JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Stellar Play and The Emergence Of Terrace Marshall Jr.: Week 10 Wide Receiver Usage Trends And Takeaways

Ryan Ramsarran
November 10, 2022

Week 9 is in the books, and like always: it was absolutely bonkers. Multiple fourth-quarter comeback wins, huge performances by Joe Mixon (five touchdowns) and Justin Fields (178 rushing yards — new regular season record), and most surprisingly: Buffalo falling to the New York Jets (17 – 20).

Before we get into it, I just want to show some more Chris Olave appreciation:

Crispy route running by the rookie @chrisolave_ #Saints

📺: #BALvsNO on ESPN
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/ItTaAQcu0C pic.twitter.com/XOWY40ejPK

— NFL (@NFL) November 8, 2022

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 game are not included

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Ryan Ramsarran

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