Air Yards Report: Jerry Jeudy Leads Week 8

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Hayden Winks,

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Hayden Winks

Published November 3, 2020 10:13 AM

Air yards -- the distance the ball traveled from the line of scrimmage to the receiver at the catch point -- provide a lot of context to each fantasy football receiver’s floor and ceiling. Targets aren’t created equal because some are closer to the line of scrimmage and some are deeper downfield. Short targets aren’t worth as much as deep targets, but they are more stable week to week. Deep targets are worth more in the long run, but they are more volatile (I track these “deep targets” in my weekly “Targets Aren’t Created Equal” column on Tuesdays at Rotoworld). In conjunction with targets, air yards explain how a receiver is being used. In a perfect world, a receiver would be seeing high target volume and high air yards volume. In this article, we’ll track each player’s air yards from the last week’s game to the last four weeks to the season. [[ad:athena]]

Air Yards & aDOT - WRs

This table is sorted by air yards per game over the last four weeks (min. 25 air yards per game over the last four weeks). “aDOT” is average depth of target, so a high aDOT means a player is used deeper down the field and a low aDOT means a player is used closer to the line of scrimmage.

Player	Last Week	Last 4	Season	aDOT	Last4Games	Games
1. DK Metcalf	145	136	125	14.8	3	7
2. Tim Patrick	NA	122	88	16.0	2	6
3. Will Fuller	NA	116	105	13.4	3	6
4. John Hightower	101	115	76	22.3	4	7
5. Emmanuel Sanders	NA	114	65	9.0	1	5
6. Mike Williams	134	112	94	17.6	3	6
7. Travis Fulgham	68	111	99	11.3	4	5
8. D.J. Chark	NA	111	91	13.2	3	6
9. Davante Adams	120	110	103	8.9	3	5
10. Stefon Diggs	95	110	103	10.4	4	8
11. Tyler Lockett	72	107	93	10.4	3	7
12. Terry McLaurin	NA	106	102	10.4	3	7
13. DeAndre Hopkins	NA	106	90	8.6	3	7
14. Tyreek Hill	130	105	96	14.3	4	8
15. Darnell Mooney	102	105	85	15.7	4	8
16. Jakobi Meyers	81	105	72	12.7	2	3
17. Keelan Cole	NA	103	63	11.0	3	7
18. Kenny Golladay	54	100	93	14.6	3	5
19. Corey Davis	110	99	75	9.6	2	5
20. Jerry Jeudy	162	98	93	13.8	3	7
21. Darius Slayton	122	96	93	13.0	4	8
22. Scotty Miller	98	95	91	16.7	3	7
23. Josh Reynolds	85	95	64	13.5	4	8
24. Robby Anderson	70	95	86	10.3	4	8
25. Jalen Guyton	97	91	57	23.3	3	7
26. Brandon Aiyuk	94	89	62	10.1	4	7
27. Allen Robinson	89	87	102	10.6	4	8
28. Cooper Kupp	152	86	64	7.1	4	8
29. Jamison Crowder	NA	86	99	8.6	2	4
30. Calvin Ridley	54	84	124	14.6	4	8
31. Julio Jones	151	84	88	10.8	3	6
32. Brandin Cooks	NA	84	72	9.8	3	7
33. D.J. Moore	89	81	91	12.3	4	8
34. Marcus Johnson	49	80	67	16.6	3	4
35. Robert Woods	47	79	55	8.2	4	8
36. Jeff Smith	85	78	84	12.7	4	5
37. CeeDee Lamb	36	76	71	9.2	4	8
38. Breshad Perriman	NA	76	48	11.4	2	4
39. Preston Williams	53	75	61	14.3	3	7
