A quick note to start. In my primary league, my top 4 WRs are OBJ, Willie Snead, Cam Meredith and John Brown. So I’m already looking towards next year. My IDP are doing great though. I really need to get into an IDP only league… Anyways, a few notes in here will be geared toward next year for dynasty players so it’ll be a little long. And for the record, I’m skipping CBs in the future notes. No one should carry CBs during the offseason. They’re like Kickers.
NE at TB
Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung played all 72 snaps. Malcolm Butler, Stephon Gilmore, Trey Flowers and Kyle Van Noy all played north of 90%. Alan Branch was a healthy scratch. Branch hasn’t played more than 21 snaps since Week 1. His absence allowed Cassius Marsh to up his snap count to 69%, his highest snap count to date. Marsh ended with 2 solos. Deatrich Wise played 29 snaps. Wise had 1 sack and a 2nd QB hit. In Dont’a Hightower’s second game back from injury, he played 62 snaps and ended with 2 solos. This forced a substantial drop in Elandon Roberts’ snaps. In the last three games, Roberts has played 84%, 52% and 32% of snaps. Marsh will be a UFA this year. Flowers will be a UFA in 2019. Flowers doesn’t seem like a Chandler Jones/Jamie Collins type that will want too much money so Belichick ships them off prior to the end of their contract to get something in return. Either way, Derek Rivers and Wise should see plenty of snaps next year.
Kendell Beckwith, Adarius Glanton, Chris Conte, Justin Evans, Vernon Hargreaves III and Brent Grimes played all 74 snaps. Beckwith, Evans and Glanton all had really notable stat lines. Evans had 8 solos, 1 assist, 1 int and another PD. Evans profiled as a Free Safety with range that could hit. Tampa normally plays 2-high safeties rather than a Free and a Strong. Evans’ tackle numbers were probably more dependent on New England’s short passing game plan than anything else. Gerald McCoy played 66 snaps which is impressive for a big guy. Noah Spence played the most snaps at DE with 60. He only put together 1 solo and 1 assist while Robert Ayers played 48 snaps (2nd most) and had 1 solo, 1 assist and 3 QB hits. Spence is wearing a protective harness on his shoulder to prevent more dislocations. There is the question whether it is limiting his upside or not. Glanton had another solid game. He’s a RFA after the season. If he keeps getting opportunities in Kwon Alexander and Lavonte David’s absence, the 2014 UDFA could potentially earn a deal as a starter like AJ Klein with the Saints last offseason.
BUF at CIN
Preston Brown, Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde, TreDavious White and Shareece Wright all played 100% of snaps. Wright’s increase in snaps is due to EJ Gaines’ injury. With Ramon Humber out with a broken hand, rookie Matt Milano took over for him. Milano didn’t play in subpackages though. Lorenzo Alexander played 61 snaps. Milano played 41 snaps. Alexander had 5 solos and 2 assists. Milano had 1 solos and 3 assists. It looks like Alexander will be useful during Humber’s absence. Shaq Lawson returned from injury and played 47 snaps. Eddie Yarbrough dropped back down to 15 snaps. I don’t think Marcell Dareus and Adolphus Washington have both been healthy since Week 1, when Dareus played 34 snaps to Washington’s 15 snaps. In Week 5, Dareus played only 22 snaps to Washington’s 33 snaps. Both had 1 solo and 1 assist, but Dareus’ solo was a sack. It might be time to try and sell Dareus on his name. Brown and Humber will both be UFAs at the end of the year. Milano was a 5th Rounder this year. Tanner Vallejo was a 6th Rounder. If they don’t resign Brown, I can’t imagine his replacement is currently on the roster.
For the 2nd straight week, Nick Vigil was the only Bengal to play 100% of snaps. Vontaze Burfict, George Iloka and William Jackson III all played north of 90% of snaps. Also for the second straight week, Adam Jones only played 15 snaps. For now, he’s primarily serving as Joe Mixon’s mentor. Carl Lawson’s snaps dropped from 40 in Week 4 to 26. Lawson still had a sack. Everyone had a sack against TyGod. Burfict, Geno Atkins and Jordan Willis all had 1 sack. Michael Johnson had 2 sacks. For the first time everyone is healthy, Willis outsnapped Chris Smith, 22 to 18. Pat Sims and Smith will both be UFAs come Week 18. Some will think Sims leaving will create some space for Sophomore Andrew Billings, but Billings has averaged 8.2 snaps per game this season after missing last season with injury.
