5 NFL Red Zone Trends to Monitor for Week 7

David Johnson Remains King of the Red Zone

Running backs dominate the touchdown leaderboard this season. The most scores in the NFL have been recorded by Todd Gurley (11). Second is Melvin Gordon (9) and third is James Conner (7).

David Johnson doesn't quite stack up with that group, having scored six so far, but his share of his team's workload sits well ahead of those three.

Of those top three scorers, Gurley has the biggest red zone workload by a fairly significant margin. His 48 red zone opportunities (rush attempts plus targets) are the most in the NFL and have accounted for 53.3% of the Los Angeles Rams' total. He's one of only two players with an opportunity market share north of 50% this season, and he ranks well in both rushing market share (74.0%, 4th) and target market share (27.5%, 6th among running backs).

Johnson blows Gurley out of the water in every area. He ranks eighth in the NFL (and first among running backs) with a 35.7% target market share, first in the NFL with a 87.5% rushing market share, and well ahead of Gurley -- in first -- with a 63.3% opportunity market share.

The Arizona Cardinals are not spending much time in the red zone, with only 30 opportunities as a team, but when they do get in scoring range, Johnson is essentially the only player they are feeding the ball.

Dominating the touches through the first five weeks of the season, it was no surprise that he picked up a huge workload in Week 6, too. The Cardinals tallied a season-high 10 red zone opportunities on Sunday, and even with that expanded sample size, his opportunity market share sat at 60%, recording five carries and one target.