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Welcome to PFF’s NFL Usage and Production Report—your one-stop for the fantasy football utilization you actually need. This hub pulls together snap counts, routes run, targets per route run (TPRR), carry share, red-zone usage, alignment, ADOT, time to throw, situational splits, fantasy points and so much more, so you can quickly spot role changes and act before your league does. Use it for waiver wire decisions, buy-low/sell-high trades, rest-of-season (ROS) rankings context, dynasty stashes, DFS builds, and prop research.

Below you’ll find the top 10 most crucial usage and production takeaways. If you want more details on these top 10 players, or any other quarterback, running back, wide receiver or tight end in the league, you can jump into the interactive tool right below. It’s the most comprehensive fantasy tool, providing information on how a player is utilized, their performance, and how the defense responds to them. You can view by player, team or position, sort any column, filter by week and snaps, and switch between totals and percentages to see the full picture on anything you’re looking for. You’ll also find all of the information found in the usual recap articles.

1. Samaje Perine leads the Cincinnati Bengals in rushing yards

Perine’s role in the offense has grown in recent weeks, leading to his best rushing performance since 2022.

The Bengals’ rotation at running back was very predictable early in the season. Chase Brown played 88.5% of Cincinnati’s snaps in normal early-down situations in Weeks 1, 2 and 4, ignoring Week 3 when Perine was injured. Perine played 82.6% of the third-down snaps during the same time span. In Weeks 5 and 6, Perine played nearly as many snaps as Brown. This was largely from the team playing from behind, but Brown’s snaps on early downs dipped to 82.6% in that time.

Last week, the Bengals found much more success running the ball compared to other recent weeks. Brown ran the ball 11 times for 108 yards, while Perine ran seven times for 31 yards. Perine’s playing time increased even more on early downs. However, a lot of those snaps occurred after Brown had a long run and needed a break. This week, Perine played 29.3% of the early-down snaps, up significantly from every other game this season. Brown was still the leader on early downs and had a great game with 12 carries for 73 yards and a touchdown in addition to three receptions for 32 yards and another score. Perine ran nine times for 94 yards and a touchdown.