NYJ at CLE
Demario Davis, Marcus Maye, Jamal Adams and Morris Claiborne all played 76 snaps. Buster Skrine played 75 snaps. Darron Lee played 72 snaps. Leonard Williams played 62 snaps and Mo Wilkerson played 52 snaps. David Bass had a down week stat-wise, 2 solos and 1 assist, but he played 56 snaps. Jordan Jenkins played 48 snaps and had 2 solos and 2 QB hits. Davis, Kony Ealy, Bass and 2 dozen others are UFAs after the season. Projecting players on this roster for next year is a fool’s errand. This defense is so devoid of talent it’s embarrassing. If someone hasn’t stepped up and earned snaps, they aren’t going to be a good IDP. The Jets are one of the 3-4 teams most likely to undergo a DC change and possible transition to a 4-3. There was talk Lorenzo Mauldin could be cut prior to the season. He ended up on IR instead. I’ll be keeping my eye on Jenkins. He was a 3rd Round pick last year. He’s more of a run-stopper than a pass-rusher and he would need to put on some weight to hold his own at 4-3 DE.
Christian Kirksey and Joe Schobert both played 53 snaps. Jabrill Peppers, Jason McCourty and Jamar Taylor all played 52 snaps. Ibraheim Campbell officially bypassed Derrick Kindred, 25 snaps to 10 snaps. Kindred is unstartable unless this reverses course. Campbell had 3 solos to Kindred’s 2 solos. James Burgess played 45 snaps in Jamie Collins’ continued absence. Burgess led the team in tackles with 6 solos, 1 assist, 1 sack and 1 PD. Trevon Coley played the most snaps at DT for the 5th straight week to start the season (the season is 5 weeks old). Coley played 31 snaps to Danny Shelton’s 24 snaps. In Myles Garrett’s first appearance of the year, he played 19 snaps and ended with 2 sacks. All of the Browns’ starters are under contract next year. Outside of Kirksey, Collins, Peppers, Garrett and Shelton, none of these guys are guaranteed spots. The Browns own so many draft picks in 2018 that no one’s job is safe.
CAR at DET
Luke Kuechly and Shaq Thompson were the only two Panthers to play all 61 snaps. Mike Adams and James Bradberry both played 60 snaps. Kurt Coleman and Demetrious Cox both missed this game with injury. Colin Jones and Jarius Byrd split snaps in their place. Jones ended with 4 solos and 1 assist on 36 snaps. Jones was a 6th Round pick in 2011. I’m not rushing to the waiver wire. Charles Johnson didn’t play any snaps for the 2nd straight week. The DE snaps went as follows: Mario Addison 31 snaps, Julius Peppers 29 snaps and Wes Horton 20 snaps. Two big guys up front, Star Lotulelei and Peppers will both be UFAs this offseason. Everyone who drafted Vernon Butler has been waiting for Carolina to not be able to afford Lotulelei.
Jarrad Davis, Glover Quin, Tavon Wilson and Darius Slay played all 66 snaps. Davis played 100% of snaps in his first game back from injury. Davis had 4 solos, 4 assists, 2 TFLs and 1 PD. With Davis back to 100% and Paul Worrilow out, Detroit only played 2 LB on most snaps. rookie Jalen Reeves-Maybin didn’t play a defensive snap. Wilson was limited in the last game but came back to 100% in his second game back. This dropped Miles Killebrew’s snaps to 35. Wilson led the team in tackles with 9 solos, 1 assist and 3 TFLs. Killebrew only had 1 solo and 1 assist. Ezekiel Ansah and Anthony Zettel’s snaps have stabilized a bit. Ansah played 35 snaps while Zettel played 36 snaps. Armonty Bryant was dropped. Detroit has a lot of big names with rosters coming due at the end of the season. Ansah, Haloti Ngata, Tahir Whitehead, Wilson and Worrilow will all be UFAs. Wilson is important for everyone who believes in Killebrew. I wouldn’t think they’d let Ansah walk, but just a few years ago they let Suh and Nick Fairley walk in the same offseason. If they do, they’d need to draft someone or roll with Kerry Hyder and Zettel.
