• Mike Evans: 8 receptions, 103 yards, 2 touchdowns

• Travis Kelce: 9 receptions, 92 yards, 1 touchdown

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Add Rachaad White: Leonard Fournette managed an ineffective -3 yards on three carries, which contributed to the rookie seeing significant playing time.

• Fournette hadn’t played as well heading into this game, either.
• His yards after contact per carry, first-down rate and avoided tackle rate are all down significantly from last season.
• Fournette had appeared on the injury report in past weeks with a hamstring injury but wasn’t listed this week.
• His Fantasy value was saved by a five-yard touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter tonight.
• White took two full drives in the first half and second half, rather than the Buccaneers rotating by situation.
• Because the backs are used interchangeably, Tampa Bay could give White significantly more playing time if desired.
• He’s worth a waiver wire addition just in case his playing time improves to that degree.

The Buccaneers’ wide receivers are finally (relatively) healthy: The Buccaneers didn’t have most of their tight ends a week ago but had the top four tight ends on their depth chart playing together for the first time.

• Mike Evans and Chris Godwin remained clear starters for Tampa Bay despite the new competition.
• Russell Gage and Julio Jones largely had to fight for playing time for the second spot.
• It will be hard to trust Gage and Jones going forward if the Buccaneers follow this trend, as both players ran a route on less than 50% of the team’s dropbacks.
• Godwin was the clear leader in snaps out of the slot, while Evans ran the second-most snaps out of the slot. Gage had been the primary slot receiver in the first three games, but he was stuck running routes on the outside.
• Breshad Perriman missed this game, but he will likely be the fifth wide receiver when healthy. He could further complicate the situation.

Monitor the Cameron Brate injury: Brate suffered a concussion near the end of the first half and missed the rest of the game.

• Brate was off to a fine start, totaling four catches for 32 yards on seven targets.
• Cade Otton took over as the primary receiving tight end for the rest of the game.
• Kyle Rudolph was a healthy inactive for Tampa Bay.
• This is probably a situation to avoid if Brate misses a game, but Otton would be the player to pick up in deep leagues.

Isiah Pacheco’s increased usage: Pacheco garnered his most promising usage of the season, which is a trend that could continue.

• Most of his snaps came at the expense of Jerick McKinnon rather than Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
• Edwards-Helaire handled a larger majority of snaps on early downs compared to last week.
• All three backs received noteworthy snaps in short-yardage and goal-line situations. This was also a situation dominated by McKinnon last week.
• McKinnon maintained his role as the third down and two-minute drill back.
• Edwards-Helaire remains a weekly fantasy starter.
• It’s OK to add Pacheco in deeper leagues, but it would be difficult for him to become a fantasy starter without an Edwards-Helaire injury.
• It’s OK to cut McKinnon in most leagues after him losing a lot of snaps.

Skyy Moore sees increased usage: Moore is the other Kansas City rookie who was more involved in the offense tonight, running just as many routes as he did over his first three games combined.

• Moore surpassed Justin Watson for fourth on the depth chart, while Watson still saw limited playing time.
• This rotation hurt all of the Chiefs’ wide receivers, as no receiver ran a route on over 80% of the team’s pass routes.
• Mecole Hardman has seen his role reduced the most and can be dropped in most league formats.
• Moore could see his snaps increase further as the season progresses, but it might not reach a point where he can be relied on in fantasy leagues this year.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.
• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.
• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.