Mike Evans sure looks good for Monday night. Chris Godwin (finger) isn’t going to play, Antonio Brown isn’t eligible yet, and I’m thinking Evans will be heavily used.

Evans has gone over 100 yards twice this year. Those have both come when Godwin hasn’t been playing. In games when every is available, Evans has been lightly used.

And Tom Brady seems to have a comfort level going for Evans around the goal line. They’ve connected on 5 touchdown passes in the 10-yard line. That’s about the best in the league.

After seven weeks, 40 players have seen at least 4 targets in the 10-yard line. Four players have caught 5 of the six passes thrown their way in that part of the field, and they’re all real nice players: Evans, Tyler Lockett, Adam Thielen and Tyreek Hill.

The numbers you see below, by the way, aren’t NFL released. These are our own home-cooked numbers. They include 2-point conversions, which technically aren’t plays. So when you see “EZ” that’s not touchdowns but “end zone” plays, including touchdowns and 2-point conversions.

PLAYERS WITH 4 TARGETS INSIDE THE 10
TeamPlayerAttComPctEZEZ Pct
KCT.Hill6583%350%
MINA.Thielen6583%583%
SEAT.Lockett6583%583%
TBM.Evans6583%583%
ARZC.Kirk5480%480%
CLVK.Hunt5480%480%
PHIZ.Ertz5480%240%
BLTM.Andrews4375%375%
GBD.Adams4375%250%
JAXJ.Robinson4375%125%
NEN.Harry4375%125%
NOE.Sanders4375%250%
PITJ.Smith-Schuster4375%375%
TBC.Godwin4375%250%
CHIJ.Graham7571%343%
MIAP.Williams6467%467%
TENJ.Smith6467%467%
CARM.Davis5360%120%
GBA.Jones5360%240%
KCS.Watkins5360%240%
LVD.Waller5360%360%
WASL.Thomas5360%240%
DETT.Hockenson7457%457%
KCT.Kelce7457%343%
ATLC.Ridley9556%556%
BUFC.Beasley6350%117%
CINT.Boyd4250%125%
SEAC.Carson4250%125%
SFG.Kittle4250%125%
TBR.Gronkowski4250%125%
CLVO.Beckham5240%120%
ATLR.Gage4125%125%
DALA.Cooper4125%125%
HSTW.Fuller4125%125%
INDZ.Pascal4125%125%
SEAD.Metcalf4125%125%
SFB.Aiyuk4125%125%
MIAM.Gesicki5120%120%
NYGD.Slayton5120%120%
HSTR.Cobb6117%117%

For those interested in looking at the numbers for each team, I’ll run them below. I’ve put the teams in alphabetical order, and then I’ve got the players in descending order, with the most-targeted players listed first.

They provide a sense of what each team is trying to do around the end zone.

