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New Orleans Saints

Who gets the ball in Saints games: the passes, the runs and the chances near the end zone.

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

Target distribution

Out of every 10 passes the team throws, how many go to each player. More passes mean more chances to score.

Player	Position	Target share	Games	Targets	Air-yards share	WOPR	End-zone targets
Chris Olave	WR	29%	3	36	47%	0.76	2
Devaughn Vele	WR	18%	3	22	22%	0.42	3
Juwan Johnson	TE	15%	3	19	10%	0.30	4
Noah Fant	TE	13%	2	12	8%	0.25	2
Travis Etienne	RB	10%	3	13	−1%	0.15	0
Alvin Kamara	RB	10%	2	7	−1%	0.14	0
Bryce Lance	WR	6%	3	8	11%	0.17	0
Kendre Miller	RB	3%	2	3	−1%	0.04	0
Kevin Austin Jr.	WR	3%	1	1	3%	0.07	0
Oscar Delp	TE	3%	1	1	3%	0.07	0
CJ Donaldson	RB	2%	3	2	0%	0.03	0

Backfield split

Out of every 10 runs, how many each player gets. It shows who the main running back is.

Player	Position	Carry share	Games	Carries	Goal-line runs	Red-zone share
Travis Etienne	RB	38%	3	30	1	18%
Alvin Kamara	RB	33%	2	18	0	14%
Kendre Miller	RB	25%	2	13	0	8%
Tyler Shough	QB	18%	3	14	2	15%
CJ Donaldson	RB	5%	3	4	0	3%

Red-zone share

Passes and runs that start within 20 yards of the end zone: the closest chances to score.

Player	Position	Red-zone share	Games	Red-zone chances	Goal-line runs	End-zone targets
Juwan Johnson	TE	18%	3	6	0	4
Travis Etienne	RB	18%	3	6	1	0
Tyler Shough	QB	15%	3	5	2	0
Alvin Kamara	RB	14%	2	3	0	0
Chris Olave	WR	12%	3	4	0	2
Noah Fant	TE	12%	2	3	0	2
Devaughn Vele	WR	9%	3	3	0	3
Kendre Miller	RB	8%	2	2	0	0
CJ Donaldson	RB	3%	3	1	0	0

Quarterback

Whoever played most recently is listed first.

Player	Last game	Games	Dropbacks	EPA per dropback	CPOE (accuracy)	Carries	Expected points per game Est.
Tyler Shough	Week 3	3	142	+0.03	+4.5	14	24.1

Target share by week

Out of every 10 passes each week, how many went to each player. A dash means no passes, runs or pass plays for him that week (a bye week, or he didn't play or get a chance).

Player	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Season
Chris Olave WR	25%	31%	33%	29%
Devaughn Vele WR	17%	22%	15%	18%
Juwan Johnson TE	13%	13%	20%	15%
Noah Fant TE	15%	—	10%	13%
Travis Etienne RB	17%	6%	5%	10%
Alvin Kamara RB	—	19%	3%	10%
Bryce Lance WR	8%	3%	8%	6%
Kendre Miller RB	0%	—	8%	3%

Saints talking points

Touchdowns above usage

Noah FantTENO

Noah Fant has scored 3 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.0, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns: 3
Expected touchdownsEst.: 1.0
Expected PPR per gameEst.: 10.8
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.: +5.5

Weeks 1 and 3 · 2 games

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

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