i just want to say that having seen the snap counts it's absolutely no surprise at all that we had no outside pass rush...
Terrell Suggs: 51 snaps
Matt Judon: 52 snaps
ZDS: 41 snaps (most on the inside)
Tyus Bowser: 2 snaps
Tim Williams: 0 snaps
so essentially we had 2 outside pass rushers play virtually every single snap with no respite
as i said in the gameday thread the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
yet these snap counts suggest that is exactly what the coaching staff did - we just sent the same 4 guys over and over with no thought to the use of different guys rotationally or making use of different skillsets
but it gets worse because we only had 4 dlinemen active but gave carl davis (who got one of the few good pushes i saw all game) only 12 snaps
that means that we had pierce, henry, williams all take the vast majority of the snaps - i know we werent in base a lot but williams didnt play well, pierce was invisible and henry only got 30 snaps (first time that's happened for a while)
our inactives list had wormley and tim williams on it - what's the point in drafting these guys and having them sit on the bench? both of them have shown flashes of potential in limited opportunities but for some reason arent being given more opportunities but are being whimsically given snaps apparently depending on the coaches' moods because i dont see how else...
i have some other thoughts on the inactives too... if we arent gonna use terrance west and he doesnt add anything to special teams then what's the point in having him active - he had 0 snaps on offence and i didnt see him on special teams either which means he was wasting an active roster spot for someone who might have affected the game
snap counts are always a minefield but here are some others that annoyed me:
correa - 3 snaps... why? and in 2 of those 3 snaps i can directly recall him making a mistake that cost the ravens yardage - now maybe whoever he replaced doesnt change that but correa doesnt really offer anything in his current state
davis - 12 snaps... i already mentioned this above but i want to go deeper - if he couldnt handle more than the 12 snaps because of his injury against the browns then it makes no sense not to have wormley (or kaufusi) active to spell his snaps and if it wasnt because of injury then it seems nonsensical because he bullied his man early on and then we never really saw him again which left 3 dlinemen to play all the snaps in a game where the opponent was committed to the run game and play action - it seems like we didnt take the weather or the opponent's game plan into account at all in preparation for this game and we certainly didnt adjust well either
project pat - 3 snaps... makes a lot of sense doesnt it - a day when running was more important and after stacking nice games consecutively, ricard's snaps disappeared all of a sudden - i dont see how that makes any sense at all - its ridiculous that our full back on a day like yesterday got only 3 snaps of offence despite supposedly needing to lean on offence - pat has been one of the biggest reasons for our recent uptick in redzone success and in multiple trips near the redzone yesterday we only scored 2 tds
west - 0 snaps... as above - he adds next to nothing on special teams so if he's not getting snaps on offence then he's wasting a roster spot that could have been used on other players - despite being deep at dline we rarely have more than 4 true dlinemen active which seems stupid to me because it weakens a supposed strength of our defence at the beginning of the year i.e. our ability to rotate but nope west took that roster spot and wasnt really used at all - its almost like the coaches literally dont want any of the other guys active so they just activated anyone knowing that all they'd do is warm the bench
campanaro - 22 snaps... this one seems less egregious but ill contextualise - camp has come on strong the last 2-3 weeks and has worked really well in combination with woodhead, watson, moore, wallace and especially on 3rd down, showing off some really nice route running - he also probably had his best game of the season this week and yet he's getting fewer snaps this week than last - i understand there's a natural variance that will happen week to week but camp was one of our more effective options yesterday in critical situations - im hoping this is merely a small aberration and that he continues to get more snaps even if maclin is back