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.
In lieu of a traditional introduction, I wanted to give a shoutout to Calvin Ridley for prioritizing his mental health and taking a break from football. Athletes are under an immense amount of pressure from themselves, coaches, the media, and fans, and it takes a lot of courage to admit (publicly) that he does not feel like his normal self.
— CALVIN RIDLEY (@CalvinRidley1) October 31, 2021
I hope that Ridley is able to work through his issues and I am looking forward to seeing him dominate again when he returns.
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 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).
