Target Breakdown: Week 16 WR/TE Recap & Week 17 Sleepers

Written by

Jerry Donabedian

Published on December 29, 2021

No time to waste, let's get to it....

Week 16 Sortable Leaderboards

Shows WRs with 40% route share or 4+ targets, and TEs with 35% route share or 3+ targets.

Sorted by target share, which only accounts for the games a player participated in.

Wide Receivers

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	A.J. Brown	74%	30	88.2%	16	53.3%	201	80.3%	53.3%	4.83	2
2	Antonio Brown	79%	26	83.9%	15	51.7%	143	54.9%	57.7%	3.88	0
3	Michael Pittman	98%	30	100.0%	12	42.9%	63	31.1%	40.0%	2.73	0
4	Davante Adams	93%	34	100.0%	13	38.2%	88	51.1%	38.2%	3.35	1
5	Marvin Jones	84%	35	87.5%	13	37.1%	146	39.3%	37.1%	2.11	1
6	Cooper Kupp	97%	37	100.0%	13	35.1%	83	25.2%	35.1%	2.95	1
7	Justin Jefferson	97%	40	97.6%	12	34.3%	153	52.2%	30.0%	2.90	0
8	Amon-Ra St. Brown	88%	32	94.1%	11	32.4%	106	42.5%	34.4%	2.84	0
9	Zay Jones	75%	22	81.5%	8	32.0%	44	31.2%	36.4%	2.27	0
10	Deebo Samuel	76%	28	75.7%	11	31.4%	70	30.7%	39.3%	5.68	0
11	Stefon Diggs	83%	40	85.1%	13	30.2%	118	40.4%	32.5%	2.13	3
12	Braxton Berrios	83%	19	82.6%	6	30.0%	11	11.3%	31.6%	1.95	0
13	Tee Higgins	84%	43	87.8%	13	28.3%	156	39.8%	30.2%	4.51	2
14	Isaiah McKenzie	85%	41	87.2%	12	27.9%	107	36.5%	29.3%	3.05	1
15	Amari Cooper	71%	36

No time to waste, let's get to it....

Week 16 Sortable Leaderboards

Shows WRs with 40% route share or 4+ targets, and TEs with 35% route share or 3+ targets.

Sorted by target share, which only accounts for the games a player participated in.

