Kool-Aid Larry
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this will be my largely self indulgent thread tracking idp snaps on a weekly basis
here's the 2013 version if you want a historical reference on anybody
I was getting my snap data from football outsiders (thx, FO!), but may start using the actual nfl gamebooks
the way it works is I'll list most of the guys in there for week 1, but then in following weeks will be noting mostly the deltas --- guys whose snaps changed significantly, guys who might be of particular interest in positional battles, or package participation, etc.
also, note that I play in very shallow DL leagues, so you won't see much DL in here unless requested, as I'm pretty ignorant on those guys, and they tend to rotate around a lot, and are vulnerable to nickel packages, so I have a harder time keeping up with who's supposed to be getting what snaps on a regular basis.
I generally include a few of the more name brand guys who might have some noteworthy development.
any commentary is most likely based entirely on snap data, and I welcome all corrections, observations, contributions, and discussion.
WEEK 1
I'll start off by noting a few of the outliers in both high and low team snap counts --- looks like mean and median were ~67 total snaps for week 1 last year.
mean for week 1 2014 being ~65 total snaps
CIN (@BAL) 85 (27 incompletions)
JAX (@PHI) 82
MIA (v NEP) 80 (27 incompletions)
if you throw much past 20 incompletions in a game I feel those extra become kind of 'hollow' snaps, as they don't lead to as much idp production
CAR (@TB) 55
DAL (v SFO) 54
NYJ (v OAK) 49 -- that's pretty dismal, lowest through 4 weeks last year was 52
misc team and player notes:
ari - LB foote 100% minter 39% shaughnessy 66% abraham 59% acho 51% DL campbell 95% kelly 77% rucker 5%
DB r johnson 100% jefferson 92% bucannon 61% peterson 100% cro 97% powers 62%
dockett ir, mathieu out, rucker + abraham inj
looks like they actually subbed a safety in for minter a good chunk of the game
atl - LB worrilow 100% bartu 71% DL biermann 91% osi 43% massaquoi 35%
DB moore + lowery 100% trufant 100% alford 97% mcclain 68%
c peters out, mostly nickel v NOS
bal - LB d smith + mosley 100% suggs 76% upshaw 56% dumervil 44% DL ngata 73%
DB d stewart + elam 100% j smith 100% ch brown 97% a jackson 68%
l webb + a brown out, lots of nickel v CIN
buf - LB p brown 100% spikes 70% rivers 51% DL hughes + m williams 65% dareus 78%
DB mckelvin 99% graham 95% robey 66% a williams 88% searcy 81% d williams 39%
alonso ir, bradham + gilmore out, rivers inj - quite a bit of nickel but a departure from pettine's heavy dime
also note typical schwartz DE rotation @CHI
car - LB kuechly + davis 100% DL hardy 91% ch johnson 88%
DB cason + white 100% godfrey + benwikere 71% deccoud 95% r harper 34%
f alexander suspended, mostly nickel @TB
DL j allen 93% houston 84% young 37% j ratliffe 81% paea 65%
DB mundy 100% conte 81% t jennings 100% tillman 98% fuller 61% v BUF
cin - LB lamur 99% rey 73% maualuga 33% burfict 26%
DL dunlap 84% gilberry 76% geathers 67% g atkins 56% b thompson 38% hunt 35%
DB iloka 100% r nelson 98% newman 100% hall 82% a jones 74% @BAL
DB whitner 100% gipson 94% haden 100% skrine 92% gilbert 83%
heavy nickel @PIT
dal - LB carter 83% durant 81% mcclain 76% k wilber 7% DL mincey 74% crawford 57% selvie 47%
DB wilcox 100% church 88% heath 12% carr 98% claiborne 81% s moore 67%
s lee ir, a spencer out, less than half snaps in nickel v SFO
DB moore + ward 100% q carter 40% talib 97% b roby 85% ch harris 53% t carter 45%
trevathan + k webster out, plenty of nickel + dime v IND
det - LB levy + tulloch 100% DL suh 83% fairley 52% j jones 67% ansah 65% g johnson 45%
DB quddus 95% quinn 92% mathis 97% slay 95% n lawson 82% bentley 5%
ihedigbo + carey out, bentley ir'd --- pretty much all 4-2-5 nickel v NYG
gb - LB jones 100% hawk 67% matthews 94% peppers 84% neal 58% DL daniels 66% guion 51% d jones 47%
DB m burnett 100% m hyde 73% dix 57% shields + t williams 100% hayward 51% @SEA
hou - LB b reed 92% cushing 65% mercilus 43% clowney 35%
DB swearinger 100% k lewis 98% d manning 69% k jackson 100% joseph 91% bouye 52%
s keo out, heavy db usage v WAS under new DC, crennel
DB m adams 100% l landry 88% v davis + toler 100% d butler 53%
r mathis out, not as much nickel as I expected @DEN
DB w guy 100% j evans 52% cyprien 39% prosinki 10% ball 100% gratz 98% blackmon 66%
cyprien concussed @PHI, poz came out a bit due to a knee injury but went back in
Cornerback Dwayne Gratz, a second-year starter, sustained an ankle injury in practice.[in the week following the game] was listed as limited on the Wednesday injury report.
