Seahawks Snap Counts
A look at the number of offensive and defensive snaps each Seattle Seahawks player logged during the team’s 38-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. These snap counts do not include special teams plays, as broadcast limitations make charting those plays difficult. Plays nullified by penalty are not counted, either.
OFFENSE
Offensive Personnel Groupings
Group |
Name |
Pass |
Run |
Total |
1 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE |
Zebra |
24 |
2 |
26 |
2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE |
Regular |
10 |
10 |
20 |
2 RB, 3 WR |
E |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1 RB, 2 WR, 2 TE |
Tiger |
4 |
5 |
9 |
2 RB, 1 WR, 2 TE |
U |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 RB, 4 WR |
Eagle |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 RB, 3 TE |
Y |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 WR, 2 TE |
0-3-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
|
42 |
22 |
64 |
Seattle ran three “Wildcat” plays on Sunday. For now, I’m counting Matt Hasselbeck as a wide receiver on those plays, as he was split wide left on each play. On the first “Wildcat” play, actually was even blocking downfield on Julius Jones’ 7-yard run.
The two running plays from the “Wildcat” formation were run with “Tiger” and “E” personnel, with the Hasselbeck-to-Wallace incomplete pass being run from “Regular” grouping. It’s a small sample size, but both times the Seahawks have passed out of the “Wildcat” formation, they’ve had fullback Justin Griffith lined up near Hasselbeck, presumably for pass-blocking purposes.
Offensive Snap Counts
Here’s the number of snaps each offensive player on the Seahawks was in for on Sunday, and the percentage of the team’s total number of offensive plays that represents.
Player |
Plays |
Total |
% |
8-M.Hasselbeck |
64 |
64 |
100.0% |
9-J.Ryan |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
11-D.Butler |
4 |
64 |
6.3% |
14-M.Teel |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
15-S.Wallace |
3 |
64 |
4.7% |
20-J.Forsett |
10 |
64 |
15.6% |
22-J.Jones |
34 |
64 |
53.1% |
32-E.James |
18 |
64 |
28.1% |
33-J.Griffith |
29 |
64 |
45.3% |
35-O.Schmitt |
1 |
64 |
1.6% |
60-M.Unger |
64 |
64 |
100.0% |
65-C.Spencer |
64 |
64 |
100.0% |
66-M.Wrotto |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
67-R.Sims |
64 |
64 |
100.0% |
69-S.Vallos |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
71-W.Jones |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
74-R.Willis |
64 |
64 |
100.0% |
75-S.Locklear |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
77-B.Frye |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
77-D.McIntosh |
64 |
64 |
100.0% |
78-K.Williams |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
81-N.Burleson |
61 |
64 |
95.3% |
83-D.Branch |
31 |
64 |
48.4% |
84-T.Houshmandzadeh |
60 |
64 |
93.8% |
86-J.Owens |
11 |
64 |
17.2% |
87-B.Obomanu |
1 |
64 |
1.6% |
88-C.Morrah |
0 |
64 |
0.0% |
89-J.Carlson |
57 |
64 |
89.1% |
DEFENSE
Defensive Formations
Package |
Pass |
Run |
Total |
Base |
16 |
19 |
35 |
Nickel |
22 |
5 |
27 |
5*3*3 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
Total |
38 |
29 |
67 |
Defensive Snap Counts
Here’s the number of snaps each defensive player on the Seahawks was in for on Sunday, and the percentage of the team’s total number of defensive plays that represents.
Player |
Plays |
Total |
% |
21-K.Jennings |
11 |
67 |
16.4% |
23-M.Trufant |
33 |
67 |
49.3% |
24-D.Grant |
67 |
67 |
100.0% |
26-J.Wilson |
64 |
67 |
95.5% |
27-J.Babineaux |
67 |
67 |
100.0% |
28-T.Fisher |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
31-K.Lucas |
46 |
67 |
68.7% |
36-L.Milloy |
2 |
67 |
3.0% |
50-L.Laury |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
51-L.Tatupu |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
52-D.Lewis |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
54-W.Herring |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
55-D.Tapp |
57 |
67 |
85.1% |
56-L.Hill |
40 |
67 |
59.7% |
57-D.Hawthorne |
67 |
67 |
100.0% |
59-A.Curry |
67 |
67 |
100.0% |
79-R.Bryant |
20 |
67 |
29.9% |
90-C.Cole |
35 |
67 |
52.2% |
91-M.Bennett |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
92-B.Mebane |
47 |
67 |
70.1% |
93-C.Terrill |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
94-C.Redding |
36 |
67 |
53.7% |
95-L.Jackson |
43 |
67 |
64.2% |
97-P.Kerney |
24 |
67 |
35.8% |
98-N.Reed |
9 |
67 |
13.4% |
99-D.Walker |
0 |
67 |
0.0% |
Hybrid Moments
Continuing to track where Cory Redding and Lawrence Jackson, the Seahawks’ two “hybrids”, have lined up this far this season:
Hybrids |
DT |
DE |
Total |
94-C.Redding |
109 |
114 |
223 |
95-L.Jackson |
30 |
182 |
212 |
It was only on a handful of snaps, but Darryl Tapp lined up inside as part of a front four that consisted of Patrick Kerney, Lawrence Jackson, Tapp, and Nick Reed.
Zone Blitzes
Seahawks head coach Jim Mora and defensive coordinator Gus Bradley have begun dialing up some zone blitzes in recent weeks.
Team |
Zone Blitzes |
SLR |
6 |
SF |
0 |
CB |
0 |
IC |
0 |
JJ |
3 |
AC |
3 |
DC |
10 |
A lot of Seattle’s zone blitzes occurred when they had Dallas in 2nd-and-long situations, to varying degrees of success. Overall, Tony Romo was 5-9 for 58 yards and was sacked once (the one without the forced fumble) against Seattle’s zone blitzes. On third downs, Romo was 1-2 for 16 yards against the zone blitz, converting on a 3rd-and-10 from the Seahawks 23-yard line in the 2nd quarter.
Darryl Tapp dropped into coverage the most, doing so 6 times, with Jason Witten hauling in an 18-yard pass for a first down in Tapp’s area. On Romo’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Roy Williams, both defensive tackles (Brandon Mebane, Cory Redding) dropped into coverage.
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