Interesting that Vaitai is healthy enough for a handful of ST snaps, but not healthy enough to play on the line when Awosika went down
Jamo still seeing less than half the offensive snaps
Lots of two TE sets, presumably to protect against the Crosby threat, but it’s a little disappointing for Mitchell to only get 6 snaps, he doesn’t seem to be progressing at all
Defense
Snaps
%
ST Snaps
%
Kerby Joseph
FS
46
100%
10
40%
Alex Anzalone
LB
46
100%
1
4%
Cameron Sutton
CB
46
100%
1
4%
Jerry Jacobs
CB
46
100%
1
4%
Brian Branch
SS
46
100%
0
0%
Aidan Hutchinson
DE
43
93%
1
4%
Tracy Walker
FS
35
76%
8
32%
Alim McNeill
DT
33
72%
2
8%
Jack Campbell
LB
31
67%
1
4%
John Cominsky
DE
27
59%
3
12%
Benito Jones
DT
24
52%
9
36%
Josh Paschal
DE
22
48%
0
0%
Julian Okwara
LB
18
39%
1
4%
Derrick Barnes
LB
17
37%
11
44%
Brodric Martin
DT
11
24%
0
0%
Charles Harris
DE
10
22%
3
12%
Romeo Okwara
DE
5
11%
3
12%
Khalil Dorsey
CB
0
0%
17
68%
Anthony Pittman
LB
0
0%
17
68%
Jalen Reeves-Maybin
LB
0
0%
17
68%
Chase Lucas
CB
0
0%
17
68%
Ifeatu Melifonwu
CB
0
0%
16
64%
Will Harris
SS
0
0%
15
60%
Branch getting 100% of snaps ahead of Walker is notable
Will Harris getting zero defensive snaps will make a lot of people happy
Julian Okwara getting some serious playing time, more than coaching favorite Derrick Barnes. Maybe he’s finally making some progress
Romeo Okwara 5 snaps and C Harris 10 is maybe just a consequence of less need to rotate due to the defense only being on the field for 46 snaps, but they’re both clearly well behind Cominsky and Paschal in the pecking order. They’re both also behind Julian now, although Julian does play a different role as a pass rushing SAM LB rather than a pure DE
Special Teams
Snaps
%
Jack Fox
P
15
60%
Scott Daly
LS
8
32%
Riley Patterson
K
7
28%
I don’t know why Holmes signed a long snapper to replace Daly, Jack Fox can probably long snap and punt
Interesting indeed on Vaitai. My assumption on Big V is that the coaches have him active as an emergency but that his back just needs continued rest. If they can avoid tweaking it, perhaps they can get it right for the remainder of the season. ST line blocking is different than on the line power blocking during offensive plays.
Vaiti is “healthy” but no healthy enough to play 60+ snaps a game.
Branch is definitely the S/DB starter.
5 DB sets, hes the slot. 4 DB sets hes the FS. Which is GREAT to see.
Julian is SHINNING! His pass rush win rate is really good. As is his pressure rate. Making him essential on 3rd down.
Romeo and Charles are VERY disappointing this season. Comish, Paschal and Julian are getting their share. When Houston gets back, Harris will be a non factor maybe even a healthy scratch.
Romeo tho. Idk. He feels like a place holder.
And Jamo. Unless he starts showing he can be reliable, hes not going to get any more than 30-40% of snaps, ESPECIALLY now with DPJ in the rotation
And yea Mitchell has become a FB/TE used almost exclusively on running downs. 2nd/3rd and short for blocking. Then doing some ben Johnson magic and play action to him 1-2x a game.
It’s hard to gauge how much of an impact a space eater is making unless you are really looking hard for it. Especially with so few snaps. Hopefully he can become more of a ‘splash’ type of player, but simply being a good space eater has a ton of value too.