kc - LB houston + hali 100% mauga 72 jmj 62% d johnson 38% DL d poe 99% devito 33%
DB berry + abdullah 100% s smith 100% r parker 96% ch owens 63%
m cooper out, d johnson + devito ir'd -- less nickel/dime v TEN than typical last year
mia - LB trusnik 78% j jenkins 69% ellerbe 21% misi 20% DL vernon 91% wake 72%
DB delmas 100% j wilson 98% finnegan + grimes 100% w davis 66%
wheeler + tripp out, ellerbe ir'd, misi inj v NEP (k sheppard signed post game)
min - LB barr + greenway 88% brinkley 42% DL robison 73% griffen 70%
DB blanton 100% h smith 88% munnerlyn 98% rhodes + robinson 53% j price 42% sherels 12%
34-6 blowout @STL
DB mccourty 100% chung 62% wilson 30% harmon 7% revis 84% dennard 69% arrington 42% butler 36% ryan 24%
see pats idp thread for notes @MIA
nos - LB lofton 90% hawthorne 88% galette 83% DL c jordan 93%
DB vaccaro 100% byrd 97% bush 37% c white 92% p robinson 89% k lewis 87%
heavy nickel/dime @ATL similar to last year
nyg - LB j williams 100% mcclain 65% beason 64% DL kiwanuka 85% jpp 76% ayers 51% d moore 15% c jenkins 42%
DB s brown + rolle 100% drc 97% amukamara 94% thurmond 61%
jpp left for a bit but came back in
nyj - LB harris + d davis 100% pace 82% coples 76% babin 25% DL wilkerson 92% richardson 86%
DB c pryor + d landry + a allen + d walls 100% k wilson 45%
milliner out, a allen subs at corner v OAK
oak - LB s moore + burris 100% mack 77% DL tuck + woodley 70%
DB woodson + t branch + t brown + c rogers 100% tj carrie 80%
roach + chekwa out, mostly nickel @NYJ
phi - LB kendricks 100% ryans 97% barwin 89% cole 77% graham 34% DL f cox 71%
DB m jenkins 100% n allen 88% wolff 12% c williams 100% fletcher 85% boykin 32% carroll 18%
not much nickel v JAX
pit - LB timmons 100% shazier 88% worilds 98% j jones 84% DL heyward 84% keisel 60%
DB polamalu + mitchell + c allen + i taylor 100% gay 22%
almost all base - little nickel v CLE
sd - LB butler 100% teo'o 69% ingram 64% freeney 63% j johnson 51% DL reyes 80% liuget 77%
DB gilchrist 100% weddle 94% flowers + s wright 100% verrett 61% r marshall 37% @ARI
sea - LB wagner 100% wright 90% irvin 31% smith 16% DL bennett 79% avril 65% schofield 48%
DB chancellor + e thomas + maxwell + sherman 100% j lane 52% burley 40%
j lane got shorty ir'd vs GB
sf - LB willis + wilhoite 100% brooks 70% lemonier 54% skuta 46% DL mcdonald 87% j smith 65%
DB bethea + reid 100% p cox 88% d johnson 65% j ward 67% culliver 35% t brock 14%
aldon smith + n bowman out, several DB inj @DAL
stl - LB laurinaitis + ogletree 100% dunbar 67% DL quinn 78% long 48% w hayes 47% brockers 53% donald 50%
DB mcleod + mcdonald + jenkins 100% ej gaines 97% l joyner 40%
trumaine johnson out v MIN
DB goldson + barron 100% verner 88% banks 66% m jenkins 46% l johnson 44%
j banks head inj v CAR
DB griffin + pollard + mccourty + bww 100% sensabaugh 68% g wilson 54%
ayers out, looks like new coach, horton, used a combo of g wilson + gooden to replace z brown
DB r clark + amerson + d hall 100% rambo 88% biggers 36% t robinson 0%
tracy porter + akeem jordan out, not much nickel @HOU
here's the 2013 version if you want a historical reference on anybody
I was getting my snap data from football outsiders (thx, FO!), but may start using the actual nfl gamebooks
the way it works is I'll list most of the guys in there for week 1, but then in following weeks will be noting mostly the deltas --- guys whose snaps changed significantly, guys who might be of particular interest in positional battles, or package participation, etc.
