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If Jordan Addison is out, who gets his targets?

The Minnesota Vikings room absorbs +0.45 receptions, and Justin Jefferson 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 Jordan Addison sitsJustin Jefferson+0.2WR 96% snapsJauan Jennings+0.2WR 48% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerNowIf outChange
Justin Jefferson WR · 96% snaps5.005.23+0.23
T.J. Hockenson TE · 68% snaps3.503.50+0.00
Jordan Addison WR · 86% snaps2.70OUT
Josh Oliver TE · 62% snaps1.901.90+0.00
Aaron Jones RB · 64% snaps1.801.80+0.00
Jauan Jennings WR · 48% snaps1.601.82+0.22
DeeJay Dallas RB · 12% snaps0.900.90+0.00
Demond Claiborne RB · 4% snaps0.900.90+0.00
Jordan Mason RB · 45% snaps0.800.80+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.

Jordan Addison’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