Editor’s word: This yr, PFF collaborated with Matthew Berry’s Fantasy Life to convey readers the NFL Fantasy Soccer Utilization Report.
Quantity is king in fantasy soccer, and this report will provide help to perceive which gamers are due kind of in line with their roles. It’s a good way to know who’s overperforming (promote excessive) and underperforming (purchase low) based mostly on historic knowledge tied to metrics we all know drive quantity.
General offense: Which groups are enabling successful quantity and effectivity throughout sport scripts
Which groups are enabling successful quantity and effectivity throughout sport scripts Quarterbacks: How concerned is every quarterback within the operating sport and who’s unlocking upside for his or her weapons
How concerned is every quarterback within the operating sport and who’s unlocking upside for his or her weapons Working backs: Which backs are dealing with early downs, short-yardage and passing downs
Which backs are dealing with early downs, short-yardage and passing downs Tight ends: Who’s operating sufficient routes and assembly crucial targets per route thresholds
Who’s operating sufficient routes and assembly crucial targets per route thresholds Receivers: Which receivers are in probably the most routes and working broadly throughout the offense
Convention Championship Takeaways
Hurts delivered his second-lowest fantasy level whole of the season (14.7) in opposition to San Francisco within the NFC championship sport. Nevertheless, the Eagles led for almost all of the sport, with the 49ers unable to determine their offense due to the harm to Brock Purdy. Nonetheless, the Eagles quarterback registered double-digit speeding makes an attempt (11) for the tenth time in 18 video games, one in every of which discovered the tip zone.
The third-year signal-caller handles 23% of his staff’s speeding makes an attempt, the very best fee amongst QBs within the NFL. He has 831 speeding yards and 15 speeding scores on the season.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS backfield
Isiah Pacheco is the lead speeding choice and Jerick McKinnon is the highest passing-down choice within the Chiefs backfield. Nevertheless, it’s terribly difficult to find out which of the 2 will get probably the most enjoying time.
The Chiefs have had two comparable sport scripts over the past two weeks, with Andy Reid’s squad enjoying inside three factors on 65% and 83% of snaps whereas by no means trailing by 4. But, the backfield cut up has been drastically totally different: McKinnon dominated 65% of snaps within the first sport, however Pacheco led the best way at 57% within the second sport.
The rookie operating again ran a route on a season-high 50% of his staff’s passing performs within the convention championship sport. We might be coping with a hot-hand method — each backs are low-end RB2s with RB1 upside.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES backfield
The Eagles ran the ball a whopping 44 occasions in opposition to the 49ers, because of a four-plus-point lead on 62% of performs. Kenneth Gainwell beat his season-high from every week in the past with a 32% rush share. Nevertheless, as a consequence of blowout situations, Miles Sanders hardly performed within the second half.
Sanders accounted for 56% of the speeding makes an attempt within the first half however performed solely two snaps within the second half. Sanders stays the lead choice, with Gainwell dealing with passing downs and working because the nearer.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES receivers and tight ends
Not one of the Eagles’ passing-game choices eclipsed 8.0 fantasy factors in a sport Philadelphia dropped again to go solely seven occasions within the second half.
Dallas Goedert led the staff with a 25% goal share and now has three consecutive outings above 22%. This passing assault stays concentrated throughout A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Goedert.
Quez Watkins continues to share enjoying time with Zach Pascal in what we will now think about a development. Watkins hasn’t reached a 60% route participation fee within the final three video games.
Valdes-Scantling delivered a season-high 23.6 fantasy factors on only a 20% goal share on convention championship weekend. Nevertheless, the veteran WR ran a route on simply 79% of passing performs regardless of the Chiefs enjoying short-handed.
We might see an identical state of affairs with the WR room within the Tremendous Bowl, and the Chiefs may need Valdes-Scantling to step up in a giant method. Nevertheless, his 13% goal share and 1.31 YPRR are WR6 materials.
Moore registered his finest route participation fee of the season (60%), with a number of Kansas Metropolis WRs leaving the sport as a consequence of harm within the championship sport.
The rookie’s 20% TPRR is superior to Marquez Valdes-Scantling (14%) and Justin Watson (11%). If a number of WRs can’t go for the Tremendous Bowl, Moore might be the No. 2 goal behind Travis Kelce.
