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If Quentin Johnston is out, who gets his targets?
The Los Angeles Chargers room absorbs +2.19 receptions, and Ladd McConkey takes the largest single share at +0.57. 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.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladd McConkey WR · 61% snaps | 3.80 | 4.37 | +0.57 |
| Quentin Johnston WR · 82% snaps | 3.30 | — | OUT |
| Tre Harris WR · 72% snaps | 2.80 | 3.29 | +0.49 |
| Oronde Gadsden II TE · 40% snaps | 2.20 | 2.35 | +0.15 |
| David Njoku TE · 36% snaps | 2.00 | 2.15 | +0.15 |
| Omarion Hampton RB · 54% snaps | 1.90 | 2.03 | +0.13 |
| Charlie Kolar TE · 58% snaps | 1.40 | 1.55 | +0.15 |
| Keaton Mitchell RB · 31% snaps | 1.10 | 1.23 | +0.13 |
| Hayden Rucci TE · 41% snaps | 0.70 | 0.85 | +0.15 |
| Kimani Vidal RB · 14% snaps | 0.60 | 0.72 | +0.12 |
| Patrick Herbert TE · 1% snaps | 0.50 | 0.65 | +0.15 |
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.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
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.
Quentin Johnston’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection