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Raiders Week 8 snap counts vs Chiefs: Jackson Powers-Johnson sees time at center

Andre James went out with an injury and the Raiders moved their rookie guard over to play center the remainder of the game.

Late in the game against the Chiefs on Sunday, the Raiders had to make some quick decisions along the offensive line. Andre James went out with an injury, which meant some shuffling was in order.

Moving over from left guard was rookie Jackson Powers-Johnson, and coming in for him for the final 16 snaps of the game was veteran Cody Whitehair.

Both Powers-Johnson and Whitehair have past experience at center. but Powers-Johnson is the reigning Rimington Award winner as the nation’s top center. So, playing the position is still pretty fresh in his mind, making the move the natural one for the Raiders to make.

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 58 100% 4 17%
Kolton Miller T 58 100% 4 17%
Jordan Meredith G 58 100% 4 17%
DJ Glaze T 58 100% 4 17%
Gardner Minshew II QB 58 100% 0 0%
Brock Bowers TE 53 91% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 53 91% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 47 81% 0 0%
Andre James C 42 72% 0 0%
Alexander Mattison RB 38 66% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 31 53% 9 38%
John Samuel Shenker TE 23 40% 10 42%
Ameer Abdullah RB 17 29% 13 54%
Thayer Munford T 17 29% 4 17%
Cody Whitehair G 16 28% 4 17%
Alex Bachman WR 6 10% 5 21%
Justin Shorter TE 2 3% 12 50%
Zamir White RB 2 3% 2 8%
Andrus Peat G 1 2% 4 17%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 72 100% 5 21%
Maxx Crosby DE 72 100% 3 12%
Jack Jones CB 72 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 72 100% 0 0%
Robert Spillane LB 71 99% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 66 92% 0 0%
Nate Hobbs CB 65 90% 0 0%
Divine Deablo LB 61 85% 2 8%
Adam Butler DT 56 78% 5 21%
John Jenkins DT 45 62% 5 21%
K’Lavon Chaisson LB 37 51% 0 0%
Tyree Wilson DE 34 47% 2 8%
Matthew Butler DT 19 26% 4 17%
Charles Snowden DE 18 25% 5 21%
Jonah Laulu DT 15 21% 5 21%
Thomas Harper FS 9 12% 13 54%
Janarius Robinson DE 6 8% 5 21%
Tommy Eichenberg LB 1 1% 20 83%
Decamerion Richardson CB 1 1% 15 62%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Amari Gainer LB 0 0% 20 83%
Amari Burney LB 0 0% 20 83%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 15 62%
Trey Taylor SS 0 0% 13 54%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 9 38%
Darnay Holmes CB 0 0% 7 29%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 6 25%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 6 25%
Desmond Ridder QB 0 0% 0 0%

Bills snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Titans

Bills snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Titans

The Buffalo Bills got after it against the Tennessee Titans and ended up winning 31-10 on Sunday during the NFL’s Week 7 slate.

But who exactly were the ones on the field for the Bills (5-2) doing all the dirty work against the Titans (1-5)?

More often than not, taking a look in between the lines at snap count totals for Buffalo’s players can give us some insight as to what went down in between the lines on the gridiron.

There will always be plenty to discover when looking at these finer details.

With that, here’s how the Bills depth chart broke down via snap counts in their win against the Titans:

Offense

Defense

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Raiders Week 7 snap counts vs Rams: Who filled in at receiver with Jakobi Meyers OUT

With Davante Adams traded away and Jakobi Meyers again out with injury, the Raiders had to cobble together a wide receiver corps vs the Rams

It is becoming increasingly obvious with each game the lack of star power on this Raiders team. Obviously it starts at quarterback where it clearly hasn’t mattered whether it’s Aidan O’Connell or Gardner Minshew behind center. But it extends well beyond that.

Several of the team’s biggest stars heading into this season were not on the field or not on the roster for Sunday’s game in Los Angeles. Including Davante Adams who was traded to the Jets and Christian Wilkins who is on injured reserve.

At receiver in particular, they were also without start Jakobi Meyers who has an ankle injury.