Staff ranks
Scoring Drive % TD Drive % Performs (Non-OT) Dropback (Non-OT) Rush (Non-OT) Performs per Minute Impartial Play Clock Time of Possession Path Cross Shut Cross Lead Cross 1 2 13 6 32 13 13 10 4 3 1
Cross-volume setting: Good
Run-volume setting: Poor
Regardless of Patrick Mahomes’ high-ankle sprain, the Chiefs stayed true to their pass-heavy methods within the convention championship sport. They opted to go 72% of performs with the rating inside three factors, barely above their season-long common of 69%.
Kansas Metropolis ranks No. 2 in neutral-first-down go fee (61%) and passes contained in the five-yard line (67%). As well as, no staff avoids long-down-and-distance conditions greater than the Chiefs at 7.5%.
Quarterbacks
Participant Week Cross Att ADOT YPA Play Motion Designed Rush Att Scrambles Sacks i5 Att PPR Patrick Mahomes 17 42 7.6 7.8 16% 7% 7% 0% 0% 24.9 18 26 9.6 7.8 35% 0% 10% 6% 0% 15.0 29 30 6.2 6.5 25% 4% 6% 0% 0% 16.6 30 43 6.6 7.6 14% 0% 6% 6% 0% 21.9 YTD 720 7.6 8.0 23% 4% 6% 4% 4% 24.2
Damage Replace: Mahomes produced 327 yards and two passing TDs on a high-ankle sprain in opposition to the Bengals. With an extra two weeks to get well, we should always see the celebrity QB working at full power in opposition to the NFL’s No. 1 go protection in yards allowed per try.
Remainder of season:
Patrick Mahomes: high-end QB1
Working backs
Participant Week Snaps Rush Att Routes Targets TPRR SDD Snaps i5 Att LDD Snaps 2MIN Snaps PPR Jerick McKinnon 17 48% 13% 43% 15% 32% 60% 0% 100% 100% 22.6 18 36% 8% 44% 13% 23% 40% 0% 80% 100% 8.6 29 65% 39% 50% 0% 0% 71% 50% 100% 0% 2.5 30 39% 24% 33% 10% 25% 20% 0% 83% 67% 3.8 YTD 47% 20% 48% 11% 19% 48% 26% 89% 85% 10.6 Isiah Pacheco 17 44% 60% 35% 5% 13% 40% 0% 0% 0% 12.9 18 36% 31% 31% 0% 0% 40% 50% 0% 0% 12.4 29 35% 43% 28% 3% 9% 29% 50% 0% 0% 11.1 30 57% 53% 50% 15% 23% 20% 0% 17% 33% 13.5 YTD 32% 45% 22% 3% 11% 26% 35% 6% 8% 8.6 Ronald Jones 17 7% 7% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.3 18 29% 38% 13% 0% 0% 30% 50% 20% 0% 10.5 29 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 30 3% 6% 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 YTD 3% 4% 2% 0% 6% 4% 4% 1% 0% 2.3
Monitoring: Isiah Pacheco is the lead speeding choice and Jerick McKinnon is the highest passing-down choice within the Chiefs backfield. Nevertheless, it’s terribly difficult to find out which of the 2 will get probably the most enjoying time.
The Chiefs have had two comparable sport scripts over the past two weeks, with Andy Reid’s squad enjoying inside three factors on 65% and 83% of snaps whereas by no means trailing by 4. But, the backfield cut up has been drastically totally different: McKinnon dominated 65% of snaps within the first sport, however Pacheco led the best way at 57% within the second sport.
The rookie operating again ran a route on a season-high 50% of his staff’s passing performs within the convention championship sport. We might be coping with a hot-hand method — each backs are low-end RB2s with RB1 upside.
