• Josh Jacobs scores the hat trick: Six totally different gamers have three speeding touchdowns in a sport this season. The Inexperienced Bay Packers working again is the one participant to perform that twice.
• Tim Patrick scores twice in an elevated function: Patrick discovered the top zone for the primary and second time as a Detroit Lions participant whereas taking some snaps from Jameson Williams.
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PFF’s fantasy soccer recap focuses on participant utilization and stats, breaking down all of the very important data it is advisable to obtain fantasy success in 2024.
Inexperienced Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
Packers miss Romeo Doubs: The Packers’ outdoors receiver missed his second-straight sport on account of a concussion.
The Packers’ plan at broad receiver was precisely the identical as final week. Dontayvion Wicks began, and each he and Christian Watson performed greater than Packers receivers often do as a result of they have been not competing for a similar snaps. Bo Melton and Malik Heath have been their backups.
The harm to Doubs had no affect on Jayden Reed’s enjoying time. Over the primary 13 weeks, Reed had performed 90% of Inexperienced Bay’s 11 personnel snaps and a couple of.6% of the 12 personnel snaps. These splits have been very comparable final week and comparable on this sport regardless of Doubs being out. Much like how groups usually have working backs who rush for lots of yards in wins and never as many in losses, Reed averaged 130 receiving yards per sport within the Packers’ losses and 34 within the Packers’ wins previous to this week.
Many anticipated Reed to have an enormous night time because the Lions had given up essentially the most receptions (85) and receiving yards (1,084) to broad receivers lined up within the slot by a distant margin. As an alternative, Watson was in a position to reap the benefits of the protection. The Lions lead the league in man protection price and Watson is the one Packer with notably higher yards per route run towards man in comparison with zone.
Reed has been essentially the most irritating good broad receiver from a fantasy soccer perspective this season. He solely has 4 weeks as a top-24 broad receiver in comparison with seven weeks outdoors of the top-40, together with this sport. The one broad receivers with comparable splits among the many prime 40 in fantasy factors are D.J. Moore and Calvin Ridley. These two are full time gamers who had gradual begins to the season on account of their offenses, generally, beginning gradual. The one actual purpose for optimism for Reed is the Packers enjoying on the Minnesota Vikings in Week 17, as they could be enjoying from behind in that sport.
Wicks took an enormous hit late within the fourth quarter and was in a position to stroll off the sector on his personal energy. Melton and Heath cut up the restricted snaps after Wicks left. The Packers by no means bought the ball again, so it’s laborious to understand how critical the harm is. If Doubs and Wicks miss a sport, anticipate Melton and Heath to separate the function. If Wicks misses time and Doubs is ready to return, anticipate Watson to proceed enjoying greater than typical.
Tim Patrick’s function continues to rise: Patrick scored his first two touchdowns of the season whereas enjoying extra snaps.
Patrick had a gradual begin to the season after getting launched by the Denver Broncos on cutdown day, taking slightly time to get used to the Lions offense. He ultimately settled into the third broad receiver function however was in considerably of a rotation with Kalif Raymond. Patrick noticed a brief increase in snaps throughout Weeks 8 and 9 when Jameson Williams was suspended.
Patrick noticed a extra everlasting increase final week as Raymond landed on injured reserve. This left Patrick on the sector extra persistently in three-receiver units.
The rise in snaps on this sport was a results of extra utilization in 12 personnel and different performs with few broad receivers on the sector. He had usually performed one-third of snaps, at finest, in 12 personnel, principally rotating in for Williams. Equally, St. Brown and Williams rotated as the only real broad receiver in three tight finish units within the final month. Patrick solely performed two snaps from that personnel group all season previous to this week. On this sport, he and Williams have been in additional of a 50-50 cut up in these personnel teams.
Williams tended to play extra on cross performs whereas Patrick performed extra on run performs. Nonetheless, Patrick scored on a a play out of 12 personnel the place he was on the sector and Williams wasn’t and he scored his second landing on a play out of 13 personnel. Each receivers’ change in enjoying time shouldn’t be an enormous distinction within the subsequent three weeks, however it was on this sport.
Miscellaneous Notes
- The Lions signed broad receiver Maurice Alexander to the energetic roster earlier immediately. He has one profession reception in 2022 with Detroit and made his season debut final week, enjoying completely on particular groups.
Desk Notes
- Snaps embrace performs known as again on account of penalties, together with offensive holding or defensive cross interference. The opposite three stats have these performs eliminated.
- Targets might differ from official NFL sources. The most probably discrepancy could be from a transparent thrown-away cross, the place the NFL might give the goal to the closest receiver, whereas this knowledge won’t.
• Carries are solely on designed performs. Quarterback scrambles received’t depend for the whole variety of carries within the sport.
Desk Notes
- Snaps embrace performs known as again on account of penalties, together with offensive holding or defensive cross interference. The opposite three stats have these performs eliminated.
- Targets might differ from official NFL sources. The most probably discrepancy could be from a transparent thrown-away cross, the place the NFL might give the goal to the closest receiver, whereas this knowledge won’t.
- Carries are solely on designed performs. Quarterback scrambles received’t depend for the whole variety of carries within the sport.