Wide Receivers

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	A.J. Brown	74%	30	88.2%	16	53.3%	201	80.3%	53.3%	4.83	2
2	Antonio Brown	79%	26	83.9%	15	51.7%	143	54.9%	57.7%	3.88	0
3	Michael Pittman	98%	30	100.0%	12	42.9%	63	31.1%	40.0%	2.73	0
4	Davante Adams	93%	34	100.0%	13	38.2%	88	51.1%	38.2%	3.35	1
5	Marvin Jones	84%	35	87.5%	13	37.1%	146	39.3%	37.1%	2.11	1
6	Cooper Kupp	97%	37	100.0%	13	35.1%	83	25.2%	35.1%	2.95	1
7	Justin Jefferson	97%	40	97.6%	12	34.3%	153	52.2%	30.0%	2.90	0
8	Amon-Ra St. Brown	88%	32	94.1%	11	32.4%	106	42.5%	34.4%	2.84	0
9	Zay Jones	75%	22	81.5%	8	32.0%	44	31.2%	36.4%	2.27	0
10	Deebo Samuel	76%	28	75.7%	11	31.4%	70	30.7%	39.3%	5.68	0
11	Stefon Diggs	83%	40	85.1%	13	30.2%	118	40.4%	32.5%	2.13	3
12	Braxton Berrios	83%	19	82.6%	6	30.0%	11	11.3%	31.6%	1.95	0
13	Tee Higgins	84%	43	87.8%	13	28.3%	156	39.8%	30.2%	4.51	2
14	Isaiah McKenzie	85%	41	87.2%	12	27.9%	107	36.5%	29.3%	3.05	1
15	Amari Cooper	71%	36	80.0%	11	27.5%	157	38.1%	30.6%	2.36	1
16	Jakobi Meyers	73%	30	90.9%	8	26.7%	93	30.4%	26.7%	1.97	0
17	DeVonta Smith	85%	28	93.3%	7	25.9%	85	42.8%	25.0%	2.86	1
18	Darnell Mooney	86%	38	97.4%	9	25.7%	78	36.9%	23.7%	1.50	1
19	DJ Moore	85%	46	88.5%	11	25.6%	123	33.9%	23.9%	1.20	1
20	Marquise Brown	93%	39	95.1%	9	24.3%	73	26.1%	23.1%	1.13	1
21	Byron Pringle	81%	28	87.5%	7	24.1%	77	31.7%	25.0%	2.68	1
22	Robby Anderson	96%	50	96.2%	10	23.3%	123	33.9%	20.0%	1.16	0
23	Christian Kirk	84%	39	90.7%	9	23.1%	89	32.4%	23.1%	1.23	0
24	Russell Gage	86%	22	84.6%	5	22.7%	41	25.3%	22.7%	1.77	0
25	Courtland Sutton	80%	20	83.3%	5	22.7%	59	25.1%	25.0%	1.65	0
26	Phillip Dorsett	34%	16	57.1%	6	22.2%	97	48.2%	37.5%	3.44	0
27	Tyler Lockett	87%	25	86.2%	6	22.2%	75	33.2%	24.0%	1.20	0
28	Kadarius Toney	52%	26	56.5%	9	22.0%	35	15.0%	34.6%	1.08	0
29	Ja'Marr Chase	90%	46	93.9%	10	21.7%	97	24.6%	21.7%	2.72	0
30	James Proche	47%	24	58.5%	8	21.6%	67	24.3%	33.3%	3.17	0
31	Odell Beckham	91%	36	97.3%	8	21.6%	104	31.7%	22.2%	1.03	3
32	Diontae Johnson	90%	40	88.9%	9	21.4%	56	25.3%	22.5%	1.28	1
33	Josh Reynolds	79%	32	94.1%	7	20.6%	90	36.0%	21.9%	1.13	1
34	Tavon Austin	63%	25	62.5%	7	20.0%	96	25.8%	28.0%	2.72	1
35	DeSean Jackson	51%	18	66.7%	5	20.0%	39	28.0%	27.8%	2.44	0
36	K.J. Osborn	79%	34	82.9%	7	20.0%	103	35.4%	20.6%	2.00	1
37	N'Keal Harry	97%	33	100.0%	6	20.0%	75	24.5%	18.2%	0.45	0
38	Terry McLaurin	91%	34	91.9%	6	20.0%	110	43.2%	17.6%	1.18	0
39	Adam Humphries	68%	29	78.4%	6	20.0%	27	10.5%	20.7%	0.14	0
40	Kenny Golladay	79%	36	78.3%	8	19.5%	100	42.9%	22.2%	0.61	1
41	Jarvis Landry	79%	36	87.8%	7	19.4%	63	19.0%	19.4%	1.53	0
42	Ray-Ray McCloud	61%	29	64.4%	8	19.0%	51	23.0%	27.6%	0.86	0
43	DK Metcalf	89%	26	89.7%	5	18.5%	64	28.2%	19.2%	1.58	0
44	Olamide Zaccheaus	86%	22	84.6%	4	18.2%	23	14.5%	18.2%	1.45	0
45	Tim Patrick	88%	22	91.7%	4	18.2%	55	23.3%	18.2%	0.82	0
46	Jerry Jeudy	73%	19	79.2%	4	18.2%	51	21.7%	21.1%	3.16	0
47	T.Y. Hilton	65%	25	83.3%	5	17.9%	61	30.4%	20.0%	2.04	1
48	Joshua Palmer	98%	35	97.2%	6	17.6%	64	26.5%	17.1%	1.23	1
49	Keenan Allen	89%	30	83.3%	6	17.6%	43	17.7%	20.0%	1.17	0
50	Mecole Hardman	43%	16	50.0%	5	17.2%	33	13.4%	31.3%	1.94	0
51	Donovan Peoples-Jones	86%	36	87.8%	6	16.7%	126	37.7%	16.7%	0.14	0
52	Rashard Higgins	65%	28	68.3%	6	16.7%	53	15.9%	21.4%	2.07	0
53	Van Jefferson	96%	37	100.0%	6	16.2%	118	35.8%	16.2%	0.16	1
54	Nico Collins	66%	21	75.0%	4	14.8%	19	9.6%	19.0%	1.57	0
55	Chris Moore	45%	10	35.7%	4	14.8%	6	3.1%	40.0%	4.00	0
56	Jalen Reagor	48%	20	66.7%	4	14.8%	29	14.8%	20.0%	0.75	0
57	Kalif Raymond	69%	28	82.4%	5	14.7%	37	14.9%	17.9%	0.43	1
58	Allen Lazard	86%	32	94.1%	5	14.7%	63	36.6%	15.6%	1.41	1
59	Laquon Treadwell	89%	37	92.5%	5	14.3%	88	23.7%	13.5%	1.46	1
60	Chase Claypool	81%	33	73.3%	6	14.3%	57	25.5%	18.2%	1.24	0
61	Brandon Aiyuk	93%	35	94.6%	5	14.3%	20	9.0%	14.3%	1.14	1
62	Jauan Jennings	45%	17	45.9%	5	14.3%	80	35.3%	29.4%	1.12	0
63	Rashod Bateman	82%	37	90.2%	5	13.5%	24	8.8%	13.5%	0.70	1
64	Kendrick Bourne	45%	23	69.7%	4	13.3%	55	18.2%	17.4%	1.43	0
65	CeeDee Lamb	74%	36	80.0%	5	12.5%	55	13.3%	13.9%	1.83	0
66	Michael Gallup	66%	34	75.6%	5	12.5%	91	22.1%	14.7%	1.56	1
67	Darius Slayton	79%	35	76.1%	5	12.2%	52	22.4%	14.3%	0.20	0
68	Hunter Renfrow	57%	20	74.1%	3	12.0%	42	29.7%	15.0%	2.00	1
69	Jason Moore	72%	26	72.2%	4	11.8%	57	23.8%	15.4%	2.15	0
70	Chris Conley	75%	24	85.7%	3	11.1%	42	21.0%	12.5%	2.50	0
71	Quez Watkins	80%	26	86.7%	3	11.1%	40	20.3%	11.5%	1.65	0
72	Tyler Boyd	91%	44	89.8%	5	10.9%	59	15.0%	11.4%	1.93	1
73	Cyril Grayson	82%	24	77.4%	3	10.3%	37	14.3%	12.5%	3.38	0
74	Antoine Wesley	77%	33	76.7%	4	10.3%	56	20.4%	12.1%	0.88	2
75	Keelan Cole	74%	18	78.3%	2	10.0%	15	14.4%	11.1%	1.39	0
76	Denzel Mims	55%	13	56.5%	2	10.0%	32	31.7%	15.4%	0.00	1
77	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	60%	16	47.1%	3	10.0%	36	14.5%	18.8%	2.38	0
78	Cam Sims	63%	22	59.5%	3	10.0%	36	14.1%	13.6%	0.00	0
79	Emmanuel Sanders	83%	43	91.5%	4	9.3%	26	9.0%	9.3%	0.47	2
80	Shi Smith	21%	14	26.9%	4	9.3%	55	15.1%	28.6%	6.14	0
81	Damiere Byrd	84%	36	92.3%	3	8.6%	25	11.6%	8.3%	0.31	1
82	Adam Thielen	37%	16	39.0%	3	8.6%	27	9.2%	18.8%	2.50	0
83	A.J. Green	86%	37	86.0%	3	7.7%	48	17.4%	8.1%	0.89	0
84	Freddie Swain	49%	15	51.7%	2	7.4%	11	4.9%	13.3%	0.60	0
85	Demarcus Robinson	67%	20	62.5%	2	6.9%	13	5.2%	10.0%	0.75	0
86	Tyreek Hill	42%	20	62.5%	2	6.9%	15	6.2%	10.0%	0.95	0
87	Tylan Wallace	47%	20	48.8%	2	5.4%	9	3.3%	10.0%	0.90	0
88	Julio Jones	53%	24	70.6%	1	3.3%	4	1.6%	4.2%	0.29	0
89	Chester Rogers	48%	19	55.9%	1	3.3%	-3	-1.2%	5.3%	0.16	0
90	Pharoh Cooper	48%	22	47.8%	1	2.4%	9	3.7%	4.5%	0.00	0
91	Terrace Marshall	58%	33	63.5%	1	2.3%	3	0.8%	3.0%	0.18	0
92	Equanimeous St. Brown	83%	29	85.3%	0	0.0%			0.0%	0.00	0
93	Dede Westbrook	43%	21	51.2%	0	0.0%			0.0%	0.00	0
94	Tyler Johnson	53%	22	71.0%	0	0.0%			0.0%	0.00	0

