Hidden Stat Line: Targets, Routes & Snaps from Week 13

It's hard to recall a point in NFL history where there was a better group of young wideouts around the league. Excellent draft classes in back-to-back years have flooded the NFL with talent, leaving fewer snaps and targets for some veterans.

Week 13, however, was marked by resurgent performances from a few veterans who have largely been disappointments this year, with T.Y. Hilton, Michael Gallup, James Washington and Marvin Jones each putting up 80 or more yards and a touchdown. We also saw Jarvis Landry enjoy his second big game in a row, while some dude named Chad Hansen went over 100 yards for the Texans.

In terms of role changes, the highlights were Washington stealing more work away from Claypool in Pittsburgh and Cole Kmet solidifying himself ahead of Jimmy Graham as the top tight end in Chicago. We'll have details on those two situations, and much more, in our team-by-team Week 13 recaps below.

And if you haven't already, be sure to check out the twin brother to this article, Hidden Stat Line: Backfield Breakdown, complete with sortable stat leaderboards, team-by-team usage recaps and waiver-wire recommendations for running backs. Now, let's look at the wide receivers and tight ends...

Week 13 Sortable Stat Leaderboards

Tight Ends

(Bold indicates Top 5 for the week)

Wide Receivers

(Bold indicates Top 15 for the week)

Game-by-Game Usage Breakdowns

(Snap shares come from pro-football-reference.com. Data on dropbacks and routes run comes from Pro Football Focus. Targets, targets share and air yards come from airyards.com.

 Jaguars (24) at Vikings (27) — OT

Jaguars

• The Jags rotated wide receivers behind Chark, using all of Cole, Johnson and Shenault. It was the latter who had the best fantasy performance, catching a 28-yard TD pass on the opening drive and adding a 30-yard carry later on. However, Shenault was fourth among the team's wide receivers in terms of playing time and routes, plus the Jags also gave a tiny bit of work to Chris Conley (11% snaps, two targets).
• Johnson built on his 4-96-1 breakout from the previous week, though his snap share dropped from 80% to 55% with Chark and Conley returning from injuries. The rookie fifth-round pick also had a two-point conversion, finishing with 12.6 PPR points after his 19.6 the week before.
• Johnson has accounted for 14 of the 74 targets (18.9%) from Glennon through two games, ahead of James Robinson (12), Eifert (10), O'Shaughnessy (10), Cole (8) and Shenault (7). Of course, Chark missed the first of Glennon's two starts, before leading the team with seven targets in Sunday's loss.
• O'Shaughnessy had season highs for targets and yards, but his role was the same as ever in terms of snaps and routes, with Eifert still getting most of the work in passing situations.

Vikings

• Rudolph got nine and five targets in the two previous games Irv Smith (groin) missed. This time, the red-zone reindeer finished with a goose egg on two targets, even though Kirk Cousins chucked 43 passes.
• Thielen and Jefferson... are good!

Browns (41) at Titans (35)

Browns

• KhaDarel Hodge (hamstring) was inactive, after playing 43% of snaps the previous week. His vacated playing time mostly went to Peoples-Jones, who cashed in big with a 75-yard touchdown.
• Landry has 32.2% target share in five games since Odell Beckham suffered a season-ending injury, averaging 5.0 catches for 61.8 yards and 0.4 TDs on 7.8 targets. Remember that the first three games post-OBJ were played in windy weather, with Baker Mayfield attempting 25, 20 and 22 passes. Mayfield went up to 29 and 33 attempts the past two weeks, helping Landry's dominant share translate into more catches, yards and points.
• Hooper got 70% of snaps and only 0.47 routes/db the previous week, so this may just be his new normal, with Bryant taking away a good chunk of the pass-catching chances. Hooper had a productive three-game stretch Weeks 4-6, but he was at 0.64 routes/db in that span. Running a route on half the pass snaps in a run-first offense just doesn't cut it for fantasy purposes, even if you're still getting some red-zone looks.

