Great news for Fantasy Alarm members who have enjoyed the snap count articles! In year's past we've simply included a clunky chart in the article that just showed the most recent week. This year we have a brand new tool that lets you not only look at this week's snaps but the total snaps on the year and percentage played by each player. On top of that you can sort by team or position to see how your guy stacks up!
The best way to consume this article is to have that tool open in another window and then sort by “team” which will automatically sort the players from most to least snaps. Then in this article I'll give you some underlying stats and info regarding those snaps and what sort of actionable data we can extract to help us win our leagues.
Enjoy!
49ers
WR: Brandon Aiyuk was the story, playing only 50% of snaps. Shanahan blamed it on him missing time with a hamstring injury and game script but it’s concerning.
RB: Like clockwork, Raheem Mostert is out for the season. Elijah Mitchell carried the load in his absence. Rookie Trey Sermon was a healthy scratch but now should get some work next week.
TE: George Kittle was used sparingly in a game that was actually 41-17 with 6 minutes left and the ball in the 49ers hands. He pass blocked on 38% of pass plays which would be concerning if we didn’t know the context.
Bears
WR: They picked up where they left off with Allen Robinson and Darnell Mooney playing full snap shares on the outside. Neither Damiere Byrd or Marquise Goodwin captured enough snaps to be exciting.
RB: With Tarik Cohen on PUP it is the David Montgomery show.
TE: Cole Kmet played 51 snaps including 22 lined up at WR. Jimmy Graham only played 14 snaps. The Kmet era is here.
Bengals
WR: Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase were the outside WRs with Boyd in the slot. Boyd came out for two TE sets. It will look like Chase played more snaps than Higgins but Higgins left the game briefly to get an IV for dehydration.
RB: Joe Mixon got the full workload and was everything we had hoped. Let's see if he can maintain that momentum moving forward.
TE: With no other pass catching options, Drew Sample is playing a massive snap share and managed to score this week. Still can’t be trusted.
Bills
WR: It was clearly Stefon Diggs and Emmanuel Sanders on the outside with Cole Beasley in the slot. All three played 90% snap shares. Gabriel Davis was the next man up for four WR sets with a 50% snap share.
RB: In a surprise move, Zach Moss was a healthy scratch. Devin Singletary got the full work load.
TE: Dawson Knox led all tight ends in snaps and had decent deployment as a pass catcher when used but a 50% snap share does not make him relevant.
Browns
WR: It was the split we’ve come to expect here - more run work for Chubb, more pass work for Hunt. Chubb played 13 pass downs, 18 run while Hunt played 20 pass downs, 8 run.
RB: Jarvis Landry led in snaps while Donovan Peoples-Jones filled the Odell role. Rookie Anthony Schwartz played the field stretcher role in three WR sets.
TE: As usual, heavy TE sets for this team. Both Hooper (38 snaps) and Njoku (35) played plenty and they each played around 20 pass plays but they also each blocked on a fourth of their pass snaps. Their upside is capped by the offense and their deployment.
Buccaneers
WR: Antonio Brown was actually the odd man out for two-WR sets but Tom Brady found him plenty anyway. Brown played 64% of snaps while Mike Evans and Chris Godwin both played 95%+.
RB: Ronald Jones fumbled early and was benched but Leonard Fournette let a pass go off his hands for an interception too. Gio Bernard played exclusively on pass downs - 15 routes run and 2 pass snaps on 17 total snaps. Ke’Shawn Vaughn was a healthy scratch.
TE: Rob Gornkowski was the primary in-line tight end though Cameron Brate played a few pass snaps out there running 14 routes. OJ Howard was not a big part of the game plan.
Broncos
WR: Jerry Jeudy suffered a high ankle sprain making way for KJ Hamler to see an increased snap share though Courtland Sutton and Tim Patrick led in snaps. Hamler could be in line to take over Juedy’s slot role in his absence.
RB: The snaps were split right down the middle - 33 for Melvin Gordon and 33 for Javonte Wiliams. Melvin played slightly more pass snaps (22 to 19) while Javonte got a couple more carries. Seems they want it that way.
TE: Noah Fant played a fairly full snap share (51) but Albert Okwuegbunam also played a good chunk of snaps (31), especially after Jerry Jeudy went down. Fant has higher upside with the injury to Jeudy.
Cardinals
WR: DeAndre Hopkins and AJ Green led the way each playing 30 snaps out wide. AJ Green played 93.8% of his snaps out wide. Christian Kirk captured the “Larry Fitz” role in the slot and scored twice. He’ll continue to try to fend off rookie Rondale Moore though all should play plenty with how many 4-WR sets the team uses.
