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Beyond The Stats: Week 9

Each week I uncover some interesting stats, tidbits and information that you may or may not know about. This week I take a deep look at one of my favorite stats, 10 or more targets in a game.

By Jeff Haseley
October 30, 2014
Beyond The Stats: Week 9
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Target stats, particularly 10+ targets in a game is one of my favorite stats to analyze. How many instances of 10+ targets have we had in eight weeks? Which players have the most 10+ target games? What teams are getting the most players with 10+ targets in a game? What teams are allowing the most 10+ target games? I unveil all of that and more in this week's edition of Beyond The Stats.

Players with 10+ targets in a game

Sorted by player alphabetically then by targets

Player Pos Wk Tm Opp GameResult Targ Rec RecYd Yd/Rec TD FantPt Rank
Keenan Allen wr 8 SD @ DEN L, 21-35 13 9 73 8.1 1 13.3 18
Keenan Allen wr 4 SD JAX W, 33-14 11 10 135 13.5 0 13.5 11
Keenan Allen wr 7 SD KC L, 20-23 10 6 58 9.7 0 5.8 45
Jace Amaro te 6 NYJ DEN L, 17-31 12 10 68 6.8 1 12.8 4
Miles Austin wr 2 CLE NO W, 26-24 10 6 44 7.3 1 10.4 18
Donnie Avery wr 1 KC TEN L, 10-26 13 7 84 12 0 8.4 39
Doug Baldwin wr 7 SEA @ STL L, 26-28 11 7 123 17.6 1 18.3 5
Joique Bell rb 2 DET @ CAR L, 7-24 11 6 61 10.2 0 9.7 27
Kelvin Benjamin wr 5 CAR CHI W, 31-24 11 3 38 12.7 0 3.8 56
Kelvin Benjamin wr 3 CAR PIT L, 19-37 11 8 115 14.4 1 17.5 7
Martellus Bennett te 4 CHI GB L, 17-38 11 9 134 14.9 0 13.4 6
Martellus Bennett te 1 CHI BUF L, 20-23 10 8 70 8.8 1 13 5
Giovani Bernard rb 1 CIN @ BAL W, 23-16 10 6 62 10.3 0 11 22
Anquan Boldin wr 7 SF @ DEN L, 17-42 10 7 50 7.1 0 5 54
Antonio Brown wr 7 PIT HOU W, 30-23 13 9 90 10 0 14.2 14
Antonio Brown wr 8 PIT IND W, 51-34 13 10 133 13.3 2 25.8 3
Antonio Brown wr 2 PIT @ BAL L, 6-26 12 7 90 12.9 0 10 19
Antonio Brown wr 5 PIT @ JAX W, 17-9 12 5 84 16.8 0 8.4 28
Antonio Brown wr 4 PIT TB L, 24-27 11 7 131 18.7 2 26 1
Antonio Brown wr 3 PIT @ CAR W, 37-19 10 10 90 9 2 21 3
Antonio Brown wr 6 PIT @ CLE L, 10-31 10 7 118 16.9 0 11.6 23
John Brown wr 8 ARI PHI W, 24-20 10 5 119 23.8 1 17.9 12
Dez Bryant wr 2 DAL @ TEN W, 26-10 14 10 103 10.3 1 16.3 7
Dez Bryant wr 5 DAL HOU W, 20-17 14 9 85 9.4 1 14.5 9
Dez Bryant wr 7 DAL NYG W, 31-21 12 9 151 16.8 0 15.1 9
Dez Bryant wr 6 DAL @ SEA W, 30-23 10 4 63 15.8 0 6.3 47
Marques Colston wr 4 NO @ DAL L, 17-38 10 5 50 10 0 5 50