Titans

• Firkser got some extra routes and targets with Jonnu Smith (knee) inactive, but Swaim and Pruitt also picked up some of the vacated snaps. It wasn't the Firkser romp that some of us had hoped for.
• It seems like every week we end up re-evaluating Brown vs. Davis. The Titans have now played seven straight games with both wideouts healthy, and Davis now has a 51-48 advantage in targets (25.4% to 23.9%), averaging 5.4 catches for 85 yards and 0.4 TDs. Brown has put up 3.9 catches for 78 yards and 0.7 TDs in the same stretch.

Bengals (7) at Dolphins (19)

Bengals

• Boyd turned a short pass into a 72-yard TD on his lone reception before he was ejected for fighting with Dolphins CB Xavien Howard. Boyd played 80% of snaps in the first half, running a route on each of Brandon Allen's 14 dropbacks.
• Erickson filled in for Boyd, playing 86% of snaps after halftime and running a route on 16 of 18 dropbacks.
• The Bengals picked up just two first downs after halftime, with both requiring fourth-down conversions.
• Higgins has gone for 5-44-1 and now 5-56-0 in two games since Joe Burrow's season-ending injury. The rookie wideout has accounted for 11 of the 45 targets (24.4%) from Brandon Allen, slightly ahead of Boyd (10) and Sample (10). Meanwhile, Green still hasn't caught a pass from Allen, going 0-for-4 so far.
• Allen was removed from Sunday's game with a chest injury, allowing Ryan Finley to take over at quarterback for the final drive.

Dolphins

• Parker was ejected in the fourth quarter. He played 98% of snaps through three quarters, running routes on 34 of Tua's 36 dropbacks.
• Gesicki averaged 2.5 catches for 33.3 yards on 4.0 targets in Tua Tagovailoa's first four starts, playing 57%, 70%, 48% and 66% of snaps. He then went 2-35-1 on 70% of snaps with Ryan Fitzpatrick last week, and followed it up with his second-best stat line of the season in Tua's return. Maybe the rookie QB isn't a death sentence for the tight end, after all.
• Lynn Bowden played 44% of snaps and caught each of his four targets for 41 yards. He filled in as the slot receiver for Malcolm Perry (chest), another rookie who has been working the slot after mostly playing option QB in college. Brian Flores may not be able to promise us Julian Edelman 2.0, but it certainly won't be for a lack of effort!

Raiders (31) at Jets (28)

Raiders

• Agholor's 215 air yards were second most among all players in Week 13, but he went 0-for-5 on passes thrown to him 20-plus yards downfield, per PFF. Derek Carr was 0-for-7 on those throws before he hit Henry Ruggs for the oft-discussed, 46-yard touchdown in the closing seconds.
• Prior to Sunday, Agholor had caught seven of nine targets for 237 yards and five TDs on passes thrown 20-plus yards downfield. So he still has great deep stats for the season, even after the 0-for-5 on Sunday.
• Waller is still 403 yards shy of his 2019 total, yet has four more touchdowns. He got that positive TD regression, and then some. Plus his target share is up to 27.9%, which is high-end WR1 territory. Last year, Waller accounted for 23.8% of the Raiders targets.

Jets

• The Jets have now played two games with Perriman, Mims and Crowder all healthy and Sam Darnold starting at quarterback. Perriman and Crowder have 12 targets apiece (25.5%), with Mims just one behind at 11 (23.4%). 
• The rest of the team combined has just 12 targets over the past two weeks. Darnold attempted 27 and 23 passes, perhaps obscuring how heavily the passing game has relied on its top three WRs, rather than TEs, RBs or depth receivers. There's some potential for Mims or Perriman here, though road trips to Seattle and the Rams the next two weeks won't help.