also, note that I play in very shallow DL leagues, so you won't see much DL in here unless requested, as I'm pretty ignorant on those guys, and they tend to rotate around a lot, and are vulnerable to nickel packages, so I have a harder time keeping up with who's supposed to be getting what snaps on a regular basis.
I generally include a few of the more name brand guys who might have some noteworthy development.
any commentary is most likely based entirely on snap data, and I welcome all corrections, observations, contributions, and discussion.
WEEK 1
I'll start off by noting a few of the outliers in both high and low team snap counts --- looks like mean and median were ~67 total snaps for week 1 last year.
mean for week 1 2014 being ~65 total snaps
CIN (@BAL) 85 (27 incompletions)
JAX (@PHI) 82
MIA (v NEP) 80 (27 incompletions)
if you throw much past 20 incompletions in a game I feel those extra become kind of 'hollow' snaps, as they don't lead to as much idp production
CAR (@TB) 55
DAL (v SFO) 54
NYJ (v OAK) 49 -- that's pretty dismal, lowest through 4 weeks last year was 52
misc team and player notes:
ari - LB foote 100% minter 39% shaughnessy 66% abraham 59% acho 51% DL campbell 95% kelly 77% rucker 5%
DB r johnson 100% jefferson 92% bucannon 61% peterson 100% cro 97% powers 62%
dockett ir, mathieu out, rucker + abraham inj
looks like they actually subbed a safety in for minter a good chunk of the game
atl - LB worrilow 100% bartu 71% DL biermann 91% osi 43% massaquoi 35%
DB moore + lowery 100% trufant 100% alford 97% mcclain 68%
c peters out, mostly nickel v NOS
bal - LB d smith + mosley 100% suggs 76% upshaw 56% dumervil 44% DL ngata 73%
DB d stewart + elam 100% j smith 100% ch brown 97% a jackson 68%
l webb + a brown out, lots of nickel v CIN
buf - LB p brown 100% spikes 70% rivers 51% DL hughes + m williams 65% dareus 78%
DB mckelvin 99% graham 95% robey 66% a williams 88% searcy 81% d williams 39%
alonso ir, bradham + gilmore out, rivers inj - quite a bit of nickel but a departure from pettine's heavy dime
also note typical schwartz DE rotation @CHI
car - LB kuechly + davis 100% DL hardy 91% ch johnson 88%
DB cason + white 100% godfrey + benwikere 71% deccoud 95% r harper 34%
f alexander suspended, mostly nickel @TB
chi - LB briggs 100% bostic 58% dj williams 39% mclellin 42%the Panthers have also decided to use Bene Benwikere as the starting nickel corner over veteran Charles Godfrey. While Benwikere is young, he had a tremendous camp while Charles Godfrey struggled with the change from safety to corner. The good news here is that the Panthers are going to use Godfrey to spell Roman Harper (if they have to).
