In this weekly article, Ryan Ramsarran 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 blowup WR in DFS. We’ll use the advanced WR metrics to highlight a few buy-low options at the position each week.
Week 11 is in the books, and it was full of some nail-biter endings and complete blowouts. In wide receiver news: Welcome back, Calvin Ridley. After a 20-yard output in Week 10, Ridley bounced back with over 100 yards and two touchdowns against the Titans.
Like always, we’re going to start with one of the best plays from a wide receiver last week:
CJ STROUD. ABSOLUTE DIME.
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Routes Run and Routes per Target
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 RB 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).
*Routes for Monday’s games are not included