PASS ATTEMPTS INSIDE 10 (team-by-team breakdowns)
TeamPlayerAttComPctEZPct
ARZC.Kirk5480%480%
ARZD.Hopkins3267%133%
ARZC.Edmonds22100%2100%
ARZA.Isabella11100%1100%
ARZD.Daniels100%00%
ARZJ.Thomas11100%1100%
ARZL.Fitzgerald100%00%
ATLC.Ridley9556%556%
ATLR.Gage4125%125%
ATLH.Hurst3133%133%
ATLI.Smith11100%00%
ATLJ.Jones100%00%
ATLL.Stocker100%00%
BLTM.Andrews4375%375%
BLTN.Boyle22100%2100%
BLTM.Boykin100%00%
BLTM.Brown11100%1100%
BLTP.Ricard11100%1100%
BLTW.Snead11100%00%
BUFC.Beasley6350%117%
BUFS.Diggs3267%267%
BUFJ.Brown2150%00%
BUFT.Kroft22100%2100%
BUFZ.Moss2150%150%
BUFD.Knox100%00%
BUFG.Davis11100%1100%
BUFI.McKenzie11100%1100%
BUFL.Smith11100%1100%
BUFR.Gilliam11100%1100%
CARM.Davis5360%120%
CARD.Moore3133%133%
CARR.Anderson3267%133%
CARA.Armah100%00%
CARI.Thomas11100%1100%
CARR.Bonnafon11100%1100%
CHIJ.Graham7571%343%
CHIC.Kmet3133%133%
CHIA.Robinson2150%00%
CHID.Montgomery2150%00%
CHIA.Miller100%00%
CHID.Harris100%00%
CHID.Mooney100%00%
CHIJ.Wims11100%1100%
CHIT.Cohen11100%00%
CINT.Boyd4250%125%
CIND.Sample300%00%
CINT.Higgins3267%267%
CINA.Green200%00%
CING.Bernard22100%150%
CINJ.Mixon2150%150%
CINC.Carter11100%00%
CINC.Uzomah100%00%
CINM.Thomas11100%1100%
CLVK.Hunt5480%480%
CLVO.Beckham5240%120%
CLVH.Bryant33100%3100%
CLVA.Hooper2150%150%
CLVD.Njoku11100%1100%
DALA.Cooper4125%125%
DALC.Lamb3133%133%
DALC.Wilson22100%00%
DALD.Schultz22100%150%
DALM.Gallup200%00%
DALE.Elliott11100%1100%
DALN.Brown11100%00%
DENN.Fant3267%267%
DENT.Patrick33100%267%
DENA.Okwuegbunam200%00%
DENJ.Butt11100%00%
DENJ.Jeudy100%00%
DENM.Gordon100%00%
DENN.Vannett100%00%
DETT.Hockenson7457%457%
DETJ.James2150%150%
DETK.Golladay22100%00%
DETM.Jones2150%150%
DETQ.Cephus200%00%
DETD.Amendola100%00%
DETD.Swift11100%1100%
DETM.Hall100%00%
GBA.Jones5360%240%
GBD.Adams4375%250%
GBA.Lazard22100%2100%
GBR.Tonyan22100%2100%
GBD.Shepherd11100%00%
GBJ.Sternberger11100%1100%
GBJ.Williams11100%00%
GBM.Lewis100%00%
GBM.Taylor11100%1100%
HSTR.Cobb6117%117%
HSTW.Fuller4125%125%
HSTB.Cooks3267%133%
HSTDu.Johnson3267%00%
HSTD.Fells22100%2100%
HSTDa.Johnson2150%150%
HSTD.Carter11100%00%
HSTK.Stills100%00%
HSTP.Brown11100%00%
INDZ.Pascal4125%125%
INDM.Alie-Cox2150%150%
INDN.Hines22100%150%
INDT.Burton11100%1100%
JAXJ.Robinson4375%125%
JAXC.Conley300%00%
JAXC.Johnson3133%133%
JAXD.Chark3267%267%
JAXB.Ellefson11100%1100%
JAXD.Westbrook11100%00%
JAXJ.O'Shaughnessy100%00%
JAXK.Cole11100%1100%
JAXL.Shenault11100%00%
JAXT.Eifert11100%00%
KCT.Kelce7457%343%
KCT.Hill6583%350%
KCS.Watkins5360%240%
KCM.Hardman22100%2100%
KCA.Sherman11100%1100%
KCC.Edwards-Helaire100%00%
KCD.Robinson100%00%
KCD.Williams11100%1100%
KCE.Fisher11100%1100%
LACH.Henry3133%133%
LACK.Allen200%00%
LACM.Williams2150%150%
LART.Higbee33100%3100%
LARC.Kupp200%00%
LARJ.Reynolds2150%150%
LARD.Henderson11100%00%
LARM.Brown100%00%
LARR.Woods11100%1100%
LVD.Waller5360%360%
LVJ.Witten22100%150%
LVA.Ingold11100%1100%
LVD.Booker11100%00%
LVF.Moreau11100%1100%
LVJ.Richard11100%00%
LVN.Agholor11100%1100%
MIAP.Williams6467%467%
MIAM.Gesicki5120%120%
MIAA.Shaheen3267%267%
MIAD.Smythe2150%150%
MIAM.Gaskin22100%00%
MIAD.Parker11100%1100%
MINA.Thielen6583%583%
MINI.Smith2150%150%
MINJ.Jefferson22100%150%
MINK.Rudolph2150%150%
NEN.Harry4375%125%
NEJ.Edelman200%00%
NEJ.Johnson11100%1100%
NEJ.White11100%00%
NER.Izzo100%00%
NOE.Sanders4375%250%
NOJ.Cook3267%267%
NOA.Kamara11100%00%
NOD.Harris11100%1100%
NOT.Hill100%00%
NOT.Smith11100%1100%
NYGD.Slayton5120%120%
NYGS.Shepard3267%133%
NYGD.Freeman22100%00%
NYGE.Engram2150%00%
NYGG.Tate2150%00%
NYGA.Thomas11100%1100%
NYGD.Ratley100%00%
NYGK.Smith11100%00%
NYGS.Barkley100%00%
NYJC.Herndon200%00%
NYJC.Hogan200%00%
NYJJ.Smith200%00%
NYJB.Berrios11100%00%
NYJB.Perriman100%00%
NYJD.Mims100%00%
NYJJ.Crowder100%00%
NYJL.Cager100%00%
PHIZ.Ertz5480%240%
PHIG.Ward33100%3100%
PHIB.Scott100%00%
PHIH.Butler100%00%
PHIJ.Arcega-Whiteside11100%1100%
PHIJ.Croom11100%1100%
PHIJ.Hightower11100%1100%
PHIR.Rodgers100%00%
PHIT.Fulgham11100%1100%
PITJ.Smith-Schuster4375%375%
PITC.Claypool2150%150%
PITD.Johnson11100%1100%
PITE.Ebron11100%1100%
PITJ.Conner100%00%
SEAT.Lockett6583%583%
SEAC.Carson4250%125%
SEAD.Metcalf4125%125%
SEAG.Olsen3267%133%
SEAJ.Hollister22100%2100%
SEAD.Moore11100%00%
SEAF.Swain100%00%
SEAT.Homer11100%1100%
SEAW.Dissly100%00%
SFG.Kittle4250%125%
SFB.Aiyuk4125%125%
SFJ.Reed2150%150%
SFK.Bourne2150%00%
SFT.Taylor2150%00%
SFD.Samuel11100%1100%
SFJ.McKinnon11100%1100%
SFR.Dwelley11100%00%
TBM.Evans6583%583%
TBC.Godwin4375%250%
TBR.Gronkowski4250%125%
TBK.Vaughn2150%150%
TBR.Jones200%00%
TBT.Johnson22100%2100%
TBC.Brate11100%1100%
TBL.Fournette11100%00%
TBO.Howard11100%1100%
TENJ.Smith6467%467%
TENA.Brown3267%267%
TENC.Davis22100%2100%
TENA.Firkser11100%1100%
TEND.Henry11100%00%
TENJ.McNichols11100%00%
TENM.Pruitt11100%1100%
TENN.Westbrook11100%1100%
WASL.Thomas5360%240%
WAST.McLaurin2150%00%
WASD.Inman100%00%
WASI.Wright100%00%

—Ian Allan