Targets Per Route Run Report: Week 9 (Fantasy Football) - Fantasy Footballers Podcast
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Can you believe it? We already have eight weeks of the 2026 fantasy football season behind us, and many managers are already looking ahead to playoff seeding and matchups. We are getting dangerously close to the part of the fantasy season where what a player has done matters less than what they are about to do.
That means we have to make uncomfortable decisions as we weigh weekly scores against the advanced data. Do we hold on to a player who has disappointed for eight weeks? Do we move on and make the cut? This week I had to cut the sixth WR on one of my teams due to bye weeks; his name was Adonai Mitchell. Facepalm.
If the last couple of weeks have felt weird, you would be right. WR TPRR has declined for two consecutive weeks, giving us the lowest two weeks of the season. TEs and RBs both had their second-highest median TPRR of the season, to boot. W1 — WR 19.7%, TE 16.7%, RB 16.7% W2 — WR 20.0%, TE 15.8%, RB 18.2% W3 — WR 19.2%, TE 18.2%, RB 20.0% W4 — WR 18.2%, TE 17.6%, RB 18.5% W5 — WR 18.2%, TE 18.2%, RB 20.0% W6 — WR 19.4%, TE 20.4%, RB 16.7% W7 — WR 17.8%, TE 18.4%, RB 25.0% W8 — WR 17.4%, TE 20.0%, RB 21.7%
Historically speaking, from 2018-2025, WRs have been between 18.8% and 20.4%. The small dip in the last two weeks does not concern me.
Last week I introduced Breakout Watch, which identifies players who are earning targets but whose fantasy production isn’t there yet. Ironically, I used Wan’Dale Robinson as a case for reading the narrative behind the data. I implied that even if his TPRR percentile matched his fantasy, he would struggle for relevance. Well, with Carnell Tate out for Week 8, Robinson turned in a WR16 performance on the week. Did I mention that Week 8 was weird?
Anyway, two players stand out to me on this list. The first is Drake…
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