Snap Counts on defense are revealing

[3rdEyewarrior]

Work in progress for sure… Getting Gallimore and Joseph on the field can only help.

Good to see Quinn not pandering to “seniority” or pay scale when it comes to LB snaps. Play the guys that give us the best chance to win.

I expected LVE to respond to Quinn’s style and be on the field more than he was last night. Parsons is a stud.

Awuzie took two months to start.

 

[3rdEyewarrior]

i think cox is just waiting in the wings until neal is gone

He needs a year before he can play the run.

 

[3rdEyewarrior]

Brown needs to play bump & run with constant safety help.

 

[America's Cowboy]

If you want to know who the coaches think are your best players and gives us the best chance to win- look at the snap counts after each game.

Let’s look at last night’s defensive snap counts and what they tell us about improving this D:
SNAP COUNT NUMBERS

• Defensive line-
  • DeMarcus Lawrence- 43 snaps- (66% of all def plays)
  • Randy Gregory- 37 snaps (57%)
  • Osa Odighuizua- 36 snaps (55%)
  • Carlos Watkins- 30 snaps (46%)
  • Brent Urban- 28 snaps (43%)
  • Dorance Armstrong- 27 snaps (42%)
  • Terrell Basham- 24snaps (37%)
  • Quinton Bohannon- 20 snaps (31%)
  • Bradley Anae-10 snaps (15%)
• Linebackers
  • Micah Parsons- 51 snaps (78%)
  • Keanu Neal- 50 snaps (77%)
  • Jaylon Smith- 16 snaps (25%)
  • LVE- 14 snaps (22%)
  • Jabril Cox- 1 snap (1%)
• Secondary
  • Trevon Diggs- 65 snaps (100%)
  • Anthony Brown- 65 snaps (100%)
  • Donovan Wilson- 55 snaps (85%)
  • D Kazee -52 snaps (80%)
  • Jourdan Lewis - 49 snaps (75%)
  • Javon Kearse - 40 snaps (62%)
  • M Canady - 2 snaps (3%)

So….what does this tell us?

1. The Cowboys feel better about having Parsons and Neal on the field than LVE and Jaylon.
2. The DL rotations are certainly in flux.
3. For all the ps hype about Nashon Wright and Jabril Cox, they played a grand total of 1 snap between them. That may change as the year progresses.​

It also reveals the stupidity of decision making come game time or crunch time by this set of coaches. You see CB Anthony Brown constantly getting burned throughout the 1st Half, yet you refuse to bring in rookie CB Nayshon Wright who has been a stud in training camp and preseason?

That's just plain stubbornness and stupidity.