The tendency after the first week of the regular season is to overreact about everything. There is nothing wrong with drawing conclusions from the first week of the season, but ultimately we have to keep things in perspective.
The same is true for examining the snap counts. Now that we’re into the regular season, they can tell us a lot more than they did in the preseason. However, we have to take things with a grain of salt and understand that there will be changes that impact things going forward. Let’s take a look at the snap counts and see if there is anything interesting to be learned.
Offense
# |
Player |
Position |
Offensive Snaps |
Percent |
Defensive Snaps |
Percent |
Special Teams Snaps |
Percent |
# |
Player |
Position |
Offensive Snaps |
Percent |
Defensive Snaps |
Percent |
Special Teams Snaps |
Percent |
12 |
Andrew Luck |
QB |
82 |
100 |
|
|
6 |
21 |
56 |
Quenton Nelson |
G/C |
82 |
100 |
|
|
6 |
21 |
68 |
Matt Slauson |
C/G |
82 |
100 |
|
|
6 |
21 |
73 |
Joe Haeg |
T/G |
82 |
100 |
|
|
6 |
21 |
78 |
Ryan Kelly |
C |
82 |
100 |
|
|
6 |
21 |
61 |
J'Marcus Webb |
T |
81 |
99 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
T.Y. Hilton |
WR |
80 |
98 |
|
|
|
|
84 |
Jack Doyle |
TE |
77 |
94 |
|
|
7 |
24 |
11 |
Ryan Grant |
WR |
65 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
80 |
Chester Rogers |
WR |
47 |
57 |
|
|
2 |
7 |
20 |
Jordan Wilkins |
RB |
46 |
56 |
|
|
7 |
24 |
21 |
Nyheim Hines |
RB |
37 |
45 |
|
|
|
|
85 |
Eric Ebron |
TE |
37 |
45 |
|
|
|
|
14 |
Zach Pascal |
WR |
10 |
12 |
|
|
15 |
52 |
86 |
Erik Swoope |
TE |
5 |
6 |
|
|
15 |
52 |
72 |
Braden Smith |
G/T |
4 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
38 |
Christine Michael |
RB |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
Jacoby Brissett |
QB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
Marlon Mack |
RB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
Robert Turbin |
RB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
Ryan Hewitt |
TE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
62 |
Le'Raven Clark |
G/T |
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
Jeremy Vujnovich |
G |
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
Denzelle Good |
T/G |
|
|
|
|
|
|
74 |
Anthony Castonzo |
T |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
- The first thing that jumps out to me here is the continuity across the offensive line. They were able to keep these guys on the field for every offensive snap, save the one J’Marcus Webb missed. That is unusual in itself, but whoever is freed up when Castonzo returns, it looks like they’ll have 6 guys they trust to play significant snaps.
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Ryan Grant is the clear number 2 receiver. He played 18 more offensive snaps than Chester Rogers, and looked solid doing it. On the offensive side, Reich does everything he does to create matchup problems, so it will be interesting to see if this is flexible week-to-week depending on the defenses they face.
- For that one guy who keeps trying to convince everyone that Christine Michael is going to light up this roster, this pretty clearly illustrates what the coaching staff thinks of him. On a day where the team was missing Marlon Mack, he got just 3 snaps.
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Jack Doyle was in on 77 snaps, which seems like a lot because he was somewhat invisible early. That isn’t totally shocking because the tight ends were needed to help aid the offensive line against a solid pass rush. Still, it surprised me, because I expected to see that he had slightly lower numbers.
Defense
# |
Player |
Position |
Offensive Snaps |
Percent |
Defensive Snaps |
Percent |
Special Teams Snaps |
Percent |
# |
Player |
Position |
Offensive Snaps |
Percent |
Defensive Snaps |
Percent |
Special Teams Snaps |
Percent |
26 |
Clayton Geathers |
S |
|
|
55 |
100 |
9 |
31 |
53 |
Darius Leonard |
LB |
|
|
55 |
100 |
|
|
23 |
Kenny Moore II |
CB |
|
|
54 |
98 |
14 |
48 |
27 |
Nate Hairston |
CB |
|
|
54 |
98 |
1 |
3 |
92 |
Margus Hunt |
DT |
|
|
42 |
76 |
13 |
45 |
29 |
Malik Hooker |
S |
|
|
40 |
73 |
|
|
95 |
Denico Autry |
DT/DE |
|
|
40 |
73 |
7 |
24 |
93 |
Jabaal Sheard |
DE |
|
|
39 |
71 |
7 |
24 |
31 |
Quincy Wilson |
CB |
|
|
39 |
71 |
|
|
99 |
Al Woods |
DT |
|
|
27 |
41 |
6 |
21 |
48 |
Skai Moore |
LB |
|
|
26 |
47 |
|
|
41 |
Matthias Farley |
S |
|
|
23 |
42 |
22 |
76 |
50 |
Anthony Walker |
LB |
|
|
23 |
42 |
16 |
55 |
90 |
Grover Stewart |
DT |
|
|
22 |
40 |
12 |
41 |
57 |
Kemoko Turay |
DE |
|
|
22 |
40 |
2 |
7 |
97 |
Al-Quadin Muhammad |
DE |
|
|
19 |
35 |
|
|
44 |
Zaire Franklin |
LB |
|
|
9 |
16 |
10 |
34 |
58 |
Tarell Basham |
DE |
|
|
9 |
16 |
13 |
45 |
52 |
Najee Goode |
LB |
|
|
7 |
13 |
22 |
76 |
30 |
George Odum |
S |
|
|
|
|
21 |
72 |
36 |
Corey Moore |
S |
|
|
|
|
14 |
48 |
49 |
Matthew Adams |
LB |
|
|
|
|
17 |
59 |
94 |
Tyquan Lewis |
DT/DE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
91 |
Hassan Ridgeway |
DT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
Chris Milton |
CB |
|
|
|
|
12 |
41 |
35 |
Pierre Desir |
CB |
|
|
|
|
9 |
31 |
Notes
- If Clayton Geathers had been experiencing any lingering issues with injury, those are gone. He was in on every defensive snap, and 9 on special teams. Only Kenny Moore was on the field more for the defense.
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Malik Hooker was in on 40 snaps, which can’t really be thought of as a “pitch count” because it is a pretty significant workload. However, when you have a guy as talented as Matthias Farley backing him up, it doesn’t bother them to give Hooker a break.
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Najee Goode surprisingly saw just 7 defensive snaps. When bemoaning any play of the linebackers, remember this: the three linebackers who got the majority of the snaps in this game entered the game with a combined 10 games of NFL experience. This is a young group with a ton of potential.
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Pierre Desir had no snaps on defense. That might be the most surprising find of all for me, personally. He had just 9 special teams snaps to his credit, even with Quincy Wilson in a club/cast.
Special Teams
# |
Player |
Position |
Offensive Snaps |
Percent |
Defensive Snaps |
Percent |
Special Teams Snaps |
Percent |
# |
Player |
Position |
Offensive Snaps |
Percent |
Defensive Snaps |
Percent |
Special Teams Snaps |
Percent |
2 |
Rigoberto Sanchez |
P |
|
|
|
|
14 |
48 |
4 |
Adam Vinatieri |
K |
|
|
|
|
6 |
21 |
46 |
Luke Rhodes |
LS |
|
|
|
|
8 |
28 |