Welcome to the Target Trends article for week 9! Another fantasy week is in the books And Looking ahead, the bye weeks are back. Fortunately, only two teams, Pittsburgh and San Francisco, get a break in Week 9. Even now, the injuries continue to pile up. It’s time to examine the target trends to see what kind of value that we can identify for the coming week. As usual, let’s start this article by looking at the general audience leaders until now this season.

Target trends

Garrett Wilson maintains his status as the top total goal earner with 83 this season. Malik Nabers has played two games less than Wilson, but is next with 73 goals. Nabers leads all players on average with 12.2 goals/match. Wan’Dale Robinson and CeeDee Lamb are right behind him with 72 targets. They are the only four players to reach the top 70.

Brock Bowers continues to lead all tight ends, now up to 65 targets. He has the highest average in the position and has 8.1 goals per game. Trey McBride is next with 56 total targets and is just slightly behind on average with 8.0 targets/game. Cade Oton rises upwards the rankings and comes in next in position with 51 targets.

It’s more of the same at running back, where Alvin Kamara leads the way with 54 targets. He is the only one to reach above 50 so far this season. Breece Hall is next with 46. Following him is the next The most targeted running backs are DeVon Achane, Bijan Robinson and Javonte Williams, who have 34 each.

I will continue to lead this article each week with target leaders for the entire season But For now, let’s take a look at the weekly target trends heading into week 9.

CeeDee Lamb – 17 targets, 13 rec

Lamb has seen target increases for four straight weeks, including 31 in the last two weeks. That includes the 17 he saw on Sunday night, which set his career high and accounted for an absurd 46% target share in the game, which he turned into the WR1 performance from Week 8. His target share is a high of 27% for the season, including 33% over the last four weeks.

Calvin Ridley – 15 goals, 10 rec

Ridley has been given targetsshe just now did not turn into fantasy points. That changed in Week 8 when he turned his 15 season goals into his second top 10 fantasy performance this season. The problem has been That He has been outside by the top 48 in his other five games. The Tennessee targets should continue to flow his way, though, as he saw a season-high 39% target share in the first game without DeAndre Hopkins on the roster.

Chris Olave – 14 goals, 8 rec
Alvin Kamara – 11 goals, 6 rec

Olave returned from his concussion and resumed his role as a target in New Orleans, with a season-high 14. It was also a season-high targets total for Alvin Kamara, who has seen at least seven goals in five straight games. These two should continue to dominate goals for the Saints with Rashid Shaheed out for the season And they could be more valuable once Derek Carr returns.

Zay Flowers – 12 goals, 7 rec

Flowers had just one target in Week 7 after they suffered but played through what appeared to be a painful ankle injury. That didn’t seem to bother him in week 8 as he earned twelve goals in the season. That brings up his total upwards to 61 on the season, well ahead of the next most targeted Raven, Rashod Bateman of 35.

Kansas City Chiefs pass Catchers

Patrick Mahomes targeted sixteen different players this season. Travis Kelce leads the way with 48 after a season high of 12 in Week 8, which led to his best fantasy output of the season. Xavier Worthy is second with 37, having seen exactly eight targets in consecutive weeks. DeAndre Hopkins, Kansas City’s newest pass catcher, made his debut with two receptions on three targets.

Cleveland Browns Pass Catchers

Let’s take a look at Cleveland after Jameis Winston’s first game as the starter. Elijah Moore led the team with 12 goals And it’s easy to forget that he had 77 goals in 11 games as a rookie and topped the 100 mark last season. Cedric Tillman has seen 21 targets above the latter two weeks And in week 8 he turned nine targets into 99 yards and two touchdowns. Jerry Jeudy leads the team with 50 goals this season and was hanging around with eight in Week 8. Finally, we can’t forget David Njoku, who has collected 28 goals over the last three weeks. The Browns appear to have four viable fantasy options that could earn them targets from Jameis.

Trey McBride – 11 goals, 9 rec

McBride is the most targeted tight end in the league. He is also Arizona’s most targeted Cardinal of six more than Marvin Harrison Jr, despite playing one fewer game. The problem has been that He didn’t find the end zone. He should expect a positive regression, as his 56 goals are the most for any player without a touchdown.

Zach Ertz – 11 goals, 7 rec

Ertz is currently the TE11 midway through his 12th season. That’s a big part thanks to a 20% goal share, his highest mark since 2019. On the other end of the spectrum, rookie Ben Sinnott went off target after seeing his first and only two goals of the season in Week 7.

Courtland Sutton – 11 targets, 8 rec

Sutton tied his season-high a week after becoming untargetable. It amounted to a target share of 29%, its highest figure since week 4. Not only that, but him too turned those goals into 100 receiving yards, his first time since Week 2 of the 2022 season that he reached the century mark.

Cade Oton – 10 goals, 9 rec

Otton led the way in the passing game for Tampa Bay in the absence of Chris Godwin and Mike Evans, who had previously combined for 107 goals go down due to injuries last week. Otton is currently the third-most targeted tight end in the league and is on pace for 108 on the season, up significantly from the career-best 67 he achieved last season.

Los Angeles Rams Pass Catchers

The Rams got their star duo back in Week 8, And while neither Cooper Kupp nor Puka Nacua reached a fast 60% share, they led the way in terms of targets with nine and eight respectively. Demarcus Robinson led the way trajectories walk but saw only three targets, although two by them converted into touchdowns. It is also notable that Kyren Williams saw seven goals on the season, which was good for his first 20% goal share of the season.

Amari Cooper – 2 goals, 1 rec

The Bills appear to be moving slowly on Cooper. He ran more routes in his second game for Buffalo, but only caught one of two targets from three yards. He will likely become more involved as he continues to acclimate to the team But he’s a risky fantasy play until we see consistent target share for him with the Bills.