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Rams vs. Buccaneers snap counts: rotating defensive line, run-heavy personnel

What do the Buccaneers' snap counts tell us about their intentions on the defensive line, and on offense?

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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a lot of players injured against the St. Louis Rams, which led to some interesting changes in snap counts. The resulting defensive line workloads are interesting. Clinton McDonald, Akeem Spence and William Gholston led the way, but Da'Quan Bowers, Scott Solomon and Larry English all got significant playing time as well. And even Jacquies Smith managed 7 snaps. A heavy rotation is a necessity on the defensive line in cases like this.

Also interesting is the fact that Brandon Myers played all but two snaps on offense, Luke Stocker played 26 snaps and even Jorvorskie Lane got 18 snaps. The Bucs clearly wanted to run the ball, and kept their heavy personnel out there for most of the game. And despite not exactly disguising their intentions, they still managed to be very productive in the running game. Also interesting: Robert Herron got more snaps than Chris Owusu -- he seems to be taking over as the third receiver fairly quickly.

Player Position Offense % Defense % Special Teams %


57
61
23
A Collins T 57 100%

4 17%
D Dotson T 57 100%

4 17%
P Omameh G 57 100%

4 17%
E Dietrich-Smith C 57 100%



J McCown QB 57 100%



L Mankins G 57 100%



V Jackson WR 57 100%



B Myers TE 55 96%

4 17%
M Evans WR 51 89%



B Rainey RB 46 81%



L Stocker TE 26 46%

11 48%
J Lane FB 18 32%

6 26%
R Herron WR 13 23%



M James RB 10 18%

2 9%
C Owusu WR 9 16%

12 52%
L David LB

61 100% 5 22%
A Verner CB

60 98% 5 22%
J Banks CB

59 97% 5 22%
D Goldson FS

56 92% 5 22%
M Barron SS

56 92% 5 22%
C McDonald DT

55 90% 5 22%
A Spence DT

43 70% 9 39%
W Gholston DE

43 70% 5 22%
J Casillas LB

36 59% 13 57%
D Fletcher LB

36 59% 9 39%
D Bowers DT

36 59% 5 22%
S Solomon DE

33 54% 13 57%
M Foster LB

25 41%

L English DE

19 31% 4 17%
L Johnson CB

16 26% 14 61%
D Lansanah LB

9 15% 13 57%
M Wright SS

9 15% 9 39%
G McCoy DT

8 13%

J Smith DE

7 11% 2 9%
C Butler CB

3 5% 6 26%
K Tandy FS

1 2% 14 61%
R Shepard WR



14 61%
M Koenen P



10 43%
S Patton WR



8 35%
A DePaola LS



6 26%
B McDougald SS



6 26%
B Dixon DB



4 17%
P Murray K



4 17%
G Gilkey C



4 17%
O Cousins T



4 17%

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