Marques Colston wr 7 NO @ DET L, 23-24 10 6 111 18.5 0 11.1 19
Jared Cook te 6 STL SF L, 17-31 11 4 74 18.5 0 7.4 14
Jared Cook te 5 STL @ PHI L, 28-34 10 4 44 11 0 4.4 16
Brandin Cooks wr 5 NO TB W, 37-31 11 9 56 6.2 0 7.1 35
Brandin Cooks wr 3 NO MIN W, 20-9 10 8 74 9.3 0 7.4 44
Jerricho Cotchery wr 6 CAR @ CIN T, 37-37 10 4 58 14.5 0 5.8 51
Michael Crabtree wr 3 SF @ ARI L, 14-23 11 10 80 8 1 14.4 13
Victor Cruz wr 2 NYG ARI L, 14-25 10 5 60 12 0 6 33
Victor Cruz wr 4 NYG @ WAS W, 45-14 10 6 108 18 0 10.8 23
Eric Decker wr 8 NYJ BUF L, 23-43 11 7 40 5.7 0 4 59
Eric Decker wr 4 NYJ DET L, 17-24 10 4 48 12 1 10.8 24
Eric Decker wr 6 NYJ DEN L, 17-31 10 6 54 9 1 11.4 26
Julian Edelman wr 3 NE OAK W, 16-9 13 10 84 8.4 0 8.9 32
Julian Edelman wr 6 NE @ BUF W, 37-22 12 9 91 10.1 0 10.1 35
Larry Fitzgerald wr 2 ARI @ NYG W, 25-14 10 6 51 8.5 0 5.1 39
Larry Fitzgerald wr 8 ARI PHI W, 24-20 10 7 160 22.9 1 22 4
Matt Forte rb 6 CHI @ ATL W, 27-13 13 10 77 7.7 0 27.7 1
Matt Forte rb 5 CHI @ CAR L, 24-31 12 12 105 8.8 1 22.6 6
Arian Foster rb 4 HOU BUF W, 23-17 10 7 55 7.9 0 6.1 32
Pierre Garcon wr 3 WAS @ PHI L, 34-37 16 11 138 12.5 1 19.8 4
Pierre Garcon wr 1 WAS @ HOU L, 6-17 12 10 77 7.7 0 7.7 43
Antonio Gates te 1 SD @ ARI L, 17-18 10 6 81 13.5 0 8.1 14
Jimmy Graham te 2 NO @ CLE L, 24-26 13 10 118 11.8 2 23.8 2
Jimmy Graham te 4 NO @ DAL L, 17-38 11 8 86 10.8 1 14.6 3
Jimmy Graham te 1 NO @ ATL L, 34-37 10 8 82 10.3 0 8.2 13
Jermaine Gresham te 7 CIN @ IND L, 0-27 12 10 48 4.8 0 4.8 18
Rob Gronkowski te 5 NE CIN W, 43-17 11 6 100 16.7 1 16 4
Rob Gronkowski te 1 NE @ MIA L, 20-33 11 4 40 10 1 10 8
Rob Gronkowski te 7 NE NYJ W, 27-25 10 5 68 13.6 0 6.8 12
Andrew Hawkins wr 2 CLE NO W, 26-24 12 6 70 11.7 0 7 28
Andrew Hawkins wr 1 CLE @ PIT L, 27-30 10 8 87 10.9 0 8.7 38
Andrew Hawkins wr 3 CLE BAL L, 21-23 10 7 87 12.4 0 8.7 34
T.Y. Hilton wr 5 IND BAL W, 20-13 12 9 90 10 0 9 25
T.Y. Hilton wr 2 IND PHI L, 27-30 11 6 65 10.8 0 6.5 30
T.Y. Hilton wr 1 IND @ DEN L, 24-31 11 5 41 8.2 0 4.1 56
T.Y. Hilton wr 4 IND TEN W, 41-17 10 6 105 17.5 0 11 22
T.Y. Hilton wr 8 IND @ PIT L, 34-51 10 6 155 25.8 1 21.5 7
Andre Holmes wr 4 OAK MIA L, 14-38 12 5 74 14.8 1 13.4 12
DeAndre Hopkins wr 8 HOU @ TEN W, 30-16 11 5 95 19 0 9.5 26
Justin Hunter wr 8 TEN HOU L, 16-30 10 4 31 7.8 1 9.1 28
Allen Hurns wr 5 JAX PIT L, 9-17 11 4 26 6.5 0 2.6 75
DeSean Jackson wr 3 WAS @ PHI L, 34-37 11 5 117 23.4 1 17.7 6
DeSean Jackson wr 5 WAS SEA L, 17-27 11 5 157 31.4 1 21.7 2