40. Tee Higgins	79	75	92	12.4	4	7
41. Jalen Reagor	75	75	75	16.1	1	3
42. A.J. Brown	24	74	69	8.8	4	5
43. Keenan Allen	85	73	92	8.5	3	7
44. Marquise Brown	6	73	97	15.5	3	7
45. Chase Claypool	95	71	60	12.3	4	7
46. Sterling Shepard	87	71	54	7.7	2	4
47. Christian Kirk	NA	70	74	13.8	3	6
48. Tyler Boyd	51	69	73	8.6	4	8
49. Justin Jefferson	17	69	68	11.9	3	7
50. Marvin Hall	115	68	56	22.5	3	6
51. Mike Evans	94	68	67	11.6	4	8
52. Adam Thielen	8	68	100	13.2	3	7
53. A.J. Green	41	68	94	11.9	4	8
54. Henry Ruggs	61	65	68	18.9	3	5
55. Marvin Jones	84	65	55	10.3	3	7
56. Marquez Valdes-Scantling	18	64	89	17.8	3	7
57. Nelson Agholor	11	64	42	13.2	3	7
58. Michael Gallup	83	63	82	13.6	4	8
59. Jarvis Landry	62	58	53	8.4	4	8
60. Gabriel Davis	59	57	41	14.3	4	8
61. Odell Beckham	NA	57	92	13.1	2	6
62. Diontae Johnson	59	53	62	8.5	3	6
63. Andy Isabella	NA	53	49	16.2	3	6
64. Zach Pascal	64	51	53	11.0	3	7
65. Marquez Callaway	NA	49	36	6.4	2	3
66. Chris Godwin	NA	48	51	7.0	2	4
67. Damiere Byrd	41	47	66	12.3	3	6
68. Bennie Fowler	NA	47	47	7.8	1	1
69. T.Y. Hilton	1	47	60	10.7	3	7
70. Adam Humphries	41	45	50	9.7	3	6
71. Braxton Berrios	39	45	42	7.7	4	7
72. DeSean Jackson	NA	45	98	15.6	1	4
73. JuJu Smith-Schuster	44	45	40	5.6	4	7
74. Cole Beasley	7	45	47	7.4	4	8
75. Rashard Higgins	26	45	37	12.4	4	5
76. Tre’Quan Smith	82	45	42	9.2	3	7
77. Amari Cooper	38	44	82	8.5	4	8
78. Cyril Grayson	NA	44	36	23.7	1	2
79. Tyron Johnson	NA	44	48	48.0	1	2
80. Randall Cobb	NA	43	39	7.1	3	7
81. Demarcus Robinson	63	42	37	9.7	4	7
82. Chris Conley	NA	41	50	13.6	3	7
83. DeVante Parker	1	41	55	9.1	3	7
84. Willie Snead	85	40	29	9.2	3	7
85. David Moore	12	38	32	11.2	3	7
86. John Brown	4	38	61	12.6	2	6
87. Larry Fitzgerald	NA	37	29	5.4	3	7
88. Anthony Miller	69	37	55	10.5	4	8
89. Jaydon Mickens	67	37	37	7.3	2	2
90. Denzel Mims	54	36	36	7.2	2	2
91. Curtis Samuel	57	36	33	6.7	3	7
92. DaeSean Hamilton	56	35	42	13.3	3	6
93. Russell Gage	1	35	42	7.3	4	8
94. Andre Roberts	NA	35	21	13.7	1	2
95. Odell Beckham	NA	35	35	35.0	1	1
96. Kendrick Bourne	73	34	48	9.5	4	8
97. Byron Pringle	56	33	33	14.3	3	3
98. Danny Amendola	41	33	44	9.9	3	7
99. Keith Kirkwood	NA	32	32	16.0	1	1
100. Kalif Raymond	6	32	43	17.9	3	5
101. Rico Gafford	NA	32	32	32.0	2	2
102. Mecole Hardman	60	31	22	6.0	4	8
103. Equanimeous St. Brown	62	31	31	12.4	2	2
104. Julian Edelman	NA	30	67	10.3	2	6
105. Olamide Zaccheaus	NA	29	47	10.7	2	5
106. Tyrie Cleveland	NA	29	13	13.0	1	2
107. Donovan Peoples-Jones	NA	29	29	14.3	2	2
108. Greg Ward	24	28	32	5.6	4	8
109. Javon Wims	7	28	19	12.0	2	5
110. Kenny Stills	NA	28	39	12.9	2	6
111. Mike Thomas	NA	27	20	8.3	3	7
112. C.J. Board	NA	27	26	11.7	1	5
113. Cedrick Wilson	54	26	44	10.0	3	5
114. James Washington	4	26	35	8.8	4	7
115. Miles Boykin	27	26	32	10.1	3	7
116. Deonte Harris	8	26	15	4.6	2	6
117. Golden Tate	25	26	29	6.9	4	7
118. Sammy Watkins	NA	25	42	7.3	1	5

