honyock
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Here are the (very unofficial) breakdowns for the front 7 defensive rotations vs Tenn.
I counted 49 defensive snaps. I haven’t checked this against the official numbers so I may be off on some snaps that weren’t official due to penalties:
Dallas only had 8 snaps in their base defense, the other 41 were in nickel. So that’s 84% of the snaps in the nickel.
Linebackers: Base was Hitchens, McClain and Carter on all 8.
Of the 41 nickel snaps, it was Carter and McClain for all but one. Carter was in for all 41, and McClain was in for all but the very last snap with less than 30 seconds left, when Hitchens came in for the final play.
Now, the d-line. First, the total snaps by player, not broken down by position:
Mincey...........35 (came all over the line)
T Crawford....28 (mostly at LE)
Hayden..........27
Melton............27
T. McClain.....18
Coleman........19 (All but 2 of those in the second half)
Selvie.............21 (All at LE)
Wilber.............11 (All at RE)
J. Crawford......8 (All but 1 at RE)
Toomer ............2 (At least I think it was his number, really hard to tell)
The starters were Crawford, Melton, Hayden and Mincey, and they led all linemen in snaps. Those four and McClain, Coleman and Selvie were the main rotation, with a committee filling out the snaps at RE.
They played the starters mainly the first two defensive series, then rotated pretty aggressively. The starting combo only started together on four of the ten defensive series, and there was a lot of substituting within the same series, especially on the inside.
Crawford started at LE, and the rotation there was he and Selvie, plus one snap where Mincey and Crawford flipped and Mincey was at LE.
At RE, It was mainly Mincey (28 snaps here), and the rest were split by Wilber (11 snaps), Jack Crawford (8), and Toomer (2).
Melton and McClain split 3-tech on all base snaps. Hayden was 1-tech on all 8 base snaps. Not much to conclude there I guess, with only 16% of the defensive snaps in base d.
Of the nickel snaps, which was the entire second half, the rotation on the inside was Melton, Coleman, Hayden and McClain, who all had roughly the same # of nickel snaps. Mincey had a few inside snaps and the Crawford brothers each had one inside snap in nickel.
Coleman only played 2 first half snaps, but played extensively in the second half...he was in for 17 of the 28 2nd half plays. He played next to McClain and Hayden mainly, but played next to Melton on the inside on four snaps.
They liked sliding Mincey inside and having Wilber next to him at RE. About half of Wilbers snaps were next to Mincey.
Mincey is one strong dude. I was paying more attention to trying to figure out who was in and didn’t try to grade everyone, but when I noticed him on the inside, he was getting some brute force push.
Wilber had a couple of nice plays at RE, but between he, J. Crawford and Toomer…man, I hope Demarcus Lawrence heals up fast.
I counted 49 defensive snaps. I haven’t checked this against the official numbers so I may be off on some snaps that weren’t official due to penalties:
Dallas only had 8 snaps in their base defense, the other 41 were in nickel. So that’s 84% of the snaps in the nickel.
Linebackers: Base was Hitchens, McClain and Carter on all 8.
Of the 41 nickel snaps, it was Carter and McClain for all but one. Carter was in for all 41, and McClain was in for all but the very last snap with less than 30 seconds left, when Hitchens came in for the final play.
Now, the d-line. First, the total snaps by player, not broken down by position:
Mincey...........35 (came all over the line)
T Crawford....28 (mostly at LE)
Hayden..........27
Melton............27
T. McClain.....18
Coleman........19 (All but 2 of those in the second half)
Selvie.............21 (All at LE)
Wilber.............11 (All at RE)
J. Crawford......8 (All but 1 at RE)
Toomer ............2 (At least I think it was his number, really hard to tell)
The starters were Crawford, Melton, Hayden and Mincey, and they led all linemen in snaps. Those four and McClain, Coleman and Selvie were the main rotation, with a committee filling out the snaps at RE.
They played the starters mainly the first two defensive series, then rotated pretty aggressively. The starting combo only started together on four of the ten defensive series, and there was a lot of substituting within the same series, especially on the inside.
Crawford started at LE, and the rotation there was he and Selvie, plus one snap where Mincey and Crawford flipped and Mincey was at LE.
At RE, It was mainly Mincey (28 snaps here), and the rest were split by Wilber (11 snaps), Jack Crawford (8), and Toomer (2).
Melton and McClain split 3-tech on all base snaps. Hayden was 1-tech on all 8 base snaps. Not much to conclude there I guess, with only 16% of the defensive snaps in base d.
Of the nickel snaps, which was the entire second half, the rotation on the inside was Melton, Coleman, Hayden and McClain, who all had roughly the same # of nickel snaps. Mincey had a few inside snaps and the Crawford brothers each had one inside snap in nickel.
Coleman only played 2 first half snaps, but played extensively in the second half...he was in for 17 of the 28 2nd half plays. He played next to McClain and Hayden mainly, but played next to Melton on the inside on four snaps.
They liked sliding Mincey inside and having Wilber next to him at RE. About half of Wilbers snaps were next to Mincey.
Mincey is one strong dude. I was paying more attention to trying to figure out who was in and didn’t try to grade everyone, but when I noticed him on the inside, he was getting some brute force push.
Wilber had a couple of nice plays at RE, but between he, J. Crawford and Toomer…man, I hope Demarcus Lawrence heals up fast.
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