Saints (21) at Falcons (16)

Saints

• Taysom Hill attempted 37 passes, up from 23 and 16 in his first two starts. The Saints also had 36 carries for 207 yards and a touchdown, so the increased passing volume was largely a product of the team dominating possession, rather than a philosophical shift.
• Cook continued to lose targets and routes to Trautman, but the veteran did score his first TD since Week 8. Don't take the bait; keep this Cook out of your kitchen.
• The 60% snap share for Thomas was his smallest since the first week he returned from a prolonged absence. He played only 66% of snaps Week 12, but Thomas has led the team in targets in each of Hill's starts, averaging 7.3 catches for 86.3 yards on 9.7 targets the past three weeks. Touchdowns have been the only thing missing, with Thomas being the only Saints pass catcher whose volume hasn't taken a hit in the absence of Drew Brees.
• Alvin Kamara got only three targets, giving him six in Hill's three starts. Kamara had six or more targets in all but one of Brees' starts.

Falcons

• Ridley and Jones both had season highs for snap share. They've typically played around 75-90 percent of snaps when healthy, rotating off the field a bit more often than other top wideouts. The added playing time Sunday may have just been a product of the Falcons failing to sustain long drives, and thus having less need to manage fatigue.
• Hurst had four straight games with more than 50 yards Weeks 6-9, but he's caught just five of 14 targets for 57 yards in three games since a Week 10 bye. Throw him back in with the indecipherable hoard of streaming tight ends.
• Gage reached five targets for a fourth straight game, and scored his first touchdown since Week 2. But passes in his direction have generally been a losing bet for the Atlanta offense, with Gage committing six drops while catching only 63.6% of his targets for 6.8 YPT. That 63.6% figure is pretty low for a slot guy with a 7.6 aDOT.

Lions (34) at Bears (30)

Lions

• Kenny Golladay (hip) missed a fifth straight game, while Amendola returned from a two-week absence.
• Over the past five games, Jones averaged 5.8 catches for 70.8 yards and 0.6 TDs on 8.8 targets. Compare that to his averages of 2.8 catches for 37.4 yards and 0.4 TDs on 4.6 targets in the five games Golladay has played this year.
• Hockenson averaged 7.2 targets the past five games, up a bit from 6.4 in the previous five games with Golladay playing. That's not a huge difference, though the second-year pro has come on strong of late, with his three best yardage totals of the season coming the past three weeks. Unfortunately, the yardage spike has coincided with a TD drought, so he still hasn't gone any higher than 16.9 PPR points in a single game. Hockenson has landed between 9.3 and 16.9 points in 11 of 12 games, proving oddly consistent at a position where that's rare.

Bears

• Kmet got far more routes and snaps than Graham for a second straight week. This time, the new role also came with targets and production, after the second-round pick had gone just 1-8-0 on three targets Week 12. Graham can be cut in all fantasy formats, while Kmet is on the map as a TE streamer.

Colts (26) at Texans (20)

Colts

• This was the third straight game with Alie-Cox, Doyle and Burton all healthy. During that three-game stretch, Burton has averaged 4.7 targets, while Cox has 3.3 and Doyle only 1.3. Alie-Cox has run 57 routes (0.48 r/db), with Burton getting 52 (0.44 r/db) and Doyle only 30 (0.25 r/db). In other words, Burton has stayed semi-relevant by drawing targets on a huge percentage (27%) of his routes.... which doesn't seem sustainable, especially if Hilton and Pittman are playing well at WR.
• Hilton said Hold Your Horses to those of us who had confidently deemed Pittman to be the Colts' new No. 1 receiver. The 31-year-old put up a season-best 4-81-1 receiving line the previous week, and then outdid himself with the encore. Hilton has four straight games with five or more targets, seeing 27 total in that stretch. Pittman has 25 over the same four-week span, so it's been pretty close between the two.
• Pascal has seen only 13 targets over the past four weeks, despite playing at least 61% of snaps in each game. He's become a forgotten man in the slot.