Air Yards & aDOT - TEs

Player	Last Week	Last 4	Season	aDOT	Last 4 Games	Games
1. Noah Fant	65	66	55	7.6	2	6
2. Rob Gronkowski	27	65	51	10.3	4	8
3. Dan Arnold	NA	64	36	11.9	1	5
4. Travis Kelce	84	64	61	7.2	4	8
5. Austin Hooper	NA	62	33	5.9	2	6
6. Mark Andrews	44	53	60	10.7	3	7
7. Zach Ertz	NA	53	56	7.5	2	6
8. T.J. Hockenson	67	50	41	7.0	3	7
9. George Kittle	43	50	56	6.9	4	6
10. Tyler Eifert	NA	48	37	8.0	1	5
11. Jared Cook	60	47	49	10.0	3	6
12. Jimmy Graham	55	45	40	6.6	4	8
13. Eric Ebron	31	42	45	8.4	4	7
14. Mike Gesicki	42	41	55	12.1	3	7
15. Evan Engram	68	41	37	5.5	4	8
16. Hayden Hurst	40	41	45	7.8	4	8
17. Darren Fells	NA	40	25	7.8	2	6
18. Hunter Henry	6	39	48	7.5	3	7
19. Albert Okwuegbunam	9	37	37	8.0	3	3
20. Anthony Firkser	25	37	32	7.6	4	6
21. Logan Thomas	NA	36	46	8.0	3	7
22. Robert Tonyan	55	35	38	8.4	3	6
23. Richard Rodgers	NA	34	28	7.8	3	5
24. Dalton Schultz	72	33	40	6.6	4	8
25. Darren Waller	13	33	47	5.3	3	7
26. Trey Burton	23	31	33	6.7	3	4
27. Tanner Hudson	18	31	31	15.3	3	3
28. Irv Smith	7	30	24	8.5	3	6
29. Ross Dwelley	30	30	17	5.7	1	3
30. Tyler Davis	NA	27	27	13.5	1	1
31. Gerald Everett	40	27	21	5.4	4	7
32. Marcedes Lewis	NA	25	17	8.3	2	4