Tight Ends

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	George Kittle	100%	31	83.8%	3	8.6%	28	12.2%	9.7%	0.68	1
2	Dawson Knox	100%	39	83.0%	3	7.0%	5	1.8%	7.7%	0.28	1
3	Zach Ertz	97%	42	97.7%	13	33.3%	80	29.2%	31.0%	1.29	1
4	Tyler Conklin	97%	37	90.2%	5	14.3%	17	5.8%	13.5%	1.19	0
5	Cole Kmet	96%	33	84.6%	5	14.3%	41	19.6%	15.2%	1.48	1
6	Foster Moreau	94%	26	96.3%	4	16.0%	33	23.2%	15.4%	2.58	0
7	Tyler Higbee	91%	31	83.8%	6	16.2%	22	6.6%	19.4%	1.32	0
8	Mo Alie-Cox	90%	22	73.3%	4	14.3%	19	9.4%	18.2%	1.91	0
9	Noah Fant	90%	18	75.0%	4	18.2%	27	11.4%	22.2%	1.67	0
10	Rob Gronkowski	89%	24	77.4%	2	6.9%	27	10.3%	8.3%	0.96	1
11	Hunter Henry	87%	26	78.8%	6	20.0%	62	20.4%	23.1%	0.35	0
12	Tyler Kroft	86%	22	95.7%	5	25.0%	23	22.6%	22.7%	1.32	0
13	Dallas Goedert	83%	19	63.3%	4	14.8%	9	4.6%	21.1%	1.47	0
14	Gerald Everett	83%	23	79.3%	5	18.5%	50	22.1%	21.7%	2.96	0
15	Mark Andrews	79%	33	80.5%	10	27.0%	103	37.3%	30.3%	3.79	0
16	Kyle Pitts	77%	21	80.8%	6	27.3%	72	44.9%	28.6%	4.86	0
17	Evan Engram	77%	36	78.3%	5	12.2%	21	8.9%	13.9%	0.47	1
18	Dalton Schultz	75%	32	71.1%	9	22.5%	58	14.0%	28.1%	2.56	0
19	John Bates	74%	23	62.2%	3	10.0%	20	7.9%	13.0%	1.96	0
20	Brock Wright	73%	14	41.2%	3	8.8%	-1	-0.3%	21.4%	0.29	0
21	Noah Gray	72%	27	84.4%	2	6.9%	9	3.5%	7.4%	0.44	0
22	Zach Gentry	69%	24	53.3%	4	9.5%	19	8.7%	16.7%	1.29	0
23	Pharaoh Brown	67%	8	28.6%	3	11.1%	17	8.7%	37.5%	1.25	0
24	C.J. Uzomah	64%	32	65.3%	7	15.2%	26	6.6%	21.9%	1.13	1
25	Jared Cook	63%	24	66.7%	5	14.7%	38	15.8%	20.8%	1.83	0
26	Geoff Swaim	62%	11	32.4%	3	10.0%	6	2.2%	27.3%	0.91	0
27	James O'Shaughnessy	59%	20	50.0%	4	11.4%	35	9.3%	20.0%	2.45	0
28	Tommy Tremble	58%	25	48.1%	3	7.0%	10	2.7%	12.0%	0.88	0
29	David Njoku	58%	19	46.3%	2	5.6%	23	6.9%	10.5%	0.00	0
30	Josiah Deguara	57%	19	55.9%	3	8.8%	11	6.2%	15.8%	0.26	1
31	Austin Hooper	55%	16	39.0%	5	13.9%	41	12.2%	31.3%	1.63	0
32	Hayden Hurst	50%	13	50.0%	2	9.1%	19	11.7%	15.4%	1.62	1
33	Cameron Brate	48%	16	51.6%	4	13.8%	35	13.6%	25.0%	0.69	1
34	Jacob Hollister	47%	18	45.0%	2	5.7%	2	0.4%	11.1%	1.11	0
35	Brevin Jordan	47%	17	60.7%	4	14.8%	17	8.5%	23.5%	3.29	0
36	Ricky Seals-Jones	46%	16	43.2%	1	3.3%	-4	-1.6%	6.3%	-0.25	0
37	Marcedes Lewis	41%	8	23.5%	3	8.8%	4	2.5%	37.5%	0.25	1
38	Albert Okwuegbunam	35%	7	29.2%	2	9.1%	54	23.0%	28.6%	0.00	0

Links to RotoWire's Red Zone Stats

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Rushing Stats

Week 16 Injury Report

Inactives

Not even gonna bother, given how many there were and how many of them could be back this week. The team-by-team breakdowns should cover most of it.

In-Game Injuries

MIN WR Adam Thielen reinjured his ankle and missed most of the second half.

WR Tre'Quan Smith suffered a chest injury.

HOU WR Phillip Dorsett injured his ankle and likely will miss Weeks 17-18.

TE Shane Zylstra fractured a kneecap. (Owww?)

Waivers & Sleepers for Week 17

Limited to players rostered in less than half of Yahoo leagues.

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Drop/Bench 'Em

NYG WR Kenny Golladay

DEN WRs Jerry Jeudy + Courtland Sutton

MIN WR Adam Thielen

TEN WR Julio Jones

DEN TE Noah Fant

CLE TE Austin Hooper

Week 16 Game-by-Game Breakdowns

49ers (17) at Titans (20)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	George Kittle	100%	31	83.8%	3	8.6%	28	12.2%	9.7%	0.68	1
2	Brandon Aiyuk	93%	35	94.6%	5	14.3%	20	9.0%	14.3%	1.14	1
3	Deebo Samuel	76%	28	75.7%	11	31.4%	70	30.7%	39.3%	5.68	0
4	Jauan Jennings	45%	17	45.9%	5	14.3%	80	35.3%	29.4%	1.12	0

Team Volume: 37 DBs, 35 att. (26-322-1)

Samuel had nearly half of San Francisco's yards, with a 5-32-0 rushing line and 9-159-0 on 11 targets.
- Deebo got banged up on a 56-yard play that set up the game-tying TD, but he was back out there for the final/desperation lateral play (which Samuel caught and was credited with 12 yards for).
Kittle sunk to 2-21-0 on three targets after 425 total yards over the previous three weeks. He played every snap on offense for the third time this season.
Aiyuk put up 4-40-1 on five targets, rebounding from a one-catch, two-target performance the week before.
- He's played at least 88% of snaps in nine straight games, averaging 4.1 catches for 58.8 yards and 0.44 TDs on 6.1 targets. Not what drafters hoped for, but also not the disaster we saw back in September/October.