Texans

• Who would've guessed that Cooks would finish third on the team in routes in the first game without Will Fuller? Granted, he wasn't far behind Hansen and Coutee, but it was a little surprising to see Cooks with his smallest snap share since Week 7.
• Making his first NFL appearance since 2017, Chad Hansen handled an every-down role and went over 100 yards. I'm still not sure who he is, but he could have some fantasy value if he's running 30-40 routes each week in a Deshaun Watson offense. That said, we'll probably see more involvement from the tight ends in future weeks, rather than Coutee and Hansen both dominating.
• Coutee ran 75% of his routes from the slot, accounting for eight of his nine targets and 138 of his 141 yards, per PFF. Hansen ran 20% of his routes from the slot, and Cooks did 32.5%.
• The 32.5% slot rate for Cooks was nearly identical to his 31.8% mark for the season as a whole.
• Akins only saw three targets, but his snap share was a huge increase from the past four weeks (34%, 42%, 51%, 46%). He could have some fantasy value if he continues to run routes on two-thirds of Deshaun Watson's dropbacks while playing in an offense that doesn't have Fuller. However, Akins' workload increase in Week 13 was at least partially related to Pharaoh Brown exiting with a concussion after playing just five snaps. Akins played only 50% of snaps in the first quarter, running routes on five of Watson's nine dropbacks.

Los Angeles Rams (38) at Cardinals (28)

Rams

• Josh Reynolds played 45% of snaps and caught his one target for a 21-yard gain. He ran four fewer routes (21) than Jefferson.
• The Rams used 12 personnel for a season-high 42 snaps (51%). Higbee played each of the 42, and Everett got 41. However, the playing time was split at wide receiver, with Woods (23), Reynolds (22), Jefferson (20) and Kupp (19) each playing about half the snaps in two-TE sets.
• Kupp and Woods still played each and every snap in 11 personnel, accounting for 14 of the team's 23 targets (seven apiece) from three-wide formations.
• Woods played 100% of snaps the week before, and Kupp played 89%. The lack of playing time in two-TE sets is nothing new for Kupp, but it does represent a change for Woods, though you'd never know it from looking at his stat line. Anyway, you're still starting both of them every week in most fantasy leagues, so it's predominantly a DFS concern, and not something that will automatically hold in future weeks anyway.

Cardinals

• Arnold had his best receiving line of the season, despite playing less than 25% of snaps for the first time all year. He still hasn't seen more than four targets in a game, and the Cardinals went heavy on four-wide formations this past Sunday. Fellow tight end Maxx Williams also got less work than usual, finishing with zero targets and seven routes on 28% of snaps.
• Kirk had a fourth straight game with single-digit PPR points, and lost his five-game streak with six or more targets. He appeared to be breaking out in October and early November, but the hot stretch has been followed by the worst cold stretch of his young career.
• With Larry Fitzgerald (COVID-19) missing a second straight game, Isabella played 12 of 14 snaps in 11 personnel, while Johnson got only two. However, the Cardinals used 10 personnel (1 RB, 0 TE, 4 WRs) on 66% of their plays, so there wasn't much difference between Isabella and Johnson's usage stats overall. The week before, Isabella got 56% of snaps and six targets, while Johnson saw 12% and just one target. Regardless, Fitz should be back for Week 14.
• This was only the second time all year the Cardinals have used 10 personnel for more than 17 plays. They used it 40 times Sunday, and 37 times in that memorable Week 7 win over Seattle.

