Cardinals Week 10 defensive, special teams snap counts vs. Seahawks

A look at how the 62 defensive snaps were divided up against the Seahawks.

In the Arizona Cardinals‘ 44-22 loss to the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, 21 players participated in at least one of the 62 defensive snaps, and 33 players participated in at least one of the 27 special teams snaps.

Rookie Mike linebacker Cody Simon, playing instead of the injured Mack Wilson Sr., was the defender that played every snap. Rookie Denzel Burke missed only one snap.

Three defensive players were on the field only for special teams: Linebackers Owen Pappoe and Jared Bartlett, and cornerback Elijah Jones.

Pappoe and safety Kitan Crawford each missed only two special teams snaps. Linebacker Jared Bartlett, who was elevated from the practice squad for the first time this season, tied for second on the team with 17 snaps.

How were the snaps divided up? Below are the individual snap counts for every player who got into the game defensively, grouped by position, as well as the snap counts on special teams.

The first number after each name is snaps, and the second is the percentage. Players in bold were starters.

Arizona Cardinals Week 10 defensive snap counts: Defensive linemenDalvin Tomlinson (36/58), Walter Nolen III (35/56), Calais Campbell (33/53), Dante Stills (26/42),P.J. Mustipher (23/37), Darius Robinson (19/31)Inactive: Bilal NicholsReserve/injured (eligible to return): L.J. Collier, Justin Jones

Campbell led the unit with five tackles (three solo/one for loss). Tomlinson had four tackles (three solo). Robinson had four tackles (two solo), but played only 19 snaps before exiting with a groin injury. Stills had three solo tackles (one for loss). In his second NFL game, Nolen had two solo tackles and a quarterback hit, but suffered a knee injury. That QB hit was the only one for the Cardinals, but quarterback Sam Darnold attempted only 12 passes.

LinebackersILB Cody Simon (62/100), ILB Akeem Davis-Gaither (50/81), OLB Josh Sweat (33/53), OLB Baron Browning (33/53), OLB Zaven Collins (28/45), OLB Jordan Burch (25/40), OLB Xavier Thomas (4/6)Did not play (except on special teams): ILB Jared Bartlett, ILB Owen PappoeInactive: ILB Mack Wilson Sr. (injured)Reserve/physically unable to perform: OLB BJ Ojulari (practicing)Reserve/injured: ILB J.J. Russell

Sweat had the only sack of Darnold, forcing a fumble that he recovered. He also had one solo tackle for loss. Simon tied for the team lead with six tackles (three solo) and had one of the team’s two passes defensed. Davis-Gaither had five tackles (three solo/one for loss). Collins had a fumble recovery.

Defensive backsCB Denzel Burke (61/98), S Budda Baker (56/90), S Jalen Thompson (56/90), CB Garrett Williams (51/82), CB Kei’Trel Clark (20/32), CB Darren Hall (18/29), S Kitan Crawford (10/16), S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (3/5)Did not play (except on special teams): CB Elijah JonesInactive: CB Will Johnson (injured), CB Max Melton (injured)Reserve/injured: S Joey Blount (eligible to return), CB Starling Thomas VReserve/non-football injury: CB Sean Murphy-Bunting

Burke had his second interception in two games, while adding a pass defensed and five tackles (four solo/one for loss). Thompson had five solo tackles, while safety counterpart Baker also had five tackles (three solo). Williams had six tackles (three solo), but was victimized on a 43-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba on which he had good coverage, but fell down after clipping JSN’s heel.

Clark had two tackles (one solo) and Taylor-Demerson had one solo tackle, but played sparingly on defense and special teams after injuring an ankle.

Special teams snap countsLB Owen Pappoe (25/93), S Kitan Crawford (25/93), TE Elijah Higgins (17/63), LB Jared Bartlett (17/63), LB Jordan Burch (16/59), TE Josiah Deguara (14/52), CB Kei’Trel Clark (14/52), WR Simi Fehoko (13/48), LB Xavier Thomas (12/44), CB Darren Hall (12/44), LB Zaven Collins (11/41), DL Calais Campbell (10/37), WR/RS Greg Dortch (9/33), DL Dante Stills (9/33), DL P.J. Mustipher (8/30), LB Cody Simon (8/30), LB Akeem Davis-Gaither (8/30), S Budda Baker (8/30), RB Bam Knight (7/26), RB/RS Emari Demercado (6/22), K Chad Ryland (6/22), LS Aaron Brewer (6/22), P Pat O’Donnell (6/22), DL Darius Robinson (6/22), CB Elijah Jones (6/22), S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (5/19), T Paris Johnson Jr. (2/7), T Kelvin Beachum (2/7), G Evan Brown (2/7), G Isaiah Adams (2/7), C/G Jon Gaines II (2/7), C Hjalte Froholdt (2/7), T Jonah Williams (1/4)Reserve/injured (eligible to return): P Blake Gillikin

The best that could be said about O’Donnell’s punting is that all four of his kicks resulted in fair catches. That made the average and net only 40.8 yards with two inside the 20. Gillikin is eligible to begin practicing this week, but there has been no word on his rehab from a back injury. Ryland wasn’t called on for a field-goal attempt.

Three of the team’s seven kickoff returns gained less than 20 yards with Dortch having one for 15 and Knight for 16 and 17. Crawford had a holding penalty on a return. Clark had a forced fumble on a kickoff return, but the Seahawks were able to recover.

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