On Target: On the Upswing

On Target: On the Upswing

This article is part of our On Target series.

We finally made it! We slogged through injuries to, well, just about every fantasy relevant player you can imagine to this point in the 2015 NFL season, and now the likes of DeVante Parker and Javorius Allen have the ability to change the fate of our seasons. As the season wraps up, it's important for us to turn an eye to next season as well when parsing through this data. There will always be examples of players who go underappreciated and whose opportunity slip through the fantasy cracks. Keep that in mind as you check out this week's numbers.

Overall Targets
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PLAYERTARGETSRECYARDSTD
Julio Jones1581021,3386
DeAndre Hopkins152861,17010
Antonio Brown137931,3107
Odell Beckham133781,15810
Brandon Marshall130831,06210
Demaryius Thomas130789723
Allen Robinson125661,08411
Larry Fitzgerald123911,0477
Calvin Johnson118709657
Jarvis Landry117798234
Michael Crabtree115667607
Mike Evans110548553
T.Y. Hilton108548555
A.J. Green1056910017
Amari Cooper105629324
Greg Olsen104629176
Emmanuel Sanders102557714
Golden Tate101676152
Randall Cobb99576566
Brandin Cooks98618407
Travis Benjamin97548265
Eric Decker97598018
Jordan Matthews95616614
Jeremy Maclin94
We finally made it! We slogged through injuries to, well, just about every fantasy relevant player you can imagine to this point in the 2015 NFL season, and now the likes of DeVante Parker and Javorius Allen have the ability to change the fate of our seasons. As the season wraps up, it's important for us to turn an eye to next season as well when parsing through this data. There will always be examples of players who go underappreciated and whose opportunity slip through the fantasy cracks. Keep that in mind as you check out this week's numbers.

Overall Targets
(Click to sort)

PLAYERTARGETSRECYARDSTD
Julio Jones1581021,3386
DeAndre Hopkins152861,17010
Antonio Brown137931,3107
Odell Beckham133781,15810
Brandon Marshall130831,06210
Demaryius Thomas130789723
Allen Robinson125661,08411
Larry Fitzgerald123911,0477
Calvin Johnson118709657
Jarvis Landry117798234
Michael Crabtree115667607
Mike Evans110548553
T.Y. Hilton108548555
A.J. Green1056910017
Amari Cooper105629324
Greg Olsen104629176
Emmanuel Sanders102557714
Golden Tate101676152
Randall Cobb99576566
Brandin Cooks98618407
Travis Benjamin97548265
Eric Decker97598018
Jordan Matthews95616614
Jeremy Maclin94668675
Gary Barnidge93608177
Rob Gronkowski92579319
Keenan Allen89677254
Julian Edelman88616927
Kamar Aiken87495844
Delanie Walker86678004
Anquan Boldin85495952
Donte Moncrief84536175
Pierre Garcon84545623
Jordan Reed83585746
Allen Hurns81487587
Travis Kelce81567314
Alshon Jeffery80476902
Jason Witten80605542
Martellus Bennett80534393
Marvin Jones77475954
Ted Ginn77355256
Nate Washington76395433
Ben Watson75546424
Danny Woodhead75565943
Charles Clay75505193
Jimmy Graham74486052
Steve Smith73466703
Danny Amendola73565823
Theo Riddick73605343
Devonta Freeman73584762
John Brown72518174
Willie Snead72456763
Doug Baldwin71557788
Cecil Shorts71404752
Davante Adams71363551
Tyler Eifert684652212
Richard Rodgers68484556
Rueben Randle67425374
Brian Hartline67384162
Robert Woods67384023
Zach Ertz66404031
Coby Fleener66433722
Stefon Diggs65416012
Jacob Tamme65475411
Steve Johnson65454973
Terrance Williams64355543
Jamison Crowder64484751
Tavon Austin64383674
Darren Sproles64402921
Martavis Bryant63316236
Jared Cook62334010
Rishard Matthews61436624
Vincent Jackson61325383
Antonio Gates61394214
Kyle Rudolph61393544
Michael Floyd60355505
Mark Ingram60504050
Owen Daniels60353753
James Jones59316117
Jordan Cameron58263062
Kendall Wright57333903
Dez Bryant57263422
Julius Thomas57312984
Kenny Britt56264451
Heath Miller56393901
Brandon LaFell56253690
Andre Johnson56283673
Shane Vereen56423493
Marques Colston55374451
Duke Johnson55484402
Cole Beasley55393923
Mike Wallace55303611
Sammy Watkins52346356
Markus Wheaton51285243
Marquess Wilson51284641
Roddy White51303471
Dion Lewis50363882

Red-Zone Touchdown Percentage
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PLAYERTARGETSRECTDRZ TD%
Tyler Eifert16121169
Allen Robinson20131050
Larry Fitzgerald139646
Richard Rodgers118545
Gary Barnidge147643
Calvin Johnson159640
Jordan Reed158640
Allen Hurns107440
Kamar Aiken106440
Brandon Marshall2112838
Antonio Brown1611638
Antonio Gates115436
Donte Moncrief117436
Eric Decker219733
A.J. Green157533
John Brown127433
Jeremy Maclin129433
Delanie Walker109330
Steve Johnson107330
Pierre Garcon105330
James Jones103330
Kyle Rudolph103330
Julian Edelman1711529
Rob Gronkowski179529
Odell Beckham149429
Randall Cobb188528
DeAndre Hopkins2212627
Danny Woodhead117327
Travis Kelce115327
Greg Olsen169425
Cole Beasley128325
Martavis Bryant125325
Vincent Jackson135323
Julio Jones2011420
Devonta Freeman107220
Jerricho Cotchery106220
Marvin Jones105220
Coby Fleener106220
Michael Floyd104220
T.Y. Hilton168319
Theo Riddick119218
Brian Hartline116218
Golden Tate117218
Jarvis Landry1811317
Jordan Matthews127217
Jordan Cameron124217
Mike Evans153213
Anquan Boldin178212
Terrance Williams103110
Bryan Walters11519
Travis Benjamin11519
Demaryius Thomas11619
Heath Miller12718
Alshon Jeffery13418

Allen Robinson has become the goal-line back for the Jaguars this year, and I'm not sure if there is really a ceiling that we can put on Robinson for fantasy in 2016. He's simply played to well for too long for us to ignore the production. Most encouraging for the Jaguars is they have a plan. They are going to let Bortles, Allen Hurns and Robinson run the show. Both Hurns and Robinson have proven capable deep threats, and Robinson has been one of the best red-zone receivers all season. I am comfortable putting A-Rob in a range right behind Antonio Brown, DeAndre Hopkins, Odell Beckham and Julio Jones. He's seeing a wild amount of volume (25 percent of team targets, 23 percent of RZ targets) and was incredibly similar to Dez Bryant coming out of college. Both because he is a Jaguar and a negative perception of Blake Bortles, thbere's profit potential on his current price in DFS and in redraft/dynasty leagues.

Martavis Bryant is a huge reason why the Steelers offense is on a historic pace for both yardage and points, when he and Big Ben are both healthy. Without them, the offense is still fine but their additions are nearly impossible to overstate. Bryant's supreme athleticism coming out of Clemson was always going to get him on the field, but it appears he has taken something from AB84's book and added some complexity to his route running. Bryant has a 90th percentile SPRARQ score (a cumulative athletic measurement, meant to put players of all sizes on a level playing field) and has seen 21 targets over his last two games. Given the way in which the Steelers relentlessly attack through the air, and the fact that they are still fighting for their playoff lives, I would be unsurprised if Bryant finished from this point as a top-10 fantasy WR. On daily fantasy sites, he isn't nearly priced that way, and my expectation in redraft leagues is that he'll priced like his efficiency is unsustainable, but I think it is.

Doug Baldwin is not a name I have used or discussed once all season, but he has officially played his way into consideration. In fact, more than consideration. The way the Seahawks are running their offense minus Jimmy Graham and Marshawn Lynch, he is a legit week-to-week startable WR2. The evolution of Russell Wilson has been really fascinating to watch, and over the last month he has begun to prove to us that what has been holding him back from insane numbers is the design of the Seahawks' offense,

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Davis Mattek
Davis Mattek has played DFS for a living for over a year and began in the fantasy sports industry in 2012. He is a member of the FSTA and FSWA.
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