Giants (17) at Seahawks (12)

Giants

• Kaden Smith played 66% of snaps, and Levine Toilolo got 58%. The Giants had multiple tight ends on the field for 36 of their 55 snaps, including 16 plays in 13 personnel (1 RB, 3 TEs, 1 WR).
• The Giants went three/four-wide on only 18 snaps (33%), with Shepard, Slayton, Tate and Engram each playing all 18. It was the heavier formations where Shepard and Tate lost work, giving up snaps to the backup tight ends.
• Slayton got 15 of the 16 snaps in 13 personnel; only three of those were QB dropbacks. While he led the team in snaps and routes, Slayton saw just one target, after getting two the previous week. He's averaging 2.3 catches for 32 yards on 3.8 targets in six games since Shepard returned from a toe injury, but the route/snap usage Sunday does at least hint that the Giants would like to get Slayton more involved.

Seahawks

• With Greg Olsen (foot) out again, Hollister and Dissly worked in a timeshare. Hollister had a 5-0 target advantage and 18-16 route advantage the week before, so his role appears slightly more conducive to fantasy production. However, Dissly has the much better track record converting targets into catches, yards and touchdowns.
• Moore's 62% snap share was a season high, and his fourth time above 50% in the past six weeks. He got either two or three targets in each of the last four games, while Freddie Swain has one total over the past three weeks. Swain saw 38% snap share and 15 routes in Sunday's loss.
• Lockett finished with nine targets for a third time in the past six weeks. He still hasn't gone higher than nine targets or 67 yards in six games since his 15-200-3 performance Week 7 at Arizona. Lockett has scored 46% of his fantasy points in two games, Weeks 3 and 7.
• This was the first game since Week 3 where both Lockett and Metcalf got eight or more targets.

Eagles (16) at Packers (30)

Eagles

• Goedert still saw plenty of targets, but his route rate took a sizable hit with Ertz returning from injury. (Goedert ran 0.95 and 0.90 routes per dropback in Weeks 11 and 12.)
• The snap share was a season low for Ertz, who played at least 85 percent of snaps in each of Philly's first five games this year. This was his first appearance since Week 6, and while he could see more work in the coming weeks, Goedert may
• Fulgham played 52% and 40% of snaps the last two games, following six in a row at 81% or higher. He can be dropped in nearly any fantasy format, after catching four of 16 targets for 32 yards over the past four games.
• Jeffery finished without a catch on one target, but his snap share bumped up from 49% in Week 12 to 56% in Week 13. He's caught just two of eight targets in four games, perhaps only getting playing time because Fulgham is also struggling.
• Reagor had a 34-yard catch on his lone target, and returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown to make it a one-score game in the fourth quarter. His role on offense was less encouraging, as he lost a four-game streak with 5-7 targets and 3-4 catches. He at least got more routes and snaps than Fulgham and Jeffery.
• Ward led the team in routes and accounted for four of the 12 targets from Jalen Hurts, including a 32-yard touchdown. It was a nice showing for the slot receiver, but he could see less playing time now that Ertz is healthy, and the Eagles figure to have fewer pass attempts with a mobile rookie at QB.

Packers

• Adams would be pushing for a 1,600/20 season if he hadn't missed two and a half games with an injury early in the year.
• Lazard has played 60%, 46% and 69% of snaps in his three games since returning from IR, averaging 3.0 catches for 30.3 yards and 0.33 TDs on 4.7 targets. MVS played 85%, 79% and 75% of snaps in those three games, averaging 1.0 catch for 18.3 yards on 2.7 targets. The best hope for fantasy value there would probably be if Lazard took more snaps and routes away from Valdes-Scantling, who provides occasional big plays and little else.
• Tonyan has his second three-game TD streak of the season, going 5-44-1, 5-67-1 and 4-39-1 on exactly five targets the past three weeks. He still has just two games all season with more than five targets, and none with more than seven, but he doesn't need much volume to cash in on a huge year from Aaron Rodgers, boasting a 87.2% catch rate, 10.6 YPT and eight touchdowns on 47 targets. Tonyan hasn't dropped a pass all year, and he's scored half his TDs from outside the red zone.

