Volume, not production
Michael Wilson has 41% of ARI's air yards but is scoring 4.9 PPR points a game below what that usage usually produces.
- Air-yards share
- 41%
- Targets
- 31
- PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
- −4.9
Weeks 1–3 · 3 games
NFL usage for fantasy football
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2026 season · Weeks 1–3 · Updated Sep 29, 2026
This week's biggest usage stories
Role changes, red-zone roles and touchdowns that don't match the usage, each with the numbers behind it.
Role up
Jeremiyah Love's share of ARI carries rose to 78% in week 3 (21 carries), from 39% in weeks 1-2.
- Carry share, week 3
- 78%
- Carries, week 3
- 21
- Carry share, weeks 1–2
- 39%
Weeks 1–3 · 3 games
- Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.
Role up
Christian McCaffrey's share of SF carries rose to 65% in week 3 (15 carries), from 35% in weeks 1-2.
- Carry share, week 3
- 65%
- Carries, week 3
- 15
- Carry share, weeks 1–2
- 35%
Weeks 1–3 · 3 games
- Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.
Red-zone role
Jahmyr Gibbs has 23 of DET's 42 red-zone opportunities (55%), including 7 carries inside the 5.
- Red-zone opportunities
- 23
- Team red-zone opportunities
- 42
- Red-zone share
- 55%
- Carries inside the 5
- 7
Weeks 1–3 · 3 games
Volume, not production
DK Metcalf has 33% of PIT's air yards but is scoring 5.2 PPR points a game below what that usage usually produces.
- Air-yards share
- 33%
- Targets
- 24
- PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
- −5.2
Weeks 1–3 · 3 games
Touchdowns above usage
Jaxon Smith-Njigba has scored 6 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 2.9, per FFO's expected-points model.
- Touchdowns
- 6
- Expected touchdownsEst.
- 2.9
- Expected PPR per gameEst.
- 22.5
- PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
- +12.1
Weeks 1–3 · 3 games
- Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.
Leaderboards
Who leads the league in the usage that drives fantasy points.
Target share
- 1Jaxon Smith-NjigbaSEAWR38%
- 2DeVonta SmithPHIWR33%
- 3Amon-Ra St. BrownDETWR32%
- 4Parker WashingtonJAXWR30%
- 5Trey McBrideARITE30%
Carry share
- 1Jonathan TaylorINDRB80%
- 2Jahmyr GibbsDETRB78%
- 3Chase BrownCINRB72%
- 4Kenneth Walker IIIKCRB71%
- 5Derrick HenryBALRB68%
Red-zone chances
- 1Jahmyr GibbsDETRB23
- 2Derrick HenryBALRB20
- 3Kenneth Walker IIIKCRB20
- 4Ashton JeantyLVRB19
- 5D'Andre SwiftCHIRB15
Expected points per gameEst.
- 1Jahmyr GibbsDETRB26.4
- 2Brock BowersLVTE24.7
- 3Kenneth Walker IIIKCRB24.7
- 4Tyler ShoughNOQB24.1
- 5Bryce YoungCARQB23.1
Every team's usage
Target distribution, backfield split and red-zone share for all 32 teams.
How it's built
Play-by-play, not box scores
Usage is counted play by play from nflverse's public NFL data: every target, carry and dropback, and where on the field it started.
Checked against the official stats
Before anything is published, our totals are matched against nflverse's official weekly stats. The current report: 953 player-games checked, 0 mismatches.
Estimates are labeled
Expected points are an FFO model estimate of what the same usage has usually scored. They describe usage; they are never presented as a forecast.