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Fantasy Football: Key utilization stats to know from Week 9

Recapping the most important fantasy football player utilization data from Week 9 play.

Following the Monday Night Football game in Week 9, the National Football League’s regular season has reached its halfway mark.

The Dallas Cowboys‘ starting quarterback, Dak Prescott, sustained a multiweek injury, impacting the fantasy values of various receivers and potentially the running game.

Reflecting on the MNF game, Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cade Otton continues to impress, ascending into the must-start category. It’s worth noting that in the tight end role, significant production shifts can occur with minimal output.

Recent trades also have led to changes in fantasy values for certain players, affecting both their new teams and their former squads.

The Monday game between the Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs was not only entertaining but also provided valuable insights for fantasy football enthusiasts. After all, that’s why we’re here, right?

Looking ahead to Week 10, with the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders, and Seattle Seahawks on bye weeks, the dynamic landscape of fantasy football becomes even more crucial to navigate.

Fantasy Football: Top utilization stats to know from Week 8

Recapping the most important fantasy football player utilization data from Week 9 play.

Week 8 fantasy football action featured all 32 teams, and we saw a fair amount of the same old, same old in terms of utilization for the usual suspects, but a few notables stood out.

Running backs Breece Hall and Rachaad White have seen inflated PPR value the last two weeks with more stable receiving roles, whereas Saquon Barkley and Bijan Robinson each saw five targets in Week 8 but produced zero yards combined. Robinson didn’t even catch a pass. That can be chalked up as an anomaly, fortunately, but it stung nonetheless.

Barkley was utilized a ridiculous 41 times in Week 8, five familiar receivers all garnered 14 or more targets, and four tight ends each drew at least 10 looks. There were several moderate displays of fireworks statistically, but only CeeDee Lamb really went bonkers (41 PPR) with his massive utilization. Seven of the top 13 fantasy receivers in terms of points scored were utilized fewer than 10 times.

A few other interesting aerial tidbits include Seattle Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba‘s downfield target percentage nearly doubling, New England Patriots WR Demario Douglas garnering 13 total looks in the last two games, and the Dallas Cowboys‘ Brandin Cooks is finally doing something, anything, with his four targets — the exact target mark five times this year — with scores in consecutive games.

Let’s see if we can find any useful intel from player involvement among some of the less obvious situations.