Patriots (45) at Chargers (0)

Patriots

• Rookie TE Dalton Keene made his first appearance since Week 7 and the second of his NFL career, playing 34% of snaps and finishing without a target on nine routes. His involvement  pushed Izzo down to 64% snap share, after four straight games above 80 percent.
• Byrd has five catches for 49 yards in two games since his 6-132-1 breakout Week 11.
• Meyers led the team in targets, but he didn't do much with the opportunities, and has just 10 catches for 105 yards over his last three games.

Chargers

• Henry's snap share was 20 percentage points below his previous season low of 77%. He played 25 of 27 snaps before halftime, but then only 13 of 19 in the third quarter, and three of 26 in the fourth. Henry sat out the final two drives, while the other starters didn't come out until the last series at the bitter end. No injury was reported, but it's possible Henry got a little banged up. He can become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, so he might have mixed feelings about playing 90+ percent of snaps every week at a physically demanding position for a non-contending team.
• Allen's target share is down to 20.4% in two games since Austin Ekeler returned, compared to 30.4% in Weeks 1-11. Ekeler leads the team at 24.3% the past two weeks, far ahead of Williams (13.6%), Henry (11.7%) and Guyton (10.7%).

Broncos (16) at Chiefs (22)

Broncos

• No. 2 TE Nick Vannett played 45% of snaps and saw two targets on five routes. No. 4 WR DaeSean Hamilton got 19% of snaps and ran only one route.
• Patrick scored from 5 and 10 yards out, his fourth and fifth TDs of the year. He has four gains of 40-plus yards this season, but his five touchdowns each have covered 10 yards or less. He's averaging 3.6 catches for 55.2 yards and 0.45 TDs on 5.6 targets per game, with a 64.5% catch rate and 9.8 YPT. None of the other Denver wideouts is above 55.1% (Hamler) or 7.2 YPT (Jeudy).
• Not counting the Week 12 disaster with Kendall Hinton at quarterback, Jeudy's four targets are the fewest he's seen in a game since Week 7. He got eight or more in four straight games Weeks 8-11, though his production tailed off in the last two.
• Hamler ran every one of his routes from the slot, per PFF, playing 37 of the team's 38 snaps in 11 personnel. He's landed between 58 and 65 percent snap share three straight weeks.
• Patrick played 35 of 38 snaps in 11 personnel, and Jeudy got 31 of 38.
• Patrick played 20 of 20 snaps in 12 personnel, with Jeudy getting 16 and Hamler only two.
• The Broncos have had all of Jeudy, Patrick, Hamler and Fant in the lineup for five straight games. Targets have been split pretty evenly between Jeudy (22.6%), Hamler (20.0%), Patrick (18.7%) and Fant (15.5%), while the team's RBs have combined for just 7.8%. Jeudy is the far and away leader in air yards (550) over the past five games, ahead of Patrick (345), Hamler (298) and especially Fant (137).

Chiefs

• Kelce took another step toward the single-season TE record for receiving yards, and he's now averaging 92.8 per game, which works out to 1,486 over 16 weeks. He needs to average 66 yards over the final four games to break George Kittle's record of 1,377. Kelce also has a shot to become the first TE to lead the league in receiving yards, as he's currently in second place, just five yards behind DK Metcalf.
• Hill's five-game TD streak ended, but he did add 30 yards on a carry, so it was still a decent fantasy showing with six receptions and 88 total yards.
• Watkins has played 72% and 75% of snaps in two games since his lengthy absence, going 4-38-0 on seven targets and 4-35-0 on six targets. He averaged 6.8 targets over the first four weeks of the season, but he's only getting short and intermediate passes. Not one of Watkings' 42 targets this year has traveled 20 or more yards downfield, and his 7.2 aDOT is a career low.
• Mecole Hardman played 33% of snaps and ran 14 routes, catching one of three targets for 15 yards. His playing time dropped off a week before Watkins returned, with Robinson being the No. 3 receiver in terms of snaps and routes.

