Kool-Aid Larry
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in this thread I'll cull through snap counts and post a few notes.
any commentary is most likely based entirely on snap data, and I welcome all corrections, observations, contributions, and discussion.
thx, football outsiders
WEEK 1
defenses who faced high and low end snap counts (league mean and median are about 67 for wk 1):
BUF (v NEP) 91 ! - that is a lot of snaps, I think pats O led the league last year, averaging ~75 snaps, and you only had about 8 total def face 90+ on any given week in 2012
DEN (v BAL) 89 (28 incompletions)
WAS (v PHI) 80
MIN (@DET) 80
MIA (@CLE) 77 (27 incompletions)
NYG (@DAL) 77
GB (@SF) 77
NO (v ATL) 56
OAK (@IND) 55
DET (v MIN) 55
HOU (@SD) 53
TEN (@PIT) 53
SEA (@CAR)52
misc team and player notes:
ari - LB dansby 100%, brinkley 90%, 2 others ~50%, DB mathieu 39 snaps (58%)
looks like honey was in on nickel a little more than half the game @STL
atl - LB biermann, dent, weatherspoon 100% DB samuel 0% mcclain 100%
looks like they had a nickel db in about half the snaps @NO, mcclain bumps up to starter to sub for missing samuel
bal - LB smith 100%, bynes 92%, suggs 83%, dumervil 56%, upshaw 52%, DB elam (18%)
probably in base nickel about 80% of the game @DEN
buf - LB alonso 100%, lawson 41%, 2 others 20-25%, DB 3 @96+%, 3 @63-74% (leonhard 63%)
db heavy scheme v NEP facing 91 snaps was probably perfect storm for alonso
car -LB kuechly, davis 100%, beason 46%, DB mikell 75% (v SEA)
cin - LB burfict 98%, maualuga 78%, DB iloka 98%, mays 20% (@CHI)
cle - DB ward 74%, skrine 62% (v MIA)
only 60 snaps v NYG, and nickel ~2/3rds
den - woodyard 94% (84 snaps), trevathan 74%, DB ihenacho 88% (78 snaps)
faced 89 snaps v BAL, probably base nickel most of the game
det - DL young, idonije, ansah, jones ~50% LB levy, tulloch 100%
only faced 55 snaps v MIN
faced 77 snaps @SF
hou - LB cushing 98%, mays 45% DB nickel+ swearinger 55%, mccain 57%
only faced 53 snaps @SD
ind - LB sheppard, freeman 92+%
only ~25% nickel db v OAK
jax - LB poz, hayes 100%, allen 58%
kc - DB 4 @86+%, 2 ~50%, 1 @33%
heavy db scheme @JAX trying to hold down gabbert
mia - LB ellerbe, wheeler 96+%, misi 58%
faced 77 snaps @CLE
min - LB henderson, greenway 100%, mitchell 19%
faced 80 snaps and in nickel almost entire game @DET
nep - LB mayo 100%, hightower 71%, spikes 25%
in nickel entire game @BUF
spikes leaves game with dehydration?
nos - LB lofton 100%, galette 59%, hawthorne, haralson 41% DB vaccaro, jenkins 100%, harper 88%
only faced 56 snaps and in nickel+ pretty much entire game v ATL
nyg - DL kiwanuka 77%, tuck 68%, jpp 65% LB paysinger 91%, williams, rivers ~50%, herzlich 32%
faced 77 snaps @DAL
oak - LB roach, burnett 96+%, maiava 62%, moore 15%
only faced 55 snaps @IND
phi - LB kendricks, ryans, barwin 96+%, cole 79% (@WAS)
pit - LB worilds 66%, jones 46% (v TEN)
sea - LB wright, wagner 100%, smith 60%
only 52 snaps @CAR
sf - DB reid 100%, asomugha 92%
in nickel pretty much all game v GB
stl - LB laurinaitis 100%, ogletree 93%, witherspoon 27% DB mcdonald 100%
nickel most of the game v ARI
tb - LB david 100%, foster 84%, watson 27%
nickel most of the game @NYJ
ten - LB fokou, brown 100%, ayers 55% DB sensabaugh 68%, g wilson 6%
only faced 53 snaps @PIT
was - DB biggers, rambo 92+%, doughty 8%
faced 80 run heavy snaps v PHI mostly in nickel
any commentary is most likely based entirely on snap data, and I welcome all corrections, observations, contributions, and discussion.