Remainder of season:
Jerick McKinnon: low-end RB2
low-end RB2 Isiah Pacheco: low-end RB2
low-end RB2 Clyde Edwards-Helaire: low-end RB5 if energetic
Receivers and tight ends
Participant Pos Week Routes TPRR Targets ADOT Air Yards EZ Tgts third/4th Down Targets PA Targets PPR JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 17 72% 9% 7% 6.3 6% 33% 0% 0% 4.1 18 78% 8% 8% 11.5 10% 0% 0% 50% 5.5 29 88% 6% 6% 12.5 13% 0% 0% 0% 4.9 30 42% 5% 2% 5.0 2% 0% 0% 0% 1.7 YTD 71% 17% 15% 7.2 14% 7% 16% 22% 10.9 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 17 87% 18% 17% 16.0 36% 33% 29% 14% 4.8 18 72% 27% 25% 16.8 44% 0% 0% 0% 5.7 29 68% 8% 6% 16.0 16% 50% 0% 50% 7.6 30 79% 21% 20% 15.5 46% 33% 45% 13% 23.6 YTD 76% 14% 13% 15.0 26% 20% 17% 17% 8.1 Kadarius Toney WR 17 33% 27% 10% 11.8 15% 0% 0% 25% 11.1 18 22% 33% 8% 0.5 0% 0% 0% 50% 12.4 29 30% 50% 18% 0.3 1% 0% 14% 17% 10.0 30 6% 67% 5% 13.5 10% 0% 9% 0% 1.9 YTD 10% 28% 4% 4.4 2% 0% 2% 29% 6.5 Mecole Hardman WR 17 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 18 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 29 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 30 17% 33% 7% 5.0 6% 0% 9% 0% 3.7 YTD 26% 17% 5% 8.0 6% 7% 8% 14% 10.8 Justin Watson WR 17 35% 13% 5% 21.0 13% 33% 14% 0% 3.7 18 56% 11% 8% 38.0 33% 0% 0% 100% 7.7 29 48% 6% 3% 11.0 6% 0% 14% 0% 2.2 30 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 YTD 38% 11% 5% 20.0 13% 12% 6% 36% 3.4 Skyy Moore WR 17 24% 36% 10% 2.8 4% 0% 0% 25% 6.3 18 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.0 29 15% 33% 6% 4.5 5% 0% 14% 0% 1.3 30 60% 21% 15% 4.3 10% 0% 9% 17% 4.3 YTD 25% 20% 6% 7.9 6% 2% 6% 18% 3.1 Travis Kelce TE 17 89% 25% 24% 5.8 19% 0% 57% 20% 11.3 18 88% 26% 29% 4.3 13% 0% 33% 43% 9.8 29 88% 50% 50% 5.3 46% 50% 57% 29% 35.8 30 87% 21% 22% 7.9 26% 67% 18% 44% 20.9 YTD 84% 26% 26% 7.4 26% 29% 29% 27% 19.6
Damage Replace: Kadarius Toney (ankle), JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) and Mecole Hardman (pelvis) are all questionable for the Tremendous Bowl after accidents knocked them out of the championship sport in opposition to the Bengals. All three gamers had been held out of form final week.
Monitoring: Marquez Valdes-Scantling delivered a season-high 23.6 fantasy factors on a 20% goal share on convention championship Weekend. The veteran WR nonetheless solely managed a 79% route participation fee regardless of the Chiefs enjoying short-handed. We might see an identical state of affairs with the WR room within the Tremendous Bowl, and the Chiefs may need Valdes-Scantling to step up in a giant method. Nevertheless, his 13% goal share and 1.31 YPRR are WR6 materials.
Monitoring: Skyy Moore registered his finest route participation of the season (60%), with a number of Kansas Metropolis WRs leaving the sport as a consequence of harm within the championship sport. The rookie’s 20% TPRR is superior to Valdes-Scantling (14%) and Justin Watson (11%). If a number of WRs can’t go for the Tremendous Bowl, Moore might be the No. 2 goal behind Travis Kelce.
Remainder of season:
Travis Kelce: The TE1
The TE1 JuJu Smith-Schuster: high-end WR3
high-end WR3 Kadarius Toney: boom-bust WR3
boom-bust WR3 Mecole Hardman: boom-bust WR4
boom-bust WR4 Marquez Valdes-Scantling: WR6, WR3 if Chiefs are with out a number of WRs
WR6, WR3 if Chiefs are with out a number of WRs Skyy Moore: upside WR3 if Chiefs are with out a number of WRs
Staff ranks