Washington Football Team (23) at Steelers (17)

WFT

• Thomas had the best game of his career, against arguably the toughest defense he's faced this season. It was his first time with more than six targets since Week 3, and his first performance with more than four catches all year. It was also his second time with 100% snap share, though he's consistently been in the 90s for five weeks now.
• McLaurin lost a six-game streak with five or more catches for 74 or more yards.
• J.D. McKissic played nine snaps in the slot, per PFF, his fewest since Week 6. Antonio Gibson's injury early in the game forced Washington to use McKissic in the backfield more often, which in turn freed up slot snaps for Wright and Steven Sims. Wright ran 95% of his routes from the slot, and Sims got 77% of his from the slot, per PFF.
• This was Cam Sims' sixth consecutive game getting the start and playing at least 74% of snaps. He saw just 12 targets total over the first five games, catching 10 for 206 yards as a low-volume, big-play threat. He finally got more chances Monday night, and he took advantage with gains of 32, 31 and 30 yards. Two of those long gains came on short passes, and seven of his nine targets came within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage. The 6-5 wideout seems to have a starting job locked down, and he could have some value in deep leagues if he continues to develop as more than just a deep threat.

Steelers

• In the second half, Washington got 70% snap share and 0.69 routes/db, while Claypool was at 36% and 0.35. No injury was reported, and the rookie didn't have any drops or flagrant mistakes. No matter, he was the one benched to accommodate more playing time for Washington, who scored a 50-yard TD in the second quarter. Washington made a contested catch in double coverage to seal a win over Baltimore five days earlier.
• Johnson dropped three passes, giving him a league-high 10 drops for the season. He had six drops on 92 targets last year.
• Smith-Schuster did get one downfield look, but eight of his 10 targets were within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage. His 5.4 aDOT this season is way down from 8.8 in 2018 and 9.7 in 2019. The current role isn't exactly helping his earning potential in free agency, but he's at least getting plenty of those short targets, and coach Mike Tomlin recently went out of his way to discuss JuJu's importance to the team. My instinct is still that Smith-Schuster will leave Pittsburgh in the offseason, but it could go either way.
• Ebron got 11 targets for a second straight game, and he now has five in a row with six or more targets.
• Ben Roethlisberger has thrown 46 or more passes in four straight games, and he's averaging 45.6 per game over the last seven weeks. During that stretch, they lead the NFL with a 70% pass-play rate, up from 52% over the first six weeks of the season. James Conner and Benny Snell have combined for just 3.4 YPC over the past seven weeks, and the Steelers have been quick to bail on their running game when it struggles.

Bills (34) at 49ers (24)

Bills

• Davis posted a very similar stat line the previous week, going 3-79-1 on four targets and 97% of snaps. He isn't seeing a ton of passes while filling in for an injured John Brown (ankle), but the rookie does have two red-zone targets and four downfield targets (20-plus) among his eight chances the past two weeks.
• Davis caught each of those four deep passes for 114 yards and two TDs, and he's now hauled in seven of 11 for 218 and three TDs on the year.
• Beasley is averaging 8.3 targets with Brown inactive, compared to 6.1 when Smoke plays.
• Diggs is averaging 11.8 targets with Brown inactive, compared to 9.3 when he plays. However, Diggs has seen just one pass 20-plus yards downfield in the four games Brown has missed, averaging 71.3 yards without any touchdowns. For whatever reason, Diggs has seen far more downfield chances (5-160-1 on nine targets) in the eight games with Brown playing. It doesn't really make much sense, but I'm also not sure we can reject it as random.
• Know played more than 60% of snaps for a third straight week. He's caught seven of nine targets for 45 yards and two TDs in that stretch, while Tyler Kroft hasn't played since Week 9. Kroft was on the COVID list at first, but now he seems to just be a healthy scratch, with blocking specialist Lee Smith (34% snap share) complementing Knox.

