Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Ja'Kobi Lane vs Jalen Brooks

Ja'Kobi Lane gets more of his team's passes (15% vs 10%), while Jalen Brooks gets more of the deep throws (19% of his team's air yards vs 17%). In total, though, Jalen Brooks has more targets (17 vs 13). Ja'Kobi Lane has played 3 games and Jalen Brooks 4 games. Near the end zone, Ja'Kobi Lane has had more chances (5 vs 4 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (17% vs 6%). Ja'Kobi Lane is scoring more fantasy points a game (5.2 vs 3.3, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 8.5 vs 8.4 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–7 · Updated Oct 27, 2026

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Ja'Kobi Lane

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 5.2
Expected points per gameEst.: 8.5

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

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Jalen Brooks

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 3.3
Expected points per gameEst.: 8.4

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 7. 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane and Jalen Brooks, season usage side by side
Stat	Ja'Kobi Lane	Jalen Brooks
Games	3	4
Passes thrown to him
Targets	13	17
Target share	15%	10%
Air-yards share	17%	19%
Catches	8	5
Receiving yards	76	81
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	5	4
Red-zone share	17%	6%
End-zone targets	2	4
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	0	0
Expected touchdownsEst.	1.2	1.7
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	5.2	3.3
Fantasy points (PPR)	15.6	13.1
Expected points per gameEst.	8.5	8.4
Points vs expectedEst.	−3.3	−5.2

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.

Ja'Kobi Lane
Jalen Brooks

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

Target share by week
Week	Ja'Kobi Lane	Jalen Brooks
1	13%against IND	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
2	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
3	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	2%against SF
4	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
5	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	15%against DET
6	16%against CLE	9%against LA
7	15%against CIN	14%against DEN

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 Ja'Kobi Lane and Jalen Brooks
Leaderboard	Ja'Kobi Lane	Jalen Brooks
Target share leaders	#63of 117 wide receivers	#95of 117 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#74of 117 wide receivers	#66of 117 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	#6of 85 wide receivers	#69of 85 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#36of 191 wide receivers	#53of 191 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#55of 191 wide receivers	#25of 191 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#61of 191 wide receivers	#62of 191 wide receivers

Talking points

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

Ja'Kobi Lane

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

Jalen Brooks

Touchdowns below usage

Jalen Brooks has scored 0 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.7, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns: 0
Expected touchdownsEst.: 1.7
Expected PPR per gameEst.: 8.4
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.: −5.2

Weeks 3 and 5–7 · 4 games

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