Following the Indianapolis Colts’ Week 8 loss to the Houston Texans, we have Sunday’s snap count figures. So what stood out?
Unlike early on in the year when we are getting our first look at alignments and rotations, eight games into the Colts’ season, we have a pretty good idea at this point of where things stand playing time-wise for most of these players.
However, each week, there were still a few noteworthy takeaways to make from the snap count figures.
With help from Pro Football Focus, here are the Colts’ snap count figures from Week 8, along with a few quick thoughts:
Snap counts on offense
| Ryan Kelly | C | 64 |
| Quenton Nelson | G | 64 |
| Braden Smith | T | 64 |
| Bernhard Raimann | T | 64 |
| Dalton Tucker | G | 64 |
| Anthony Richardson | QB | 63 |
| Michael Pittman Jr. | WR | 61 |
| Jonathan Taylor | HB | 52 |
| Alec Pierce | WR | 50 |
| Josh Downs | WR | 45 |
| Mo Alie-Cox | TE | 27 |
| Kylen Granson | TE | 20 |
| Andrew Ogletree | TE | 18 |
| Adonai Mitchell | WR | 13 |
| Will Mallory | TE | 12 |
| Trey Sermon | HB | 10 |
| Ashton Dulin | WR | 10 |
| Tyler Goodson | HB | 2 |
| Joe Flacco | QB | 1 |
Quick takeaways
– There isn’t much out of the ordinary here, but a few notes: in his first game back, there wasn’t any holding back of Jonathan Taylor, who played most of the offensive snaps. Unlike in recent weeks–although it was almost a split–Kylen Granson out-snapped Andrew Ogletree and AD Mitchell out-snapped Ashton Dulin.
– Tyler Goodson was back to RB3 with Taylor returning. After his play in recent weeks I did wonder if he’d see more opportunities than Trey Sermon.
Snap counts on defense
| Kenny Moore II | CB | 71 |
| Jaylon Jones | CB | 71 |
| E.J. Speed | LB | 71 |
| Nick Cross | S | 71 |
| Julian Blackmon | S | 71 |
| Zaire Franklin | LB | 71 |
| Dayo Odeyingbo | ED | 48 |
| Kwity Paye | ED | 45 |
| Grover Stewart | DI | 45 |
| DeForest Buckner | DI | 43 |
| Laiatu Latu | ED | 41 |
| Samuel Womack III | CB | 40 |
| Grant Stuard | LB | 31 |
| Taven Bryan | DI | 24 |
| Raekwon Davis | DI | 19 |
| Adam Gotsis | ED | 15 |
| Adetomiwa Adebawore | DI | 4 |
Quick takeaways
– You can tell by Sam Womack’s 40 snaps and Grant Stuard’s 31 snaps that the Colts played a heavy-dose of their base 4-3 defense in this game, likely wanting some bigger personnel against Joe Mixon and the Houston run game.
– DeForest Buckner was just five snaps shy of Dayo Odeyingbo for the most snaps played along the Colts defensive line. The Colts wanted to make sure he was out there for all passing downs. It was a good day overall for the Colts’ defensive front, which not coincidentally coincided with Buckner’s return.
– With Buckner back, snaps for Taven Bryan, Raekwon Davis, and Adetomiwa Adebawore were all reduced. Bryan is still out-snapping Davis.