Leading the way in snaps for the Raiders were Tre Tucker and DJ Turner, both of whom plaed 75 snaps (95%). That takes care of one outside receiver spot (Tucker) and the slot (Turner).

For the other receiver spot, the duties were split between recent practice squad players Alex Bachman and Kristian Wilkerson; neither of whom got a single target. So, yeah, not really what you want.

It was a four-man rotation at defensive tackle of Adam Butler, John Jenkins, Jonah Laulu, and Matthew Butler.

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 79 100% 5 18%
Kolton Miller T 79 100% 5 18%
Jordan Meredith G 79 100% 5 18%
DJ Glaze T 79 100% 5 18%
Andre James C 79 100% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 75 95% 7 25%
Tre Tucker WR 75 95% 0 0%
Brock Bowers TE 66 84% 0 0%
Gardner Minshew II QB 65 82% 0 0%
Alexander Mattison RB 55 70% 0 0%
Alex Bachman WR 36 46% 12 43%
Harrison Bryant TE 23 29% 4 14%
Kristian Wilkerson WR 18 23% 6 21%
John Samuel Shenker TE 14 18% 11 39%
Aidan O’Connell QB 14 18% 0 0%
Ameer Abdullah RB 13 16% 15 54%
Zamir White RB 11 14% 0 0%
Justin Shorter TE 3 4% 12 43%
Andrus Peat G 3 4% 5 18%
Thayer Munford T 3 4% 5 18%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 55 100% 7 25%
Maxx Crosby DE 55 100% 1 4%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 55 100% 0 0%
Robert Spillane LB 55 100% 0 0%
Jack Jones CB 53 96% 0 0%
Divine Deablo LB 51 93% 11 39%
Nate Hobbs CB 48 87% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 44 80% 0 0%
Adam Butler DT 36 65% 5 18%
John Jenkins DT 34 62% 7 25%
Tyree Wilson DE 30 55% 3 11%
Jonah Laulu DT 27 49% 6 21%
K’Lavon Chaisson LB 22 40% 1 4%
Matthew Butler DT 16 29% 4 14%
Charles Snowden DE 11 20% 11 39%
Decamerion Richardson CB 9 16% 16 57%
Thomas Harper FS 4 7% 16 57%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Amari Gainer LB 0 0% 23 82%
Amari Burney LB 0 0% 23 82%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 16 57%
Trey Taylor SS 0 0% 12 43%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 10 36%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 9 32%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 9 32%
Darnay Holmes CB 0 0% 7 25%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 0 0% 7 25%
Cody Whitehair G 0 0% 5 18%
Tyreik McAllister RB 0 0% 2 7%

Lions snap count notes vs. Vikings: How Detroit replaced Aidan Hutchinson in Week 7

Lions snap count notes vs. Vikings: How Detroit replaced Aidan Hutchinson in Week 7

Week 7 marked the first time the Detroit Lions were forced to play without Aidan Hutchinson. Knowing Hutchinson’s league-leading pass-rush production cannot possibly be replaced by one player, the Lions attacked the Minnesota Vikings with a barrage of options at EDGE.

Josh Paschal and Isaac Uwku earned the starting roles, as the Lions continue to adapt to also not having starter Marcus Davenport. Paschal, who bagged the first of Detroit’s four sacks of Vikings QB Sam Darnold, played the most with 52 of 60 snaps. Ukwu, elevated from the practice squad for the second straight week, was next at 34, followed by Levi Onwuzurike at 26, freshly signed Pat O’Connor with 12, rookie Mekhi Wingo 11 and James Houston on the field for 9 reps.

The defense featured five iron men, Lions who played all 60 defensive reps:

S Kerby Joseph
S Brian Branch
CB Carlton Davis
CB Terrion Arnold
LB Alex Anzalone

Paschal might’ve attained that too, if not for having to exit twice for attention from trainers.

Detroit’s defense also opted for more 3-LB looks than normal. Third LB Malcolm Rodriguez played over half the game, getting 32 reps. Jack Campbell played 47 and Trevor Nowaske, the new SAM, repping 14 snaps. Jalen Reeves-Maybin also played 10, and that doesn’t count the (abysmal) fake punt in the first quarter.