Sources: #49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a chipped bone and torn ligament in his right thumb. His status is in doubt for this weekend, but he's going to try to gut it out, somehow. He'll be reevaluated on Wednesday.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 27, 2021

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	A.J. Brown	74%	30	88.2%	16	53.3%	201	80.3%	53.3%	4.83	2
2	Geoff Swaim	62%	11	32.4%	3	10.0%	6	2.2%	27.3%	0.91	0
3	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	60%	16	47.1%	3	10.0%	36	14.5%	18.8%	2.38	0
4	Julio Jones	53%	24	70.6%	1	3.3%	4	1.6%	4.2%	0.29	0
5	Chester Rogers	48%	19	55.9%	1	3.3%	-3	-1.2%	5.3%	0.16	0

Team Volume: 34 DBs, 30 att. (22-209-1)

Brown returned from IR (chest) with an 11-145-1 line on 16 targets and 74% snap share, despite some early struggles. A massive second half left him with 53.3% target share for the night, the third-largest share for any player in a game this season (Davante Adams got 60% back in Week 3.... also against San Francisco).
Jones played only 50% of snaps and caught his lone target for a seven-yard gain. He'd left the previous game early after reinjuring his hamstring, yet didn't have an injury designation entering Thursday's win. The hamstring is clearly still a problem, however.
Westbrook-Ikhine played more snaps than Jones, 63%, and tied for second on the team with three targets.
- NWI has played more than 60% of snaps in five straight games, averaging 3.6 catches for 46.6 yards and 0.2 TDs on 5.4 targets in that stretch.

Browns (22) at Packers (24)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	Donovan Peoples-Jones	86%	36	87.8%	6	16.7%	126	37.7%	16.7%	0.14
2	Jarvis Landry	79%	36	87.8%	7	19.4%	63	19.0%	19.4%	1.53
3	Rashard Higgins	65%	28	68.3%	6	16.7%	53	15.9%	21.4%	2.07
4	David Njoku	58%	19	46.3%	2	5.6%	23	6.9%	10.5%	0.00
5	Austin Hooper	55%	16	39.0%	5	13.9%	41	12.2%	31.3%	1.63

Team Volume: DBs, 36 att. (21-22-2)

Baker Mayfield threw four picks, and none of the Cleveland pass catchers reached 60 yards.
Higgins had 5-58-0 on six targets and 68% route share, while rookie Anthony Schwartz logged on 11 snaps but took two carries for 24 yards and also caught a five-yard TD pass.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Davante Adams	93%	34	100.0%	13	38.2%	88	51.1%	38.2%	3.35	1
2	Allen Lazard	86%	32	94.1%	5	14.7%	63	36.6%	15.6%	1.41	1
3	Equanimeous St. Brown	83%	29	85.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
4	Josiah Deguara	57%	19	55.9%	3	8.8%	11	6.2%	15.8%	0.26	1
5	Marcedes Lewis	41%	8	23.5%	3	8.8%	4	2.5%	37.5%	0.25	1

Team Volume: DBs, 34 att. (24-202-3)

St. Brown was the No. 3 receiver with both Randall Cobb (IR/groin) and Marquez Valdes-Scantling (illness) out.
- ESB wasn't targeted on 29 routes.
Deguara is still lingering around 50-60 percent share for both snaps and routes, with 3-5 targets each of the past four games.
Lazard has 4-7 targets in five straight, averaging 2.6 catches for 32.4 yards and 0.4 TDs in that stretch. Drop him back down your WR rankings if MVS comes back for Week 17.

Colts (22) at Cardinals (16)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Michael Pittman	98%	30	100.0%	12	42.9%	63	31.1%	40.0%	2.73	0
2	Mo Alie-Cox	90%	22	73.3%	4	14.3%	19	9.4%	18.2%	1.91	0
3	T.Y. Hilton	65%	25	83.3%	5	17.9%	61	30.4%	20.0%	2.04	1
4	Kylen Granson	44%	6	20.0%	1	3.6%	6	2.9%	16.7%	1.00	0
5	Ashton Dulin	43%	9	30.0%	2	7.1%	23	11.3%	22.2%	2.56	0
6	Keke Coutee	40%	16	53.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0

Team Volume: 30 DBs, 28 att. (18-225-2)

Zach Pascal was a late addition to the COVID list, leaving Hilton as the No. 2 receiver while Coutee and Dulin split the No. 3 role (and combined for only two targets on 25 routes).
Pittman saw double-digit targets for a fifth time this year and finished with 8-82-0.
Alie-Cox got season highs for both snap and route share with Jack Doyle (ankle/knee) exiting early.
- MAC caught two of four targets for 42 yards, his first game with multiple catches since Week 7.
- The 90% snap share and 73% route share show potential for Week 17 against the Raiders, if Doyle doesn't play.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Zach Ertz	97%	42	97.7%	13	33.3%	80	29.2%	31.0%	1.29	1
2	A.J. Green	86%	37	86.0%	3	7.7%	48	17.4%	8.1%	0.89	0
3	Christian Kirk	84%	39	90.7%	9	23.1%	89	32.4%	23.1%	1.23	0
4	Antoine Wesley	77%	33	76.7%	4	10.3%	56	20.4%	12.1%	0.88	2

Team Volume: 43 DBs, 43 att. (27-245-1)

Ertz was held to 8-54-0 on 13 targets, and Kirk to 7-48-0 on nine.
- The two have combined for 51.7% of AZ's targets in two games since DeAndre Hopkins went down for the year.
Rondale Moore (ankle) was inactive, yet Andy Isabella barely played (five snaps, 0 targets).
Stats from the past two weeks combined (with no Hopkins, yes Murray):

Weeks 16 + 17 for AZ Pass Catchers

		Snap %	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Air Yards	AY Sh.	Catches	Rec Yds	Rec TDs
1	Christian Kirk	91.4%	21	24.1%	195	30.0%	16	142	1
2	Zach Ertz	92.8%	24	27.6%	182	28.0%	14	128	0
3	A.J. Green	79.9%	11	12.6%	118	18.1%	5	97	0
4	Antoine Wesley	81.3%	12	13.8%	108	16.6%	5	48	1

Jaguars (21) at Jets (26)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Laquon Treadwell	89%	37	92.5%	5	14.3%	88	23.7%	13.5%	1.46	1
2	Marvin Jones	84%	35	87.5%	13	37.1%	146	39.3%	37.1%	2.11	1
3	Tavon Austin	63%	25	62.5%	7	20.0%	96	25.8%	28.0%	2.72	1
4	James O'Shaughnessy	59%	20	50.0%	4	11.4%	35	9.3%	20.0%	2.45	0
5	Jacob Hollister	47%	18	45.0%	2	5.7%	2	0.4%	11.1%	1.11	0

Team Volume: DBs, 39 att. (26-280-0)

Jones finished with 8-74-0 on 13 targets, his first game with more than seven looks since Week 8.
Treadwell made it five in a row with 4-6 catches for 53-68 yards. He almost had his first big game, as the lone incomplete target was a deep ball he probably should've caught in the end zone.
O'Shaughnessy put up 4-49-0, but in a timeshare with Hollister. Not much fantasy appeal even if Dan Arnold (knee/illness) misses the final two weeks.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Tyler Kroft	86%	22	95.7%	5	25.0%	23	22.6%	22.7%	1.32	0
2	Braxton Berrios	83%	19	82.6%	6	30.0%	11	11.3%	31.6%	1.95	0
3	Keelan Cole	74%	18	78.3%	2	10.0%	15	14.4%	11.1%	1.39	0
4	Denzel Mims	55%	13	56.5%	2	10.0%	32	31.7%	15.4%	0.00	1

Team Volume: - DBs, 22 att. (14-102-1)

Elijah Moore (quad, COVID-19) and Jamison Crowder (calf) both missed the game, leaving Cole-Berrios-Mims as the Top 3 at WR.
- Berrios caught five of six passes for 37 yards and returned a kickoff for a touchdown. He's looked like a player whenever he's gotten the chance the past couple years. Maybe he takes over for Crowder in the slot full-time next year (not to mention Week 17 vs. TB).

Lions (16) at Falcons (20)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	88%	32	94.1%	11	32.4%	106	42.5%	34.4%	2.84	0
2	Josh Reynolds	79%	32	94.1%	7	20.6%	90	36.0%	21.9%	1.13	1
3	Brock Wright	73%	14	41.2%	3	8.8%	-1	-0.3%	21.4%	0.29	0
4	Kalif Raymond	69%	28	82.4%	5	14.7%	37	14.9%	17.9%	0.43	1
5	Tom Kennedy	31%	13	38.2%	2	5.9%	13	5.3%	15.4%	1.23	0

Team Volume: 37 DBs, 35 att. (25-208-1)

Jared Goff was activated from the COVID list Monday. Tim Boyle started Sunday's game in Atlanta.
Another week, another big game from ARSB.
Reynolds was added to the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday.
- Raymond could thus return to a near-every-down role Week 17 vs. Seattle.
Detroit's other TE, Shane Zylsta, suffered a fractured kneecap. Wright saw only three targets but did play 73% of snaps.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Russell Gage	86%	22	84.6%	5	22.7%	41	25.3%	22.7%	1.77	0
2	Olamide Zaccheaus	86%	22	84.6%	4	18.2%	23	14.5%	18.2%	1.45	0
3	Kyle Pitts	77%	21	80.8%	6	27.3%	72	44.9%	28.6%	4.86	0
4	Hayden Hurst	50%	13	50.0%	2	9.1%	19	11.7%	15.4%	1.62	1

Team Volume: 26 DBs, 24 att. (18-215-1)

Tajae Sharpe (foot) missed the game and then landed on the COVID-19 list Monday.
- Zaccheaus stepped up as the No. 2 receiver again, with 2-32-0 on four targets after 2-53-0 on two targets the week before. Unfortunately, the Falcons head to Buffalo in Week 17,
Pitts put up 6-102-0 and now lies 51 yards shy of 1,000, but he still has just one TD all year, while Hurst scored his third in Sunday's win (despite seeing only two targets).

Bills (33) at Patriots (21)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Dawson Knox	100%	39	83.0%	3	7.0%	5	1.8%	7.7%	0.28	1
2	Isaiah McKenzie	85%	41	87.2%	12	27.9%	107	36.5%	29.3%	3.05	1
3	Emmanuel Sanders	83%	43	91.5%	4	9.3%	26	9.0%	9.3%	0.47	2
4	Stefon Diggs	83%	40	85.1%	13	30.2%	118	40.4%	32.5%	2.13	3
5	Jake Kumerow	20%	9	19.1%	3	7.0%	41	14.1%	33.3%	1.44	1

Team Volume: 47 DBs, 47 att. (30-314-3)

McKenzie had a career day (11-125-1) in an every-down role with both Cole Beasley and Gabriel Davis recovering from COVID-19.
- It's unclear if Beasley and Davis will return Week 17.
Sanders also had a full-time role in his first game back from a minor knee injury and even saw two end-zone targets, but he finished with 2-20-0 on four targets.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	N'Keal Harry	97%	33	100.0%	6	20.0%	75	24.5%	18.2%	0.45
2	Hunter Henry	87%	26	78.8%	6	20.0%	62	20.4%	23.1%	0.35
3	Jakobi Meyers	73%	30	90.9%	8	26.7%	93	30.4%	26.7%	1.97
4	Kendrick Bourne	45%	23	69.7%	4	13.3%	55	18.2%	17.4%	1.43
5	Jonnu Smith	33%	5	15.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00

Team Volume: 33 DBs, 32 att. (14-145-0)

The Bills beat up on Mac Jones, and Meyers was the only Patriot with more than six targets or two receptions.
With Nelson Agholor (concussion) sidelined, Harry actually led the New England skill-position players in snap share (97%) and route share (100%), though he caught only two of six targets for 15 yards.
Henry caught just one of six targets for nine yards, but this is now two games in a row where both he and Smith have been healthy and Henry totally dominated the routes.
- The first game featured a 6-77-2 receiving line on eight targets at Indianapolis.

Buccaneers (32) at Panthers (6)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Rob Gronkowski	89%	24	77.4%	2	6.9%	27	10.3%	8.3%	0.96	1
2	Cyril Grayson	82%	24	77.4%	3	10.3%	37	14.3%	12.5%	3.38	0
3	Antonio Brown	79%	26	83.9%	15	51.7%	143	54.9%	57.7%	3.88	0
4	Tyler Johnson	53%	22	71.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
5	Cameron Brate	48%	16	51.6%	4	13.8%	35	13.6%	25.0%	0.69	1

Team Volume: 31 DBs, 31 att. (18-232-1)

Brown jumped right back in with a ridiculous role, drawing targets on over half his routes (15 of 26).
Mike Evans (hamstring) missed the game and then was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday.
- Breshad Perriman (COVID-19) also missed the game but was activated from the COVID-19 list Monday. His absence allowed Grayson to log 82% of snaps (but only three targets) in Sunday's win.
Another weird game for Gronk, after multiple drops and a poor stat line on 11 targets the week before. He's running a lot of routes, though, and still playing with Tom Brady. A big game should come soon enough.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Robby Anderson	96%	50	96.2%	10	23.3%	123	33.9%	20.0%	1.16	0
2	D.J. Moore	85%	46	88.5%	11	25.6%	123	33.9%	23.9%	1.20	1
3	Terrace Marshall	58%	33	63.5%	1	2.3%	3	0.8%	3.0%	0.18	0
4	Tommy Tremble	58%	25	48.1%	3	7.0%	10	2.7%	12.0%	0.88	0
5	Stephen Sullivan	24%	13	25.0%	1	2.3%	-1	-0.4%	7.7%	0.00	0
6	Shi Smith	21%	14	26.9%	4	9.3%	55	15.1%	28.6%	6.14	0

Team Volume: 52 DBs, 45 att. (22-251-0)

Marshall was back in the No. 3 role with Brandon Zylstra on the COVID list, but the rookie saw only one target on 33 routes.
- Still no signs of life from the second-round pick. He has 15 catches on 378 snaps.

Ravens (21) at Bengals (41)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Marquise Brown	93%	39	95.1%	9	24.3%	73	26.1%	23.1%	1.13	1
2	Rashod Bateman	82%	37	90.2%	5	13.5%	24	8.8%	13.5%	0.70	1
3	Mark Andrews	79%	33	80.5%	10	27.0%	103	37.3%	30.3%	3.79	0
4	James Proche	47%	24	58.5%	8	21.6%	67	24.3%	33.3%	3.17	0
5	Tylan Wallace	47%	20	48.8%	2	5.4%	9	3.3%	10.0%	0.90	0

Team Volume: 41 DBs, 40 att. (28-304-2)

Sammy Watkins (illness) and Devin Duvernay (injury) both missed the game, leaving Bateman with minimal competition for playing time while Proche and Wallace split the No. 3 role.
- Proche flashed with 7-76-0 on eight targets. He had 5-74-0 on six looks in a Week 4 game at Denver, and has now caught 16 of 20 targets for 202 yards this year.
  - The Ravens should be in good shape at WR post-2021, with Duvernay and Proche potentially competing for the No. 3 job behind locked-in starters Brown and Bateman. (Duvernay was picked three rounds earlier in the same draft - 2020.)
Andrews might be Lamar Jackson's favorite pass catcher, but the tight end apparently doesn't care who is playing QB.
More of the same for Brown. Plenty of targets, but minimal success with opponents playing off-coverage (and now benefiting from weak-armed QBs).

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Tyler Boyd	91%	44	89.8%	5	10.9%	59	15.0%	11.4%	1.93	1
2	Ja'Marr Chase	90%	46	93.9%	10	21.7%	97	24.6%	21.7%	2.72	0
3	Tee Higgins	84%	43	87.8%	13	28.3%	156	39.8%	30.2%	4.51	2
4	C.J. Uzomah	64%	32	65.3%	7	15.2%	26	6.6%	21.9%	1.13	1
5	Drew Sample	41%	14	28.6%	2	4.3%	3	0.9%	14.3%	0.64	0

Team Volume: 49 DBs, 46 att. (37-525-4)

Wow. Everyone went bananas, especially Higgins, with Joe Burrow throwing for 525 yards and four touchdowns.
- Boyd, Chase and Higgins each scored at least 17.5 PPR points.
- The only real change in snap/route share was Sample taking more work from Uzomah, who dropped to 64% snap share after 79%, 87% and 87% over the previous three weeks. Ooze still saw seven targets, catching five for 36 yards.
  - Uzomah logged 78% of fourth-quarter snaps, suggesting it wasn't the blowout that impacted his final snap/route share. Maybe he dealt with a minor injury during the game, or maybe the Bengals just wanted Sample to get a little more work.

Rams (30) at Vikings (23)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Cooper Kupp	97%	37	100.0%	13	35.1%	83	25.2%	35.1%	2.95	1
2	Van Jefferson	96%	37	100.0%	6	16.2%	118	35.8%	16.2%	0.16	1
3	Odell Beckham	91%	36	97.3%	8	21.6%	104	31.7%	22.2%	1.03	3
4	Tyler Higbee	91%	31	83.8%	6	16.2%	22	6.6%	19.4%	1.32	0

Team Volume: 37 DBs, 37 att. (21-197-1)

No. 4 WR Ben Skowronek ran one route. Apart from that, it was just the four guys listed and the RBs who ran routes for the Rams on Sunday.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Tyler Conklin	97%	37	90.2%	5	14.3%	17	5.8%	13.5%	1.19	0
2	Justin Jefferson	97%	40	97.6%	12	34.3%	153	52.2%	30.0%	2.90	0
3	K.J. Osborn	79%	34	82.9%	7	20.0%	103	35.4%	20.6%	2.00	1
4	Dede Westbrook	43%	21	51.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0
5	Adam Thielen	37%	16	39.0%	3	8.6%	27	9.2%	18.8%	2.50	0

Team Volume: 41 DBs, 38 att. (27-315-1)

Thielen lasted just three snaps into the second half in his first game back from a high-ankle sprain.
- Osborn played 97% of snaps after halftime, with Westbrook getting 57% (but no targets).
- Osborn caught five of seven targets for 58 yards and a TD.
  - Over the past four weeks, with Thielen out or limited, Osborn has averaged 3.8 catches for 54.8 yards and 0.75 TDs on 6.5 targets per game.

#Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Adam Thielen (ankle) was a little bit sore today. He remains hopeful that Thielen can play against the Packers.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) December 27, 2021

Giants (10) at Eagles (34)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Kenny Golladay	79%	36	78.3%	8	19.5%	100	42.9%	22.2%	0.61	1
2	Darius Slayton	79%	35	76.1%	5	12.2%	52	22.4%	14.3%	0.20	0
3	Evan Engram	77%	36	78.3%	5	12.2%	21	8.9%	13.9%	0.47	1
4	Kadarius Toney	52%	26	56.5%	9	22.0%	35	15.0%	34.6%	1.08	0
5	Pharoh Cooper	48%	22	47.8%	1	2.4%	9	3.7%	4.5%	0.00	0

Team Volume: 46 DBs, 44 att. (23-118-1)

Jake Fromm was benched mid-game for Mike Glennon.
Toney led the team in targets (nine) and receiving yards (28), despite playing far fewer snaps than Golladay and Slayton.
- The rookie was at 52% snap share and 57% route share. That could rise Weeks 17-18, of course.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	DeVonta Smith	85%	28	93.3%	7	25.9%	85	42.8%	25.0%	2.86	1
2	Dallas Goedert	83%	19	63.3%	4	14.8%	9	4.6%	21.1%	1.47	0
3	Quez Watkins	80%	26	86.7%	3	11.1%	40	20.3%	11.5%	1.65	0
4	Jalen Reagor	48%	20	66.7%	4	14.8%	29	14.8%	20.0%	0.75	0

Team Volume: 30 DBs, 29 att. (17-199-2)

Devonta Smith got back on the board with 5-80-1 on a team-high seven targets, while Goedert's hot streak ended with a 2-28-0 receiving line.
- Reagor lost more snaps to backup tight ends Tyree Jackson and Jack Stoll, though mostly in the second half. Reagor did play 70% of snaps pre-halftime.
Smith played 98% of snaps before the fourth quarter, with Watkins and Goedert at 94% apiece.

Chargers (29) at Texans (41)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Josh Palmer	98%	35	97.2%	6	17.6%	64	26.5%	17.1%	1.23	1
2	Keenan Allen	89%	30	83.3%	6	17.6%	43	17.7%	20.0%	1.17	0
3	Jason Moore	72%	26	72.2%	4	11.8%	57	23.8%	15.4%	2.15	0
4	Jared Cook	63%	24	66.7%	5	14.7%	38	15.8%	20.8%	1.83	0
5	Stephen Anderson	33%	4	11.1%	2	5.9%	21	8.7%	50.0%	8.50	0

Team Volume: 36 DBs, 35 att. (27-336-1)

Mike Williams (reserve/COVID-19) was out ~~and will also miss~~ but could return for Week 17 against Denver (thanks to the new changes in the NFL's COVID protocol.
With Jalen Guyton also on the COVID list, Palmer stepped up to the No. 2 WR role and Moore was the No. 3.
- Moore put up 3-56-0 and Palmer had 5-43-1. Both outproduced Allen (4-35-0).
Cook picked up a few extra routes/snaps with No. 2 TE Donald Parham (concussion) sidelined and the Chargers playing from behind. Cook finished with only 3-44-0 on four targets, however... essentially his typical line.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	Chris Conley	75%	24	85.7%	3	11.1%	42	21.0%	12.5%	2.50
2	Pharaoh Brown	67%	8	28.6%	3	11.1%	17	8.7%	37.5%	1.25
3	Nico Collins	66%	21	75.0%	4	14.8%	19	9.6%	19.0%	1.57
4	Brevin Jordan	47%	17	60.7%	4	14.8%	17	8.5%	23.5%	3.29
5	Chris Moore	45%	10	35.7%	4	14.8%	6	3.1%	40.0%	4.00
6	Phillip Dorsett	34%	16	57.1%	6	22.2%	97	48.2%	37.5%	3.44

Team Volume: 28 DBs, 27 att. (21-254-2)

Dorsett put up 3-55-0 on six targets despite running only 16 routes, fourth most on the team.
- Unfortunately, he'll likely miss the finl two weeks after hurting his ankle.
Conley (3-60-1 on three targets) and Collins (3-33-1 on four targets) both had solid games with Brandin Cooks on the COVID list, but volume was spread around evenly with only Dorsett above 15% target share.
Jordan returned from a hand injury with 4-56-0 and 61% route share. He's caught 19 of 27 targets for 169 yards and three TDs in only seven games. And he won't turn 22 until July.

Bears (25) at Seahawks (24)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Cole Kmet	96%	33	84.6%	5	14.3%	41	19.6%	15.2%	1.48	1
2	Darnell Mooney	86%	38	97.4%	9	25.7%	78	36.9%	23.7%	1.50	1
3	Damiere Byrd	84%	36	92.3%	3	8.6%	25	11.6%	8.3%	0.31	1
4	Dazz Newsome	45%	18	46.2%	2	5.7%	7	3.3%	11.1%	0.56	0
5	Marquise Goodwin	32%	11	28.2%	2	5.7%	13	6.2%	18.2%	2.09	0
6	Jimmy Graham	30%	12	30.8%	2	5.7%	24	11.3%	16.7%	2.50	1

Team Volume: 39 DBs, 35 att. (24-250-1)

QB Nick Foles started with both Justin Fields (ankle) and Andy Dalton (groin/hand) inactive.
WR Allen Robinson (illness) missed the game but was then removed from the COVID list on Monday.
- He says he lost a bunch of weight and is still struggling to get back into top shape.
Mooney put up 5-57-0 on nine targets and added two carries for two yards.
Kmet saw five looks, catching four for 49 yards. He's seen at least a handful of targets in five straight games, and nine of his past 10.
- Over his past 10 games, Kmet is averaging 4.3 catches for 45.8 yards on 6.4 targets. Still no TD, but there's breakout potential for 2022, especially if Graham and Nagy leave.
- Over his past 10 games, Graham is averaging 1.6 catches for 20.0 yards, but with three of his 11 catches going for TDs. Nagy loves him in the red zone, to the detriment of Kmet's fantasy potential.

Bears WR Allen Robinson said he lost 10 pounds when he got COVID-19. Said he's trying to figure out where he is conditioning-wise to make sure he'll be good to play Sunday.
— Colleen Kane (@ChiTribKane) December 28, 2021

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	DK Metcalf	89%	26	89.7%	5	18.5%	64	28.2%	19.2%	1.58	0
2	Tyler Lockett	87%	25	86.2%	6	22.2%	75	33.2%	24.0%	1.20	0
3	Gerald Everett	83%	23	79.3%	5	18.5%	50	22.1%	21.7%	2.96	0
4	Freddie Swain	49%	15	51.7%	2	7.4%	11	4.9%	13.3%	0.60	0
5	Colby Parkinson	40%	7	24.1%	1	3.7%	16	7.1%	14.3%	0.00	0
6	D'Wayne Eskridge	38%	11	37.9%	3	11.1%	19	8.4%	27.3%	0.91	1

Team Volume: 29 DBs, 27 att. (16-181-2)

Everett caught four of five targets for 68 yards and scored his third TD in the past five weeks.
- In seven games since Russell Wilson's return, Everett has averaged 4.3 catches for 41.0 yards on 5.4 targets, with three TDs.
Metcalf had a 41-yard TD early and one other catch for no gain. He may end up with the most disappointing double-digit TD season since Todd Gurley's final year in Los Angeles (2019).

Steelers (10) at Chiefs (36)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Diontae Johnson	90%	40	88.9%	9	21.4%	56	25.3%	22.5%	1.28	1
2	Chase Claypool	81%	33	73.3%	6	14.3%	57	25.5%	18.2%	1.24	0
3	Zach Gentry	69%	24	53.3%	4	9.5%	19	8.7%	16.7%	1.29	0
4	Ray-Ray McCloud	61%	29	64.4%	8	19.0%	51	23.0%	27.6%	0.86	0
5	Cody White	40%	16	35.6%	3	7.1%	3	1.4%	18.8%	1.00	0
6	James Washington	30%	17	37.8%	2	4.8%	24	10.7%	11.8%	0.00	0

Team Volume: 45 DBs, 43 att. (28-194-1)

Gentry took over most of Pat Freiermuth's (concussion) role, catching each of his four targets for 31 yards.
- Kevin Rader did get 24% of snaps, so Gentry wasn't quite an every-down player. The Steelers also have been hesitant to give Freiermuth more than three-quarters of snaps.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Byron Pringle	81%	28	87.5%	7	24.1%	77	31.7%	25.0%	2.68	1
2	Noah Gray	72%	27	84.4%	2	6.9%	9	3.5%	7.4%	0.44	0
3	Demarcus Robinson	67%	20	62.5%	2	6.9%	13	5.2%	10.0%	0.75	0
4	Mecole Hardman	43%	16	50.0%	5	17.2%	33	13.4%	31.3%	1.94	0
5	Tyreek Hill	42%	20	62.5%	2	6.9%	15	6.2%	10.0%	0.95	0
6	Josh Gordon	12%	8	25.0%	3	10.3%	67	27.6%	37.5%	0.00	1

Team Volume: 32 DBs, 30 att. (23-258-3)

Travis Kelce (COVID-19) wasn't able to play, while Hill suited up but saw just 42% of snaps and two targets.
Pringle stepped up with 6-75-2 on a season-high seven targets.
- He's now at 9.9 YPT on the year, with five TDs on 48 targets (34-477-1).
Gray took Kelce's usual route share but was targeted only twice.

Broncos (13) at Raiders (17)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	Noah Fant	90%	18	75.0%	4	18.2%	27	11.4%	22.2%	1.67
2	Tim Patrick	88%	22	91.7%	4	18.2%	55	23.3%	18.2%	0.82
3	Courtland Sutton	80%	20	83.3%	5	22.7%	59	25.1%	25.0%	1.65
4	Jerry Jeudy	73%	19	79.2%	4	18.2%	51	21.7%	21.1%	3.16
5	Albert Okwuegbunam	35%	7	29.2%	2	9.1%	54	23.0%	28.6%	0.00

Team Volume: 24 DBs, 22 att. (15-153-0)

The usual in terms of both playing time and production, though Jeudy did a bit better than usual (3-60-0) thanks to a 40-yard play in the first half.
The Broncos ran only 42 plays. Vegas dominated possession, and it was a low-volume contest with only 12 incompletions between both teams.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Foster Moreau	94%	26	96.3%	4	16.0%	33	23.2%	15.4%	2.58	0
2	Zay Jones	75%	22	81.5%	8	32.0%	44	31.2%	36.4%	2.27	0
3	Hunter Renfrow	57%	20	74.1%	3	12.0%	42	29.7%	15.0%	2.00	1
4	DeSean Jackson	51%	18	66.7%	5	20.0%	39	28.0%	27.8%	2.44	0

Team Volume: 26 DBs, 25 att. (20-201-1)

Moreau handled a three-down role again with Darren Waller (knee) out another week.
- The young TE was efficient with 4-67-0 on four targets, following 7-65-0 on nine targets the week before.
- Over the past four games with Waller out, Moreau has averaged 3.8 catches for 44.8 yards on 5.5 targets.
Renfrow played 68% of snaps through three quarters, but only 32% in the fourth with Vegas using more multi-TE formations to run the ball and the clock.
- No need to panic. Renfrow still played 100% of snaps in 11 personnel (35 of 35).
  - Zay also got 100% in 11, as did Moreau, with Jackson at 66% and "Dillon Stoner". at 31%.
Five straight games for Zay with at least five targets and three catches. But only 44.4 ypg and 8.9 ypr in that stretch, with no TDs and a lost fumble. He and Laquon Treadwell are kinda the same idea, no?

Pretty good day today for @Raiders TE Darren Waller, according to Rich Bisaccia, and some optimism he can be ready for walkthrough on Wednesday. Raiders would like to get him a few days of practice before getting him on the field
— Vincent Bonsignore (@VinnyBonsignore) December 27, 2021

Washington Football Team (14) at Cowboys (56)

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR
1	Terry McLaurin	91%	34	91.9%	6	20.0%	110	43.2%	17.6%	1.18
2	John Bates	74%	23	62.2%	3	10.0%	20	7.9%	13.0%	1.96
3	Adam Humphries	68%	29	78.4%	6	20.0%	27	10.5%	20.7%	0.14
4	Cam Sims	63%	22	59.5%	3	10.0%	36	14.1%	13.6%	0.00
5	Ricky Seals-Jones	46%	16	43.2%	1	3.3%	-4	-1.6%	6.3%	-0.25
6	Dyami Brown	23%	10	27.0%	2	6.7%	48	18.8%	20.0%	5.30
7	DeAndre Carter	21%	6	16.2%	2	6.7%	10	4.1%	33.3%	0.83

Team Volume: 34 DBs, 32 att. (15-188-2)

Bates again saw more snaps and routes than Seals-Jones, who can probably be dropped across the board now that his three-down role from the first Logan Thomas absence is gone.
- Bates finished with 2-45-1 on three targets, with his first career NFL TD coming on a play where he fumbled the ball near the goal line and recovered it in the end zone.
Sams finished without a catch on three targets, but in terms of playing time, he was ahead of both Brown and Carter.

		Snap %	Routes	Rts/DB	Tgt	Tgt Sh.	Air Yds	AY Sh.	TPRR	YPRR	EZ Tgt
1	Dalton Schultz	75%	32	71.1%	9	22.5%	58	14.0%	28.1%	2.56	0
2	CeeDee Lamb	74%	36	80.0%	5	12.5%	55	13.3%	13.9%	1.83	0
3	Amari Cooper	71%	36	80.0%	11	27.5%	157	38.1%	30.6%	2.36	1
4	Michael Gallup	66%	34	75.6%	5	12.5%	91	22.1%	14.7%	1.56	1
5	Cedrick Wilson	36%	14	31.1%	3	7.5%	31	7.5%	21.4%	0.71	0
6	Malik Turner	18%	5	11.1%	3	7.5%	14	3.4%	60.0%	16.40	0

Team Volume: 45 DBs, 42 att. (30-400-5)

Dak Prescott threw for 330 yards and four TDs, with Cooper Rush then adding 70 yards and one score.
In the first half, Schultz played 94% of snaps, Copper got 89%, Gallup was at 83% and Lamb at 81%.
- And all four went over 50 yards before halftime.
Lamb still isn't getting much playing time in two-receiver sets. Even in the first half, he played just one of six snaps in 12 personnel.