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JJ Zachariason@LateRoundQB · Sep 14, 2026

Every Monday morning during the fantasy football season, I put together a thread featuring data from the week's games.…

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This thread provides Week 1 fantasy football statistics including snap shares, route shares, target shares, and expected points for various NFL players across multiple games. It includes comparative analysis to previous season data and tracks changes in usage patterns following injuries or personnel shifts.

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    Every Monday morning during the fantasy football season, I put together a thread featuring data from the week's games. This isn't about takes. It's just about providing information. This is the Week 1 data dump.

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    Jadarian Price saw a 50% snap share, 48% of the team's running back rushes, and a 41% route share in Week 1. Last season in Seattle, Kenneth Walker had a 46% snap share, 45% of the team's rushes, and a 36% route share.

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    AJ Barner had a 70.4% route share against the Patriots. Elijah Arroyo was at 26%. Barner had a 66% route share in 2025.

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    Jaxon Smith-Njigba lined up in the slot on over 30% of his routes against the Patriots. That number was under 22% during the 2025 regular season.

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    Demario Douglas led the Patriots with a 79% route share in Week 1. But no player saw a bigger jump in route share after AJ Brown's injury than Mack Hollins, who went from a 21% to 71% share pre- to post-injury. (Douglas 83%, Doubs 79% post-injury)

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    Rhamondre Stevenson had an 85% snap share and 69% route share against the Seahawks. The only other running backs to hit at least an 80% snap share in Week 1 were Jonathan Taylor and De'Von Achane.

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    Drake Maye has one 20-point performance (standard leagues) over his last six games when you include the playoffs. But Week 1 was the first time he scored fewer than 10 fantasy points in a game with 20+ pass attempts since Week 17 of the 2024 season.

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    Eli Raridon had a 19% route share in his debut. Hunter Henry was at 62%.

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    Post-De'Zhaun Stribling injury, Demarcus Robinson led the 49ers in route share (77%). Pre-injury, Stribling was leading the team in routes run.

  10. #10

    Christian McCaffrey's expected fantasy points (PPR) was 15.8 in Week 1. Last year, according to the same formula (it's Late-Round Fantasy Football's formula), he was at 24.1.

  11. #11

    Brock Purdy is averaging over 24 fantasy points per game over his last six contests not against the Seattle Seahawks.

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    On plays with Matthew Stafford on the field, Kyren Williams saw a 52% rush share to Blake Corums' 43%. Meanwhile, the snap share difference was 77% to 23% — Williams ran 21 routes to Corum's 1.

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    Rams tight ends routes run against the 49ers (with Stafford on the field): Colby Parkinson: 16 Terrance Ferguson: 12 Tyler Higbee: 4 Davis Allen: 2

  14. #14

    Ja'Marr Chase in Week 1 over the last two seasons: 2025: 93% route share, 4.6 PPR points 2026: 95% route share, 3.2 PPR points

  15. #15

    Joe Burrow had three designed runs against the Buccaneers. That's the first time he's had that high of a number of designed rushes in a game since Week 2 of 2024. He had 5 rush attempts for 20 yards in Week 1.

  16. #16

    Bucky Irving finished with a 61.5% offensive snap share against Cincinnati, while Kenneth Gainwell was at 46.2%. Irving's 54% route share was better than Gainwell's 39% share. Irving was the only back with a touch within the opponent's 10-yard line.

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    Chris Godwin led the Bucs with 32 routes against the Bengals. Emeka Egbuka was at 31. Godwin ran 56% of his routes out of the slot, while Egbuka was at 32%.

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    Only 3.6% of Baker Mayfield's attempts against the Bengals went 20 or more air yards. That was the lowest rate in football.

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    The Saints ran 86 offensive plays on Sunday, the fourth-highest mark since the start of the 2025 season.

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    Travis Etienne had a 58% snap rate and a 36% route share in Week 1. Last year in Jacksonville, Etienne's snap share was 60%, and his route share was 40%. Etienne still saw a 17% target share against Detroit.

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    Devaughn Vele led the Saints with an 84% route share, and he tied for second in target share (17%).

  22. #22

    With Tyler Shough on the field dating back to last year, Chris Olave has a 2.31 yards per route run and is seeing a target on nearly 26% of his routes run.

  23. #23

    Jameson Williams scored 8.5 PPR points against the Saints, but he had an expected PPR points total of 18.5.

  24. #24

    Jahmyr Gibbs had a 44% snap rate at the goal line last year for Detroit. In Week 1, he played every goal line snap for the Lions.

  25. #25

    Week 1 snap rate for Tennessee's running backs: Tony Pollard: 51% Tyjae Spears: 51% Pollard had a 60% early-down snap rate versus Spears' 43%.

  26. #26

    Cam Ward has scored more than 20 fantasy points in a game just once in his career. And it came against the Seahawks.

  27. #27

    Wan'Dale Robinson had a 3.8 average depth of target against the Jets. Carnell Tate's was 11.2. They each had a 21% target share. Calvin Ridley had a 59% route share and 0 targets.

  28. #28

    The Titans ran 94% of their offensive plays on Sunday while trailing by 7 or more points.

  29. #29

    Kenyon Sadiq ran a route on 46% of New York's drop backs in Week 1, while Mason Taylor had a 65% route share. Sadiq ended the day with 6.2 expected fantasy points versus Taylor's 4.2.

  30. #30

    Garrett Wilson was just over a 30% target share against the Titans. He's fallen below a 20% target share in just 2 of his last 25 games.

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    After Zay Flowers left the Ravens Week 1 matchup against the Colts with a hamstring injury, Rashod Bateman led the team with an 87.5% route share. He ended up with just an 8.3% target share in the game. Mark Andrews had a 33% target share post-injury.