Let’s break down the snap counts for the Denver Broncos 20-12 win over the Tennessee Titans in Week 1. The offense did not present much in the way of surprises in terms of snap counts for game 1.
PlayerOff SnapsOff Snap%Garett Bolles76100%Ben Powers76100%Quinn Meinerz76100%Mike McGlinchey76100%Luke Wattenberg76100%Bo Nix76100%Courtland Sutton7295%Troy Franklin4559%Adam Trautman4458%Marvin Mims4053%J.K. Dobbins4053%Trent Sherfield2634%Evan Engram2634%RJ Harvey2229%Lucas Krull2229%Adam Prentice1520%Tyler Badie1418%Alex Palczewski1013%Pat Bryant45%
All five starting offensive linemen played the whole game on offense as did Bo Nix. We used Alex Palczewski on ten offensive snaps as the 6th offensive lineman.
JK Dobbins got the majority of the RB snaps with 40, while RJ Harvey made the most of his 22. Tyler Badie had 14 as the 3rd down back.
Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims were WR1, WR2 and WR3 with 72, 45 and 40 snaps. Trent Sherfield got 26 (mild surprise) and Pat Bryant only got 4.
The TEs saw Evan Engram get only 26 (injury) with Adam Trautman getting 44 and Lucas Krull 22.
Fullback Adam Prentice played 15 offensive snaps.
The defense didn’t really have many surprises either. The defense was only on the field for 57 snaps.
PlayerPOSD. SnapsD Snap %Talanoa HufangaS57100%Riley MossCB57100%Patrick Surtain IICB57100%Alex SingletonLB57100%Brandon JonesS5596%Zach AllenDL4681%Justin StrnadLB3867%Jonathon CooperLB3765%John Franklin-MyersDL3663%Nik BonittoLB3561%D.J. JonesDT3256%Ja’Quan McMillianCB3154%Jonah EllissLB2340%Jahdae BarronCB2137%Dondrea TillmanLB1933%Eyioma UwazurikeDL1526%Jordan JacksonDL1119%
Four defenders played every snap Talanoa Hufanga, Riley Moss, Patrick Surtain II, and Alex Singleton.
At the other safety Brandon Jones played all but two d. snaps. The other two CBs who played, Ja’Quan McMillian and Jahdae Barron played 31 and 21 snaps.
The other ILB, Justin Strnad, played 38 snaps.
For the IDL, Zach Allen, John-Franklin-Myers, Eyioma Uwazurike and Jordan Jackson played 46, 36, 15 and 11 snaps respectively.
At the OLB spots Jonathan Cooper, Nik Bonitto, Jonah Eliss and Dondrea Tillman played 37, 35, 23 and 19 snaps. I like that we are keeping our edge guys fresh, particularly in the first game of the season.
I would have liked to see Zach Allen get a little more rest, but I can’t argue with the results when the defense held the Titans to 133 total yards (and -1 net yard in the second half).
Defenders who were active but did not play on defense were JL Skinner, Devon Key, P.J. Locke, Karene Reid, Kris Abrams-Draine, and Levelle Bailey.
The three offensive players who were active but did not play on offense were Matt Peart, Alex Forsyth and Jarrett Stidham.
If anything stuck out to you sound off in the comments.