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If Keenan Allen is out, who gets his targets?

The Indianapolis Colts room absorbs +0.92 receptions, and Josh Downs 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 Keenan Allen sitsJosh Downs+0.2WR 86% snapsAlec Pierce+0.2WR 42% snapsLaquon Treadwell+0.2WR 54% snapsDeion Burks+0.2WR 5% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerNowIf outChange
Tyler Warren TE · 91% snaps4.404.40+0.00
Josh Downs WR · 86% snaps4.104.33+0.23
Keenan Allen WR · 59% snaps4.00OUT
Jonathan Taylor RB · 92% snaps3.403.40+0.00
Alec Pierce WR · 42% snaps2.702.93+0.23
Laquon Treadwell WR · 54% snaps1.101.33+0.23
Deion Burks WR · 5% snaps0.801.03+0.23
Seth McGowan RB · 8% snaps0.700.70+0.00
Mo Alie-Cox TE · 32% snaps0.600.60+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.

Keenan Allen’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