The greatest takeaway from this week’s snap counts comes from the cornerback place. After getting juked out of his jock early in the recreation, Cam Taylor-Britt was benched. When I say early, I imply early.
Taylor-Britt solely performed 5 snaps earlier than being sat down for the night time. DJ Turner took all 81 defensive snaps, and Dax Hill and Josh Newton rounded out the group with 64 snaps. Marco Wilson and D.J. Ivey joined Taylor-Britt in the single digits.
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While Logan Wilson could also be giving up some reps to rookie Barrett Carter, he’s nonetheless clearly established with the first unit. Wilson’s 65 snaps trailed solely rookie Demetrius Knight (71) and have been solely a small margin. Carter (20) had the fourth most snaps amongst linebackers, with Oren Burks (26) sliding into the third slot.
When the Bengals added veteran defensive sort out Mike Pennel, coaches mentioned they anticipated him to get about 22 snaps per recreation. At the time, it appeared like an arbitrary quantity based mostly extra on alliteration than the rest, however after this week’s recreation, Pennel has performed precisely 22 snaps in three of his 4 video games with the membership. Apparently, that quantity was not approximate or random. Indeed, it seems to be as legitimate and dependable as Fulton’s 1 out of 5 in The Mighty Ducks.
The remainder of the defensive sort out group can be comparatively constant when it comes to snap share, however all three noticed their highest quantity of snaps for the yr on Monday night time. B.J. Hill led the approach with 52 snaps. T.J. Slaton took 45 snaps and Kris Jenkins performed 41 snaps. The protection was on the market for 81 whole snaps and almost 38 minutes of recreation time. Put that along with the skinny mountain air, and you’ll see why that they had little left in the tank by the finish of the night time.
Conversely, the offense solely performed 48 snaps. Quarterback Jake Browning and the beginning offensive line performed all 48 snaps. The three main large receivers (Ja’Marr Chase, Andrei Iosivas, and Tee Higgins) all performed over 40 snaps, and operating again Chase Brown performed 35 snaps.
Even the usually fascinating tight finish place was a nap fest. With Noah Fant sidelined by a concussion, Mike Gesicki took 27 snaps, and Drew Sample took 22 snaps.