Other notes

The starting offensive line, including fill-in RG Kayode Awosika, all played all 57 snaps. Detroit did not use an extra lineman at any point in this game.

The RB snap splits: Jahmyr Gibbs 33, David Montgomery 22, Craig Reynolds 2.

Rookies Ennis Rakestraw (CB) and Sione Vaki (RB) only appeared on special teams.

TE Shane Zylstra, elevated from the practice squad in favor of healthy scratch Parker Hesse, played three offensive snaps and 21 of a possible 31 special teams reps.

 

Rams snap counts: Whittington and Corum play minimally, rookie OLB makes debut

Jordan Whittington and Blake Corum each played fewer than 10 snaps, but rookie Brennan Jackson made his NFL debut

Coming out of their Week 6 bye, the Los Angeles Rams changed things up a little bit on both offense and defense against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. They benched Logan Bruss for Justin Dedich at left guard and Jordan Whittington was shockingly not involved at all in the game plan.

Both he and Blake Corum played minimal snaps in the win, a surprising development after each of them looked good in the Rams’ last game against the Packers.

On defense, rookie Brennan Jackson made his NFL debut by playing a handful of snaps. Chris Shula utilized much less base 3-4 packages and more nickel and dime sets where the Rams got five and six defensive backs on the field.

Here’s a look at the snap counts from Sunday’s win over Las Vegas.

Offense

The Rams’ five starting linemen all played 100% of the snaps, including undrafted rookie Justin Dedich.

At wide receiver, it was Demarcus Robinson and Tyler Johnson playing the most snaps, each getting a 91% snap share. Johnson’s role had decreased significantly in the last couple of games after the emergence of Whittington, but he played 50 snaps compared to only nine for Whittington. Tutu Atwell played 43 snaps and Xavier Smith got in five plays on offense.

Colby Parkinson hadn’t played less than 79% of the snaps in a game all year and was averaging almost 90% through the first five games, but he played just 64% on Sunday. That’s because both Hunter Long and Davis Allen saw an increase in playing time as the Rams utilized all three of their tight ends.

Defense

Quentin Lake, Kam Curl and Darious Williams all played the entire game, but they were hardly the only defensive backs with meaningful roles. In fact, the Rams went deep in their secondary group to utilize a bunch of different players. Ahkello Witherspoon played 59%, Cobie Durant played 56%, both slightly lesser roles for them compared to Week 5 when they each played more than 80%. Josh Wallace (49%) and Jaylen McCollough (23%) each saw increased roles and played a season-high number of snaps as the sixth and seventh defensive backs. Kam Kinchens played two snaps after seeing no playing time in Week 5.

At inside linebacker, Troy Reeder remained the top guy with an 89% snap share, but it’s the second straight game he’s played fewer than 90% of the snaps. Christian Rozeboom also played just 51% of the snaps as the Rams utilized more nickel and dime packages, taking him off the field more often than usual.

Byron Young played almost the whole game, getting an 85% snap share, with Jared Verse playing 78% and Michael Hoecht playing 59%. All three were impactful in the win, so it was a promising performance from that group. Rookie Brennan Jackson made his NFL debut with nine snaps played, recording one tackle.

Up front, Kobie Turner played 78% of the defensive snaps and Braden Fiske played 51%, which is around their usual share each week. Interestingly, Neville Gallimore played more than Bobby Brown III, and even Tyler Davis played 17 snaps along the defensive line.

Snap count notes: How Detroit replaced the injured Lions in Week 4

Snap count notes: How Detroit replaced the injured Lions in Week 4

One of the questions regarding the Detroit Lions entering Monday night’s game against the Seattle Seahawks was, how will the Lions coaches replace the players lost to recent injuries?

The snap counts from the game reflect some pretty clear answers.

Detroit played just 53 total offensive snaps, a total that is normally on the wrong end of the scoreboard. Jared Goff not throwing a single incompletion and the big plays that produced quick touchdowns held back the play count on the offense.

Graham Glasgow switched from left guard to center and played every snap. Kayode Awosika slid into the LG spot and also went the whole way.

