According to the NFL’s official player participation information, here’s how the Tennessee Titans lined up in yesterday’s 43-24 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles:
Offense (68 total)
QB: Zach Mettenberger 68
RB/FB: Dexter McCluster 26, Bishop Sankey 22, Shonn Greene 9, Jackie Battle 8, Leon Washington 8, Antonio Andrews 6
TE: Delanie Walker 49, Brett Brackett 26, Chase Coffman 16
WR: Justin Hunter 63, Kendall Wright 48, Nate Washington 40, Derek Hagan 7
OL: Andy Levitre 68, Michael Oher 68, Chance Warmack 68, Brian Schwenke 64, Taylor Lewan 51, Byron Stingily 28, Chris Spencer 3
Defense (87 total)
DL: Jurrell Casey 70, Sammie Hill 52, Mike Martin 43, Karl Klug 30, Al Woods 16, DaQuan Jones 14
OLB: Derrick Morgan 75, Shaun Phillips 49, Quentin Groves 29, Kamerion Wimbley 21
ILB: Wesley Woodyard 71, Avery Williamson 67, Zaviar Gooden 12
CB: Jason McCourty 87, Coty Sensabaugh 87, Brandon Ghee 70, Brandon Harris 8
S: Michael Griffin 78, George Wilson 54, Daimion Stafford 24
With the defensive personnel packages and offensive line injuries, Beau Brinkley and linebacker Justin Staples, making his NFL debut, were the only players who appeared on special teams but did not play on offense or defense. Jake Locker was active but did not play.
Notes:
1. First game since Week 2 Bishop Sankey did not lead the team in snaps among running backs, when Dexter McCluster did, as he did yesterday. As I said in the preview post, I don’t quite understand why you have three backs get under 10 snaps each.
2. Brett Brackett’s 26 snaps were the most by the “blocking” tight end since Craig Stevens played 27 snaps against the Bengals back in Week 3. Richard Gordon played more as a percentage of snaps last week, but, y’know, only 40 snaps for the whole offense.
3. Not much work for Nate Washington against the Steelers, but he returned to his normal role this week as part of the regular receiver rotation.
4. If I wanted to, I could make the defensive section all about “player X played the most snaps this season,” just because the 87 snaps matched the season high (set against the Colts in Week 4). Jurrell Casey, Sammie Hill, etc. Relative changes are probably more interesting, like Karl Klug playing more this week than he had the previous two weeks combined (30 v. 22).
5. That whole “bye week evaluation meant Shaun Phillips losing snaps” conclusion I drew after the two previous post-bye games? Kamerion Wimbley’s softness on the edge against the Steelers made for a change against an opponent that likes to run the ball.
6. Zaviar Gooden saw the field on defense more than once for the first time since Week 5 against the Browns.
7. The Titans primarily matched to the Eagles 11 personnel with sub package looks of their own, thus Brandon Ghee, primarily a sub package DB, playing 70 snaps.
8. Not a playing-time note, but the Eagles did not have a great success rate (just 45%, compared to Pittsburgh’s 59% last week) but had a great day offensively because they kept converting third downs (10-19) and had a bunch of chunk plays. The Titans had a dozen plays that gained at least 10 yards, a good total, but the Eagles had 21.
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