2022 Stats | LVR | Week | |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
TOT |
TM Snap % |
- |
55% |
73% |
80% |
12% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
49% |
40% |
57% |
67% |
55% |
recYds |
79
|
50
|
22
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
48
|
58
|
72
|
35
|
388 |
Tar/Rec |
6/4 |
8/6 |
5/3 |
5/3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3/3 |
5/4 |
5/3 |
6/2 |
43/28 |
TM Tar% |
- |
21% |
12% |
17% |
0% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9% |
17% |
16% |
16% |
14% |
recTDs |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3 |
FScore |
7 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
13 |
3 |
56 |
FS/PPR |
11 |
17 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
16 |
5 |
84 |
Opp |
@ lac
|
ari
|
@ ten
|
den
|
@ kc
|
bye
|
hou
|
@ no
|
@ jac
|
ind
|
@ den
|
@ sea
|
lac
|
@ lar
|
ne
|
@ pit
|
sf
|
kc
|
|
|
|
2021 Stats | LVR | Week | |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
TOT |
TM Snap % |
94% |
92% |
80% |
93% |
96% |
82% |
- |
- |
88% |
91% |
94% |
24% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
78% |
81% |
recYds |
105
|
65
|
54
|
50
|
45
|
59
|
-
|
-
|
92
|
24
|
116
|
33
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
665 |
Tar/Rec |
19/10 |
7/5 |
7/5 |
7/4 |
8/4 |
5/5 |
- |
- |
11/7 |
7/4 |
8/7 |
5/2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9/2 |
93/55 |
TM Tar% |
37% |
19% |
18% |
22% |
24% |
22% |
- |
- |
26% |
21% |
32% |
14% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0% |
22% |
recTDs |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
2 |
FScore |
16 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
78 |
FS/PPR |
26 |
11 |
10 |
15 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
18 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
133 |
Opp |
bal
|
@ pit
|
mia
|
@ lac
|
chi
|
@ den
|
phi
|
bye
|
@ nyg
|
kc
|
cin
|
@ dal
|
was
|
@ kc
|
@ cle
|
den
|
@ ind
|
lac
|
|
|
|
2020 Stats | LVR | Week | |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
TOT |
TM Snap % |
89% |
92% |
95% |
95% |
91% |
- |
91% |
79% |
88% |
89% |
93% |
97% |
95% |
97% |
91% |
98% |
87% |
92% |
recYds |
45
|
105
|
9
|
88
|
48
|
-
|
50
|
27
|
22
|
37
|
88
|
23
|
200
|
75
|
150
|
112
|
117
|
1196 |
Tar/Rec |
8/6 |
16/12 |
4/2 |
12/9 |
7/5 |
- |
9/6 |
6/5 |
10/5 |
5/3 |
7/7 |
7/4 |
17/13 |
10/7 |
12/9 |
6/5 |
10/9 |
146/107 |
TM Tar% |
29% |
47% |
13% |
28% |
24% |
- |
26% |
32% |
43% |
23% |
24% |
19% |
40% |
22% |
40% |
20% |
29% |
28% |
recTDs |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9 |
FScore |
4 |
16 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
14 |
2 |
32 |
7 |
21 |
11 |
17 |
173 |
FS/PPR |
10 |
28 |
2 |
17 |
15 |
0 |
17 |
7 |
13 |
6 |
21 |
6 |
45 |
14 |
30 |
16 |
26 |
280 |
Opp |
@ car
|
no
|
@ ne
|
buf
|
@ kc
|
bye
|
tb
|
@ cle
|
@ lac
|
den
|
kc
|
@ atl
|
@ nyj
|
ind
|
lac
|
mia
|
@ den
|
|
|
|
2019 Stats | | Week | |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
TOT |
rshYds |
0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5 |
rushes |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2 |
rshTDs |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
recYds |
70
|
63
|
134
|
53
|
39
|
-
|
126
|
11
|
52
|
40
|
78
|
41
|
100
|
72
|
122
|
37
|
107
|
1145 |
Tar/Rec |
8/7 |
7/6 |
14/13 |
8/7 |
5/4 |
- |
8/7 |
8/2 |
2/2 |
5/3 |
7/5 |
6/3 |
9/7 |
6/6 |
10/8 |
4/4 |
10/6 |
117/90 |
recTDs |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
FScore |
7 |
6 |
14 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
12 |
3 |
10 |
133 |
FS/PPR |
14 |
12 |
27 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
17 |
13 |
20 |
7 |
16 |
222 |
Opp |
@ car
|
no
|
@ ne
|
buf
|
@ kc
|
bye
|
tb
|
@ cle
|
@ lac
|
den
|
kc
|
@ atl
|
@ nyj
|
ind
|
lac
|
mia