RB: Chase Edmonds led with 40 snaps including running 25 routes. James Conner contributed on the ground but only ran 9 routes. Edmonds the more interesting asset.
TE: Max Williams played a good chunk of snaps but he is not fantasy relevant. He’s a blocker.
Cowboys
WR: Last year CeeDee Lamb played 94% of his snaps in the slot but only 64% overall. That changed dramatically this year as he moved all over, only playing 40% of his snaps in the slot. With an injury to Michael Gallup, the next man up is likely Cedrick Wilson but they will also use two TE sets.
RB: Ezekiel Elliott dominated the snaps 70 to 20. Pollard is just a change of pace back and a handcuff as of now. Zeke spent much of the day pass blocking.
TE: Dalton Schultz played more snaps while running 42 routes but Blake Jarwin wasn’t far behind and ran 40. This TE duo could be fairly unpredictable and neither has a high upside given there spot on the target pecking order.
Chargers
WR: Keenan Allen and Mike Williams dominated the snaps - Mike Williams is the split end playing 90% of his snaps out wide while Allen moves to slot in 3 wide and flanker in 2 wide. Jalen Guyton is the third WR as of now.
RB: Even with Austin Ekeler banged up he played the bulk of the snaps. Rookie Larry Rountree looks like he will get a chance in short yardage situations. Austin Ekeler got 7 carries inside the 20 yard line and every carry inside the 10 which bodes well for him.
TE: Some like Donald Parham this year but the delineation was clear - Jared Cook is the pass catching TE and Parham the blocking TE. Parham blocked on 26 of 41 snaps including 6 pass plays.
Chiefs
WR: Chiefs made this one easy on us - it was Tyreek Hill, Demarcus Robinson, and Mecole Hardman for most snaps. Byron Pringle was relegated to mostly special teams.
RB: The job belongs to CEH - he played 47 snaps to 14 for Darrell Williams including 32 pass snaps (11 for DW).
TE: Kelce is amazing in every way. He lined up at wide receiver on 69% of his snaps and he only pass blocked one time (2.5%). As ideal as it gets.
Colts
WR: Michael Pittman played nearly every snap this week and Zach Pascal wasn’t far behind at 90%. Parris Campbell played a 60% share as the guy who came out for 2 wide sets.
RB: This split reminds me of the Packers split with Aaron Jones (Jonathan Taylor) and Jamaal Williams (Nyheim Hines). They split the pass work fairly evenly but the starter gets the bulk of the running work. Still leaves room for RB1 upside for the starter with dart throw flex appeal for the backup.
TE: They had touted Kylen Granson as playing the “Trey Burton role” but he hardly played at all. Jack Doyle and Mo-Allie Cox split the tight end work with Doyle running more routes. Neither likely to be relevant.
Dolphins
WR: DeVante Parker and Jaylen Waddle played the majority of the wide receiver snaps. The assumption is that Will Fuller will play an equally large snap share upon his return but as of now Albert Wilson is the third guy mixing and matching with tight ends.
RB: Myles Gaskin got the best deployment, especially playing 19 pass plays with 9 carries. Malcolm Brown, as usual for his career, had some strange usage. 16 snaps - 1 route, 4 pass blocking, 5 carries, 6 run blocking. Salvon Ahmed mixed in a little.
TE: Mike Gesicki was used heavily in the slot by previous OC Chan Gailey but with Gailey gone he only played 21 snaps. That said, 18 of them were pass plays and he primarily did line up at WR. Not a large enough snap share to matter and all the other tight ends are primary blockers.
Eagles
WR: DeVonta Smith was THE guy as the only player to play over 30 pass snaps (39 of 41). Jalen Reagor was next playing 29 of 41 and Quez Watkins played the slot. With JJ Arcega-Whiteside potentially injured, the snaps may be more consolidated though.
RB: Miles Sanders led the team in both pass snaps and carries but Kenneth Gainwell contributed as well and flashed a bit. Sanders is a solid start and Gainwell a stash.
TE: Dallas Goedert not only played more snaps but more pass snaps than Zach Ertz but that could have been because Ertz dealt with a hamstring. Ertz still played more snaps at WR (22) than Goedert (14). Goedert is the better blocker of the two so that’s the way it will be.C
Falcons
WR: With the amount of lining up at WR that Pitts is doing, there is really only room for two fantasy relevant WRs, if that. Calvin Ridley is obviously one. The other is Russell Gage who mixed and matched with Pitts in the slot and out wide.
RB: Mike Davis played the bulk of the snaps with Cordarelle Patterson dabbling for a couple pass snaps. They used a fullback Keith Smith for 20 snaps.