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Air Yards & aDOT By Team

Team Player	Last Week	Last 4	Season	aDOT	Last4Games	Games
ARI DeAndre Hopkins	NA	106	90	8.6	3	7
ARI Christian Kirk	NA	70	74	13.8	3	6
ARI Dan Arnold	NA	64	36	11.9	1	5
ARI Andy Isabella	NA	53	49	16.2	3	6
ARI Larry Fitzgerald	NA	37	29	5.4	3	7
ATL Calvin Ridley	54	84	124	14.6	4	8
ATL Julio Jones	151	84	88	10.8	3	6
ATL Hayden Hurst	40	41	45	7.8	4	8
ATL Russell Gage	1	35	42	7.3	4	8
ATL Olamide Zaccheaus	NA	29	47	10.7	2	5
BAL Marquise Brown	6	73	97	15.5	3	7
BAL Mark Andrews	44	53	60	10.7	3	7
BAL Willie Snead	85	40	29	9.2	3	7
BAL Miles Boykin	27	26	32	10.1	3	7
BUF Stefon Diggs	95	110	103	10.4	4	8
BUF Gabriel Davis	59	57	41	14.3	4	8
BUF Cole Beasley	7	45	47	7.4	4	8
BUF John Brown	4	38	61	12.6	2	6
BUF Andre Roberts	NA	35	21	13.7	1	2
CAR Robby Anderson	70	95	86	10.3	4	8
CAR D.J. Moore	89	81	91	12.3	4	8
CAR Curtis Samuel	57	36	33	6.7	3	7
CAR Keith Kirkwood	NA	32	32	16.0	1	1
CHI Darnell Mooney	102	105	85	15.7	4	8
CHI Allen Robinson	89	87	102	10.6	4	8
CHI Jimmy Graham	55	45	40	6.6	4	8
CHI Anthony Miller	69	37	55	10.5	4	8
CHI Javon Wims	7	28	19	12.0	2	5
CIN Tee Higgins	79	75	92	12.4	4	7
CIN Tyler Boyd	51	69	73	8.6	4	8
CIN A.J. Green	41	68	94	11.9	4	8
CIN Mike Thomas	NA	27	20	8.3	3	7
CLE Austin Hooper	NA	62	33	5.9	2	6
CLE Jarvis Landry	62	58	53	8.4	4	8
CLE Odell Beckham	NA	57	92	13.1	2	6
CLE Rashard Higgins	26	45	37	12.4	4	5
CLE Odell Beckham	NA	35	35	35.0	1	1
CLE Donovan Peoples-Jones	NA	29	29	14.3	2	2
DAL CeeDee Lamb	36	76	71	9.2	4	8
DAL Michael Gallup	83	63	82	13.6	4	8
DAL Amari Cooper	38	44	82	8.5	4	8
DAL Dalton Schultz	72	33	40	6.6	4	8
DAL Cedrick Wilson	54	26	44	10.0	3	5
DEN Tim Patrick	NA	122	88	16.0	2	6
DEN Jerry Jeudy	162	98	93	13.8	3	7
DEN Noah Fant	65	66	55	7.6	2	6
DEN Albert Okwuegbunam	9	37	37	8.0	3	3
DEN DaeSean Hamilton	56	35	42	13.3	3	6
DEN Tyrie Cleveland	NA	29	13	13.0	1	2
DET Kenny Golladay	54	100	93	14.6	3	5
DET Marvin Hall	115	68	56	22.5	3	6
DET Marvin Jones	84	65	55	10.3	3	7
DET T.J. Hockenson	67	50	41	7.0	3	7
DET Danny Amendola	41	33	44	9.9	3	7
GB Davante Adams	120	110	103	8.9	3	5
GB Marquez Valdes-Scantling	18	64	89	17.8	3	7
GB Robert Tonyan	55	35	38	8.4	3	6
GB Equanimeous St. Brown	62	31	31	12.4	2	2
GB Marcedes Lewis	NA	25	17	8.3	2	4
HOU Will Fuller	NA	116	105	13.4	3	6
HOU Brandin Cooks	NA	84	72	9.8	3	7
HOU Randall Cobb	NA	43	39	7.1	3	7
HOU Darren Fells	NA	40	25	7.8	2	6
HOU Kenny Stills	NA	28	39	12.9	2	6
IND Marcus Johnson	49	80	67	16.6	3	4
IND Zach Pascal	64	51	53	11.0	3	7
IND T.Y. Hilton	1	47	60	10.7	3	7
IND Trey Burton	23	31	33	6.7	3	4
JAX D.J. Chark	NA	111	91	13.2	3	6
JAX Keelan Cole	NA	103	63	11.0	3	7
JAX Tyler Eifert	NA	48	37	8.0	1	5
JAX Chris Conley	NA	41	50	13.6	3	7
JAX Tyler Davis	NA	27	27	13.5	1	1
KC Tyreek Hill	130	105	96	14.3	4	8
KC Travis Kelce	84	64	61	7.2	4	8
KC Demarcus Robinson	63	42	37	9.7	4	7
