According to the NFL’s official player participation information, here’s how the Tennessee Titans lined up in yesterday’s 30-8 loss to the New York Jets:
Offense (60 total)
QB: Marcus Mariota 60
RB/FB: Antonio Andrews 32, Dexter McCluster 22, David Cobb 7, Jalston Fowler 5
WR: Dorial Green-Beckham 54, Harry Douglas 53, Tre McBride 11, Andrew Turzilli 10
TE: Delanie Walker 48, Anthony Fasano 42, Craig Stevens 17, Phillip Supernaw 4
OL: Byron Bell 61, Andy Gallik 61, Taylor Lewan 61, Quinton Spain 61, Chance Warmack 61
Defense (73 total)
DL: Jurrell Casey 60, DaQuan Jones 42, Karl Klug 24, Angelo Blackson 16, Sammie Hill 14, Al Woods 7
OLB: David Bass 69, Brian Orakpo 66, J.R. Tavai 7
ILB: Avery Williamson 66, Zach Brown 34, Wesley Woodyard 26, Justin Staples 4
CB: Coty Sensabaugh 73, Perrish Cox 71, B.W. Webb 59, Cody Riggs 11
S: Michael Griffin 73, Da’Norris Searcy 46, Daimion Stafford 28, Marqueston Huff 8
Beau Brinkley and Steven Johnson each only appeared on special teams. Joe Looney, Zach Mettenberger, and Jeremiah Poutasi were all active but did not appear in the game.
News and notes and maybe some box score/play-by-play-related observations of the sort that normally appear in the recap post:
1. R.I.P. the David Cobb experiment? From 8 to 12 to 28 snaps the previous three weeks, back down to 7, and not getting an even number of series. The Titans’ lack of success on the ground (just 1 of 11 called runs was successful) may have limited his work somewhat, as Antonio Andrews and Dexter McCluster are the passing game backs. McCluster’s 22 snaps were his most since Week 9 against the Saints.
2. First time in his career Dorial Green-Beckham played the most snaps of any Titans receiver after Harry Douglas held high honors in the other non-Kendall Wright games. Tre McBride (1 snap last week) and Andrew Turzilli (NFL debut) set career highs for snaps; McBride was not targeted, while Turzilli caught both of his and also had a false start.
3. Delanie Walker’s 13 targets were a season high, surpassing the 12 he had last week and Kendall Wright had against the Colts in Week 3. His 102 targets (including all plays negated by penalty) are the most on the team by a significant margin, well ahead of Douglas and Wright at 63 each. Craig Stevens, a week after we heard about his receiving prowess against the Jaguars, was not targeted and played his fewest snaps since Week 10 against the Panthers. The disparity between his snap total and Anthony Fasano’s is the biggest it’s been all season.
4. Another week, no in-game changes on the offensive line and the same C-RG-RT combo we’ve seen for the past six weeks, which makes the failure to pick up the E-T that gave Muhammad Wilkerson an easy sack of Marcus Mariota so aggravating.
5. A very “the opposing team is in 3-wide” defensive line rotation, with Jurrell Casey playing too many snaps, DaQuan Jones next, and the nose tackles not getting much work at all.
6. J.R. Tavai was Brian Orakpo’s backup, Justin Staples David Bass’s. At least that’s what the snap counts indicate and my eyes did spot both of them there during the game.
7. This was the first time in the Mike Mularkey era Zach Brown played more than Wesley Woodyard. The Jets’ preferred personnel packages were probably part of that.
8. B.W. Webb led the team with 8 tackles (7 solo) while seeing his most extensive action in two-tone blue (or the ugly white things they actually wore Sunday, you get the point). You generally really do not want a cornerback to lead your team in tackles. Jets WR3 Quincy Enunwa played 48 snaps to his 59, though Devin Smith also played a fair amount (35 snaps) before his injury.
9. Marqueston Huff’s 8 snaps matched his total from the previous six games combined and tied the Week 3 Colts game for his most outside of Week 1’s blowout. I believe he took over a dime role after Da’Norris Searcy was hurt.
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