Fred Jackson rb 3 BUF SD L, 10-22 10 8 78 9.8 1 17.2 8
Vincent Jackson wr 6 TB BAL L, 17-48 13 4 66 16.5 0 6.6 45
Vincent Jackson wr 5 TB @ NO L, 31-37 12 8 144 18 0 14.4 10
Vincent Jackson wr 4 TB @ PIT W, 27-24 10 3 32 10.7 1 9.2 29
Alshon Jeffery wr 3 CHI @ NYJ W, 27-19 13 8 105 13.1 0 11.8 17
Andre Johnson wr 8 HOU @ TEN W, 30-16 12 7 55 7.9 0 5.5 45
Andre Johnson wr 6 HOU IND L, 28-33 12 7 99 14.1 1 15.9 11
Andre Johnson wr 3 HOU @ NYG L, 17-30 11 4 24 6 0 2.4 82
Calvin Johnson wr 2 DET @ CAR L, 7-24 13 6 83 13.8 0 8.3 21
Calvin Johnson wr 1 DET NYG W, 35-14 11 7 164 23.4 2 28.4 1
Calvin Johnson wr 3 DET GB W, 19-7 10 6 82 13.7 0 8.2 38
James Jones wr 2 OAK HOU L, 14-30 14 9 112 12.4 1 17.2 4
James Jones wr 8 OAK @ CLE L, 13-23 11 6 62 10.3 0 6.2 38
Julio Jones wr 5 ATL @ NYG L, 20-30 16 11 105 9.5 0 10.5 18
Julio Jones wr 2 ATL @ CIN L, 10-24 13 7 88 12.6 1 14.8 9
Julio Jones wr 6 ATL CHI L, 13-27 12 4 68 17 0 6.9 43
Julio Jones wr 3 ATL TB W, 56-14 11 9 161 17.9 2 28.1 1
Jeremy Kerley wr 3 NYJ CHI L, 19-27 11 7 81 11.6 1 14.1 14
Brandon LaFell wr 8 NE CHI W, 51-23 11 11 124 11.3 1 18.4 11
Brandon LaFell wr 4 NE @ KC L, 14-41 10 6 119 19.8 1 17.9 8
Marqise Lee wr 1 JAX @ PHI L, 17-34 10 6 62 10.3 0 6.2 49
Jeremy Maclin wr 8 PHI @ ARI L, 20-24 16 12 187 15.6 2 30.7 1
Jeremy Maclin wr 4 PHI @ SF L, 21-26 16 5 68 13.6 0 6.8 42
Jeremy Maclin wr 5 PHI STL W, 34-28 11 5 76 15.2 1 13.6 12
Jeremy Maclin wr 2 PHI @ IND W, 30-27 11 4 45 11.3 1 10.5 17
Jeremy Maclin wr 1 PHI JAX W, 34-17 10 4 97 24.3 1 15.7 7
Jeremy Maclin wr 3 PHI WAS W, 37-34 10 8 154 19.3 1 21.4 2
Brandon Marshall wr 1 CHI BUF L, 20-23 12 8 71 8.9 1 13.1 13
Brandon Marshall wr 7 CHI MIA L, 14-27 10 6 48 8 0 4.8 56
Brandon Marshall wr 8 CHI @ NE L, 23-51 10 3 35 11.7 0 3.5 61
Jordan Matthews wr 8 PHI @ ARI L, 20-24 11 6 47 7.8 0 4.7 51
Heath Miller te 4 PIT TB L, 24-27 11 10 85 8.5 1 14.5 4
Donte Moncrief wr 8 IND @ PIT L, 34-51 12 7 113 16.1 1 17.3 13
Louis Murphy wr 4 TB @ PIT W, 27-24 11 6 99 16.5 0 9.9 27
Jordy Nelson wr 2 GB NYJ W, 31-24 16 9 209 23.2 1 26.9 1
Jordy Nelson wr 6 GB @ MIA W, 27-24 16 9 107 11.9 1 16.7 9
Jordy Nelson wr 1 GB @ SEA L, 16-36 14 9 83 9.2 0 8.3 40
Jordy Nelson wr 4 GB @ CHI W, 38-17 12 10 108 10.8 2 22.8 4
Greg Olsen te 6 CAR @ CIN T, 37-37 11 6 62 10.3 1 12.2 5
Greg Olsen te 1 CAR @ TB W, 20-14 11 8 83 10.4 1 14.3 3
Cordarrelle Patterson wr 8 MIN @ TB W, 19-13 12 6 86 14.3 0 9.6 25
Niles Paul te 2 WAS JAX W, 41-10 11 8 99 12.4 1 15.9 4