49ers

• The Niners had both Samuel and Aiyuk available for the first time since Week 7. This was the first time they've both taken the field in a game George Kittle (foot) missed.
• In the four games (Weeks 5-7, 13) where both have handled full-time roles, Samuel has a team-high 28 targets (21%), followed by Aiyuk's 26 (20%) and Kittle's 25 (27% share in three games).
• Bourne got six targets Monday night, but he saw just eight targets total in the previous three games where both Samuel and Aiyuk were full-time players.
• Aiyuk accounted for the one target that travelled 20-plus yards downfield, bringing it in for a 49-yard gain. He also got four targets in the range of 10-19 yards downfield, while Samuel got eight of his nine within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage.
• Reed and Bourne both played 39% of snaps in the first half, before going up to 60% and 57%, respectively, after halftime.
• Reed played only seven of 29 snaps in 12 personnel or 21 personnel, while he took 22 of 30 snaps in 11 personnel. He's played 44, 43 and 51% of snaps in his past three games, but that's partially because the 49ers were trailing in the fourth quarter each time. He could fall below 40% in positive game script, potentially looking at routes in the teens instead of the 202s. Anyway, he scored his third TD of the season Monday night, salvaging his fantasy night in garbage time. Reed has six, six and four targets the past three games, staying on the TE streaming map.
• Richie James played 11% of snaps, down from 89%, 97% and 88% in the previous three games. His role disappeared with both Aiyuk and Samuel available at the same time, finally.

 Cowboys () at Ravens ()

Cowboys

• Gallup had dropped to 76% snap share the week before, his first time below 81% all season. He returned to the every-down workload Tuesday night, producing his second TD and second best yardage number of the season.
• Noah Brown caught three of four targets for 40 yards, but he played on 14% of snaps and ran five routes. Cedrick Wilson actually got more snaps (25%), without seeing a target.
• Andy Dalton has dished out 191 targets this year, with Cooper getting 42 (22%), Lamb 41 (21%), Gallup 34 (18%), Schultz 24 (13%), Ezekiel Elliott 23 (12%) and Tony Pollard 10 (5%).
• Cooper still has by far the best numbers with Dalton, catching 31 of those 42 targets for 379 yards (9.0 YPT) and three TDs. Lamb has managed just 4.5 YPT working with Dalton, and Gallup is at 7.2 YPT. Schultz has put up 6.3 YPC on a 79% catch rate, averaging just 7.9 yards per reception.
• Dalton's 7.3 aDOT isn't too far from Dak Prescott's 7.9. Dalton was more aggressive looking downfield Tuesday night, with a 9.3 aDOT and 10 passes traveling 20-plus yards downfield. He completed just two of those passes, and another was a hail mary that Lamb nearly caught right before halftime.
• Gallup accounted for five of the 10 deep targets, bringing in two of them for 41 yards and a TD. He'd seen just two downfiled targets (and no receptions) in Dalton's previous four starts.

Ravens

• Baltimore turned the clock back to 2020, running 37 times for 294 yards and two touchdowns. Lamar Jackson played well after an early interception that deflected off Brown.
• Mark Andrews and Willie Snead both missed the game on the COVID list, while Dez Bryant had to sit out after a test came back positive shortly before the kickoff. Dez was less than thrilled to miss his revenge game.
• Boykin and Duvernay got a ton of snaps out of necessity, but they didn't make any noise apart from Boykin's 38-yard TD on a b

WR/TE Waiver Targets

This is limited to players who are on less than 50 percent of Yahoo rosters as of Monday afternoon. The list will be updated Wednesday, after all Week 12 games have been played.

1. T.Y. Hilton
2. Michael Gallup
3. Nelson Agholor
4. Keke Coutee
5. Logan Thomas
6. Cole Kmet
7. Allen Lazard
8. Jordan Reed
9. Darnell Mooney
10. Jakobi Meyers
11. Rashard Higgins
12. Anthony Firkser