to Gore’s three. Hyde has also seen the only two goal line rushing attempts. I think it’s safe to downgrade Gore’s touchdown upside this season.
Seattle Seahawks
Doug Baldwin: - 5 - 6 - (11), Jermaine Kearse: - 3 - 5 - (8), Percy Harvin: - 7 - 1 - (8), Marshawn Lynch: - 1 - 4 - (5), Zach Miller: - 4 - 1 - (5), Ricardo Lockette: - 3 - 1 - (4), Robert Turbin: - 0 - 2 - (2), Bryan Walters: - 0 - 2 - (2), Derrick Coleman: - 1 - 0 - (1), Luke Willson: - 1 - 0 - (1)
The Seahawks didn’t have many plays to work with as the Chargers had a stranglehold on time of possession, so the target and attempt numbers are pretty low all around.
Amazingly Marshawn Lynch ran the ball just six times. He did catch four passes, one for a touchdown, so his fantasy day turned out okay, but not based on volume.
Doug Baldwin led the team with six targets, but Jermaine Kearse was the most productive pass catcher with four receptions for 61 yards. Percy Harvin did his damage on the ground with a long touchdown run (which he stepped out of bounds on, but who’s counting?). Harvin’s snap count percentage actually went up in this game, but he only touched the ball three times. They’ll continue to scheme to get him the ball, but there will be games where he doesn’t break one for a long touchdown.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Doug Baldwin: Run 0/ Tar 1, Marshawn Lynch: Run 6/ Tar 1, Robert Turbin: Run 0/ Tar 1, Percy Harvin: Run 1/ Tar 1, Jermaine Kearse: Run 0/ Tar 1, Derrick Coleman: Run 0/ Tar 1, Russell Wilson: Run 2/ Tar 0
Lynch remains the best goal line option and should continue to get the majority of the looks.
St. Louis Rams
Brian Quick: - 9 - 9 - (18), Jared Cook: - 8 - 4 - (12), Lance Kendricks: - 3 - 4 - (7), Benny Cunningham: - 4 - 2 - (6), Chris Givens: - 3 - 2 - (5), Austin Pettis: - 0 - 4 - (4), Tavon Austin: - 3 - 1 - (4), Kenny Britt: - 3 - 1 - (4), Cory Harkey: - 1 - 2 - (3), Zac Stacy: - 2 - 0 - (2)
Brian Quick continues to impress and leads the Rams in targets, receptions and yards. His preseason has rolled over into real season and with his skill set you can’t sleep on him.
Zac Stacy rushed 19 times for 71 yards and a touchdown while Benny Cunningham rushed six times and caught one pass. Last week’s 11 carries for Stacy was due mainly to the Rams getting down big and Cunningham has won the hurry-up and try to come from behind job. If the game should be closer or the Rams happen to be favored, you can feel better about starting Stacy.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Austin Pettis: Run 0/ Tar 1, Brian Quick: Run 0/ Tar 1, Cory Harkey: Run 0/ Tar 1, Austin Davis: Run 0/ Tar 0, Benny Cunningham: Run 1/ Tar 0, Zac Stacy: Run 3/ Tar 0
Zac Stacy ran the ball twice inside the five-yard line and scored once. This is what you need from him.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Vincent Jackson: - 9 - 7 - (16), Mike Evans: - 9 - 4 - (13), Brandon Myers: - 8 - 2 - (10), Bobby Rainey: - 2 - 3 - (5), Robert Herron: - 0 - 3 - (3), Chris Owusu: - 2 - 0 - (2),
Austin Seferian-Jenkins: - 2 - dnp - (2), Doug Martin: - 2 - dnp - (2), Luke Stocker: - 1 - 0 - (1), Jorvorskie Lane: - 0 - 1 - (1)
With Doug Martin out, backup running back Bobby Rainey went to town with 174 total yards. He saw 81% of the snaps to Mike James’ 18%. It looks like Doug Martin could return on Thursday night, so it will be interesting to see how their work breaks down. I expect Rainey to continue getting a healthy number of snaps, but Martin is still the starter.
Logan Mankins also played 100% of the snaps against the Rams and had to have helped Rainey out as a blocking upgrade. We’ll see if he can help Martin out as well.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Mike Evans: Run 0/ Tar 2, Vincent Jackson: Run 0/ Tar 1, Chris Owusu: Run 0/ Tar 1, Jorvorskie Lane: Run 0/ Tar 1, Bobby Rainey: Run 7/ Tar 1, Josh McCown: Run 2/ Tar 0, Mike James: Run 3/ Tar 0
Josh McCown was your goal line back in this one as he rushed twice inside the five-yard line, each for a touchdown. I think we can chalk this one up as a fluke.
Washington
Pierre Garcon: - 12 - 4 - (16), Niles Paul: - 4 - 11 - (15), DeSean Jackson: - 9 - 2 - (11), Ryan Grant: - 0 - 8 - (8), Andre Roberts: - 3 - 5 - (8), Roy Helu: - 3 - 2 - (5), Darrel Young: - 1 - 2 - (3), Logan Paulsen: - 2 - 0 - (2), Aldrick Robinson: - 0 - 2 - (2), Jordan Reed: - 1 - dnp - (1)
With Kirk Cousins as the main quarterback on Sunday and DeSean Jackson out much of the game we saw a lot of targets to Niles Paul. That may have something to do with their familiarity on the second team. With a week of practice with the first team we should see Cousins get the ball to Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson (if he plays) more often. That doesn’t mean Paul gets nothing as the starting tight end with Jordan Reed out, but the targets should even out more.
Red Zone Targets+Touches: Niles Paul: Run 0/ Tar 3, Ryan Grant: Run 0/ Tar 2, Andre Roberts: Run 0/ Tar 1, Darrel Young: Run 1/ Tar 1, Silas Redd: Run 5/ Tar 0, Alfred Morris: Run 10/ Tar 0, Kirk Cousins: Run 0/ Tar 0, Roy Helu: Run 2/ Tar 0
Alf Morris got back on track around the goal line in this one and wasn’t vulture by Darrel Young. That is a great sign for his upside going forward.
Thank you to Pro Football Focus for the snap count data.
