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Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Amon-Ra St. Brown vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Jaxon Smith-Njigba gets more of his team's passes (38% vs 32%) and more of the deep throws (52% of its air yards vs 37%). Near the end zone, they have had the same number of chances (9 plays within 20 yards), but Jaxon Smith-Njigba gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (23% vs 21%). Jaxon Smith-Njigba is scoring more fantasy points a game (34.7 vs 25.3, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 22.5 vs 21.8 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–3 · Updated Sep 29, 2026

WRDET

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
25.3
Expected points per gameEst.
21.8

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRSEA

Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
34.7
Expected points per gameEst.
22.5

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. 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.
Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, season usage side by side
StatAmon-Ra St. BrownJaxon Smith-Njigba
Games33
Passes thrown to him
Targets3536
Target share32%38%
Air-yards share37%52%
Catches2327
Receiving yards228405
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances99
Red-zone share21%23%
End-zone targets26
Touchdowns
Touchdowns56
Expected touchdownsEst.2.72.9
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)25.334.7
Fantasy points (PPR)75.8104.1
Expected points per gameEst.21.822.5
Points vs expectedEst.+3.4+12.1

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

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

  • Amon-Ra St. Brown
  • Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Target share by week
WeekAmon-Ra St. BrownJaxon Smith-Njigba
136%against NO46%against NE
234%against BUF42%against ARI
326%against NYJ31%against WAS

Next to each number: that week's opponent.

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 Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jaxon Smith-Njigba
LeaderboardAmon-Ra St. BrownJaxon Smith-Njigba
Target share leaders#3of 74 wide receivers#1of 74 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders#18of 74 wide receivers#2of 74 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders#3of 35 wide receivers#2of 35 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders#1of 166 wide receivers#2of 166 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders#19of 166 wide receivers#1of 166 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#2of 166 wide receivers#1of 166 wide receivers

Talking points

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

Amon-Ra St. Brown

Touchdowns above usage

Amon-Ra St. Brown has scored 5 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 2.7, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
5
Expected touchdownsEst.
2.7
Expected PPR per gameEst.
21.8
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
+3.4

Weeks 1–3 · 3 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Touchdowns above usage

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has scored 6 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 2.9, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
6
Expected touchdownsEst.
2.9
Expected PPR per gameEst.
22.5
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
+12.1

Weeks 1–3 · 3 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Role down

Jaxon Smith-Njigba's target share fell to 31% in week 3 (14 targets), from 44% in weeks 1-2.

Target share, week 3
31%
Targets, week 3
14
Target share, weeks 1–2
44%
Targets, weeks 1–2
22

Weeks 1–3 · 3 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.

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