DL j allen 93% houston 84% young 37% j ratliffe 81% paea 65%
DB mundy 100% conte 81% t jennings 100% tillman 98% fuller 61% v BUF
cin - LB lamur 99% rey 73% maualuga 33% burfict 26%
DL dunlap 84% gilberry 76% geathers 67% g atkins 56% b thompson 38% hunt 35%
DB iloka 100% r nelson 98% newman 100% hall 82% a jones 74% @BAL
cle - LB dansby 100% kirksey 83% robertson 17% mingo 79% kruger 62% sheard 48%Bengals WLB Vontaze Burfict suffered a concussion in Sunday's Week 1 game against the Ravens
He went down in the second quarter
DB whitner 100% gipson 94% haden 100% skrine 92% gilbert 83%
heavy nickel @PIT
dal - LB carter 83% durant 81% mcclain 76% k wilber 7% DL mincey 74% crawford 57% selvie 47%
DB wilcox 100% church 88% heath 12% carr 98% claiborne 81% s moore 67%
s lee ir, a spencer out, less than half snaps in nickel v SFO
den - LB marshall 100% von miller 76% irving 51% DL ware 68% wolfe 61% m jackson 50%Durant went out with injury in the fourth quarter, however, along with Barry Church
DB moore + ward 100% q carter 40% talib 97% b roby 85% ch harris 53% t carter 45%
trevathan + k webster out, plenty of nickel + dime v IND
det - LB levy + tulloch 100% DL suh 83% fairley 52% j jones 67% ansah 65% g johnson 45%
DB quddus 95% quinn 92% mathis 97% slay 95% n lawson 82% bentley 5%
ihedigbo + carey out, bentley ir'd --- pretty much all 4-2-5 nickel v NYG
gb - LB jones 100% hawk 67% matthews 94% peppers 84% neal 58% DL daniels 66% guion 51% d jones 47%
DB m burnett 100% m hyde 73% dix 57% shields + t williams 100% hayward 51% @SEA
hou - LB b reed 92% cushing 65% mercilus 43% clowney 35%
DB swearinger 100% k lewis 98% d manning 69% k jackson 100% joseph 91% bouye 52%
s keo out, heavy db usage v WAS under new DC, crennel
ind - LB dq jax 100% freeman 81% walden 85% werner 81% j mcnary 22%Jadeveon Clowney is out 4-6 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his knee.
the Texans are managing his [Cushing] return, much in the same way they managed the returns of other players who came off injuries during training camp. That meant sort of a pitch count for the inside linebacker, who started training camp on the physically unable to perform list. He suffered a broken leg and torn LCL in October.
"He’s had a really good rehab," O'Brien said. "I think it’s important not to just throw him in there and let him go play 80 to 85 plays in the game. I think it’s what’s best for the player,
DB m adams 100% l landry 88% v davis + toler 100% d butler 53%
r mathis out, not as much nickel as I expected @DEN
jax - LB poz 93% g hayes 68% l reynolds 35% te smith 32% DL clemons 70% branch 61% r bryant 38% r davis 25%Profootballtalk reports suspended Colts OLB Robert Mathis has suffered a torn Achilles' tendon, and is done for the season.
Colts ILB Jerrell Freeman left Sunday night's opener against the Broncos with a hamstring injury.
Josh McNary will replace him next to D'Qwell Jackson.
DB w guy 100% j evans 52% cyprien 39% prosinki 10% ball 100% gratz 98% blackmon 66%
cyprien concussed @PHI, poz came out a bit due to a knee injury but went back in
Cornerback Dwayne Gratz, a second-year starter, sustained an ankle injury in practice.[in the week following the game] was listed as limited on the Wednesday injury report.
kc - LB houston + hali 100% mauga 72 jmj 62% d johnson 38% DL d poe 99% devito 33%
DB berry + abdullah 100% s smith 100% r parker 96% ch owens 63%
m cooper out, d johnson + devito ir'd -- less nickel/dime v TEN than typical last year
mia - LB trusnik 78% j jenkins 69% ellerbe 21% misi 20% DL vernon 91% wake 72%
DB delmas 100% j wilson 98% finnegan + grimes 100% w davis 66%
wheeler + tripp out, ellerbe ir'd, misi inj v NEP (k sheppard signed post game)
min - LB barr + greenway 88% brinkley 42% DL robison 73% griffen 70%
DB blanton 100% h smith 88% munnerlyn 98% rhodes + robinson 53% j price 42% sherels 12%
34-6 blowout @STL
nep - LB mayo + collins + hightower 100% DL ch jones 96% ninkovich 49% wilfork 68% easley 35%Rhodes suffered a groin injury and S Floyd hurt his shoulder in Sunday's 34-6 victory in the regular-season opener at St. Louis. The Vikings next face the Patriots in their home opener at TCF Bank Stadium.
"I don't know," Zimmer said Monday about Rhodes and Floyd. "They're both day-to-day right now. I think we'll find out more about them (Tuesday), but we'll see."