Dennis Pitta te 1 BAL CIN L, 16-23 15 10 83 8.3 0 8.3 12
Rueben Randle wr 3 NYG HOU W, 30-17 10 5 27 5.4 0 2.7 79
Rueben Randle wr 4 NYG @ WAS W, 45-14 10 8 89 11.1 0 8.9 31
Rueben Randle wr 5 NYG ATL W, 30-20 10 4 33 8.3 1 9.3 23
Jordan Reed te 6 WAS @ ARI L, 20-30 11 8 92 11.5 0 9.2 9
Theo Riddick rb 8 DET @ ATL W, 22-21 12 8 74 9.3 1 13.9 14
Allen Robinson wr 5 JAX PIT L, 9-17 11 5 51 10.2 0 5.1 47
Allen Robinson wr 3 JAX IND L, 17-44 10 7 79 11.3 0 7.9 41
Allen Robinson wr 8 JAX MIA L, 13-27 10 5 82 16.4 1 14.2 16
Eddie Royal wr 2 SD SEA W, 30-21 10 7 69 9.9 0 6.9 29
Emmanuel Sanders wr 3 DEN @ SEA L, 20-26 15 11 149 13.5 0 14.9 12
Mohamed Sanu wr 6 CIN CAR T, 37-37 15 11 120 10.9 1 18 5
Cecil Shorts wr 6 JAX @ TEN L, 14-16 16 10 103 10.3 0 10.3 34
Cecil Shorts wr 3 JAX IND L, 17-44 10 5 35 7 1 9.5 29
Steve Smith wr 1 BAL CIN L, 16-23 15 7 118 16.9 1 17.8 5
Steve Smith wr 4 BAL CAR W, 38-10 10 7 139 19.9 2 25.9 2
Steve Smith wr 2 BAL PIT W, 26-6 10 6 71 11.8 0 7.1 27
Golden Tate wr 8 DET @ ATL W, 22-21 15 7 151 21.6 1 21.1 8
Golden Tate wr 7 DET NO W, 24-23 13 10 154 15.4 1 21.4 3
Golden Tate wr 6 DET @ MIN W, 17-3 12 7 44 6.3 0 4.4 58
Golden Tate wr 4 DET @ NYJ W, 24-17 10 8 116 14.5 0 11.6 19
Demaryius Thomas wr 5 DEN ARI W, 41-20 16 8 226 28.3 2 34.6 1
Demaryius Thomas wr 6 DEN @ NYJ W, 31-17 12 10 124 12.4 1 18.4 4
Demaryius Thomas wr 8 DEN SD W, 35-21 12 8 105 13.1 0 10.5 23
Demaryius Thomas wr 1 DEN IND W, 31-24 11 4 48 12 0 4.8 54
Pierre Thomas rb 5 NO TB W, 37-31 10 8 77 9.6 1 23.2 5
Kenbrell Thompkins wr 1 NE @ MIA L, 20-33 10 5 37 7.4 0 3.7 62
Delanie Walker te 2 TEN DAL L, 10-26 14 10 142 14.2 1 20.2 3
Mike Wallace wr 3 MIA KC L, 15-34 12 5 74 14.8 0 8.6 35
Mike Wallace wr 1 MIA NE W, 33-20 11 7 81 11.6 1 14.1 11
Sammy Watkins wr 7 BUF MIN W, 17-16 14 9 122 13.6 2 24.2 2
Sammy Watkins wr 5 BUF @ DET W, 17-14 12 7 87 12.4 0 8.7 27
Sammy Watkins wr 2 BUF MIA W, 29-10 11 8 117 14.6 1 17.7 3
Reggie Wayne wr 1 IND @ DEN L, 24-31 13 9 98 10.9 0 9.8 29
Reggie Wayne wr 5 IND BAL W, 20-13 12 7 77 11 0 7.7 29
Markus Wheaton wr 6 PIT @ CLE L, 10-31 11 4 33 8.3 0 3.3 67
Roddy White wr 7 ATL @ BAL L, 7-29 15 9 100 11.1 1 16 8
Roddy White wr 4 ATL @ MIN L, 28-41 14 4 73 18.3 1 13.3 13
Robert Woods wr 4 BUF @ HOU L, 17-23 12 3 17 5.7 0 1.7 78
Robert Woods wr 6 BUF NE L, 22-37 10 7 78 11.1 1 13.8 15
Jarius Wright wr 4 MIN ATL W, 41-28 10 8 132 16.5 0 13.2 14
Kendall Wright wr 3 TEN @ CIN L, 7-33 10 5 44 8.8 0 4.4 60

