Snap To It: Week 4's Snap Count Review, 2021 Fantasy Football

ARI

Some things stay the same
- All 4 weeks, it has been DeAndre Hopkins, A.J. Green, Christian Kirk, and then Rondale Moore, in that order.
- For 3 weeks, Chase Edmonds has been right around 65% snap rate. Chase Edmonds did get 2 carries inside the 10 this week, unfortunately, James Conner got 5.

ATL

The Curious Case of Cordarrelle
- - Cordarrelle Patterson snap rate was on the rise in week 3 reaching 42%. Unfortunately, in week 4 it dropped to 31%. Even without a high snap rate, he’s averaging 12 touches across the last 3 games.

BAL

Disappeared as fast as Mike Tyson
- Mike Tyson’s money lasted longer than Ty’Son Williams playing time. After sitting right around 50% in the first 3 weeks, he was a healthy scratch in week 4.
- Latavius Murray took the majority at 63% of the snaps with Le’Veon Bell coming in 2nd at 28%. DeVonta Freeman (8%) and Trenton Cannon (1%) were minor pieces.

BUF

Moss Mania
- After a confusing first 2 weeks, the Bills RB situation seems a bit more settled now. Zack Moss has had 56% of the snaps in back to back weeks with Devin Singletary sitting in the mid 40%.

CAR

CMC Music Company
- Without CMC around, o yeah, let’s remember the Panthers were without their best offensive weapon, it was Hubbard who took just under 50% of the snaps.
- Second in snaps at RB was the previously inactive Rodney Smith that saw 37% of the snaps compared to Royce Freeman’s 17%.

CHI

Bears Minus Monty
- After Monty left this game, it was 33% Damien Williams and 12% Khalil Herbert. Assuming Damien Williams is healthy, it’s likely he’s the one that sees the majority of the snaps in this backfield.

CIN

What’s the Mix Without Mixon?
- Joe Mixon left this game in the 4th quarter. So, we don’t have much to go on, but Samaje Perine saw 28% compared to Chris Evans 3%. Mixon has gone from week to week to day to day. Now, hour by hour, we wait for new information so that we have up to the minute information for Sunday.
- Without Tee Higgins in week 4, I wrote last week that I thought Auden Tate might see a significant bump. Well, after 57% of the snaps this week, both Auden Tate (34%) and the other Mike Thomas (31%) split snaps.

CLE

OBJ, no, not what Urban Meyer asked that woman for, Odell Beckham Jr.
- After only 64% snap rate in his first week back, he jumped to 81% in his 2nd week. DPJ and Rashard Higgins were within 5 snaps of each other for WR2 honors.
- This was the first week of the season that Kareem Hunt out snapped Nick Chubb.

DAL

Receiving Options, but Will There Be Enough Receptions
- Amari Cooper missed part of this game with a hamstring. It’s clear that next up would be Cedrick Wilson who clocked 60% of the snaps this week.
- Dalton Schultz saw a season high 83% snap rate.

DEN

Bridge the Gap Until Jeudy Lock(s) It In
- It’s Courtland Sutton and then Tim Patrick at WR1 and WR2. Kendall Hilton (43%) and newly signed David Moore (signed in week 3, 31%) split WR3 duties sans Jeudy and Hamler.

DET

Staying Shwifty
- Swift saw a season high snap rate at 73%.
- Quintez Cephus and Kalif Raymond continue to be 1 and 2 in WR snaps. Amon Ra St. Brown was only 2 snaps behind Kalif this week.

Dillon Day
- The Packers lead most of the game and A.J. Dillon saw his high in snap rate at 40%.
- Without MVS, Allen Lazard jumped to 79% and Randall Cobb played just under half of the snaps. 2nd week in a row with Robert Tonyan seeing over 70% of the snaps is a nice sign for him.

HOU

Not Enough Cooks in the Kitchen
- Outside of Brandin Cooks, there’s not much in Houston for fantasy goodness. David Johnson saw his season high snap rate at 57% FWIW.

IND

Game Script Pending Snaps
- After Nyheim Hines lead the backfield in week 3’s snaps, Jonthan Taylor took back 51% of the snaps in week 4. Hines and Marlon Mack each had 31%.
- The top 2 WRs were Michael Pittman and Zach Pascal by a significant margin this week. Parris Campbell was sub-50% snaps.

JAX

Viska SheVaulting Up
- With D.J. Chark leaving this game early with a season ending ankle injury, Laviska Shenault saw 75% of the snaps. The biggest change was actually Tavon Austin though who saw 73% of the snaps sans Chark.

Maybe More is Less for CEH
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire has seen his snap rate drop each week of the season, but his fantasy owners have seen him perform better over the last 2 weeks. He only saw 52% of the snaps in week 4 with Darrel Williams (36%) and Jerick McKinnon (12%) taking some of the workload off of CEH’s shoulders.

LAC

Rountree Baby Right Roun
- Larry Rountree has 2 weeks between 25% and 30% (week 1 and 4). After a season high 74% snaps in week 3, Austin Ekeler dropped back to 60% in week 4. I’d guess he’s closer to the 60%-65% rate ROS (as does Rudy’s ROS projections).

LAR

Returning to NorMichelcy
- After Darrell Henderson missed week 3, he saw 90% of the snaps in week 4. Sony Michel is the clear handcuff, but that’s all he is.
- Robert Woods has also resumed his role of primary WR in the offense. After kind of splitting snaps with Van Jefferson to start the season, Woods has been at 98%, 88% and 96% the last 3 weeks. Van Jefferson saw a season low of 68% of the snaps. As much as I like what we’ve seen from Van Jefferson, I think it’s time to buy Woods and sell Van.

Just Joshing Around
- After missing a couple weeks, Josh Jacobs returned to get his highest snap rate of the season at 63%. While Kenyan Drake didn’t do much (I’m being very generous), he did get in on 35% of the Raiders snaps.
- As receiving options go, you can pretty much bet on Darren Waller having the most, then Bryan Edwards and Henry Ruggs III, and finally Hunter Renfrow as the WR3.

MIA

Blew A Gaskin
- Myles Gaskin went from primary back with no competition in the pre-season to 23% in week 4. They didn’t run in the 2nd half, but it’s still not what any Gaskin owners want to see. No, I can’t explain why Malcolm Brown is playing more other than blocking.
- Mike Gesicki’s snap rate has solidified, but for the first week, DeVante Parker out snapped Jaylen Waddle.

MIN

When Will Dalvin Cook Again?
- In his return, Dalvin Cook played 49% of the snaps with Alexander Mattison taking 34% and Ameer Abdullah at 7%.

Victory Goes to the Bolden
- Brandon Bolden has taken the James White role and the accompanying snaps with that role. Damien Harris did clock a season high 61% of the snaps in a game that NE tried to keep slow.
- In his return, N’Keal Harry only saw 25% of the snaps. It is still Jakobi Meyers, Nelson Agholor, and Kendrick Bourne, in that order.

AK87
- Alvin Kamara clocked in at 87% snap rate in week 4. No big surprise there. With Tony Jones Jr. getting injured, Dwayne Washington and Alex Armah split the 8 snaps AK wasn’t out on the field for. These are not starting options.

NYG

One Big Golladay
- Missing Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton, it was Kenny Golladay (92%) and Kadarius Toney (78%) that took the lead WR spots. John Ross saw 44% in his first action of the season.
- Evan Engram went from 56% in week 3 to 68% in week 4. We’ll see where that snap count ends up when he’s fully healthy.

NYJ

Crowdered Backfield
- While the Jets RB situation is still a mess, Michael Carter saw his season high (although not out of the norm) in snap rate at 51%. It wasn’t so much that Carter saw more snaps, but that he lead the team with Ty Johnson and Tevin Coleman split the remaining touches.
- Jamison Crowder got 62% of the snaps in his first game of the season, but the Jets were also without Elijah Moore who missed with a concussion. For my fellow Denzel Mims truthers, at least he saw 10 snaps in this one.

PHI

Is Gainwell Gaining?
- Not in snap count at least. He’s still sitting pretty solidly in the 30%-40% snap rate with Miles Sanders taking 60%-70%.
- Ertz finally showed some life in the last 2 weeks, but I’d still rather bet on a TE that wasn’t the TE2 on his own team (averaging ~56% snap rate).

PIT

Najeenanajar, How Is That Hard to Say?
- For the first week all season, Najee didn’t register 95% or more of the snaps. Still leads all RBs in snaps with an 80% showing this week.
- When all 3 WRs have been healthy this year, the snaps go Juju, Diontae, and then Claypool.

SEA

Coffee With Carson and Collins
- Alex Collins saw a season high of 39% snaps in week 4. There haven’t been any reports that Chris Carson was injured, so his workload may not be quite as significant as we had hoped. I have always been a fan of Alex Collins, and he would be an interesting pickup for in slightly deeper leagues.

Sermon Subpoenas
- Trey Sermon has been between 50% and 60% for the last 2 weeks. Yes, I’m sure you’ll hear he’s being out snapped by Kyle Juszczyk, but he is the fullback for the team and is used to block even on passing downs.
- Deebo Samuel is the clear WR1 here. Brandon Aiyuk saw a bump in week 3 to 86%, but fell back to 68% in week 4. He’s the WR2, but it’s a situation where he’s getting less snaps than your typical WR2 compared to the team’s WR1.

Four-show and 7 Years Ago
- Leo Fournette saw 83% of the snaps without Giovani Bernard available to the Bucs. For the time being, it seems like Fournette is the safer play in this backfield.
- It’s still Mike Evans and Chris Godwin as the clear WR1 and WR2 with Antonio Brown coming in as the WR3. Cameron Brate and O.J. Howard split the TE snaps equally without Gronk in week 4.

TEN

Jones-ing for Some Receivers
- With A.J. Brown and Julio Jones missing in this one, Nick Westbrook lead the team in snaps at WR with Josh Reynolds a close 2nd.
- Derrick Henry only played on 60% of the snaps, but I wouldn’t worry too much as he still had 35 touches.

WAS

Ricky’s Seal of Approval
- With Logan Thomas leaving early, it was Ricky Seals-Jones that took the snaps at TE for the WFT. Dyami Brown and Adam Humphries pretty much split WR2 duties in this one behind Terry.
- J.D. McKissic continues to have his role as the primary 3rd down back, taking 42% of the snaps to Antonio Gibson’s 58%.

Week 4 Teams Snaps – Team Snaps

Team	Wk 1 Ply	Wk 1 Opp	Wk 2 Ply	Wk 2 Opp	Wk 3 Ply	Wk 3 Opp	Wk 4 Opp	Wk 4 Ply	wk 4 total
SEA	53	IND	52	TEN	52	MIN	SF	54	211
WAS	49	LAC	69	NYG	50	BUF	ATL	62	230
MIA	52	NE	70	BUF	78	LV	IND	49	249
LAR	50	CHI	60	IND	63	TB	ARI	64	237
NYJ	60	CAR	68	NE	53	DEN	TEN	60	241
LV	80	BAL	64	PIT	81	MIA	LAC	56	281
CIN	68	MIN	54	CHI	43	PIT	JAX	55	220
PHI	67	ATL	55	SF	53	DAL	KC	70	245
HOU	75	JAX	58	CLE	49	CAR	BUF	42	224
TB	64	DAL	60	ATL	71	LAR	NE	74	269
JAX	68	HOU	50	DEN	66	ARI	CIN	55	239
NYG	59	DEN	64	WAS	64	ATL	NO	60	247
PIT	55	BUF	56	LV	77	CIN	GB	58	246
NE	70	MIA	57	NYJ	70	NO	TB	54	251
NO	60	GB	43	CAR	62	NE	NYG	65	230
KC	61	CLE	49	BAL	76	LAC	PHI	63	249
MIN	75	CIN	60	ARI	73	SEA	CLE	63	271
ARI	67	TEN	60	MIN	64	JAX	LAR	75	266
ATL	64	PHI	69	TB	59	NYG	WAS	71	263
SF	55	DET	68	PHI	65	GB	SEA	72	260
CHI	69	LAR	61	CIN	42	CLE	DET	57	229
BAL	67	LV	68	KC	57	DET	DEN	70	262
DAL	77	TB	60	LAC	71	PHI	CAR	56	264
LAC	78	WAS	62	DAL	61	KC	LV	75	276
GB	52	NO	61	DET	59	SF	PIT	72	244
TEN	64	ARI	83	SEA	65	IND	NYJ	93	305
DEN	66	NYG	67	JAX	64	NYJ	BAL	59	256
DET	84	SF	56	GB	60	BAL	CHI	67	267
IND	71	SEA	65	LAR	57	TEN	MIA	67	260
CLE	56	KC	57	HOU	78	CHI	MIN	74	265
BUF	79	PIT	64	MIA	77	WAS	HOU	71	291
CAR	63	NYJ	74	NO	69	HOU	DAL	68	274

Week 4 Teams Snaps – Allowed Snaps

Team	WK 1 ALWD	WK 2 ALWD	WK 3 ALWD	WK 4 ALWD	TOTAL ALWD
SEA	71	83	73	72	299
WAS	78	64	77	71	290
MIA	70	64	81	67	282
LAR	69	65	71	75	280
NYJ	63	57	64	93	277
LV	67	56	78	75	276
CIN	75	61	77	55	268
PHI	64	68	71	63	266
HOU	68	57	69	71	265
TB	77	69	63	54	263
JAX	75	67	64	55	261
NYG	66	69	59	65	259
PIT	79	64	43	72	258
NE	52	68	62	74	256
NO	52	74	70	60	256
KC	56	68	61	70	255
MIN	68	60	52	74	254
ARI	64	60	66	64	254
ATL	67	60	64	62	253
SF	84	55	59	54	252
CHI	50	54	78	67	249
BAL	80	49	60	59	248
DAL	64	62	53	68	247
LAC	49	60	76	56	241
GB	60	56	65	58	239
TEN	67	52	57	60	236
DEN	59	50	53	70	232
DET	55	61	57	57	230
IND	53	60	65	49	227
CLE	61	58	42	63	224
BUF	55	70	50	42	217
CAR	60	43	49	56	208