2022 Fantasy Football Targets and Touches Trends Through Week 2

Hi, everybody, welcome to my 2022 Fantasy Football Targets and Touches Trends Through Week 2 article.

This is a new column I'm starting here each week to discuss Targets, Touches and Snap Count trends.

I will be displaying some data, in tables, broken down between running backs and wide receivers after each week. It won't be every team or every player, but the backfields and receiver corps that have split workloads or trends that are worth noting.

After the data tables, you will see my analysis of a few of the team's backfields or receiving corps. I want to make sure to point out interesting trends that can make a difference for how you decide who to start, pick up or trade each week.

I'll spare you an even longer intro this week since I explained the concept and just get to it.

2022 Fantasy Football Targets and Touches Trends Through Week 2

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Running Backs

Player	Team	Wk2 Snap %	Season Snap %	Wk 2 Car	Season Car	Wk2 Tgts	Season Tgts	Wk2 Rec	Season Rec
Darrel Williams	ARI	46.0	26.3	8	8	3	3	2	2
James Conner	ARI	20.7	42.8	7	17	4	10	2	7
Eno Benjamin	ARI	42.5	28.8	8	12	4	8	3	6
Cordarrelle Patterson	ATL	59.0	62.5	10	32	1	6	0	3
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	31.1	14.0	10	10	0	0	0	0
Devin Singletary	BUF	54.4	56.7	6	14	4	6	2	4
James Cook	BUF	26.5	16.5	11	12	1	1	0	0
Zack Moss	BUF	19.1	27.6	3	9	1	7	0	6
David Montgomery	CHI	80.5	71.7	15	32	2	6	2	5
Khalil Herbert	CHI	19.5	25.3	4	13	1	2	1	2
Nick Chubb	CLE	53.7	53.1	17	39	3	4	3	4
Kareem Hunt	CLE	46.3	51.7	13	24	2	6	2	6
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	67.2	62.3	15	25	2	6	1	2
Tony Pollard	DAL	39.3	47.7	9	15	7	9	4	6
Javonte Williams	DEN	65.3	61.6	15	22	4	16	1	12
Melvin Gordon	DEN	31.9	36.2	10	22	1	3	1	3
D'Andre Swift	DET	50.8	59.2	5	20	5	8	2	5
Jamaal Williams	DET	34.4	33.8	12	23	1	3	1	2
A.J. Dillon	GB	57.4	54.3	18	28	3	9	1	6
Aaron Jones	GB	58.8	59.7	15	21	3	8	3	6
Dameon Pierce	HOU	61.9	44.4	15	26	1	2	1	2
Rex Burkhead	HOU	36.5	54.9	0	14	3	11	2	7
James Robinson	JAX	63.4	56.0	23	34	2	4	2	3
Travis Etienne Jr.	JAX	36.6	44.0	9	13	3	7	3	5
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KC	43.9	40.9	8	15	4	7	4	7
Isiah Pacheco	KC	8.8	16.5	2	14	0	0	0	0
Jerick McKinnon	KC	47.4	42.5	4	8	2	6	2	5
Derrell Henderson Jr.	LAR	69.8	56.5	10	23	0	5	0	5
Cam Akers	LAR	30.2	43.5	15	18	3	3	2	2
Raheem Mostert	MIA	54.9	48.9	11	16	3	4	3	4
Chase Edmonds	MIA	50.7	56.5	5	17	3	7	1	5
Damien Harris	NE	39.7	39.2	15	24	2	5	2	4
Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	61.8	44.8	9	17	2	4	1	3
Breece Hall	NYJ	27.1	37.0	7	13	1	10	1	7
Michael Carter	NYJ	61.4	60.4	7	17	5	14	5	12

Green Bay Packers

To me, this is one of the more interesting backfields in all of football. Not because it is a split, we all knew that was going to be the case this season. The reason is just how the split has carried out.

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If you had told me that AJ Dillon was going to have more targets and carries than Aaron Jones this season, even after just two weeks, I would have said you were crazy. However, that is precisely how it has played out.

Now in Week 2 Aaron Jones took his opportunities, even though there were fewer of them, and capitalized. I believe Dillon's days are coming for sure.

I'm not going to say to move any of these two, they are both extremely talented. I will say though that it is going to be tough to predict monster Fantasy days from either of them with such an even workload.

New England Patriots

This is a strange backfield with the splits.

If you simply look at the touches and Fantasy points it heavily favors Damien Harris.

A different look at things and it makes you wonder if Harris's dominance can continue. Why? Because his snap share is below Rhamondre Stevenson on the season and was much lower in Week 2 alone.

Harris will have to stay very efficient with the touches he is getting to stay as the running back you want in this backfield.

