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The Kobayashi of Kool-Aid
A few notes I spotted while tracking week 2 snap counts:
Offense:
1. QB - Palmer obviously was on the field for all 66 plays this week, nine fewer than last week.
2. OL - the five "starters" played in all snaps. In addition, Will Holden took part in 23% of offensive snaps, ostensibly as a Jumbo TE. The TE room must be suffering from Gresham's absence this week.
3. RB - Ellington got the most action on the day, but with only 30 snaps. Kerwynn saw 18 plays and CJ2K 17. Elaja Penny saw additional action over week 1, but still only 8 plays. I wanted to see him pound it during our early goal line effort that ended with the missed fade to Fitz on 4th down. But given our reluctance to ever use Stepfan Tayler in past years in this role, I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.
4. TE - Even with Gresham inactive, neither Niklas, nor Momah saw 50% of the action. Niklas only active for 30 plays on Offense. Sad group of characters at this point. Newly acquired Jim Dray, who was active, did not get on the field other than 5 ST plays.
5. WR - Larry remains our bell cow with 62 plays. Both Jaron and JJ saw 50 plays each, which was a sizable increase for JJ, ostensibly filling in for Smoke. Both Golden and Chad Williams saw their first action of the season with 20 and 10 plays on O each.
Defense:
1. DL - Once again, Peters and Rucker saw the most action at about 60% of D-snaps each in their rotations. Everyone else finished with similar snap counts from previous week with one exception... Nkemdiche saw his first action of the season with 19 snaps, which he appears to have taken from Gunter, who only saw the D side of the field for 2 snaps. (Gunter does play on ST - where he was notably called for a leverage penalty, as I recall.)
2. LB - Jones and Dansby continue to be involved on nearly every snap, missing only 4 and 2 snaps respectively. Golden increased his presence to 90%, but I think that may be more due to his eye injury week 1. Reddick saw increased action, logging almost 80% of action this week, roughly a 20% increase, mostly at the expense of Bynes who was down to 20%. Gabe Martin continues to play around 10%.
3. DB - Badger, PP, and Branch continue to play every down, while Bethel was only on the sideline for 5 plays. Bethea saw a little less action than the week before, but still significant play at 73%. Is Rudy Ford still on the roster? No action yet from him or Brandon Williams on D this season.
That's about it.
Offense:
1. QB - Palmer obviously was on the field for all 66 plays this week, nine fewer than last week.
2. OL - the five "starters" played in all snaps. In addition, Will Holden took part in 23% of offensive snaps, ostensibly as a Jumbo TE. The TE room must be suffering from Gresham's absence this week.
3. RB - Ellington got the most action on the day, but with only 30 snaps. Kerwynn saw 18 plays and CJ2K 17. Elaja Penny saw additional action over week 1, but still only 8 plays. I wanted to see him pound it during our early goal line effort that ended with the missed fade to Fitz on 4th down. But given our reluctance to ever use Stepfan Tayler in past years in this role, I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.
4. TE - Even with Gresham inactive, neither Niklas, nor Momah saw 50% of the action. Niklas only active for 30 plays on Offense. Sad group of characters at this point. Newly acquired Jim Dray, who was active, did not get on the field other than 5 ST plays.
5. WR - Larry remains our bell cow with 62 plays. Both Jaron and JJ saw 50 plays each, which was a sizable increase for JJ, ostensibly filling in for Smoke. Both Golden and Chad Williams saw their first action of the season with 20 and 10 plays on O each.
Defense:
1. DL - Once again, Peters and Rucker saw the most action at about 60% of D-snaps each in their rotations. Everyone else finished with similar snap counts from previous week with one exception... Nkemdiche saw his first action of the season with 19 snaps, which he appears to have taken from Gunter, who only saw the D side of the field for 2 snaps. (Gunter does play on ST - where he was notably called for a leverage penalty, as I recall.)
2. LB - Jones and Dansby continue to be involved on nearly every snap, missing only 4 and 2 snaps respectively. Golden increased his presence to 90%, but I think that may be more due to his eye injury week 1. Reddick saw increased action, logging almost 80% of action this week, roughly a 20% increase, mostly at the expense of Bynes who was down to 20%. Gabe Martin continues to play around 10%.
3. DB - Badger, PP, and Branch continue to play every down, while Bethel was only on the sideline for 5 plays. Bethea saw a little less action than the week before, but still significant play at 73%. Is Rudy Ford still on the roster? No action yet from him or Brandon Williams on D this season.
That's about it.