SF at IND
Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward played all 76 snaps. Dontae Johnson played 72 snaps. 3rd Round rookie Akhello Witherspoon played his first 6 snaps of the season. Witherspoon left the game with a concussion, but if you’ve been relying on Johnson or Rashard Robinson this is worth noting. Witherspoon played for Johnson on the 9er’s 2nd defensive series and for Robinson on the 3rd defensive series. Robinson also left missed part of the game with a muscle cramp and ended with 62 snaps. Navarro Bowman only played 58 snaps. Apparently San Francisco is trying to keep him fresh after a couple of rough outings. Former UDFA Brock Coyle rotated in for him and played 25 snaps. Bowman still paced the team with tackles, 5 solos and 5 assists. DeForest Buckner played 67 snaps. Solomon Thomas played 66 snaps. Thomas didn’t put together a ton of stats with 1 solo TFL and 1 assist, but with that snap count, stats will come. Eric Reid and Aaron Lynch will both be UFAs after the season. Tartt may just keep the starting spot.
Jon Bostic, Malik Hoooker and Vontae Davis all played 100% of snaps. Rashaan Melvin played 71 of 72 snaps. Antonio Morrison played the 2nd most snaps at ILB with 55. Morrison outproduced Bostic slightly though. Morrison had 5 solos and 2 assist. Bostic had 3 solos and 4 assists. Matthias Farley played 68% of snaps but 5 solos, 1 assist and 1 PD. Farley is still rotating with Darius Butler who played 30 snaps, 42%. Jabaal Sheard had himself a game, 4 solos, 3 assists, 1.5 sacks and 2 TFLs on 64 snaps. Henry Anderson played 51 snaps which is his most on the year. He had 1 solo and 2 QB hits to show for it. Butler ended with 2 solos and 2 assists. Butler and Bostic are both pending UFAs. Not exactly the Killer Bs. Who wants to bet whether Indy drafts an ILB in the mid-to-late rounds next year? My money's on Yes.
TEN at MIA
Kevin Byard and Logan Ryan were the only two players to play all 59 snaps. DaNorris Searcy played 52 while Jonathan Cyprien is still out with injury. Adoree’ Jackson played 50 snaps. At ILB, Wesley Woodyard played 51 snaps, Avery Williamson played 48 snaps and Jayon Brown played 19 snaps. Jurrell Casey is so consistent. Casey had 4 solos, 1 assist, 1 sack and 2 TFLs on 42 snaps. Williamson and DaQuan Jones will both be UFAs this year.
Kiko Alonso, Lawrence Timmons, Nate Allen, Xavien Howard and Cordrea Tankersley played all 59 snaps. Reshad Jones played 58 snaps. Byron Maxwell was inactive for this game so if Tankersley is still available, the rookie is worth a pickup. Tankersley had 2 solos and 1 PD. When not facing Matt Cassel, QBs will test the rookie CB if he’s playing all the snaps. Rey Maualuga saw his first action on the season with 31 snaps. Mike Hull didn’t play a single defensive snap. Williams Hayes will be a UFA this offseason. 35-year-old Cameron Wake will be a UFA in 2019. Charles Harris is already playing more snaps in every game than Hayes.
