It’s been a tough week for our Dallas Cowboys. In the span of three days, Dallas lost a heart-breaking opener to Tampa Bay, and lost two of their premier players on offense, Michael Gallup and La’el Collins, for the near future.
Despite this, the Cowboys certainly showed some things to be excited about against the defending champs. Today, we’ll take a deeper look into the opener against Tampa, and dive into examining who should be getting more snaps, and who should be getting less.
Defense Snap Count Percentage - 65 Defensive Snaps Total
Trevon Diggs - 100%
Anthony Brown - 100%
Donovan Wilson - 85%
Damontae Kazee - 80%
Micah Parsons- 78%
Keanu Neal - 77%
Jourdan Lewis - 75%
DeMarcus Lawrence - 66%
Jayron Kearse - 62%
Randy Gregory - 57%
Osa Odighizuwa - 55%
Carlos Watkins - 46%
Brent Urban - 43%
Dorance Armstrong - 42%
Tarell Basham - 37%
Quinton Bohanna - 31%
Jaylon Smith - 25%
Leighton Vander Esch - 22%
Bradlee Anae - 15%
Maurice Canady - 3%
Darian Thompson - 2%
Three Takeaways
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A Passing Of The Torch At The Linebacker Spot
1) Jaylon Smith playing just 25% of the defensive snaps (14 defensive snaps total), shows two things.