Usage comparison · Wide receivers

A.J. Brown vs Mike Evans

Mike Evans gets more of the deep throws (42% of his team's air yards vs 24%), and they get the same share of their teams' passes (23%). A.J. Brown has played 2 games and Mike Evans 6 games. Near the end zone, Mike Evans has had more chances (6 vs 3 plays within 20 yards), but A.J. Brown gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (19% vs 9%). Mike Evans is scoring more fantasy points a game (14.8 vs 5.7, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 12.5 vs 11.9 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–6 · Updated Oct 20, 2026

WRNE

A.J. Brown

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 5.7
Expected points per gameEst.: 11.9

2 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 6 injury report: Questionable (Ankle)

WRSF

Mike Evans

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 14.8
Expected points per gameEst.: 12.5

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 6 injury report: Questionable (Ribs)

Side by side

Season totals through week 6. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

A.J. Brown and Mike Evans, season usage side by side
Stat	A.J. Brown	Mike Evans
Games	2	6
Passes thrown to him
Targets	14	39
Target share	23%	23%
Air-yards share	24%	42%
Catches	6	27
Receiving yards	53	420
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	3	6
Red-zone share	19%	9%
End-zone targets	1	4
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	0	3
Expected touchdownsEst.	0.8	2.6
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	5.7	14.8
Fantasy points (PPR)	11.3	89.0
Expected points per gameEst.	11.9	12.5
Points vs expectedEst.	−6.3	+2.0

Week by week

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Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

A.J. Brown
Mike Evans

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
Week	A.J. Brown	Mike Evans
1	13%against SEA	21%against LA
2	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	14%against MIA
3	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	23%against ARI
4	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	28%against DEN
5	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	37%against SEA
6	33%against NYJ	17%against WAS

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for A.J. Brown and Mike Evans
Leaderboard	A.J. Brown	Mike Evans
Target share leaders	#26of 109 wide receivers	#22of 109 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#46of 109 wide receivers	#9of 109 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	#4of 75 wide receivers	#45of 75 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#54of 188 wide receivers	#25of 188 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#67of 188 wide receivers	#23of 188 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#35of 188 wide receivers	#33of 188 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

A.J. Brown

Role up

A.J. Brown's target share rose to 33% in week 6 (10 targets), from 13% in week 1.

Target share, week 6: 33%
Targets, week 6: 10
Target share, week 1: 13%
Targets, week 1: 4

Weeks 1 and 6 · 2 games

Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.

Mike Evans

No talking points for him in this week's report.

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