LAC at NYG
Tre Boston, Jahleel Addae, Casey Hayward and Trevor Williams played 70 snaps. Melvin Ingram and Joey Bosa are both playing more than 80% of snaps. Both had 2 sacks. Jatavis Brown’s snaps dropped to 35 as he was dealing with an ankle injury. Hayes Pullard jumped from 62% of snaps to 73% of snaps in Brown’s absence. Pullard had 7 solos and 1 assist. Adrian Phillips, the #3 Safety, played 53 snaps and amassed 8 solos. Desmond King’s snaps dropped from 78% to to 69%. This may have been a result of every single Giant WR getting hurt in this game. Darius Philon was mentioned here a few weeks back. Philon played 33 snaps, 3rd among DTs behind Corey Liuget (45 snaps) and Brandon Mebane (35 snaps). Philon had 3 solos, 2 assists, 1 sack and 2 TFLs. That’s more stats than Liuget and Mebane combined. Korey Toomer will be a UFA at the end of the season.
No Giants played 100% of snaps. Jason Pierre-Paul, Landon Collins, Darian Thompson and Janoris Jenkins all played over 90% of snaps. Olivier Vernon missed this game with the ankle injury he’s been dealing with. DEs that play 90% of snaps are very rare. JPP is solidly among that elite class. Thompson put together a day, 8 solos, 3 assists, 2 PDs and 1 QB hit. He plays FS next to last years S1 Collins so I this game feels like a bit of an outlier. BJ Goodson only played 59 snaps. Goodson hasn’t played over 90% of snaps since Week 1. Goodson compiled 5 solos, 3 assists and 1 TFL. The Steelers traded the Giants Ross Cockrell in the preseason. Cockrell played 39 snaps in Week 2 when Jenkins missed because of injury. This week, Cockrell played 35 snaps as Eli Apple was benched to start the game. Last year’s 1st Rounder wasn’t a big fan of the benching. Apple still played 63 snaps and ended with 5 solos. More than half of the Giants’ LB corps will be UFAs this offseason. Goodson is the only one under contract next year. Watch New York spend another 5th rounder on a middling LB prospect.
ARI at PHI
Patrick Peterson and Deone Bucannon were the only Cardinals to play all 67 snaps. Karlos Dansby, Chandler Jones, Tyrann Mathieu, Tyvon Branch and Justin Bethel all played 90%+. In his second game back from injury, Bucannon played 100% of snaps. He ended with 5 solos and 1 assist. Haason Reddick’s snaps dropped to 31 out of 67. Reddick ended with 2 solos. Branch still led the way with 4 solos, 6 assists and 1 TFL. The Honeybadger followed up his peak week with valley week with 2 solos and 1 assist. Antoine Bethea played 42 snaps. Bethea put together 2 solos, 2 assists and 1 PD. Branch, Corey Peters, Karlos Dansby, Frostee Rucker, Josh Bynes and Kareem Martin will all be UFAs before next season.
Malcolm Jenkins and Rodney McLeod both played 100% of snaps. Jalen Mills played over 90% of snaps. This game got out of hand so early, no one else needed to play. West Coast teams coming east… Fletcher Cox missed his second straight game. Timmy Jernigan played 46 snaps. Jernigan has played the most snaps at DT every game starting in Week 3. Rasul Douglas played 100% of snaps last week. It didn’t go very well. Douglas dropped down to 20 snaps against Arizona. Patrick Robinson went back up to 46 snaps. In a game with a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, you’d think the Eagles would want to get 1st Round rookie Derek Barnett as many snaps as possible. Barnett ended up playing the 4th most snaps at DE at 26. Brandon Graham played 43 snaps, Vinny Curry played 34 snaps and Chris Long played 29 snaps. Nigel Bradham and Jernigan will both be UFAs after this season. If Bradham doesn’t resign, it definitely creates a hole at LB. I don’t think Bradham’s replacement is on the roster. I know some people are still waiting for Mychal Kendricks to happen, but if it hasn’t happened at this point… Najee Goode is a 2012 5th Round pick from Tampa. Kamu Grugier-Hill was a 6th Round pick from the Pats last year who ended up on Philly after the Pats released him. Joe Walker was a 6th Round pick last year. 5th Round S-turned-LB Nate Gerry is still on the practice squad.