thx, football outsiders
WEEK 1
defenses who faced high and low end snap counts (league mean and median are about 67 for wk 1):
BUF (v NEP) 91 ! - that is a lot of snaps, I think pats O led the league last year, averaging ~75 snaps, and you only had about 8 total def face 90+ on any given week in 2012
DEN (v BAL) 89 (28 incompletions)
WAS (v PHI) 80
MIN (@DET) 80
MIA (@CLE) 77 (27 incompletions)
NYG (@DAL) 77
GB (@SF) 77
NO (v ATL) 56
OAK (@IND) 55
DET (v MIN) 55
HOU (@SD) 53
TEN (@PIT) 53
SEA (@CAR)52
misc team and player notes:
ari - LB dansby 100%, brinkley 90%, 2 others ~50%, DB mathieu 39 snaps (58%)
looks like honey was in on nickel a little more than half the game @STL
atl - LB biermann, dent, weatherspoon 100% DB samuel 0% mcclain 100%
looks like they had a nickel db in about half the snaps @NO, mcclain bumps up to starter to sub for missing samuel
bal - LB smith 100%, bynes 92%, suggs 83%, dumervil 56%, upshaw 52%, DB elam (18%)
probably in base nickel about 80% of the game @DEN
buf - LB alonso 100%, lawson 41%, 2 others 20-25%, DB 3 @96+%, 3 @63-74% (leonhard 63%)
db heavy scheme v NEP facing 91 snaps was probably perfect storm for alonso
car -LB kuechly, davis 100%, beason 46%, DB mikell 75% (v SEA)
chi - LB anderson, briggs 100%, dj williams 72%, bostic 0% (v CIN)Panthers SS Mike Mitchell (calf) returned to practice Wednesday.
cin - LB burfict 98%, maualuga 78%, DB iloka 98%, mays 20% (@CHI)
cle - DB ward 74%, skrine 62% (v MIA)
dal - LB lee, carter 90+%, durant 30% DBBrowns first-round OLB Barkevious Mingo (bruised lung) resumed practicing in full on Thursday.
only 60 snaps v NYG, and nickel ~2/3rds
den - woodyard 94% (84 snaps), trevathan 74%, DB ihenacho 88% (78 snaps)
faced 89 snaps v BAL, probably base nickel most of the game
det - DL young, idonije, ansah, jones ~50% LB levy, tulloch 100%
only faced 55 snaps v MIN
gb - LB jones 97%, hawk 77%, DB jennings, mcmillan 97+%While most rookies performed well in this game, Darius Slay (-4.4) was not amongst them. Jerome Simpson ate him for lunch as the second round pick managed just 31 snaps before being benched in favour of Rashean Mathis. ~PFF
faced 77 snaps @SF
hou - LB cushing 98%, mays 45% DB nickel+ swearinger 55%, mccain 57%
only faced 53 snaps @SD
ind - LB sheppard, freeman 92+%
only ~25% nickel db v OAK
jax - LB poz, hayes 100%, allen 58%
kc - DB 4 @86+%, 2 ~50%, 1 @33%
heavy db scheme @JAX trying to hold down gabbert
mia - LB ellerbe, wheeler 96+%, misi 58%
faced 77 snaps @CLE
min - LB henderson, greenway 100%, mitchell 19%
faced 80 snaps and in nickel almost entire game @DET
nep - LB mayo 100%, hightower 71%, spikes 25%
in nickel entire game @BUF
spikes leaves game with dehydration?
nos - LB lofton 100%, galette 59%, hawthorne, haralson 41% DB vaccaro, jenkins 100%, harper 88%
only faced 56 snaps and in nickel+ pretty much entire game v ATL
nyg - DL kiwanuka 77%, tuck 68%, jpp 65% LB paysinger 91%, williams, rivers ~50%, herzlich 32%
faced 77 snaps @DAL
nyj - LB harris, davis 100% (v TB)Giants placed LB Dan Connor on injured reserve with a neck injury, ending his season.
oak - LB roach, burnett 96+%, maiava 62%, moore 15%
only faced 55 snaps @IND
phi - LB kendricks, ryans, barwin 96+%, cole 79% (@WAS)
pit - LB worilds 66%, jones 46% (v TEN)
sd - LB bird 78% (v HOU)Steelers first-round OLB Jarvis Jones is running with the starters at practice this week.
sea - LB wright, wagner 100%, smith 60%
only 52 snaps @CAR
sf - DB reid 100%, asomugha 92%
in nickel pretty much all game v GB
stl - LB laurinaitis 100%, ogletree 93%, witherspoon 27% DB mcdonald 100%
nickel most of the game v ARI
tb - LB david 100%, foster 84%, watson 27%
nickel most of the game @NYJ
ten - LB fokou, brown 100%, ayers 55% DB sensabaugh 68%, g wilson 6%
only faced 53 snaps @PIT
was - DB biggers, rambo 92+%, doughty 8%
faced 80 run heavy snaps v PHI mostly in nickel
E.J. Biggers, and not veteran Reed Doughty, started in place of Meriweather on Monday because his speed should have helped against the Eagles’ multiple playmakers. But he had never played that position before and the results weren’t exactly what the coaching staff hoped.
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