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 blow-up WR in DFS.
Week 13 is in the books, and it was filled with some upsets and offensive showcases. Between Dallas scoring 54 points, the Bengals upsetting the Chiefs, and A.J. Brown scoring two touchdowns in his revenge game against the Titans, the NFL lived up to its usual craziness.
A.J. BROWN IS HAVING A DAY. @1kalwaysopen_
📺: #TENvsPHI on FOX
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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 game are not included