Extra tackle Dan Skipper was on the field for four snaps. All four of those came as part of a “jumbo” package that also included No. 3 TE Parker Hesse, who saw seven total reps. Top TE Sam LaPorta had no issues in playing 47 snaps, the same number as WR Amon-Ra St. Brown.

At receiver, Tim Patrick has run away with the No. 3 role. He played 21 snaps to just six for Kalif Raymond. Running back saw Jahmyr Gibbs out rep David Montgomery, 30-21, with No. 3 back Craig Reynolds playing the final two kneeldowns. Sione Vaki didn’t rep on offense in this game.

With so few offensive plays, the defense was on the field a lot. Detroit’s defense had 90 snaps, the highest of any team that’s won a game all year. Keep in mind that plays negated by penalty don’t count, so the Lions defense was out there for 99!

Replacing EDGE Marcus Davenport was a group chore. Levi Onwuzurike got the lion’s share with 56 reps, though he moved around the formation. Josh Paschal was on the field for 53, which seems a very high total until looking at Aidan Hutchinson playing 78–an 87 percent snap rate. James Houston had his biggest outing of the season with 14 reps.

The LB reps from injured Derrick Barnes divvied up across Malcolm Rodriguez (31), Ben Niemann (23), Jalen Reeves-Maybin (18) and Trevor Nowaske (8). Alex Anzalone was the only defensive player on the field for all 90 snaps in his return from missing Week 3 with a concussion.

Safety turned into the Joseph and Joseph show without injured Brian Branch. Both Josephs, Kerby and Brandon, played 89 of 90 snaps at safety. Undrafted rookie Loren Strickland only played on special teams.

At cornerback, Amik Robertson played 52 snaps as the slot corner. Kindle Vildor (5) and rookie Ennis Rakestraw (1) only saw action when starters Terrion Arnold (84) and Carlton Davis (88) had brief interruptions.

Jets snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Broncos

Jets snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Broncos

The New York Jets got after it against the Denver Broncos and ended up losing 10-9 on Sunday during the NFL’s Week 4 slate.

But who exactly were the ones on the field for the Jets (2-2) doing all the dirty work against the Broncos (2-2)?

More often than not, taking a look in between the lines at snap count totals for New York’s players can give us some insight as to what went down in between the lines on the gridiron.

There will always be plenty to discover when looking at these finer details.

With that, here’s how the Jets depth chart broke down via snap counts in their loss against the Broncos:

Offense

Defense

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Raiders Week 3 snap counts: Rookie OL debut, Maxx Crosby with unusually low playing time

Raiders Rookie OL make their debuts while Maxx Crosby missed more playing time than usual.

For the first time this season, the two offensive linemen the Raiders selected in the draft took the field. Second round pick Jackson Powers-Johnson came in at right guard and third rounder DJ Glaze entered the game at right tackle.

JPJ came in late in the game, just to mix things up and give him some reps. Oddly he came in at right guard considering he had been lining up at left guard early on and Cody Whitehair has been lining up there in his absence.

Glaze came in early due to an injury to Thayer Munford that knocked him out of the game on just his second snap.

It was noted that during the game Maxx Crosby was coming out for some plays. Not something he is known for doing. It was because his high ankle sprain was bothering him.

In total Crosby missed 13 snaps. That’s a lot for him. He didn’t even miss that many snaps when he had his serious knee injury late last season. The only other time in the past three years Crosby was out of a game for more snaps than Sunday was the blowout win over the Chargers last year, when the Raiders had put the game away and his presence was no longer needed.

