Snap Reactions: Notes on the Seahawks’ snap counts from Sunday’s win over the Bengals

In the Seahawks’ 2019 regular season opener, they managed to outlast the Bengals in an occasionally-ugly affair, 21-20. Week 1 is always interesting; on one hand, we finally see preseason theories either proven or disproven; on the other hand, a fair number of takeaways from the first game will be entirely useless by November. That being said, there are some interesting talking points from Seattle’s snap counts against Cincinnati:

• Perhaps the most noteworthy—and weird—takeaway is the lack of nickel the Seahawks played.