JAX at PIT
Myles Jack, Telvin Smith and Jalen Ramsey played all 79 snaps. Tashaun Gipson, Barry Church and AJ Bouye all played more than 70 snaps. Aaron Colvin had a day on 55 snaps. His 9 solos led the team. He also added 1 assist and 2 TFLs. That tackle number surpasses his first four weeks combined. Ramsey is a stud. He had 7 solos and 4 PDs, including 1 int. Not a lot of guys can put up 4 PDs in one game. Yannick Ngakoue played more snaps than Calais Campbell, 62 to 58. Campbell still outproduced him. Campbell had 1 solo, 3 assists and 0.5 sacks. Ngakoue had 1 assist. Dante Fowler played 37 snaps and had 1 sack. Malik Jackson played 55 snaps but didn’t record a stat. Paul Posluzny and Smith will both be UFAs after the season. Blair Brown truthers unite.
Ryan Shazier played 54 snaps. Bud Dupree, TJ Watt, Sean Davis, Artie Burns and Joe Haden all played 50 or more snaps. Cameron Hayward, Stephon Tuitt, Vince Williams and Mike Mitchell all played between 46 and 50 snaps. Williams had his best game of the season with 6 solos, 2 assists and 1 sack. This should have been expected. The Jags are going to pass as few times as possible. Williams and other designated run stuffers will rack up stats against them. Javon Hargrave led the team in total tackles playing just 33 snaps. Hargrave had 4 solos and 6 assists. Anthony Chickillo only played 5 snaps. Pittsburgh doesn’t like to rotate their LBs. Whoever starts will play over 90%, with the exception of Williams this year. JJ Wilcox only saw 6 snaps this week after playing 100% last week when Mitchell was out. The Steelers don’t have any big name defensive UFAs after this season.
BAL at OAK
CJ Mosley, Tony Jefferson, Eric Weddle and Brandon Carr all played 56 snaps. Kamalei Correa played 1 defensive snap. Patrick Onwuasor only played 37 snaps but has cemented his spot next to Mosley. Onwuasor had 3 solos and 2 assists. Jimmy Smith had a sore achilles and only played 7 snaps. First Round rookie Marlon Humphrey played 55 snaps. Humphrey ended with 2 solos and 1 assist. Willie Henry has played 3 games this season. He has bookended a down week with two solid weeks. On 42 snaps, Henry had 3 solos, 2 assists and 1 TFL. With both Brandon Williams and Brent Urban still out, Henry could see increased snaps. Urban will be the only defensive UFA after the season.
Reggie Nelson was the only Raider to play all 66 snaps. Karl Joseph, TJ Carrie and Sean Smith all played 62 snaps. Cory James left this game with a knee injury. I can’t find any update on it. James only played 34 snaps. Marquel Lee left the game with an ankle injury after 31 snaps. Lee had to be carted off. Tyrell Adams and Nicholas Morrow may have just earned spots by process of elimination. Adams played 36 snaps while Morrow played 33. Adams ended with 2 solos and 4 assists. Morrow had 2 solos and 2 assists. Hopefully some news comes down before tomorrow on the severity of James and Lee’s injuries. If they’re both out for awhile, Adams and Morrow should be good going forward. It sounds like James’ injury isn’t as bad. If he’s able to play, Adams and Morrow will split snaps. Aldon Smith and Nelson are the only defensive big names pending UFA. Who knows if Obi Melifonwu will be ready as a sophomore after missing his rookie season?
SEA at LAR
Bobby Wagner, Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman and Shaq Griffin played 74 snaps. KJ Wright played 72 snaps. Justin Coleman played 68 snaps. Michael Wilhoite only played 6 snaps. They were in the nickel basically the entire game. Pete Carroll said Cliff Avril’s neck injury was serious. He implied Avril may not play again. In Avril’s absence, Michael Bennett played 60 snaps, Frank Clark played 57 snaps and Marcus Smith II played 37 snaps. Through the first three weeks, Smith had played in 30 defensive snaps total. Bennett and Clark both had 3 solos and a sack. Bennett added an assist. Clark added 2 more TFLs. Smith only had a solo. He will see snaps. Even with Bennett and Clark both seeing over 75% of snaps, Bennett moves inside in pass rush packages, creating a need for a 3rd DE. Smith will be very boom bust. I think if they’re facing a bad O-line, he may be worth a Hail Mary in a deep league. Otherwise, he’s probably not startable, unless you’re a sack-whisperer. Sheldon Richardson played 45 snaps. He didn’t have a tackle, but caught an interception. Richardson, Bradley McDougald, Wilhoite, Smith and Dion Jordan will be all be UFAs. If Smith and Jordan walk and Avril’s neck injury is serious, Seattle will need to add DE depth during the offseason. You think they’re frustrated the Jets claimed David Bass off waivers?
