According to the NFL’s official player participation information, here’s how the Titans lined up in yesterday’s 33-7 loss in Cincinnati to the Bengals:
Offense (69 total)
QB: Jake Locker 69
RB/FB: Bishop Sankey 29, Dexter McCluster 18, Shonn Greene 14, Leon Washington 8, Jackie Battle 6
TE: Delanie Walker 43, Craig Stevens 27, Taylor Thompson 19
WR: Nate Washington 61, Justin Hunter 57, Kendall Wright 54
OL: Andy Levitre 69, Michael Oher 69, Brian Schwenke 69, Chance Warmack 69, Michael Roos 55, Taylor Lewan 16
Defense (61 total)
DL: Jurrell Casey 55, Ropati Pitoitua 45, Sammie Hill 43, Al Woods 15, Karl Klug 14
OLB: Derrick Morgan 49, Kamerion Wimbley 36, Shaun Phillips 20, Quentin Groves 4
ILB: Wesley Woodyard 61, Zaviar Gooden 21, Avery Williamson 13
CB: Blidi Wreh-Wilson 58, Jason McCourty 50, Coty Sensabaugh 42, Marqueston Huff 1
S: Michael Griffin 61, Bernard Pollard 53, George Wilson 30
James Anderson, Beau Brinkley, Chris Spencer, and Daimion Stafford each only appeared on special teams. Brandon Harris (at least per the Gamebook) and Charlie Whitehurst were each active but did not appear in the game.
Notes:
1. The Titans actually ran more plays than the Bengals did. Sometimes when you see that it’s a second-half issue, with the leading time having short drives and the trailing one chunking out lots of short gains. Not so Sunday, as the Titans ran more plays than the Bengals in the first half. Should that change how we think of the game, that the Bengals dominated less than it felt like? I don’t think so, because the Bengals were much more consistently successful on their snaps than the Titans were on theirs.
2. Third week of the season, third different back to lead the group in snaps. This could be the way it’s going to be all season. With 10 carries in 14 snaps, Shonn Greene has now carried the ball over half the time he’s been in the game.
3. Season-high in snaps for Craig Stevens, season-low in playing time percentage for Delanie Walker. With the Titans getting the run game more involved, that’s no surprise.
4. The wide receiver rotation is the wide receiver rotation. Once again, plenty of 3WR sets so lots of playing time for the three players, who are clearly the top three without a fourth worth getting many snaps to be found.
5. More late game snaps for Taylor Lewan, and he was involved with another personal foul call. Thankfully, this one was not on him.
6. Based on the way the game developed, with the Bengals running a lot, no surprise to see Karl Klug’s low snap total. I would’ve guessed Al Woods got more snaps than he did, though, with Sammie Hill and Ropati Pitoitua getting more of a rest than they did.
7. I mentioned this on Twitter during the game, but it seemed like at least for a stretch the Titans were matching Zaviar Gooden to Gio Bernard, more of a space player, and Avery Williamson to Jeremy Hill, more of a between-the-tackles pounder. No matter which back was on the field, though, George Wilson played next to Wesley Woodyard when the Bengals went to three wide receivers.
8. With Wreh-Wilson not playing the full game, Michael Griffin is the only defensive player to play every snap.
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