Week 8 Fantasy Football Market Share Report: Marvin Jones Is Back

Red-Zone Market Shares

1. Red-Zone Usage Keeping David Johnson Afloat

David Johnson is finally seeing a diversified offensive game plan, and new offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is harkening back to the days of former Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians. As for Johnson's fantasy outlook, his talent isn't the issue; it's the Cards' poor offense.

Johnson has been able to combat that, though, with solid red-zone usage.

According to Pro Football Reference, Johnson is seeing 88.9% of the Arizona Cardinals’ red-zone rushes, which has been good for 16 carries. Those 16 red-zone rushing attempts are equal to or near the red-zone carries of Saquon Barkley (16), Kareem Hunt (20), Lamar Miller (19) and Alvin Kamara (20). Johnson's 16 red-zone totes rank 10th in the league, and his 6 carries inside the 5 are tied for seventh-most.

In addition to the rushing attempts, Johnson has six red-zone targets.

Johnson's red-zone usage isn't elite, but it's not terrible, either. The big problem is that Arizona has run the fifth-fewest plays, with every other team in the bottom 10 already having their bye (while the Cards have their bye this week). Until Arizona's offense starts to sustain more drives (read: Josh Rosen starts playing better), Johnson will be very reliant on his red-zone usage to produce the fantasy goods.

2. Marvin Jones Is Back

Marvin Jones reeled in 7 catches for 117 yards and 2 touchdowns in Week 8, and now that Golden Tate has been traded to the Philadelphia Eagles, Jones' rest-of-season stock has been solidified.

Jones, with Tate and Kenny Golladay in the fold, has handled 27% share of the Detroit Lions' red-zone looks. He’s also seeing 31% of the receiving targets inside the 10-yard line, and Jones has also logged a 36% share of Detroit's overall air yards, which ties for seventh among all wideouts.

Prior to Week 8, Jones had been relatively quiet, failing to go for more than 70 yards in any game, but his big day coupled with the exit of Tate figures to elevate Jones into a heavily-targeted red-zone receiver like he was last year.

Our projections have Jones as the WR18 over the remainder of the season.