Alec Ogletree, Mark Barron, John Johnson (JJ) and Trumaine Johnson (TJ) played 68 snaps. Kayvon Webster played 62 snaps. Barron had a day, 12 solos, 3 assists and 1 TFL. Hopefully you picked up JJ last week. This week, after being a surprise healthy scratch, LA waived Mo Alexander. They must really trust JJ to release a Safety when their starting FS is injured. It sounds like Lamarcus Joyner will start at FS, when healthy, and JJ will start at SS. Add Marqui Christian to your watchlist in case someone else gets injured. Christian played a ton in the preseason. JJ had 2 solos, 1 assist and 2 PDs, including 1 pick. Cody Davis, starting for Joyner at FS, played 45 snaps and had 4 solos, 1 assist and 3 PDs, including an interception of his own. Joyner and Davis are both UFAs at the end of the year. Ogletree and Connor Barwin are also both able to walk at the end of the season.
GB at DAL
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was the only Packer on the field for all 74 defensive snaps. Blake Martinez and Clay Matthews were the only other guys above 90%. Martinez put up the noteworthy stat line with 7 solos, 5 assists, 0.5 TFL and 1 PD. Morgan Burnett left the game with a hamstring injury after 47 snaps. Josh Jones only played 38 snaps while Kentrell Brice only played 28 snaps. Their CBs played a ton of snaps which seemed to have limited their Safety snaps this week. Davon House was back from injury and played 58 snaps. Kevin King played 16 snaps before leaving with a concussion. Damarious Randall played 60 snaps. Quinten Rollins and action star Josh Hawkins rounded it out with 29 and 25 snaps, respectively. Burnett is the big name here that will be a UFA. Tough to imagine him leaving. A lot of people expect that based on the Jones draft pick but they play 3 Safeties in base. Jones and Burnett can play together.
Byron Jones was the only Cowboy to play 100% of snaps. What kind of idiot would suggest giving David Irving a week to see what his usage would be? Let me go back and edit last week’s post… Irving played 45 snaps in his first game back from suspension. He ended with 3 solos, 2 assists and 2 sacks with a 3rd QB hit. Anthony Hitchens returned from injury and played 50 snaps. This really cut into Jaylon Smith’s snaps. Last week, Smith played 100% of snaps. This week, Smith played 55% of snaps. Hitchens amassed 3 solos and 3 assists while Smith put together 3 solos and 4 assists. Rookie Jourdan Lewis played in the nickel, handling 45 snaps. Lewis ended with 5 solos, 2 assists and 3 PDs. Anthony Brown played 59 snaps while Orlando Scandrick played 58 snaps. Jeff Heath played 49 snaps. With Kavon Frazier out due to injury, Xavier Woods only played 21 snaps. DeMarcus Lawrence and Hitchens are the only Cowboy UFAs of note this season. Good time for Lawrence to be due another contract.
KC at HOU
Ron Parker and Marcus Peters played all 64 snaps. Derrick Johnson, Daniel Sorensen and Terrance Mitchell played 63 snaps. Parker led the team in tackles with 5 solos and 3 assists. Sorensen bounced back after his down game, putting up 4 solos, 2 assists, 0.5 sacks and 1 PD. Reggie Ragland in his 2nd game as a pro played 10 snaps. He didn’t produce a stat. Chris Jones and Allen Bailey just about matched snaps. Jones played 43 while Bailey played 45. Eric Murray played 45 snaps at safety when Sorensen moved into the box to play nickel LB. Bennie Logan played 41 snaps and had 3 solos. Logan and Kevin Pierre-Louis could become UFAs after the season. Assuming soon-to-be 35 year old Johnson calls it this year after there’s been a marked decline in his play, Ragland and Ramik Wilson could be playing ILB if KC doesn’t add someone new.