KC Byron Pringle	56	33	33	14.3	3	3
KC Mecole Hardman	60	31	22	6.0	4	8
KC Sammy Watkins	NA	25	42	7.3	1	5
LA Josh Reynolds	85	95	64	13.5	4	8
LA Cooper Kupp	152	86	64	7.1	4	8
LA Robert Woods	47	79	55	8.2	4	8
LA Gerald Everett	40	27	21	5.4	4	7
LAC Mike Williams	134	112	94	17.6	3	6
LAC Jalen Guyton	97	91	57	23.3	3	7
LAC Keenan Allen	85	73	92	8.5	3	7
LAC Tyron Johnson	NA	44	48	48.0	1	2
LAC Hunter Henry	6	39	48	7.5	3	7
LV Henry Ruggs	61	65	68	18.9	3	5
LV Nelson Agholor	11	64	42	13.2	3	7
LV Darren Waller	13	33	47	5.3	3	7
LV Rico Gafford	NA	32	32	32.0	2	2
MIA Preston Williams	53	75	61	14.3	3	7
MIA Mike Gesicki	42	41	55	12.1	3	7
MIA DeVante Parker	1	41	55	9.1	3	7
MIN Justin Jefferson	17	69	68	11.9	3	7
MIN Adam Thielen	8	68	100	13.2	3	7
MIN Irv Smith	7	30	24	8.5	3	6
NE Jakobi Meyers	81	105	72	12.7	2	3
NE Damiere Byrd	41	47	66	12.3	3	6
NE Julian Edelman	NA	30	67	10.3	2	6
NO Emmanuel Sanders	NA	114	65	9.0	1	5
NO Marquez Callaway	NA	49	36	6.4	2	3
NO Jared Cook	60	47	49	10.0	3	6
NO Bennie Fowler	NA	47	47	7.8	1	1
NO Tre’Quan Smith	82	45	42	9.2	3	7
NO Deonte Harris	8	26	15	4.6	2	6
NYG Darius Slayton	122	96	93	13.0	4	8
NYG Sterling Shepard	87	71	54	7.7	2	4
NYG Evan Engram	68	41	37	5.5	4	8
NYG C.J. Board	NA	27	26	11.7	1	5
NYG Golden Tate	25	26	29	6.9	4	7
NYJ Jamison Crowder	NA	86	99	8.6	2	4
NYJ Jeff Smith	85	78	84	12.7	4	5
NYJ Breshad Perriman	NA	76	48	11.4	2	4
NYJ Braxton Berrios	39	45	42	7.7	4	7
NYJ Denzel Mims	54	36	36	7.2	2	2
PHI John Hightower	101	115	76	22.3	4	7
PHI Travis Fulgham	68	111	99	11.3	4	5
PHI Jalen Reagor	75	75	75	16.1	1	3
PHI Zach Ertz	NA	53	56	7.5	2	6
PHI DeSean Jackson	NA	45	98	15.6	1	4
PHI Richard Rodgers	NA	34	28	7.8	3	5
PHI Greg Ward	24	28	32	5.6	4	8
PIT Chase Claypool	95	71	60	12.3	4	7
PIT Diontae Johnson	59	53	62	8.5	3	6
PIT JuJu Smith-Schuster	44	45	40	5.6	4	7
PIT Eric Ebron	31	42	45	8.4	4	7
PIT James Washington	4	26	35	8.8	4	7
SEA DK Metcalf	145	136	125	14.8	3	7
SEA Tyler Lockett	72	107	93	10.4	3	7
SEA David Moore	12	38	32	11.2	3	7
SF Brandon Aiyuk	94	89	62	10.1	4	7
SF George Kittle	43	50	56	6.9	4	6
SF Kendrick Bourne	73	34	48	9.5	4	8
SF Ross Dwelley	30	30	17	5.7	1	3
TB Scotty Miller	98	95	91	16.7	3	7
TB Mike Evans	94	68	67	11.6	4	8
TB Rob Gronkowski	27	65	51	10.3	4	8
TB Chris Godwin	NA	48	51	7.0	2	4
TB Cyril Grayson	NA	44	36	23.7	1	2
TB Jaydon Mickens	67	37	37	7.3	2	2
TB Tanner Hudson	18	31	31	15.3	3	3
TEN Corey Davis	110	99	75	9.6	2	5
TEN A.J. Brown	24	74	69	8.8	4	5
TEN Adam Humphries	41	45	50	9.7	3	6
TEN Anthony Firkser	25	37	32	7.6	4	6
TEN Kalif Raymond	6	32	43	17.9	3	5
WAS Terry McLaurin	NA	106	102	10.4	3	7
WAS Logan Thomas	NA	36	46	8.0	3	7

The Fantasy Usage Model: Week 9

Part 1: High-Value RB Touches (Sunday Night)

Part 2: Targets Aren’t Created Equal (Monday Night)

Part 3: Air Yards Report (Monday Night)

Part 4: Fantasy Usage Model Notes (Tuesday)

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