In this weekly article, Bjorn Yang-Vaernet uses the Advanced Stat Explorer and other RotoViz tools to dive deep into wide receiver usage trends. Usage is key for making waiver wire adds, start/sit decisions, and finding the next blow-up WR in DFS.
Happy holidays everyone!
With so many moving parts each week from injuries to COVID-19 infections, many of us are digging deep into our benches. Some WR-heavy teams might even need to play WRs straight from the waiver wire — I did on one team that has both Tyler Lockett and A.J. Brown. Anyway, with the holidays filled with family, eating, and plenty of things to do, I figure we should dive right into the column.
Routes Run and Targets per Route
Routes run is the first key statistic I’ll focus on because WRs need to be on the field to produce. The second statistic is routes per target. Unlike RBs usage, targets are earned as a WR and routes per target is a helpful measure in figuring out which players are good (or which players coaches want to get the ball to).
*Route data is not yet available for players from SEA, LAR, WAS and PHI as of this writing.