Offense
 Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Cody Whitehair G 64 100% 3 10%
Andre James C 64 100% 3 10%
Kolton Miller T 64 100% 0 0%
DJ Glaze T 62 97% 3 10%
Davante Adams WR 61 95% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 59 92% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 52 81% 4 13%
Gardner Minshew II QB 51 80% 0 0%
Dylan Parham G 43 67% 3 10%
Brock Bowers TE 42 66% 0 0%
Michael Mayer TE 31 48% 3 10%
Alexander Mattison RB 28 44% 0 0%
Ameer Abdullah RB 22 34% 17 57%
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 21 33% 3 10%
Zamir White RB 14 22% 0 0%
Aidan O’Connell QB 13 20% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 8 12% 26 87%
Harrison Bryant TE 3 5% 13 43%
Thayer Munford T 2 3% 0 0%
Defense
 Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Tre’von Moehrig FS 74 100% 2 7%
Robert Spillane LB 74 100% 0 0%
Jack Jones CB 71 96% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 69 93% 0 0%
Maxx Crosby DE 61 82% 0 0%
Nate Hobbs CB 57 77% 0 0%
Christian Wilkins DT 56 76% 6 20%
Marcus Epps SS 54 73% 0 0%
Luke Masterson LB 52 70% 13 43%
John Jenkins DT 47 64% 7 23%
Adam Butler DT 43 58% 3 10%
Tyree Wilson DE 34 46% 0 0%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 27 36% 25 83%
Charles Snowden DE 26 35% 17 57%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 26 35% 7 23%
Janarius Robinson DE 17 23% 6 20%
Jonah Laulu DT 11 15% 7 23%
Amari Gainer LB 10 14% 22 73%
Tommy Eichenberg LB 5 7% 20 67%
Special Teams
 Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Kana’i Mauga LB 0 0% 24 80%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 21 70%
Amari Burney LB 0 0% 20 67%
Thomas Harper FS 0 0% 11 37%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 8 27%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 8 27%
Sam Webb CB 0 0% 8 27%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 7 23%
Darnay Holmes CB 0 0% 6 20%
Andrus Peat G 0 0% 3 1

Jets snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Titans

Jets snap counts: Depth chart breakdown vs. Titans

The New York Jets got after it against the Tennessee Titans and ended up winning 24-17 on Sunday during the NFL’s Week 2 slate.

But who exactly were the ones on the field for the Jets (1-1) doing all the dirty work against the Titans (0-2)?

More often than not, taking a look in between the lines at snap count totals for New York’s players can give us some insight as to what went down in between the lines on the gridiron.

There will always be plenty to discover when looking at these finer details.

With that, here’s how the Jets depth chart broke down via snap counts in their win against the Titans:

Offense

Defense

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Commanders snap counts: Playing time breakdown in Week 2 vs. Giants

Which players played every snap for the Commanders? Here are the Week 2 snap counts.

The Washington Commanders picked up their first win of the season, defeating the New York Giants 21-18 on Sunday. Washington didn’t score a touchdown despite rolling up 425 yards of total offense against New York. New Commanders’ kicker Austin Seibert made all seven field goal attempts in his first game with Washington.

Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels had another efficient day, completing 23 of 29 passes for 226 yards. Daniels also rushed for 44 yards, but running back Brian Robinson Jr. was the star of the day, rushing for a career-high 133 yards. The Commanders finished the day game with 215 rushing yards.

How did Washington offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury split the running back reps between Robinson and Austin Ekeler? Let’s view the Commanders’ Week 2 snap counts.

Offense

Robinson played in 43 of Washington’s 72 offensive snaps, with Ekeler in on 31 snaps. While Robinson rushed for 133 yards, Ekeler finished with 85 total yards from scrimmage, including 47 receiving yards.

Daniels went to the sideline for one play when he took a shot to the ribs. Right guard Sam Cosmi also missed a snap after he was poked in the eye.

Washington contained its rotation at left tackle, with veteran Cornelius Lucas receiving 69% of the snaps and rookie Brandon Coleman playing 31% of the offensive snaps.

Rookie tight end Ben Sinnott continues to play sparingly. It will be interesting to see if the Commanders gradually increase his snaps to play alongside Zach Ertz in the coming weeks.

Defense

Benjamin St-Juste continues to play every snap for the Commanders at cornerback, joined by safety Jeremy Chinn and future Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner. Wagner and St-Juste had excellent games on Sunday.

Noah Igbinoghene and Michael Davis split reps opposite St-Juste in place of the injured Emmanuel Forbes. Davis started and struggled before giving way to Igbinoghene.

Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen both played 41 snaps, with Phidarian Mathis coming in for 15 plays and rookie Johnny Newton playing 12 in his NFL debut.

Clelin Ferrell led the defensive ends in snaps played with 37.