The headline here is obviously JJ Watt is done for the year. Benardrick McKinney, Andre Hal and Marcus Gilchrist played 77 snaps. Kareem Jackson played 74 snaps in Kevin Johnson’s continued absence. Jadeveon Clowney played 71 snaps. Zach Cunningham played twice as many snaps as Dylan Cole, 56 to 28. Cunningham had a solid day, 4 solos and 5 assists. Cole continues to produce. Cole had 3 solos, 3 assists and 1 TFL. Gilchrist and Eddie Pleasant will both be UFAs early in 2018.
MIN at CHI
Erik Kendricks, Anthony Barr, Harrison Smith and Andrew Sendejo played 61 snaps. Everson Griffen and Xavier Rhodes played over 90% of snaps. Trae Waynes played 54 snaps. Danielle Hunter played 47 snaps. This was one of those games that Chicago’s offense couldn’t keep drives alive so it limited the Vikings tackle opportunities. Linval Joseph and Waynes led the team with 6 solos apiece. Sharrif Floyd and Tom Johnson will be UFAs after the season. It could create some opportunity for rookie Jaleel Johnson.
Eddie Jackson, Adrian Amos, Kyle Fuller and Prince Amukamara each were on the field for 70 snaps. Christian Jones played 69 snaps. Jones led the team in total tackles with 5 solos, 4 assists and 1 PD. Amos had another 8 solos. Leonard Floyd played 65 snaps which is almost Pittsburgh-level usage of a 3-4 OLB. Floyd ended with 6 solos, 2 sacks and 2 TFLs. Sam Bradford reinjured his knee and kept playing for a bit. He was completely immobile which allowed the Bears pass-rushers to eat. Minnesota switched to Case Keenum in the middle of the game. Akiem Hicks played 85% of snaps and ended with 2 sacks of his own. The Bears lost another ILB when John Timu left with a knee injury. It looks like Jonathan Anderson played 19 snaps after Timu left the game. I only bring up Anderson because Timu is the 3rd ILB who’s left injured and 4th lost overall counting Danny Trevathan’s 1 week suspension. The odds of Anderson playing meaningful snaps are far, far from zero. Jones, Mitch Unrein and Sam Acho will be UFAs following the season. There will be snaps at DE available. Maybe sophomore Jonathan Bullard could step up in his third year. DE is like TE. It takes most guys several years to contribute.
ATL
Dontari Poe, Adrian Clayborn, Courtney Upshaw and Kemal Ishmael will all be UFAs. Ricardo Allen will be an RFA. If Damontae Kazee really takes off, maybe they let Allen walk. I think that’s a stretch though.
DEN
Todd Davis, Jared Crick and Corey Nelson will all be UFAs. That’s 2 ILB.
NO
Kenny Vaccaro, Rafael Bush and Alex Okafor will all be UFAs. Okafor is a big question mark. They’ve been trying to lock down that end across from Cameron Jordan for years. Okafor has been really solid, but if they let him walk, he could go back to a 3-4 OLB and lose a ton of value. That’s definitely something to watch. I have him on every roster.
WAS
Zach Brown, Mason Foster and Will Compton are all UFAs at the end of the year. Martrell Spaight was drafted in the 5th Round in 2015. He has already bypassed Compton on the depth chart. Washington could resign one of these guys and pair them with Spaight who’s under contract through next season. They already seem to think 4th Round rookie Montae Nicholson is their answer at S next to DJ Swearinger. Apparently, his draft stock was affected by a knee injury. Their safeties swap roles so Nicholson will play both Strong and Free during the course of a game. Also, if Kirk Cousins walks at the end of the season, Washington’s offense will most likely be terrible. In that case, having some of their IDP on your roster may not be a bad idea.