TE: The reality here is that Hayden Hurst played “tight end” with 24 snaps in-line and 19 at WR. Pitts played only 12 in-line snaps and played 37 at WR.
Giants
WR: Sterling Shepard led all wide outs with 58 snaps - Golladay was next with 52 which are essentially full snap shares. Darius Slayton was the odd man out for two TE sets. Kadarius Toney barely played.
RB: As they said, Saquon Barkley played limited snaps at only 50%. He’s the only guy you can start from here so it’s him or no one.
TE: Until Evan Engram is back there is no fantasy relevant tight end here. Kyle Rudolph blocked on 6 of his pass plays which is far too many.
Jaguars
WR: The Jaguars used a lot of three wide receiver sets but when someone did need to come out for an extra tight end it was Laviska Shenault. DJ Chark, Marvin Jones,and Shenault played almost all the wide receiver snaps though which is good.
RB: James Robinson got the bulk of the snaps, especially pass work with 38 pass snaps, yet Carlos Hyde led the team in carries. Why?
TE: Speaking of “why?”, James O’Shaughnessy had near perfect deployment for fantasy production. He was essentially used like Travis Kelce. He played 32 snaps at WR which tied Logan Thomas. He didn’t pass block one time. He ran 44 routes. He’s not an explosive athlete by any means but the usage can’t be ignored.
Jets
WR: Corey Davis and Elijah Moore are clearly the guys here, both playing nearly full snap shares and ~40 pass snaps a piece. Braxton Berrios manned the slot role that should belong to Jamison Crowder this week.
RB: Looks like a committee backfield. Tevin Coleman started and got the run work but only played 7 pass snaps - meanwhile Ty Johnson played 35 snaps, 30 of which were pass plays. Johnson is more interesting in most formats. Michael Carter is waiting his turn.
TE: Tyler Kroft played the most snaps but they deployed multiple different tight ends, not of which should be interesting for fantasy. If you are in some insanely deep multi-TE league then Kroft.
Lions
WR: This game, via insane circumstances, saw 92 offensive snaps which is well beyond a typical game. The overtime games this week didn’t even see 92 snaps. Kalif Raymond oddly played the most snaps while everyone else mixed and matched. Amon-Ra St. Brown played exclusively out of the slot meaning his upside should be capped in two WR sets. This team seems to be running tryouts to a certain degree at WR.
RB: Despite Jamaal Williams starting, Swift actually doubled his snaps. Even then, the touches were split fairly evenly. The running backs were heavily targeted but just keep in mind how many overall snaps there were.
TE: TJ Hockenson is the man here playing 78 of 92 snaps.
Packers
WR: Nightmare game. It at least seemed clear that Davante Adams, Allen Lazard, and Marquez Valdez-Scantling were the top three WRs.
RB: The starters got pulled but Aaron Jones was playing a 70% snap share before that happened. AJ Dillon and Kylin Hill aren’t much more than fill-ins most likely.
TE: Before starters were pulled, Tonyan played his usual 60% snap share where he is mostly deployed on pass plays. He’s likely once again a TD dependent option.
Panthers
WR: DJ Moore and Robby Anderson played the relevant pass snaps. Terrace Marshall played slot but was out for two WR sets, capping his upside.
RB: CMC is that dude. End of story.
TE: The Panthers deployed Ian Thomas for blocking duties but preferred Arnold for pass snaps. Even then Arnold only played 23 of 37 pass plays. Not enough.
Patriots
WR: Jakobi Meyes played 74 of 75 snaps but Nelson Agholor was right there with 64. Beyond that they ran too many two TE sets for other relevant WRs.
RB: This team has always been a split backfield and continued to be with Damien Harris on run downs and James White on pass downs. Harris essentially lost the game with a fumble but RB coach Ivan Fears said it “is not something that has been an issue” for him.
TE: In the box score Jonnu Smith got more touches but the alignment actually showed Henry playing more snaps split out wide and blocking on fewer pass plays. Once the rust is off, both tight ends should be productive given that they both played huge and equal snap shares.
Raiders
WR: Looks like the plan is Bryan Edwards at split end, Henry Ruggs at flanker, and Hunter Renfrow at slot. But the real WR1 is Darren Waller.
RB: Jacobs played 45 snaps and Drake played 41. As expected, Jacob got more carries and Drake played on more pass snaps.
TE: Here’s all you need to know. Darren Waller got 20 targets and after Jon Gruden said “he’s the best player I’ve ever coached and we are going to keep going to him”.
Rams
WR: McVay had said DeSean Jackson would “be a big factor” but he only played 14 snaps. After Van Jefferson hit for a 67 yard TD he became the hot hand playing alongside Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods.