DB mccourty 100% chung 62% wilson 30% harmon 7% revis 84% dennard 69% arrington 42% butler 36% ryan 24%
see pats idp thread for notes @MIA
nos - LB lofton 90% hawthorne 88% galette 83% DL c jordan 93%
DB vaccaro 100% byrd 97% bush 37% c white 92% p robinson 89% k lewis 87%
heavy nickel/dime @ATL similar to last year
nyg - LB j williams 100% mcclain 65% beason 64% DL kiwanuka 85% jpp 76% ayers 51% d moore 15% c jenkins 42%
DB s brown + rolle 100% drc 97% amukamara 94% thurmond 61%
jpp left for a bit but came back in
nyj - LB harris + d davis 100% pace 82% coples 76% babin 25% DL wilkerson 92% richardson 86%
DB c pryor + d landry + a allen + d walls 100% k wilson 45%
milliner out, a allen subs at corner v OAK
oak - LB s moore + burris 100% mack 77% DL tuck + woodley 70%
DB woodson + t branch + t brown + c rogers 100% tj carrie 80%
roach + chekwa out, mostly nickel @NYJ
phi - LB kendricks 100% ryans 97% barwin 89% cole 77% graham 34% DL f cox 71%
DB m jenkins 100% n allen 88% wolff 12% c williams 100% fletcher 85% boykin 32% carroll 18%
not much nickel v JAX
pit - LB timmons 100% shazier 88% worilds 98% j jones 84% DL heyward 84% keisel 60%
DB polamalu + mitchell + c allen + i taylor 100% gay 22%
almost all base - little nickel v CLE
sd - LB butler 100% teo'o 69% ingram 64% freeney 63% j johnson 51% DL reyes 80% liuget 77%
DB gilchrist 100% weddle 94% flowers + s wright 100% verrett 61% r marshall 37% @ARI
sea - LB wagner 100% wright 90% irvin 31% smith 16% DL bennett 79% avril 65% schofield 48%
DB chancellor + e thomas + maxwell + sherman 100% j lane 52% burley 40%
j lane got shorty ir'd vs GB
sf - LB willis + wilhoite 100% brooks 70% lemonier 54% skuta 46% DL mcdonald 87% j smith 65%
DB bethea + reid 100% p cox 88% d johnson 65% j ward 67% culliver 35% t brock 14%
aldon smith + n bowman out, several DB inj @DAL
stl - LB laurinaitis + ogletree 100% dunbar 67% DL quinn 78% long 48% w hayes 47% brockers 53% donald 50%
DB mcleod + mcdonald + jenkins 100% ej gaines 97% l joyner 40%
trumaine johnson out v MIN
tb - LB david + foster 100% casillas 56% DL mccoy 91% m johnson 78% clayborn 74%ESPN's Adam Schefter reports Rams LE Chris Long will undergo ankle surgery and miss 8-10 weeks.
DB goldson + barron 100% verner 88% banks 66% m jenkins 46% l johnson 44%
j banks head inj v CAR
ten - LB woodyard 100% z brown 7% z gooden 39% d morgan 91% wimbley 54% s phillips 47% DL j casey 79%Bucs placed CB Mike Jenkins on injured reserve with a torn pectoral, ending his season.
DB griffin + pollard + mccourty + bww 100% sensabaugh 68% g wilson 54%
ayers out, looks like new coach, horton, used a combo of g wilson + gooden to replace z brown
was - LB robinson + riley 100% kerrigan 91% orakpo 85% murphy 35% DL cofield 22% baker 58% hatcher 70%The Titans confirmed Monday that ILB Zach Brown has a torn pectoral muscle.
The Titans will turn to second-year pro Zaviar Gooden as their starting inside linebacker next to Wesley Woodyard.
DB r clark + amerson + d hall 100% rambo 88% biggers 36% t robinson 0%
tracy porter + akeem jordan out, not much nickel @HOU
Redskins placed NT Barry Cofield (ankle) on injured reserve/designed to return.
Base 3-4 36 snaps
Nickel 2-4-5 14 snaps
Nickel 'Psycho' 1-5-5 7 snaps
- The Nickel 'Psycho' package was showcased on 6 3rd-downs and 1 2nd-20. All but 1 was 6 yards to go or more.
- The package used Jason Hatcher as its single defensive lineman. He lined up at RE, LE, and NT on different occasions.
- The 'Psycho' package utilizes Trent Murphy as a roaming ILB. He dropped in coverage 3 times and blitzed from the MLB, LILB, and RILB spots on the other 4 occasions.
- E.J. Biggers is the 5th DB utilized in this package. Exclusively played in the slot.
- http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/9/9/6121773/snap-judgments-week-1-redskins-at-texans-defense-nfl
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