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If Brian Thomas Jr. is out, who gets his targets?

The Jacksonville Jaguars room absorbs +0.69 receptions, and Parker Washington takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.

Where the work goes

Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.

Receptions gained if Brian Thomas Jr. sitsParker Washington+0.2WR 71% snapsJakobi Meyers+0.2WR 78% snapsJosh Cameron+0.2WR 25% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerNowIf outChange
Parker Washington WR · 71% snaps4.204.43+0.23
Jakobi Meyers WR · 78% snaps3.503.73+0.23
Brenton Strange TE · 76% snaps3.203.20+0.00
Brian Thomas Jr. WR · 44% snaps3.10OUT
Bhayshul Tuten RB · 50% snaps1.401.40+0.00
Josh Cameron WR · 25% snaps1.001.23+0.23
Ameer Abdullah RB · 10% snaps0.900.90+0.00
Nate Boerkircher TE · 53% snaps0.800.80+0.00
Quintin Morris TE · 32% snaps0.800.80+0.00
LeQuint Allen Jr. RB · 8% snaps0.500.50+0.00

What the data says happens

Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.5841,53711.16
Tight ends+0.1751,0803.33
Backs+0.1131,0112.00

The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.

Brian Thomas Jr.’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 3