Colts Week 17 Snap Counts vs. Texans; Lesser-knowns Step Up in Win

The Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans have finally been put out of their misery that was the 2017 season. The Colts were able to capitalize on a Texans team that was just too injured, leading to a 22-13 win.

Here is how many snaps each Colts player saw on offense, defense and special teams.

• In what could have been running back Frank Gore’s final game with the Colts, he was going for 1,000 rushing yards on the season. I had a feeling that the Colts might feed him the ball to get him there, but he only saw a slightly above-average snap share (43, 67%).
• Tight end Jack Doyle played 100% of the snaps for the third consecutive week.
• In tight end Brandon Williams’ absence, Darrell Daniels saw his most playing time of the season (34, 53%). Ross Travis still didn’t play much, seeing just two snaps.
• Some heavy, short-yardage formations got offensive linemen Anthony Fabiano and Tyreek Burwell on the field.
• Overall, 17 players saw offensive snaps.

• With starting defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins missing his first game of the year, Grover Stewart (32, 58%) and Hassan Ridgeway (25, 45%) saw their most time on the year.
• A heavy run game by the Texans meant less opportunity for WILL linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. to see the field (31, 56%). Still, he made his second career start on Sunday.
• Starting cornerback Kenny Moore left the game with a concussion. Chris Milton (12,22%) and D.J. White (13, 24%) appeared in his absence.
• Safety Clayton Geathers returned to the lineup and saw his most extensive action of the year, seeing a total of 54 snaps, including 82% of the defensive snaps.
• Overall, 21 players saw defensive snaps.

*Snap counts via NFL official game book.