This article is part of our On Target series.
Total Target Numbers
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| PLAYER | TARGETS | REC | YARDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Hopkins | 123 | 71 | 928 | 7 |
| Julio Jones | 119 | 80 | 1029 | 6 |
| Antonio Brown | 114 | 79 | 1141 | 5 |
| Odell Beckham | 104 | 63 | 863 | 8 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 103 | 68 | 816 | 1 |
| Brandon Marshall | 96 | 57 | 753 | 6 |
| Allen Robinson | 91 | 45 | 758 | 7 |
| Keenan Allen | 89 | 67 | 725 | 4 |
| Jarvis Landry | 89 | 60 | 587 | 3 |
| Julian Edelman | 88 | 61 | 692 | 7 |
| Calvin Johnson | 87 | 54 | 740 | 3 |
| T.Y. Hilton | 87 | 43 | 703 | 3 |
| Mike Evans | 86 | 40 | 667 | 1 |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 85 | 65 | 836 | 7 |
| Michael Crabtree | 85 | 51 | 646 | 5 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 85 | 46 | 639 | 4 |
| Travis Benjamin | 82 | 48 | 736 | 4 |
| Amari Cooper | 81 | 50 | 732 | 4 |
| Brandin Cooks | 80 | 50 | 701 | 6 |
| Jordan Matthews | 80 | 51 | 552 | 2 |
| A.J. Green | 79 | 54 | 733 | 4 |
| Randall Cobb | 78 | 45 | 529 | 5 |
| Greg Olsen | 77 | 45 | 664 | 5 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 75 | 49 | 806 | 8 |
| Gary Barnidge | 74 | 48 | 667 |
Total Target Numbers
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Red-Zone Conversion Percentage
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| PLAYER | TARGETS | REC | YARDS | TD | RZ CONV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Eifert | 14 | 10 | 93 | 9 | 64 |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 10 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 60 |
| Allen Robinson | 12 | 7 | 59 | 6 | 50 |
| Gary Barnidge | 13 | 7 | 73 | 6 | 46 |
| Eric Decker | 14 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 43 |
| Jordan Reed | 15 | 8 | 51 | 6 | 40 |
| Randall Cobb | 12 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 33 |
| Brandon Marshall | 16 | 8 | 83 | 5 | 31 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 16 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 31 |
| Antonio Brown | 13 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 31 |
| Calvin Johnson | 10 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 30 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Julian Edelman | 17 | 11 | 82 | 5 | 29 |
| Odell Beckham | 14 | 9 | 69 | 4 | 29 |
| Julio Jones | 16 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 25 |
| Greg Olsen | 12 | 8 | 77 | 3 | 25 |
| A.J. Green | 12 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 25 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 19 | 9 | 69 | 4 | 21 |
| Devonta Freeman | 10 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 20 |
| Brian Hartline | 10 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 20 |
| Anquan Boldin | 15 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 13 |
| Jarvis Landry | 16 | 9 | 63 | 2 | 13 |
| Terrance Williams | 10 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 10 |
| Jordan Cameron | 10 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 10 |
| Jordan Matthews | 11 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 9 |
| Alshon Jeffery | 11 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 9 |
| Heath Miller | 12 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 8 |
| T.Y. Hilton | 12 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 8 |
| Mike Evans | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Amendola, Brandon Lafell and even Keshawn Martin have the potential to determine outcomes for seasonal and daily leagues over the next two months. The Patriots' offense has been the best in the NFL and scores the most points per game, but the Pats have lost two of their three highest-producing players in consecutive weeks with Dion Lewis shredding his knee and Julian Edelman breaking his foot. The immediate reaction has been that Amendola will step in and become Edelman, and while I think that is the most likely scenario, there have also been murmurs from Foxboro that Keshawn Martin will be the WR in two-WR sets. Considering the Pats do like to go heavy with two WR, Gronk, Scott Chandler and Blount, that could leave Amendola out in the cold for long stretches. He's still a really safe bet to average 8.5 targets per game and weasel his way into a few touchdowns, however. In deep leagues, I'm making a pre-emptive Martin pick up as well.
Mike Evans has not play particularly well in consecutive games but had double-digit targets and 100 yards receiving in both. With Austin Sefarin-Jenkins and Vincent Jackson hobbled by injury, Evans really is the only game in town. Early on in the year, it was hard for Evans and Jameis Winston to get on the same page, and with Evans struggling with drops; some of those problems have remained. However, despite any "trust issues" between the two, Evans is truly always open to a quarterback with as daring of a style as Winston and has, therefore, racked up the targets. Evans is interesting the rest of this season and for next season because he hasn't scored many touchdowns this year and has converted zero percent of his red-zone looks into touchdowns. I would assume a gnarly positive regression in that number is coming soon, which will, of course, bring up his valuation for the foreseeable future. As of now, he is far, far too cheap in daily fantasy and should be deployed as such.
John Brown and Michael Floyd have essentially switched roles as "smokey" Brown tries to recover from a hamstring injury that he just can't quite shake. For those who have been at the fantasy game for awhile, they'll remember that Mike Floyd was a highly touted draft pick out of Notre Dame and played exceedingly well as a second-year player before turning in a disappointing third year with only 47 receptions. He hasn't been a volume receiver this year, either, but with Brown limited by injury, Floyd has turned in four straight games with a touchdown reception. If you look at the correlation from when Brown got injured, you'll see that Floyd has basically superseded him in the offense, and it's not really being talked about because Brown is still "active" on gamedays. The latest report on Brown's health is that he missed practice on Wednesday after only three targets in the win against the Seahawks. You won't feel super safe about it, but using Floyd in any format while Brown is injured at the moment is a pretty sharp move, albeit one with a low floor.
