- Omarion Hampton should be welcomed back to the endzone this week: Hampton has dominated red-zone carries since his return, and while he hasn’t scored yet, he gets a great matchup to deliver in Week 16.
- Courtland Sutton has been capitalizing on his red-zone opportunities lately: Sutton has started to deliver in recent weeks, and draws a matchup against a more susceptible pass defense this week to keep his momentum going.
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The high-scoring areas of the field are the most valuable areas of opportunity for our fantasy football assets. This report will keep track of each team’s top performers in that area of the field, as well as the players getting the most opportunities in the redzone. Adding even more fantasy value to this report, we’ll also include each team’s opponent and their effectiveness when defending in the red zone to identify our best matchups.
Note: Plays called back due to penalties or plays with pre-snap penalties will not be included within the player data.
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Arizona Cardinals
- Week 16 opponent: Atlanta Falcons
- Total red-zone plays faced: 143 (11th)
- Red zone successful pass plays allowed: 35.5% (15th)
- Red zone successful run plays allowed: 25.4% (5th)
Arizona WR/TEs:
| Position | WR/TE | RZ Route Rate | RZ Target rate | RZ Carries | RZ TDs | RZ FF PTs |
| TE | Trey McBride | 95.1% | 26.5% | 0 | 10 | 92.3 |
| TE | Elijah Higgins | 33.0% | 8.8% | 0 | 0 | -0.3 |
| TE | Tip Reiman | 4.9% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TE | Josiah Deguara | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TE | Travis Vokolek | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TE | Pharaoh Brown | 1.9% | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| WR | Michael Wilson | 85.4% | 14.8% | 0 | 4 | 38.0 |
| WR | Marvin Harrison Jr. | 54.4% | 17.9% | 0 | 4 | 34.9 |
| WR | Greg Dortch | 41.7% | 16.3% | 3 | 3 | 31.7 |
| WR | Zay Jones | 29.1% | 6.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WR | Xavier Weaver | 13.6% | 14.3% | 0 | 0 | 1.9 |
| WR | Andre Baccellia | 10.7% | 18.2% | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| WR | Trent Sherfield | 8.7% | 22.2% | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| WR | Simi Fehoko | 6.8% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WR | Jalen Brooks | 4.9% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona RBs:
| RB | RZ Carries | RZ Carry Rate | RZ TDs | RZ Routes | RZ TGTs | RZ FF PTs |
| Bam Knight | 16 | 34.8% | 5 | 26 | 6 | 39.4 |
| Michael Carter | 8 | 17.4% | 1 | 35 | 6 | 12.9 |
| James Conner | 5 | 10.9% | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14.9 |
| Emari Demercado | 5 | 10.9% | 1 | 14 | 4 | 11.4 |
| Trey Benson | 3 | 6.5% | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Jermar Jefferson | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Corey Kiner | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
- The Falcons’ red-zone defense has been more susceptible to passing this season, while the Cardinals come into this week with the second-most red-zone passing touchdowns (24).
- Trey McBride has been the ultimate weapon in the red zone this season, leading all tight ends with 10 red-zone touchdowns. His ideal usage will likely make him a great bet to build on his TE1 season.
