According to the NFL’s official player participation information, here’s how the Tennessee Titans lined up in yesterday’s 36-7 loss to the New York Giants:
Offense (58 total)
QB: Zach Mettenberger 41, Jake Locker 17
RB/FB: Leon Washington 32, Bishop Sankey 24, Dexter McCluster 5, Antonio Andrews 2, Jackie Battle 2
TE: Delanie Walker 56, Brett Brackett 8, Chase Coffman 3
WR: Nate Washington 57, Derek Hagan 52, Kris Durham 47
OL: Andy Levitre 58, Chris Spencer 58, Will Svitek 58, Chance Warmack 58, Terren Jones 42, Byron Stingily 16, Eric Olsen 1
Other: Karl Klug 1
Defense (74 total)
DL: Jurrell Casey 66, Sammie Hill 45, Karl Klug 28, Ropati Pitoitua 27, Mike Martin 20, Al Woods 11
OLB: Derrick Morgan 72, Quentin Groves 32, Dontay Moch 27
ILB: Avery Williamson 74, Wesley Woodyard 47, Zaviar Gooden 2
CB: Jason McCourty 72, Coty Sensabaugh 70, Marqueston Huff 40, Brandon Harris 24, Blidi Wreh-Wilson 6
S: Michael Griffin 74, George Wilson 74, Daimion Stafford 3
Beau Brinkley, Kaelin Burnett, and Justin Staples each only appeared on special teams. Charlie Whitehurst was active but did not appear in the game.
News and notes:
1. 58 snaps on offense, 74 snaps on defense. That pretty much matches the season averages (59.3 v. 73.2). That’s not where you want to be as a team.
2. Leon Washington’s 32 snaps were a season high. It was the first time he led all Titans backs in snaps. His previous high for snaps in a game was just 18, all the way back in Week 1 when the Titans ran 79 plays. He’d played 18 snaps in the previous three games combined. Sure, why not give your veteran spare part a bunch of work in a Week 14 blowout that drops you to 2-11?
3. I commented in my pregame post that I didn’t really see much point in having Antonio Andrews up if, like Shonn Greene, you weren’t really going to use him. Getting 2 snaps, yeah. I know, he returned three kickoffs, but kickoffs are why Leon Washington is on the roster. NFL teams confuse me sometimes.
4. Season-low 3 snaps for Chase Coffman, in the game where even I thought it would have made sense to play Chase Coffman more. With that motley collection of wideouts (and Dexter McCluster got a couple snaps there before his disappearing act), playing more 2-TE would have been smart, so naturally the Titans played hardly any of it (or 2-back, for that matter). You can blame this on game situation if you want, since the Titans were down 17-0 in the first quarter, or you can put another interpretation on it.
5. Byron Stingily’s ankle injury gave Terren Jones plenty of playing time.
6. It’s going to be fascinating to see what the Titans do on the defensive line in the offseason. Playing time indicates of late, assuming the Titans are trying on defense, that Jurrell Casey and Sammie Hill are the keepers and the rest of the players are rotational guys. Do they look to really overhaul this position group? Given that other position groups *cough*OLB*cough* need to be overhauled more, do they just make some minor changes and put a happy face bandage on it?
7. The secondary playing time is it looks like when Blidi Wreh-Wilson goes on the sixth play from scrimmage and Daimion Stafford also goes down early. That’s one starter and a key sub package player, which makes for a reasonable amount of forcing players into situations. New York took advantage early and was extremely efficient until they were up 30-0, at which point their offense wasn’t as consistently effective.
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