Jacksonville Jaguars

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I'm still in shock with this backfield split, even after watching it for two weeks. I thought James Robinson would play a role, but after a torn Achilles I thought it might take a bit longer than this.

After the first two weeks of the season, Robinson has led Travis Etienne in snaps and carries. By quite a bit too.

I still want to believe that Etienne's talent will show, but it is getting harder and harder each week we watch him take a backseat to Robinson. Perhaps we just have to remember that he is still a rookie and it will take him time to acclimate to the NFL, as most rookies do.

Wide Receivers

Player	Team	Wk2 Snap %	Season Snap %	Wk 2 Car	Season Car	Wk2 Tgts	Season Tgts	Wk2 Rec	Season Rec
Darnell Mooney	CHI	90.2	89.9	0	0	2	5	1	2
Equanimeous St. Brown	CHI	70.7	73.7	0	0	4	7	2	3
Byron Pringle	CHI	34.1	24.2	0	0	0	2	0	1
Dante Pettis	CHI	56.1	46.5	0	0	0	1	0	1
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	85.2	86.9	2	2	12	24	9	17
DJ Chark	DET	65.6	73.8	0	0	4	12	0	4
Josh Reynolds	DET	72.1	76.2	0	0	3	6	3	4
Allen Lazard	GB	80.9	42.6	0	0	3	3	2	2
Sammy Watkins	GB	64.7	65.9	0	0	4	7	3	6
Christian Watson	GB	32.4	48.1	0	0	3	7	3	5
Randall Cobb	GB	29.4	44.2	0	0	3	6	3	5
Romeo Doubs	GB	36.8	46.5	0	0	3	8	2	6
Christian Kirk	JAX	90.1	90.8	0	0	6	18	6	12
Zay Jones	JAX	67.6	75.2	0	0	4	13	3	9
Marvin Jones Jr.	JAX	90.1	85.8	0	0	5	11	3	7
JuJu Smith-Schuster	KC	73.7	69.3	0	0	3	11	3	9
Mecole Hardman	KC	54.4	55.1	1	1	4	10	3	6
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	KC	78.9	75.6	0	1	7	11	2	6
Skyy Moore	KC	3.5	11.8	0	0	0	1	0	1
Michael Thomas	NO	76.5	69.0	0	0	9	17	6	11
Jarvis Landry	NO	67.6	69.8	0	0	5	14	4	11
Chris Olave	NO	75.0	74.4	0	0	13	16	5	8
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	61.4	54.5	1	1	14	22	8	12
Corey Davis	NYJ	78.6	72.7	0	0	4	14	2	8
Elijah Moore	NYJ	87.1	88.3	1	1	5	12	3	8
Diontae Johnson	PIT	86.4	83.6	0	0	10	22	6	13
Chase Claypool	PIT	91.5	91.8	0	6	6	12	4	8
George Pickens	PIT	84.7	77.9	0	0	3	6	1	2
Treylon Burks	TEN	44.6	40.5	0	0	6	11	4	7
Robert Woods	TEN	66.1	68.6	0	0	5	7	4	5
Nick Westbook-Ikhine	TEN	60.7	64.5	0	0	4	6	1	2
Kyle Phillips	TEN	23.2	35.5	0	0	1	10	1	7
Terry McLaurin	WAS	89.2	89.4	1	1	8	12	4	6
Jahan Dotson	WAS	98.6	93.4	0	1	5	10	4	7
Curtis Samuel	WAS	89.2	80.1	1	5	9	20	7	15

Chicago Bears

What is going on here? We see elite snap count numbers for Darnell Mooney. Even good ones for Equanimeous St. Brown.

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The target numbers are straight awful and make it very hard to start any of these receivers. I'm honestly benching Mooney in most of my leagues until we see this offense pick things up in the passing game.

Green Bay Packers

There isn't much to like here either. Only two receivers have double-digit Fantasy points. Sammy Watkins and Romeo Doubs.

Aaron Rodgers is still trying to figure out who he can trust. The proof is that four different receivers have six or more targets.

I expect Allen Lazard to take the lead here after missing Week 1, but Week 2 did not go as expected even though he did score. It might be hard to wait and see with these guys, but I would try to do that with most of them.

Kansas City Chiefs

The unknown and inconsistent feeling is similar here to the Packers.

After the Chiefs lost their top pass catcher, they are trying to spread the ball around. It is working for their offense as a whole as they are winning games and putting up plenty of points doing so.

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It is not, however, producing Fantasy wide receivers that are going to be easy to predict every week.

This receiver corps, much like the Packers, is one I'm going to keep an eye on to see who rises to the top. Right now it is very unknown.

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2022 Fantasy Football Targets and Touches Trends Through Week 2