RB: So much for Sony Michel. Darrell Henderson played 49 snaps with Michel playing 3. It’s the Henderson show for now.
TE: Tyler Higbee last year blocked on 21.2% of his pass plays - this week he blocked on only 7%. And he played every snap. The tides may have turned for Tyler Higbee.
Ravens
WR: Sammy Watkins is clearly the split end and a big part of the plans. Hollywood Brown is out there at flanker. Devin Duvernay got a lot of work but we’ll have to see how that looks when Rashod Bateman returns.
RB: Ty’son Williams was the guy on pass downs but Latavius Murray crept in there for some run work. There are concerns that Williams made too many mistakes.
TE: Mark Andrews played a higher snap share than he has in the past but Nick Boyle was also out. Andrews and Watkins both played 38 of 40 pass snaps. Better days to come for Andrews.
Saints
WR: Marquez Callaway was the only WR to play a consistent snap share - everyone else mixed and matched. Maybe Tre’Quan Smith can capture a decent share when he returns. Mildly interesting to see Ty Montgomery back playing just WR.
RB: Alvin Kamara is the guy. Tony Jones is just a handcuff.
TE: This was interesting. After poor usage all off-season, Adam Trautman played 51 snaps, ran 18 routes, and caught 6 passes. Meanwhile Juwan Johnson only played 12 snaps but he managed to catch two touchdowns on those snaps. Juwan Johnson would be the more interesting player with more snaps but Trautman is the safer start as of now.
Seahawks
WR: Metcalf and Lockett - as expected. Freddie Swain and D’Wayne Eskridge mixed and matched at the slot but not enough to be relevant.
RB: Chris Carson got all the important work. Rashaad Penny only played 7 snaps.
TE: The split between the tight ends was really disappointing to see. Both split snaps, including pass snaps, pretty much down the middle. With two high end WRs in a low volume pass offensive, one really needed to separate himself. If you have to pick one moving forward, it should be Everett based on athletic profile.
Steelers
WR: JuJu Smith-Schuster (53) led all WRs in snaps - he lined up primarily in the slot but did move to flanker for two wide sets. This team used a lot of three wide so Diontae Johnson (44) and Chase Claypool (39) weren’t too far behind.
RB: Najee Harris played every running back snap. Forget the box score this week - that means upside.
TE: Eric Ebron and Pat Freiermuth split snaps down the middle but Ebron got the better ones with 19 pass snaps to 13 for Freiermuth.
Texans
WR: Brandin Cooks is the obvious number 1. The Titans used a ton of multi-TE looks so Nico Collins and Chris Conley both played about a 50% snap share. One of them needs to capture a much bigger share to be relevant.
RB: Mark Ingram had a huge day on the ground but David Johnson quietly played more pass plays than Ingram (18 to 8). The game script will often call for more David Johnson.
TE: Jordan Akins looked like the favorite coming in and he actually did run the most routes but Pharaoh Brown actually led the team in snaps and got the most targets. The rookie Brevin Jordan does not have a role yet.
Titans
WR: As expected, AJ Brown and Julio Jones played all relevant snaps. The Titans used a lot of multi-TE looks Chester Rodgers and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine rotated in the slot.
RB: Derrick Henry was used as the workhorse in the run game and one again did little in the pass game. Jeremy McNichols played 21 of his 23 snaps on pass plays so that’s what they plan to do.
TE: Geoff Swaim was your blocking tight end and Anthony Firkser played the pass catching role - mostly from a receiver spot. He needs a higher snap and target share for relevance though.
Vikings
WR: Last year the Vikings used a lot of two tight end sets but, after trading Kyle Rudolph and losing Irv Smith Jr to injury, they were forced to use more three wide. It was Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson on the outside as usual with K.J. Osborn in the slot.
RB: Dalvin Cook is the man and Alexander Mattison is just a handcuff. Same as last year.
TE: Tyler Conklin took over the Kyle Rudolph role and, as expected, it was a lot of blocking. He blocked on 8 of his pass snaps which kills your upside for fantasy.
Washington Football Team
WR: Ron Rivera has historically run the most consolidated snap share of any coach and he continued that with Terry McLaurin playing every single snap and Dyami Brown playing 51 of 55. The third WR was Adam Humphries out of the slot but he was the odd man out when they wanted to use other formations.
RB: Antonio Gibson made huge strides this week as he played 15 pass snaps to 16 for JD McKissic (last year McKissic dominated the pass work and caught 100 targets). Gibson is in for a bigger role this year it seems which is good for fantasy gamers.
TE: Logan Thomas played every single snap and he played 32 snaps at WR. Ideal usage for a tight end for fantasy purposes.