Fantasy Football: Week 15 red-zone report

Travis Etienne is a strong bet to find the endzone again this week: A favorable matchup against the New York Jets and great usage in the red zone make Etienne one of the better potential touchdown scorers this week.
Nico Collins is due to get back in the endzone: Collins has been held without a touchdown in three-straight games, but high-end usage and a favorable matchup should help him get back on the board this week.
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The high-scoring areas of the field are the most valuable areas of opportunity for our fantasy football assets. This report will keep track of each team’s top performers in that area of the field, as well as the players getting the most opportunities in the red zone. Adding even more fantasy value to this report, we’ll also include each team’s opponent and their effectiveness when defending in the red zone to identify our best matchups.

Note: Plays called back due to penalties or plays with pre-snap penalties will not be included within the player data.

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Arizona Cardinals

Week 15 opponent: Houston Texans
Total red-zone plays faced: 78 (31st)
Red zone successful pass plays allowed: 35.9% (17th)
Red zone successful run plays allowed: 33.3% (16th)

Arizona WR/TEs:

Position	WR/TE	RZ Route Rate	RZ Target rate	RZ Carries	RZ TDs	RZ FF PTs
TE	Trey McBride	94.9%	24.7%	0	8	73.5
TE	Elijah Higgins	30.6%	10.0%	0	0	-0.3
TE	Tip Reiman	5.1%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
TE	Travis Vokolek	3.1%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
TE	Josiah Deguara	3.1%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
TE	Pharaoh Brown	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
WR	Michael Wilson	86.7%	14.1%	0	3	29.9
WR	Marvin Harrison Jr.	57.1%	17.9%	0	4	34.9
WR	Greg Dortch	43.9%	16.3%	3	3	31.7
WR	Zay Jones	30.6%	6.7%	0	0	0.0
WR	Xavier Weaver	14.3%	14.3%	0	0	1.9
WR	Andre Baccellia	11.2%	18.2%	0	0	1.5
WR	Trent Sherfield	9.2%	22.2%	0	0	1.3
WR	Simi Fehoko	7.1%	0.0%	0	0	0
WR	Jalen Brooks	4.1%	0.0%	0	0	0

Arizona RBs:

RB	RZ Carries	RZ Carry Rate	RZ TDs	RZ Routes	RZ TGTs	RZ FF PTs
Bam Knight	16	35.6%	5	26	6	39.4
Michael Carter	7	15.6%	1	31	6	12.9
James Conner	5	11.1%	2	6	1	14.9
Emari Demercado	5	11.1%	1	14	4	11.4
Trey Benson	3	6.7%	0	7	2	2.4
Jermar Jefferson	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0
Corey Kiner	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0

The Texans have spent the second-fewest amount of snaps defending the red zone this season, while the Chiefs have spent a top-10 amount of snaps in the red zone (143).
Trey McBride has seen the second-most targets among all players (23) in the red zone this season, which has led to the second-most red-zone touchdowns on the year, and he’ll remain a high-end bet to score this week.

Atlanta Falcons

Week 15 opponent: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Total red-zone plays faced: 88 (30th)
Red zone successful pass plays allowed: 42.0% (28th)
Red zone successful run plays allowed: 42.1% (29th)

Atlanta WR/TEs:

Position	WR/TE	RZ Route Rate	RZ Target rate	RZ Carries	RZ TDs	RZ FF PTs
TE	Kyle Pitts	95.9%	10.6%	0	1	8.5
TE	Charlie Woerner	16.3%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
TE	Teagan Quitoriano	2.0%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
TE	Feleipe Franks	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
WR	Darnell Mooney	73.5%	16.7%	0	0	4.0
WR	Drake London	69.4%	32.4%	0	6	48.1
WR	David Sills V	55.1%	14.8%	0	2	15.8
WR	Dylan Drummond	24.5%	25.0%	0	0	1.3
WR	Casey Washington	20.4%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
WR	KhaDarel Hodge	2.0%	0.0%	0	0	0.0
WR	Jamal Agnew	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0
WR	Deven Thompkins	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0

Atlanta RBs:

RB	RZ Carries	RZ Carry Rate	RZ TDs	RZ Routes	RZ TGTs	RZ FF PTs
Tyler Allgeier	29	51.8%	7	11	1	50.5
Bijan Robinson	29	51.8%	5	35	8	40.8
Carlos Washington Jr.	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0
Nate Carter	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0

Editor’s note: The Falcons’ game was already played on Thursday.