People watch football in different ways. A lot of fans watch the games, maybe glance at the stats afterward, take a peak at some of the quotes made by players and coaches, and move about their weeks.
Others get more into it than all of that. It’s not to say that there’s anything wrong with how the first group gets after things, but just an acknowledgment that there are fans who dive so deep into the weeds after each and every game, scouring through statistics and numbers to the point where they know the team almost as well as some of the beat reporters who cover the school for a living.
This article is for the latter group of fanatics.
One of my favorite things to do after each and every game is to go through the snap counts, taking a look at which players played the most and the least during the action. From those numbers, we can make plenty of takeaways.
While it took me more time than usual this week to locate the snap counts for the Oregon Ducks — Pro Football Focus releases them as a part of their premium stats — the information that I gained from the numbers remains the same. Let’s get into it.
First, the snap counts…