Stock grabbing stock reporting time! Here, I examine each team’s snapshot share data and highlight some players who may see a significant uptick or drop in playing time and/or usage. Fantasy Football Championship Week, LFG! ! !
Tyson Mountain – Inventory Increase
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When people debate “Audric Estimé or Evan Hull???” it turns out the answer is Mount Taysom. The versatile weapon had Taysom’s best numbers against the Jets: 12 carries for 42 yards, four receptions for 36 yards and a 38-yard touchdown pass.
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Hill got a rare start and played a season-high 42 percent of his snaps. After watching the game, it felt as though the coaching staff, which had no connection to Sean Payton, also realized that Hill was a better running back option than the end-of-the-rotation player they had left after Neal’s injury.
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Alvin Kamara is still nursing a medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury and missed Tuesday’s walk-through practice. If he’s out again this week against Tennessee, why not start Taysom at your TE position?
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Marquez Valdes-Scandling – Fully Stocked
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With DK Metcalf suspended for the remainder of the regular season, Rodgers’ old friend MVS may be taking over the X-receiver role for the Steelers.
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The former Packer and Chief played just 43 percent of his snaps last week, but that was tied for second among Pittsburgh receivers, and if you look around the roster, it’s hard to find another reliable wide receiver in this group.
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MVS already has one touchdown from Rodgers this year. Let’s see if they can rekindle a little magic against a Browns defense that has allowed four touchdowns to wide receivers over the past four games.
Kenneth Walker III – Stock Neutral
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Every few weeks we seem to play the same old songs and dances. With Walker out, we were excited to think that Clint Kubiak would finally take off the bumpers and unleash the beast, but the only thing that changes each week is whether Walker can produce big plays.
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It’s hard for me to argue that his playing time hasn’t increased — in fact, his 43% snap share was the second time in as many weeks that Walker played less than half of the offensive snaps.
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Expect more of the same in Week 17 against the Panthers.
Rashid Shahid – Stock Drop
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After seemingly “breaking out” in Week 15, Shahid dropped back again in Week 16 and played his usual 50-55% snap rate.
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In the aforementioned Week 15 game, Shahid set new Seattle highs in targets, catches and yards. Past week? Meager goals, no gains. In real life, he made a much bigger impact, scoring on a punt return and finishing with a 31-yard dash.
Treylon Burks – Fully Stocked
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His snap share increased from 46% the week before to 83% in the last game against the Eagles, tying him with Terry McLaurin for the most snaps by a receiver.
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His five goals aren’t too impressive, but they do lead the team.
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Like you, I’m not terribly interested in the former first-round loser, but he’s someone you should at least keep an eye on next year, if only to see if he has any juice left. It will be interesting to see if Washington pushes him out at such a high rate again.
Emeka Egbuka – Stock Drop
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Let me apologize, because last week I liked the idea of Egbuka seeing a slight decline in fast share, if that meant a huge increase in efficiency. This was obviously done on the assumption that Egbuka’s rapid share wouldn’t continue to decline, which it did.
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After his snap rate stayed in the high 80s all year, he dropped to 64% in Week 15, but in Week 16 that number dropped to just 57%. Anything between 65-75% is acceptable to me, but below that it starts to get into a Shaheed-like range of swings.
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With Jalen McMillan playing just one less snap than Egbuka, the rookie ultimately only saw two targets, one of which went for a massive 40 yards.
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Egbuka had a great matchup with one foot in Cancun against a Miami defense he couldn’t trust.
Isiah Pacheco – Available?
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With the offense in complete disarray and KC down to its No. 3 quarterback, the team relied more on the run, with Pacheco playing a season-high 73 percent of the snaps.
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The question really becomes, do we care? This has been a very disappointing season, and the life has been sucked out of Arrow in so many ways. With a scout team-caliber offense, can anyone reasonably put Pacheco against a stout Broncos defense this week?
Kevin Austin Jr. – Fully Stocked
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The former Notre Dame product definitely sounds like a Madden Created Player NPC, but with Devaughn Vele injured, Austin played a whopping 85 percent of his games this past week.
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At 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, Austin is an elite athlete, running a 4.43 and boasting an impressive 39-inch vertical. That being said, don’t get too excited, as Austin is actually a fourth-year player with 14 career catches.
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Last week, he ran the second-most routes and posted 3/2/18 slashers.
Other SNAP stock notes:
Marvin Harrison Jr.: After returning from a heel injury, the team obviously limited his playing time as he only played 50% of the snaps. That number will rise significantly this week against a poor Cincy defense.
Kyle Williams: Keep an eye on rookies. He only played 38% of the snaps last week, but his utilization appears to be on the rise slightly. After another touchdown (3/2/46/TD), the rookie now has three scores on just seven catches. Interestingly, the former Wazu player is scoring on these big balls deep in the frontcourt. In college, he was more of a breakaway, intermediate zone, catch-and-run guy. So seeing him play up front is a very exciting part of his game that was previously unknown. He will become one of my favorite deep sleepers next year.
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Konata Mampfield: With Davante Adams out, the seventh-round pick from Akron/Pitt stepped in. The 5-11, 185-pound receiver ran a slow 4.59 at the combine, but he’s strong as a runner. He posted an 8/3/40 slash line to replace Davante. I thought Jordan Whittington would take more damage, but he only played 16% of the snaps and ran only 4 routes.
Raheem Sanders: Quinson Judkins suffered a serious leg fracture and we saw Sanders split the workload with Trayvon Williams. It sounds like Dylan Sampson (hand/calf) is set to return, and if he does return, he’ll likely split the backup touches ahead of Sanders and Williams.
Jalen Wright: Defeated reserve Ollie Gordon II by a margin of 31% to 5%. It was the second time in three games that he had done so. Wright is a freak athlete, but Gordon was far more productive at the college level. If I were looking for a taxi-squad pitcher in a dynasty league, I’d be more interested in Wright than Gordon.
