Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase made it clear that he would play a big number of snaps in Week 1 despite the training camp “hold-in” and lack of practice reps.
That headlines some of the snap count takeaways from the Week 1 loss to the New England Patriots:
- Chase played 84 percent of the offense’s snaps. He’s usually above 90 percent, but running 43 snaps and looking as good as he did just proves he was working hard all summer despite the hold-in. Even slightly limited, he led all targets in catches and yardage.
- Four different tight ends had 18 percent or more snaps, including rookie Erick All. His usage could bump after fumbling issues for others, though.
- Andrei Iosivas got 100 percent of the snaps with Tee Higgins out.
- Zack Moss dominated the backfield over Chase brown, taking 33 snaps to Brown’s 17.
- Despite it being super-obvious the pass-rush needs help, Joseph Ossai played just 13 snaps. We can blame the matchup and his run defense, but it’s a big problem either way.
- BJ Hill isn’t going to be able to stay fresh over 17 games at 80 percent of the snaps like this. They need the injured rookies to get back in the rotation quickly.
- DJ Turner lost that battle for the No. 2 corner spot and as a result, played just three snaps.
The full counts:
