Week 2 Targets and Attempts
This report uses Week 2 Targets and Attempts metrics on Team, Position, and Player targets and rushing attempts. The more opportunities, the higher the chances for collection of your Team’s fantasy points.
Lineup Diary
I would use these Team metrics with my rankings and snap reports to finalize the week 3 lineups. This process is not automatic and easy. I am urging all players to dig deep for their decisions. There are plenty of software to automatically set-line ups. I subject using a notebook and record your process. This lineup diary can be useful for you to spot weakness or strengths in your game by the week or season.
Rankings Link: Week 3 Rankings
Snaps Report Link: Snaps Report
Overall Week 1 and 2 Targets and Attempts
This table reveals the week 1 and 2 Targets and Attempts data. Some have stated that the early weeks are closer to preseason. I wanted to see the overall metrics for weeks 1 and 2.
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The numbers are fairly close except the level of RB targeting went down 14% and TEs dropped 13% in week 2. I like to consider the entire league trends as I look into week 3 lineups. I will continue to monitor these megatrends.
Team Level Rushing Attempts over Weeks 1 and 2
I present the league level Team rushing attempts sorted by high to low of the first 2 weeks rushing attempts totals. Additionally, I calculated a DIFF week 2 vs 1 Metric. The teams with increased rushing in week 2 would be greater than 0 and green colorized (Green Stars) The teams that dropped in rushing would be below 0 and red-stained. (Red Stars)
The top teams (green colorized) were SF>NE>MIN>IND>BAL>DAL>DET>GB>LAR>SEA>TB. I suggest the handcuffs from these teams might be a priority.
The opposite teams would be those whose secondary RBs might be useful for trades and dropped for other players. These teams were MIA The BLUE Bars mark each team’s rushing attempts total. The red line charts the DIFF metric from week 2 vs 1 rushing attempts. The pink line delineates the 0 DIFF line focusing on team improving or declining in rushing. Interesting Extremes: SF is the highest rushing team with a week 2 increase as well. BAL, on the other hand, saw an extreme drop in week 2 rushing. Other declining teams were PHI, OAK and ARI. Improving teams were GB, BUF, CIN, CHI, and WAS. I will continue to monitor these trends. Secondary players could be wavier targets or drop candidates further into the season. Fantasy just got a whole lot better thanks to Monkey Knife Fight. With fast-paced games like Rapid Fire and Either/Or, it’s never been easier to play fantasy and win. New to MKF? Get Exclusive $100 Deposit Match + Free $5 Game As with the rushing attempts these next two figures present the team targets over the first 2 weeks. The table below is sorted by total team targets high to low. Also, the DIFF metric between week 2 vs 1 is listed. The top passing teams in terms of targets are CIN>NYG>DEN>ATL>PHI>ARI>WAS>CAR>KC>NYJ>PIT. Note several teams in this group have new QBs. We can monitor this as well. These teams would have secondary and tertiary level players especially WRs of interest for adding. Watch for injuries for deep players to arise on the scene. Think PHI this week. watch for JJA and Ahglor to show up with DJAX and Jeffery out? The opposite teams are weakly passing teams as stained in RED. Watch these teams for players to jettison from your team. The DIFF metrics are used for extreme analysis. DEN +33/CAR+19/KC+18/LAC+11/MIA+13/GB+16/OAK+16/BAL+14/SEA+28/MIN+28 ARI-12/TB-10/PIT-7/CHI-7/DET-6/BUF-6 The BLUE Bars mark each team’s targeting totals. The red line charts the DIFF metric from week 2 vs 1 team targets. The pink line delineates the 0 DIFF line focusing on team improving or declining in rushing. Interesting Extremes: DEN High and Nice Week 2 improvement vs ARI with high targets but week 2 declines in targets. Improving teams in targeting were CAR/KC/PHI/MIA/CLE/GB/OAK/BAL/SEA/MIN Declining teams were PIT/CHI/DET/NO/CLE/NE/LAR/BUF/TB The following figures are a four-team profile with graphical plots of the %Team Targets by Position. Most look at players this scaled up to the team level and see the entire passing game as laid out by distribution of targets. These metrics give an interesting view of the team system of play. Look for extremes and patterns within the data. For example, ARI WRs are 80% of the show but they had a drop in 11 targets in week 2 vs 1. Invites a deeper grab on the WRs there? BAL loves its TEs at 42% vs its WRs at 41%. These fun facts can drive your lineups in seasonal or DFS for week 3. The plots that follow the tables within the Positional %TT section are bar graphs with Orange Bars for WRs %TT, Blue for %TT TEs, and %TT of RBs. I also placed average marking lines for different Positions. Now you can see the team pattern of targeting usages vs the league average. Example, in ARI the WRs are highly used above league averages for WRs but their TE and RB %TT are below league average. I would note changes in the Team patterns as well as the success of the Team. ATL and BUF use RBs ARI, ATL, and BUF use WRs CLE and CHI highly use RBs. CLE and CHI underuses TEs DAL strong WRs usages. DEN and GB nice RBs used DET likes TEs HOU uses their WRs. KC uses RBs LAR uses WR LAC, MIA and MIN strong RB usages NE, NO, and NYJ strongly using RBs PIT needs it WRs OAK TEs are well used SEA RBs are a focus. TB needs its WRs SF, TEN, and WAS use their RBs SF and TEN are Team Friendly to TEs. These extend the Targeting metrics reach below the team level. I focus on amounts of targets (grand total), percentage of Team Targets (%TT), and Week 2 to 1 changes (Diff Week 2-1). These give us a view of the positional usages as well as the level of importance of targeting and recent changes in targeting over the last 2 weeks. Interesting RB Highs NYJ/MIA/GB/WAS/MIN/CIN vs TB/HOU RBs lows PHI/MIN/DEN/CHI improving NYG/SF/GB/TB/CLE declines. These changes can point to new trends! CAR/MIN/SEA/KC/NYG/DEN/TEN/BAL improving in WR targeting ARI/PIT/LAR/NYJ/CHI/DET/MIA declining WRs. Note new QBs? Changes in activity in rushing and or targeting for fine-tuning our Week 3 lineups and DFS! I used Green and Red Stars to highlight player extremes high vs lows. I use to note extremes in trends (stronger as the season moves on). These metrics give context to injuries, handcuffs, emerging players, etc. This information is meant for deeper thinking and note-taking. If you have deeper benches these metrics allow to jump into new player shares early for gambling. That is how I use deep benches. I continue to rotate players at the bottom. So many takeaways for you embedded in these metric tables. Facts are your friends for tiebreakers etc in week 3. These Team centric data focus onto the system the player is working within. Lists of players with numbers miss the background constraints the player is under. A WR in a RB/TE based Team vs one where WRs are heavily used. I begin looking at rushing attempts. Teams that use RBs for rushing are different than those that do not. Look for extremes for further analysis. Example DEN Freeman in targets? Improving by 14 targets week 2? Why? Will it continue. The deepest is correlating these data with game scripts etc. Was DEN playing close or from behind or ahead to explain Freeman targeting? These tables include: These tables bring out the team and its style of targeting. I use the %TT metric in the last column to see the entire targeting patterns. I suggest this metric is very useful for lineups, DFS, and player drop and adds. These tables include: Find the extremes and unexpected. The less common knowledge has more value than what everyone knows. Stroll through and judge the players %TT.
A Plot of Rush Attempt Totals and DIFF Metrics by Team.
Team Level Passing Targets over Weeks 1 and 2
A Plot of Targeting Totals and DIFF Metrics by Team.
Position Profiles for TEAM Targeting % from Week 1 and 2 with DIFFs
ARI_ATL_BAL_BUF
Positional Plots for Team Target %
ARI_ATL_BAL_BUF
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CAR_CHI_CIN_CLE
Positional Plots for Team Target %
CAR_CHI_CIN_CLE
DAL_DEN_DET_GB
Positional Plots for Team Target %
DAL_DEN_DET_GB
HOU_IND_JAX_KC
Positional Plots for Team Target %
HOU_IND_JAX_KC
LAC_LAR_MIA_MIN
Positional Plots for Team Target %
LAC_LAR_MIA_MIN
NE_NO_NYG_NYJ
Positional Plots for Team Target %
NE_NO_NYG_NYJ
OAK_PHI_PIT_SEA
Positional Plots for Team Target %
OAK_PHI_PIT_SEA
SF_TB_TEN_WAS
Positional Plots for Team Target %
SF_TB_TEN_WAS
Positional Target Metrics for Depth
RBs
TEs
WRs
Player By Position Metrics
RBs
TEs
WRs
Team Context for Player Analysis: Rushing Attempts
Team Context for Player Analysis: Team Targets