|
@ den
|
|
|
|
Darren Waller 2022 Outlook
Last season, Waller missed five games due to a combination of a knee injury, a back injury and time on the COVID list. In the 11 games he appeared in, he caught 55 balls for 665 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 12.1 yards per reception. In other words, it was a bit of a disappointment following a huge 2020 season. As the Pro Football Network suggested, Waller's struggles are pretty easily explained. His massive 2020 was primarily built on touchdowns. He scored nine that season. According to PFN, his catch rate was 71.6 percent in 2019 and 74.8 percent in 2020. That fell to 59.1 percent in 2021 (partly due to Waller's 8.6 percent drop rate). That wasn't all his fault, though, as his catchable target rate dropped from 87 percent in 2019 to 80.5 percent in 2020 to 75 percent in 2019. So, he could benefit from better play by Derek Carr, but even with that the arrival of Davante Adams is going to be an issue. Waller has been the Raiders' unquestioned top pass catcher for the past three seasons. That's going to change. PFN summed up: "Fantasy managers should consider Waller a top-5 tight end, but we should not expect his production to rise to the difference-making levels of Travis Kelce (or) 2020 Mark Andrews." Sounds about right to us.
Darren Waller 2021 Outlook
Once again, Ben Linsey of Pro Football Focus, agrees with our fantasy ranking of Waller -- but maybe not from an NFL perspective. "Waller has crept closer to the Kittle-Kelce tier at the top of the position with his play over the last two seasons for the Raiders," Linsey wrote. "He's earned PFF receiving grades of at least 85.0 in each of the past two years, falling behind only Kelce in receiving grade during the 2020 season (90.9). ..." Meanwhile, USA Today noted that while Waller could still improve as a blocker, he is just about as good as it gets as a receiver. The Raiders have designed an offense that flows through him. Waller is fully capable of lining up out wide and beating cornerbacks as a receiver. That's why Waller saw 27.9 percent of his team's targets in 2020, which ranked fourth in the NFL, behind only Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins. Kelce was the next-closest tight end at 23.7 percent. Waller’s 107 catches last season was the third-most in NFL history among tight ends, behind only Zach Ertz (2018, 116 catches) and Jason Witten (2012, 110 catches). Don't expect that role to change noticeably.
Darren Waller 2020 Outlook
Waller, one of the top draft bargains/waiver adds in 2019, finished his breakout campaign ranked 13th in average fantasy points per touch (2.40). He also tied Mark Andrews for fifth among tight ends in terms of points per game (13.8). Waller scored in double digits 10 times, which tied for the third-most behind Travis Kelce and George Kittle, and his three games with 20-plus points were third behind Kelce and Andrews. The question now is whether Waller can repeat. In case you missed it, the Raiders drafted three offensive skill position players in the first three rounds in April and they signed TE Jason Witten, RB Devontae Booker and WR Nelson Agholor in free agency, so there's little question about their desire to improve on that side of the ball. Waller thinks the off-season additions mixed with him, Derek Carr, WR Tyrell Williams and Josh Jacobs are setting the stage for a big difference on the scoreboard. To some degree, the increased talent around him might cause some concern about his production and involvement in the offense, but we'll remind you that HC Jon Gruden called Waller and the entire tight end group the "lifeblood of our offense" last season. That's worth trusting in this range.
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