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Broncos vs. Vikings preseason snap counts

Here are the snaps counts from the Denver Broncos 42-28 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1 of the preseason.

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With the Denver Broncos first team offense playing a grand total of seven snaps and Von Miller not playing at all, many of the guys who are second though fourth string saw plenty of action on Saturday.

Here is the offensive snap data:

Player O Snaps O snap% POS
E Wilkinson 54 89% T
M LaCosse 38 62% TE
J Dielman 37 61% G
J Poutasi 32 52% T
A Schlottmann 32 52% G
C Kelly 32 52% QB
C Kouandjio 29 48% T
A Knappe 28 46% T
R Cracraft 26 43% WR
M Garcia 24 39% G
B Parker 22 36% TE
B Turner 22 36% G
P Lynch 22 36% QB
D Williams 21 34% RB
J Leslie 21 34% WR
T Patrick 19 31% WR
C Sutton 19 31% WR
J Diarse 17 28% WR
S Jones 17 28% C
D Hamilton 17 28% WR
I McKenzie 15 25% WR
M Chapman 15 25% WR
P Lindsay 14 23% RB
C McGovern 12 20% C
D Henderson 11 18% RB
A Traylor 11 18% TE
R Freeman 9 15% RB
G Bolles 7 11% T
M Paradis 7 11% C
D Thomas 7 11% WR
J Veldheer 7 11% T
E Sanders 7 11% WR
C Keenum 7 11% QB
D Booker 6 10% RB
J Butt 5 8% TE
A Janovich 2 3% FB

Elijah Wilkinson got a lot of work at offensive tackle. I’m not sure what that means other than the coaching staff obviously wanted to see him play this past game. On the other end of the spectrum Andy Janovich only got two offensive snaps, so if they were using a fullback with the second team offense, it was not him.

Now on to the defensive data:

Player D Snaps D Snap% Pos
W Parks 61 78% FS
B Langley 57 73% CB
I Yiadom 46 59% DB
J Jewell 42 54% LB
T Marshall 37 47% DB
C Smith 35 45% CB
D Walker 33 42% DE
J Garcia-Williams 32 41% LB
J Holland 31 40% LB
Z Anderson 26 33% LB
Z Kerr 26 33% DT
S Harris 26 33% DE
M Hunter 25 32% CB
S Barrett 24 31% LB
D Thomas 23 29% S
A Gotsis 23 29% DE
M Rush 22 28% LB
J Carter 21 27% S
D Williams 20 26% DT
K Peko 18 23% DT
K Bierria 17 22% LB
J Simmons 17 22% S
B Marshall 17 22% LB
D Stewart 17 22% S
C Harris 16 21% CB
B Roby 16 21% CB
D Wolfe 15 19% DE
B Chubb 15 19% DE
A Simmons 13 17% DE
S Ray 12 15% LB
P Boyette 10 13% DT
D Peko 10 13% DT
M Rios 8 10% CB
S Maponga 7 9% LB
B Bower 4 5% CB
C Lyons 4 5% DT

Will Parks played a great deal for a guy who was a de facto starter for part of the year in 2017 (when we went to heavy nickel). Josey Jewell also so a lot of action along with fellow (highly-targetted) rookie Isaac Yiadom. I’m a little surprised at how few snaps Shane Ray got, but I guess he was the starting OLB on one side with Von Miller sitting for the whole game.

What if anything surprised you about this snap data? Sound off in the comments.