BY THE NUMBERS

There have been 154 instances in eight weeks where a player has totaled 10+ targets in a game. 

Players with the most 10+ target games (minimum of two)

Seven times

  • Antonio Brown, PIT

Six times

  • Jeremy Maclin, PHI

Five times

  • T.Y. Hilton, IND

Four times

  • Dez Bryant, DAL
  • Julio Jones, ATL
  • Jordy Nelson, GB
  • Golden Tate, DET
  • Demaryius Thomas, DEN

Three times

  • Keenan Allen, SD
  • Eric Decker, NYJ
  • Jimmy Graham, NO
  • Rob Gronkowski, NE
  • Andrew Hawkins, CLE
  • Vincent Jackson, TB
  • Andre Johnson, HOU
  • Calvin Johnson, DET
  • Brandon Marshall, CHI
  • Rueben Randle, NYG
  • Allen Robinson, JAC
  • Steve Smith, BAL
  • Sammy Watkins, BUF

Two times

  • Kelvin Benjamin, CAR
  • Martellus Bennett, CHI
  • Marques Colston, NO
  • Jared Cook, STL
  • Brandin Cooks, NO
  • Victor Cruz, NYG
  • Julian Edelman, NE
  • Larry Fitzgerald, ARI
  • Matt Forte, CHI
  • Pierre Garcon, WAS
  • DeSean Jackson, WAS
  • James Jones, OAK
  • Brandon LaFell, NE
  • Greg Olsen, CAR
  • Cecil Shorts, JAC
  • Mike Wallace, MIA
  • Reggie Wayne, IND
  • Roddy White, ATL
  • Robert Woods, BUF

GAMES WHERE A PLAYER HAS 10+ TARGETS - BY TEAM

Alphabetical

ARI 3
ATL 6
BAL 4
BUF 6
CAR 5
CHI 8
CIN 3
CLE 4
DAL 4
DEN 5
DET 9
GB 4
HOU 5
IND 8
JAC 7
KC 1
MIA 2
MIN 2
NE 8
NO 8
NYG 5
NYJ 5
OAK 3
PHI 7
PIT 9
SD 5
SEA 1
SF 2
STL 2
TB 4
TEN 3
WAS 6

Conglomerate

9 PIT, DET
8 CHI, IND, NE, NO
7 JAC, PHI
6 ATL, BUF, WAS
5 CAR, DEN, HOU, NYG, NYJ, SD
4 BAL, CLE, DAL, GB, TB
3 ARI, CIN, OAK, TEN
2 MIA, MIN, SF, STL
1 SEA, KC

GAMES WHERE A TEAM HAS ALLOWED 10+ TARGETS - BY TEAM

Alphabetical

ARI 7
ATL 6
BAL 7
BUF 5
CAR 6
CHI 5
CIN 7
CLE 4
DAL 3
DEN 6
DET 3
GB 2
HOU 7
IND 7
JAC 4
KC 2
MIA 7
MIN 4
NE 3
NO 4
NYG 5
NYJ 5
OAK 1
PHI 7
PIT 9
SD 2
SEA 5
SF 2
STL 2
TB 7
TEN 6
WAS 3

Conglomerate

9 PIT
7 ARI, BAL, CIN, HOU, IND, MIA, PHI, TB
6 ATL, CAR, DEN, TEN
5 BUF, CHI, NYG, NYJ, SEA
4 CLE, JAC, MIN, NO
3 DAL, DET, KC, NE, WAS
2 GB, SD, SF, STL
1 OAK

Tidbits

7 out of 154 players (4.5%) who had 10+ targets in a game, finished with the Top 1 fantasy ranking that week
34 out of 154 players (22%) who had 10+ targets in a game, finished with a Top 5 fantasy ranking that week
52 out of 154 players (33%) who had 10+ targets in a game, finished with a Top 10 fantasy ranking that week
85 out of 154 players (55%) who had 10+ targets in a game finished outside of the Top 20 fantasy ranking that week
29 out of 154 players (18%) who had 10+ targets in a game, finished outside of the Top 40 fantasy ranking that week
84 out of 154 players (54%) who had 10+ targets in a game, did not have a touchdown reception that week
70 out of 154 players (45%) who had 10+ targets in a game, did have at least one touchdown reception that week

Questions, suggestions and comments are always welcome to haseley@footballguys.com

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